Antoine Laurent

Dr. Antoine Laurent is a Professor of Sustainable Urban Ecology at Université Libre de Bruxelles. Outside the lecture hall, you'll find him cycling through the Sonian Forest or sampling local geuze.

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September 6, 2026

To Understand Nepal’s Floods, Look at What Was Built

On the morning of Aug. 26, a slab of ice and rock tore free from the north face of Langtang Lirung, a 7,200-meter peak on the Nepal-Tibet frontier. The U.S. Geological Survey

Antoine Laurent

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