Meeting with Laurent Bopp

Climatologist and oceanographer Laurent Bopp is a CNRS research director at the Institut Pierre-Simon Laplace's Laboratoire de météorologie dynamique (CNRS/École polytechnique/ENS-PSL/Sorbonne Université), working on the ocean carbon cycle, with a particular focus on changes in ocean carbon sinks. He also studies ocean acidification and the impacts of climate change on marine ecosystems. He is author or co-author of more than 200 scientific publications in international journals and participated as lead author in the 5th and 6th assessment reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

Laurent Bopp was awarded the Prix des Sciences de la mer by the Académie des sciences and is a member of the Academia Europaea. he is the author of several books for the general public, including Les poissons vont-ils mourir de faim (et nous avec)? (Paris, le Pommier, 2010) and Les dessous de l'océan (Paris, le Pommier, 2012).

Laurent Bopp was elected Academician in 2024 in the Sciences of the Universe section.

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