Tag: climate
Scientists have discovered that the huge Amazon basin is sensitive to rapid climate change
New findings upend assumptions about how the landscape of the Amazon Basin was shaped. It could have gone from erosion to construction in just a few tens of thousands of…
How can volcanoes cool the climate?
Volcanic eruptions are capable of modifying the climate of the Planet. Depending on their power and their location on the globe, these eruptions, which last only a few days to…
How does climate change favor the development of epidemics?
The rise in temperatures and the multiplication of extreme weather phenomena have an impact on the development of epidemics, but often in an indirect way. How does climate change promote…
Gas stoves are not only dangerous for the climate, but also for health
So-called natural gas is essentially composed of methane (CH4), a powerful greenhouse gas. When burned, this fossil gas emits carbon dioxide (CO2). In the event of a leak, the consequences…
an election campaign without a real debate on the climate emergency
The environment is the subject we were supposed to talk about, but we don’t talk about it in the French presidential campaign. And the presence of the environmental candidate Yannick…
Why the growth of the photovoltaic solar panel market could become a threat to the climate?
With the explosion of the photovoltaic solar market announced for the coming years, the demand for aluminum will also soar. The problem is that the aluminum industry currently emits… a…
Scientists call for ‘immediate action by governments’ against geoengineering ‘as a climate policy option’
Our Earth is heating up. Faced with the urgent need to act today, some are considering resorting to geoengineering. A solution considered almost a miracle. However, experts argue against this…
Yannick Jadot pounded Emmanuel Macron on his climate assessment
” You will remain as the president of climate inaction. Yannick Jadot strongly challenged Emmanuel Macron at the European Parliament in Strasbourg on January 19. The environmental candidate for the…
Energy communities: what roles in the face of the climate challenge?
The concept of energy community was designed to respond to the climate challenge. Like a new way of producing and consuming energy. In society, the desire to get involved seems…
The Great Green Wall of the Sahel and its unexpected effects on the climate
The Great Green Wall is an ambitious project in a shaken region. That of planting millions of trees in the Sahel to fight against desertification and its harmful effects on…