Tag: climate change
A pre-COP opens in Germany before COP29 in December in Azerbaijan
Six months before the opening of COP29, the United Nations conference on climate change, which will be organized in December in Azerbaijan, representatives from each country are meeting from this…
In the Arcachon basin, oyster sales still lagging behind
On January 29, at the height of the end-of-year holidays, the prefect of Gironde ordered a three-week ban on the sale of oysters from the Arcachon basin. The cause: their…
After rain comes sunshine? This is the wettest place in the province of Utrecht
The official summer starts next Saturday. The question remains whether that mega wet month of May is also a harbinger of a mega wet summer. But Peter Siegmund is certainly…
More than 800 dead fish in various places, water board is looking for the cause
According to him, the number of fish that have now died is not alarming for the fish stock. “It may sound serious, but it will simply be replenished,” says Hoetmer.…
Six hundred dead fish in various places, water board is looking for the cause
According to him, the number of fish that have now died is not alarming for the fish stock. “Six hundred dead fish may sound serious, but that will simply be…
Pakistan close to its national heat record
Pakistan is facing a heatwave with temperatures exceeding 52° in the southern Pakistani province of Sindh. A temperature close to the national record set at 54 degrees. Extreme temperatures have…
Maldives calls for funds to combat rising sea levels
The fourth international conference of small island developing states begins Monday, May 27, in Antigua and Barbuda, in a context of major threat to these countries from rising water levels…
Almost 70 million euros to Utrecht research
Another Utrecht researcher, earth scientist Appy Sluijs from Utrecht University, will investigate with his team how climate change reinforces itself. For example, rising temperatures can lead to the thawing of…
Migratory fish populations declined by more than 80%, study finds
A new edifying data concerning the loss of biodiversity. Migratory fish populations have declined by more than 80% worldwide in around fifty years. This is what a study co-signed by…
Seaweed forests combat climate change, Utrecht research shows
According to earth scientist Middelburg, this discovery is important for nature conservation. When seaweed forests are damaged, they can also absorb less carbon, which is bad for the climate. That…