Tag: hotspot
World Oceans Day, Mediterranean Sea climate change hotspot: the WWF report
(Finance) – Un Mediterranean Sea increasingly hotter, now a real hotspot of climate change. This is what is described in the new WWF report “The breath of the oceans” launched…
Fence along provincial road Leusden after collisions with wolf and deer: ‘This is a hotspot’
However, the Leusden council now knows that the province planned to install wild-retaining grids on both sides of the road between hectometer posts 0.9 and 2.0 last year. “But unfortunately,…
What is a hotspot? L’Express explains everything to you
This week, Isabelle Ory, correspondent for L’Express in Brussels, explains to us what a “hotspot” is as the migration crisis intensifies at the gates of Europe. FIND ALL THE EPISODES…
Nieuwegein a cultural hotspot? This lifelike street art should make the city hipper
Hip? Yes, residents themselves actually understand that. “We could use some jeu,” says a lady. Another sighs: “Sometimes it’s a dormitory town here.” Yet a big question arises, because how…
Hotspot with opportunities for rooftop bar: Utrecht is looking for tenants for the old Broese building Oudegracht
If you walk through the city center of Utrecht, you can hardly miss Magazijn De Zon. For years, the library and bookshop Broese were housed in the imposing building on…
Europe becomes a hotspot for heat waves and global warming
A study reveals that Western Europe has been one of the areas of the world most affected by heat waves for 40 years. This region of the world is warming…
OIB: what is it?
The term OIB, for Ocean Island Basalt (Where basalt of an oceanic island), refers to basalts having the typical chemical composition of those formed at the level of hot spotsor…
50 million years ago, the Pacific plate suddenly changed direction. Why ?
In the Pacific, the route of the Hawaii-Emperor volcanic chain has long been used as an indisputable witness to the movement of tectonic plates. However, it shows that a major…
When the waltz of the supercontinents impacts the structure of the deep mantle
How do the tectonic processes governing the Earth’s surface impact the dynamics of the deep mantle? A new study illustrates the importance of subduction zones during major tectonic cycles. You…
Recent lava from the Hawaii hotspot is believed to result from intense chemical interactions in the Earth’s mantle
The lavas produced in the volcanoes of certain hot spots have a particularity: they are rich in CO2 and carbonates. The rocks resulting from these magmas are what are called…