Tag: Biodiversity
Incredible face to face in Alaska: “The bear in me”, by David Bittner
David Bittner was born in Bern, Switzerland in 1977 and is now a biologist and bear scientist. Since he was 25, the biology student has traveled to Alaska as often…
Why are lichens going to disappear soon?
A new study shows that the adaptation of lichens to climate change is very slow, with a temperature change tolerance of less than 1°C every million years. You will also…
Extraordinary weather phenomenon: ice flowers
You will also be interested [EN VIDÉO] Under the ice of Greenland, plants reveal its sensitivity to global warming With anthropogenic global warming, the ice of Greenland has begun to…
Three imminent scourges identified by the Frontières scientific report
You will also be interested [EN VIDÉO] Forest fires: Australia’s climate suicide? Thousands of houses reduced to ashes, 28 dead and an unimaginable number of animals missing. Since September 2019,…
UN calls for response to new risks
In a report published this Thursday, February 17, the United Nations Environment Program warns of emerging risks to the environment: noise pollution in the city, increase in forest fires and…
The pollution of rivers and rivers by our drugs is considerable, reveals a large study
You will also be interested [EN VIDÉO] Interview 2/5: water pollution is very diverse Water is a commodity that we consume daily. It is essential to our survival, but its…
Ocean: the role of deep ecosystems in carbon capture
The abyssal depths of the oceans are home to much greater biodiversity than plankton and little-explored ecosystems harboring the richest fossil record on Earth. This is what researchers have been…
One Ocean Summit: experts at the bedside of the oceans
This decade is the decade of the oceans with the One Ocean summit which is held in Brest from February 9 to 11, 2022. Its objective is to mobilize interested…
Deforestation in West Africa would increase the risk of floods
A study published in January 2022 reports that high deforestation in West Africa could influence flooding linked to storms and bad weather. Meteorologists warn of the human, environmental and material…
Jane Goodall: “Sometimes we feel like the choices we make are insignificant, but that’s not true! »
A new year begin. In a world that can seem increasingly adrift, even to the most optimistic among us. So to find some hope, Futura wanted to meet Jane Goodall.…