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Year 10 French students have been very fortunate to interview Professor Thierry Corrège, a professor of paleoclimatology from the University of Bordeaux, France He has published more than seventy scientific papers on tropical paleoclimatology and the El Niño phenomenon.

He is now the Regional Director of CNRS Representative Office for OCEANIA.

The CNRS (French National Centre for Scientific Research) is the largest research organisation in Europe with over 32.000 staff and over 1.000 research units. It could be the equivalent of the Australian CSIRO.

Pr. Corrège explained the phenomenon of global warming and repeated some simple ecological gestures to help the earth.

He also said thatwe need to reduce of consumption of oil, coal and electricity.

Students were particularly interested in the ACCES project, the result of a partnership between Phillip Island Nature Parks, CNRS, the Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences and the Penguin Foundation.

This project studies the colony of 40 000 thousand little penguins on Philip Island, the biggest colony of Southern hemisphere.

This project is using a marine drone to assess water temperature, fish abundance and salinity and food resources for the penguins in the coming years.

Finally, students agreed that we need to understand our environment and to adapt to it. An inspiring discussion for future scientists.