Tag: Environment
June 2024 even warmer than previous record of June 2023
New heat record reported by Copernicus, the European Union’s Earth observation programme. June was the hottest month on record, beating a recent record set in 2024. The last twelve months…
Map reveals extent of mining-related deforestation
Using high-resolution satellite images, The TreeMap researchers have produced a highly accurate map of the impact of mining on deforestation in Indonesia since 2001. The extreme precision of the images…
Tondelier, the “other Marine” who inspires the left
On the occasion of the early legislative elections, a political figure who had been discreet until then stood out: that of the head of the Ecologists, Marine Tondelier. Her hard-hitting…
Norway reaffirms its sovereignty over the Arctic archipelago of Svalbard, a highly strategic location
Norway has just put a stop to the planned sale of the Søre Fagerfjord domain on the strategic Svalbard archipelago in the Arctic. Located between mainland Norway and the North…
reopening of the Roya tunnel destroyed by bad weather in 2020
The French Roya tunnel reopens on Monday July 1, four years after storm Alex which destroyed it following a landslide and the release of downpours of water. The event served…
With global warming, fungal infections could increase
This is another consequence of global warming: the emergence of new diseases. And it is fungi that are worrying. Until now relatively harmless to humans, this could change. This is…
It is a fact: today we see far fewer crushed insects on the windshields of our cars. And while it may seem trivial, this change is a sign of a profound and serious evolution in our environment.
It is a fact: today we see far fewer crushed insects on the windshields of our cars. And while it may seem trivial, this change is a sign of a…
the question of ecology absent from the campaign
A few days before the legislative elections in the United Kingdom, some Britons have already voted, by mail. The last debate took place this week. Immigration, taxation and public services…
Intensifying wildfires: a global climate catastrophe
Extreme forest fires have doubled over the past twenty years. This is what a study in the journal reveals Nature, which appears while the fire season is just starting in…
migrants victims of the extreme heat wave which is hitting part of the country
Already victims of unscrupulous smugglers, theft, extortion or kidnapping, candidates for exile in the United States are also threatened by the extreme heat wave that has hit a large part…