Tag: Biodiversity
15 reasons to worry about marine biodiversity, threatened with collapse in the next decade
We know that the industrial activities degrade the environment. The overfishingpollution, plasticthe global warming… the causes are many. But what is less known is how exactly, and especially what other…
Who rubs it so stings: watch out, sea urchins of all kinds!
The sea urchins do they have no secrets for you? If so, what does this macrophotograph show? This is the apical system of a sea urchin, therefore located on the…
“we are going to experience many more extreme events”
Climatologist and research director at the IRD, the Research Institute for Development, Françoise Vimeux answers questions from RFI on the current heat wave that is crushing France and southern Europe.…
in France, the gigantic fire which devastates the Gironde is gaining ground
In Gironde, where 11,000 hectares of vegetation have burned since Tuesday, a fire of exceptional magnitude regained ground on Monday July 18. New evacuations were underway in the town of…
North America plagued by fires and drought
In the grip of a heat wave, North America is once again experiencing fires and drought this summer. Wildfires have broken out in Canada, while the western United States is…
The 15 issues that will heavily impact marine biodiversity in the next decade
We know that the industrial activities degrade the environment. Overfishing, pollution, plasticthe global warming… the causes are many. But what is less known is how exactly, and especially what other…
in Greece, the Sporades archipelago protects its fauna and flora
In the Sporades archipelago is the Alonissos Marine National Park – one of the largest marine protected areas in Europe – which extends over more than 2200 square kilometers between…
Watch out for snakes, poisonous or not, keep your cool
From their scientific name snakes, the snakes fascinate, by their diversity, their particular aspect but also their dangerousness. These vertebrates amniotes possess, as we all know, an elongated body without…
preparatory negotiations stall in Kenya
Negotiations could not be more difficult between the 195 States gathered for six days in Nairobi within the UN Convention on Biological Diversity. Due to Covid, the 2020 COP15 scheduled…
More than 150 French MPs made aware of climate change and biodiversity
Since Monday, June 20, on the Esplanade des Invalides in Paris, 40 scientists have made themselves available to new deputies to “train” them in climate and environmental issues. 154 of…