The La Niña climate phenomenon could continue after the summer
Low temperatures in the eastern Pacific Ocean are likely to worsen drought in Africa and flooding in Asia. The La Niña climate episode, characterized by ...
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Jean-Michel Soubeyroux: “The summers will be hotter and less and less rainy by the end of the century”
INTERVIEW – Deputy scientific director of climatology at Météo France, Jean-Michel Soubeyroux supervised the ClimSec project which, between 2008 and 2011, focused on the impact ...
Drought: concerns for summer on the Côte d’Azur
REPORT – From September to March, when rainfall is supposed to replenish groundwater, the rainfall record has been catastrophic. Farmers are starting to worry. In ...
France put to the test by a very early drought
DECRYPTION – The level of the water tables is particularly low for the season, after a fall and a winter with little water. The mercury ...
Faced with global warming, farmers are adapting their practices
DECRYPTION – Among the avenues considered: storing excessive rainfall in water reservoirs, in anticipation of dry periods. Or measure the humidity level of the soil ...
Drought: seven maps to understand the consequences in the French departments
INFOGRAPHICS – At the beginning of May, agricultural land is under severe strain. Should we already be worried about the lack of water and envisage ...
Drought: the big concern
After a dry winter, the heat wave and the water deficit that France is currently experiencing raise fears of difficult agricultural yields, or even an ...
Drought: a dozen departments already on alert
In several municipalities in Drôme, Alpes-Maritimes, but also Vienne or Charente, for example, agricultural land is subject to irrigation restrictions. After a particularly dry start ...
California grappling with historic drought
The most populous state in the United States, which is also America’s orchard, is faced with difficult trade-offs to reduce its water consumption. Official figures ...
What will be the impact of warming on our children?
DECRYPTION – A study published in the journal Science brings alarming prospects. What will the world we pass on to our children be like? To ...