Tag: Environment
Chatham-Kent under tornado watch: Environment Canada
Environment Canada has issued a tornado watch that includes Chatham-Kent. “Conditions are favorable for the development of severe thunderstorms which may produce tornadoes,” stated the watch. “Strong winds, large hail…
Off Japan, a fish filmed at more than 8000 meters deep, a first
Off the coast of Japan, scientists from Tokyo University of Marine Science and Technology and the University of Western Australia have filmed the deepest fish ever seen on the sea…
tense climate around ecology
Beatings, degradations, threats made by anonymous call, insults: environmental activists have recently been the target of serious violence in France. At the same time, they themselves are accused of radicalism.…
The schooner “Tara” leaves to explore the impact of pollution on European coasts
From north to south, in different seasons, at all scales, the Tara Europa scientific expedition aims to analyze and understand all the functioning of the immense diversity of life on…
Andrée A. Michaud, a Quebec writer on the edge of the noir novel
Andrée A. Michaud was born in Saint-Sébastien-de-Frontenac, Quebec. After studying philosophy, linguistics and cinema, she began a career as a writer. She quickly gained recognition for her literary noir novels,…
the International Seabed Authority under pressure
The UN agency in charge of the regulation of deep seas must decide in the coming weeks on their mining. And the subject is controversial: the ocean floor is home…
“dead days” in ports, fishermen are up against European projects
No boat at sea, no fish on the stalls: French fishermen are mobilizing from Thursday 30 to Friday 31 March. For the first time, the National Fisheries Committee is launching…
Demonstrations denounce police violence in several cities in France
Demonstrations in support of injured demonstrators in Sainte-Soline and against police violence took place across France this Thursday, March 30. In Niort, Rennes, Nantes, Dijon, or even Lille and Strasbourg,…
Emmanuel Macron unveils his “Water plan” in the face of climate change
The French president presented this Thursday, March 30 the outline of a plan aimed at improving water management in France by 2030 in the face of climate change and the…
“A ticking time bomb” off Yemen, warns the UN
The FSO Safer, a supertanker loaded with more than a million barrels of oil, has been abandoned off the coast of Yemen since the start of the war in 2015.…