EN-11. Nature and progress

Pierre-Henri Gouyon proposes a definition of the biodiversity. He relies on the diagram that Darwin published in 1859, in The Origin of Species. He insists on the dynamic balances of this biodiversity

In relation to the erosion of biodiversity, Gilles Boeuf presents arguments in favor of the upholding of this biodiversity: human health, technology innovation, bio-inspiration, or economy.

Gilles Boeuf comes back to the main stages of the history of life. He begins with the oceans, where life appeared over 3,5 billion years ago, mentions the lands conquest, and ends with the appearance

In this first part, discover what are the biodiversity, its origins 3,8 billion years ago, and its evolution mechanisms, especially the extinction crisis of the main species. You will better

Gilles Boeuf reports the erosion of biodiversity and presents the four main factors which can be associated to this dynamics: destruction and pollution, resources overexploitation, species

Marie-Christine Maurel explores the origins of life on earth. She highlights the main conditions 3 billion years ago, as well as the emergence of the first forms of life, which gave birth to the tree

Bruno David comes back to the main biodiversity crisis. He takes an inventory of the crisis for hundreds of million years and he discusses their potential factors of origin : oxygenation of the marine

Gilles Boeuf proposes a definition of the biodiversity, this "living fraction of the nature in all its complexity". He relies on many examples, pictures, samples, and always points out the strong

Pierre-Henri Gouyon comes back to different looks taken at nature and biodiversity during the last centuries. He insists on the fact that this biodiversity can't be reduced to a frozen group of

Marie-Christine Maurel comes back to the formation of the first living cells on the earth surface, relying on several great experiments. The she presents the extent of questionings which still remain,

Bruno David comes back to the main biodiversity crisis. He focuses on 2 aspects : the crisis recording and the exit from the crisis. Firstly, he explains that, contrary to what can be supposed, there

Bruno David revient sur les grandes crises d'extinction de la biodiversité. Il en fait l'inventaire depuis plusieurs centaines de millions d'années et il discute des facteurs qui peuvent en être à l