Tag: forests
The EU does not ban cutting down forests for heating energy, but subsidies for renewable energy may disappear – the new directive is full of conflicts of interest
The European Parliament would limit the felling of wood as renewable energy, but legislation is still a long way off. The European Parliament made a decision on Wednesday that heated…
The forests would have ignited instantly after the fall of the asteroid that killed the dinosaurs!
You will also be interested [EN VIDÉO] The Chicxulub crater, witness to the extinction of the dinosaurs About 65 million years ago, near the Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico, a meteorite more…
World analysis: The most climate-exposed forests
Rising temperatures could result in droughts, fires and insect infestations in the world’s forests. Now, for the first time ever, an international research team has analyzed the risk factors of…
Forests [2/5]: get out of monoculture
Second report in our series on forests: how to get out of monoculture? This is a question that arises especially after the repeated heat waves and drought in France, to…
Forests [1/5]: fire prevention
This week, a new summer series is dedicated to forests. To begin with, a look back at the fires that ravaged the forests of Gironde in July and August, the…
Photography: Léa Habourdin exhibits primary forests at the Rencontres d’Arles
The 53rd International Photography Meetings in Arles continue in this city in the south of France. This meeting offers no less than 40 exhibitions and, this year, it highlights many…
Northern forests sensitive to heat
Published: Just now fullscreen Conifer forest near Jokkmokk in Norrbotten. Such forests may change as temperatures rise. Photo: Jonas Ekströmer/TT Even relatively small temperature increases can fundamentally change the northern…
Forests are becoming less and less resilient
You will also be interested [EN VIDÉO] Our forests in timelapse thanks to Google Earth See how we’ve changed our planet’s forests since 1984 with a global time-lapse video. 41…
Heat waves: in Africa too, forests are burning
So close, and yet so far. At a time when the heat waves sweeping across Europe are causing a stir in the media, Africa is also burning in almost general…
The different types of forests
Forests are like all plant formations conditioned by a number of factors: the climatesoil formation, latitudethe altitude, the nature of the ground, and also (and this is important) the action…