Toxic tropical algae in Europe
DECRYPTION – The warming of the oceans favors the appearance on our coasts of phytoplankton that are dangerous for humans. Due to climate change, certain ...
Tag: Climate change
May 5, 2022, France’s “overshoot day”
DECRYPTION – Ecological footprint calculations determine from which day of the year the consumption of the French is no longer sustainable. It is easy to ...
India helpless in the face of a historic heat wave
DECRYPTION – A historic heat wave reveals the country’s vulnerability to global warming. New Delhi Is India done with the heat wave? This is what ...
A rapid reduction in greenhouse gas emissions is possible
INFOGRAPHIC – Radical changes are needed to fight global warming. The window of opportunity is getting narrower and narrower. If we want to stay within ...
Floods, heat waves, agricultural losses: the impacts of global warming in France
DECRYPTION – The latest IPCC report looks at the risks for which our country and Europe must better prepare. In the light of global warming, ...
Robert Vautard: “According to the IPCC, a hundred-year marine flood could become annual in 2100”
MAINTENANCE – The director of the Pierre-Simon-Laplace Institute (IPSL) takes stock of the extreme climatic events to come, their frequency and their link with climate ...
Erosion and rising sea levels: on the Normandy coast, resist or retreat
DECRYPTION – The Normandy coasts are threatened by extreme rains and high tides, causing landslides and marine flooding. In the 1960s, seaside resorts from Ouistreham ...
Climate: increasingly frequent and intense fires in the forest
DECRYPTION – Climate change increases the risk of uncontrollable fires, including in the Arctic. Forest fires will become more frequent and intense on the planet, ...
Corals adapted to global warming
DECRYPTION – A huge deep coral reef, discovered off the coast of Tahiti, is resilient to climate change. It’s a glimmer of hope for underwater ...
Climate: does the UK deserve to organize COP26?
INFOGRAPHICS – The international climate conference held in Glasgow, Scotland, is considered the most important since the Paris Agreement in 2015. The host country is ...