Creation of the Institute of Mathematics for planet Earth

The CNRS and its partners are creating a new scientific interest group to bring together their mathematics skills to help the environment. The Institute of Mathematics for Planet Earth was created on 20 May 2021 by the CNRS, ENS de Lyon and the Universities of Clermont Auvergne, Grenoble Alpes, Claude Bernard Lyon 1 and Savoie Mont Blanc. This Scientific Group  will strengthen collaborative work between mathematicians and scientists who specialize in different aspects of the Earth's system to meet the environmental challenges of today and tomorrow. The Institute of Mathematics for Planet Earth (IMPT in French) will be organized around three main elements: the "Living Earth" component will deal with the evolution of biodiversity, the resilience dynamics of natural and social territories, adaptation modelling and ecological crises. the "Human Earth" component will focus on human activities and sustainable development (waste management, energy issues, complex networks and systems, human behavior, health). And the third element "Fluid/Solid Earth" will address geophysical phenomena (seismology, volcanology, tectonics, coastal flow..), the study of oceans, glaciers, the atmosphere, the water cycle or the formation of the earth and the origin of life, with models ranging from micro scale to the scale of the entire planet. The design of new theoretical and numerical mathematics within this "off campus" team will enable, in conjunction with scientists from other disciplines, to answer the many environmental questions that arise today.