CNRS Scientist @ Ecole Normale Supérieure de Paris (Dept. of Geosciences). Marine geologist.
Mapping the seafloor - including with robots (autonomous and remotely-operated). Interested in tectonics, volcanism, hydrothermal activity... mostly under water.
Javier Escartín
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The #NODSSUM cruise reaches cruise speed. Three Nautile dives have recovered sediment, biologic specimens, water, and video of dumped barrels and ecosystems- plus towed camera runs and fish traps (2 abyssal grenadines to date) - with fair weather ahead after a stormy start.
#NODSSUM Pourquoi Pas? is in stand by - waiting on weather (WOW), with a depression passing over us. Sunday we plan our first Nautile dive after 1 week of unfriendly seas, and operations will start rolling. 1st dive over one of the selected radioactive waste barrel sites
#NODDSUM the new home till the end of June - Le Pourquoi Pas? de la flotteoceanographique.fr, w/ Nautile submarine onboard. The team converges to Brest this Monday w/ more material & instruments. Tomorrow boarding & lab set-up, departure Wed 27th 1st thing in the morning.
#NODSSUM a week away from departure for 2nd NODSSUM cruise @ NE Atlantic nuclear waste dump site we visited last year. Last-minute prep w/ transport of cruise material towards Brest - Including an important box just received. W/ the French Oceanographic Fleet, onboard #pourquoipas + #nautile
👩🎓 Ouverture des candidatures PSL #PhD tracks 2026-27 en Sciences de la terre et biodiversité. Ces cursus en 5 ans s'adressent à des étudiants à haut potentiel souhaitant relever les défis scientifiques de demain et préparer, dès le niveau Master, leur projet de recherche.
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#Communiqué 🗞️ Une hausse de la température des fluides émis par les sources hydrothermales sous-marines signale l’inflation de la chambre magmatique sous le fond marin et peut annoncer une éruption. 🌋 🌊
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New evidence submitted by Greenpeace International to the International Seabed Authority (ISA) suggests deep-sea mining contractors, particularly those linked to The Metals Company (TMC), may have breached exploration contracts and international law.
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Javier Escartín
Javier Escartín
Javier Escartín
Javier Escartín
Javier Escartín
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A strong statement from the Director of CNRS Earth and Space about the dismantling of the National Center for Atmospheric Research: "a pillar of atmospheric and climate research is being torn down"
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Dr JF Doussin
Greenpeace has submitted new evidence to an ongoing inquiry, claiming contractors used "bad faith" tactics to exploit deep-sea resources
