Global warming: the Alps are turning green and that does not bode well
SEEN FROM ELSEWHERE – The greening of the mountains observed by Swiss researchers via satellite images is a serious problem. What if, in the future, ...
Tag: Global warming
Why global warming affects sleep
DECRYPTION – Researchers have succeeded in measuring the impact of the outside temperature on the quality of our nights. We have already lost an hour ...
In Australia, the mortality of tropical trees has doubled in forty years
Rainforests seem vulnerable to global warming. For a long time, tropical forests recycled part of our carbon dioxide (CO2), absorbing them for their growth 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 ...
Temperatures close to 50°C: how to explain the extreme heat wave that hit India and Pakistan?
DECRYPTION – The region is one of those where the frequency of heat waves has increased the most over the past forty years. A record ...
Paulownia, new hope for loggers
DECRYPTION – Coming from Asia where it is used as lumber, this fast-growing tree adapts to the French climate and climate change. To mitigate the ...
Climate: summer 2021 disrupted in Europe
The continent has already warmed up by 2°C, increasing the risk of heat waves and torrential rains. He is “urgent action against extreme events that ...
In France, the reuse of wastewater is still in its infancy
Since the Assises de l’eau in 2020, the objective has been to triple, by 2025, the volumes of non-conventional water reused. Europe must expect an ...
Unusual heat wave hits Antarctica
DECRYPTION – Historically high temperatures, more than 30°C above average, have been recorded. In the coldest region in the world, Antarctica, unprecedented temperatures were recorded ...
“The melting of ice is accelerating in all regions of the planet”
INTERVIEW – Éric Rignot is a specialist in melting ice, a researcher at JPL (Nasa/Caltech) and professor of geosciences at the University of California, Irvine. ...