Tag: climatology
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…
The unexpected effects of the Great Green Wall of the Sahel
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…
McDonald’s must ration its fries in Japan!
While the Japanese are crazy about chicken and chips at Christmas, McDonald’s announces that it is rationing its fries in its 2,900 restaurants in the archipelago: they will only serve…
Towards a return of the El Niño climate phenomenon in 2022
While the La Niña phenomenon is currently reaching its peak in intensity, the return of its “hot” counterpart, El Niño, seems to be taking shape for the start of next…
Is Super Typhoon Rai a taste of what lies ahead?
Super-Typhoon Rai ravaged the Philippines between December 14 and 18, with winds exceeding 250 km / h and massive submersion of the coast. Warming Pacific waters and rising sea levels…
The Little Ice Age was caused by a warming
Researchers at the University of Massachusetts at Amherst (United States) reconstructed sea surface temperatures showing the effects of the meridional overturning circulation of the Atlantic, the Amoc, during the period…
Researchers lower the freezing point of water to -44 ° C
Pure water normally freezes at 0 ° C. But under certain conditions, the melting temperature can be significantly lowered. This ice nucleation process is essential in weather phenomena such as…
How the melting Arctic sets the United States on fire
In the Arctic, the ice is melting. In the American West, forest fires are getting more and more violent. All because of anthropogenic global warming. Researchers are now showing how…
Is Typhoon Rai in the Philippines a foretaste of the future?
Super-Typhoon Rai ravaged the Philippines between December 14 and 18, with winds exceeding 250 km / h and massive submersion of the coast. Warming Pacific waters and rising sea levels…
When glaciers covered Namibia
If the word “fjord” immediately makes us think of Norway, a team of geologists has just found traces of these great valleys carved by glaciers in a completely different region…