Greenland: Protective ice shelves disintegrate rapidly, warn scientists
Northern Greenland's floating ice shelves, which play a crucial role in regulating the amount of fresh water released into the ocean, have lost more...
Bad weather: seven people injured in Pas-de-Calais, on red alert
A few days after flooding linked to storm Ciaran, the Pas-de-Calais department has been on red alert since Monday, November 6 at 4 p.m.,...
After Ciaran, the Domingos storm shakes France and raises fears of further damage
Two days after Ciaran, a new storm called Domingos broke out on Saturday, November 4, in France, already affected by bad weather. From Pas-de-Calais...
Storm Domingos: “violent gusts of wind” expected on the Atlantic coast; thirteen departments on...
While only Pas-de-Calais is currently on orange flood alert, Météo-France will place, on Saturday, November 4 in the evening, twelve additional departments at this...
In Nepal, an earthquake kills at least sixty people
More than sixty people were killed in an earthquake that shook a region of western Nepal, local officials reported Saturday morning contacted by Agence...
Storm Ciaran: ten dead in Europe, Emmanuel Macron goes to Brittany on Friday
The day after the passage of Storm Ciaran on Thursday, the affected regions are licking their wounds on Friday, November 3, while a new...
In Uganda, HRW denounces repression against opponents of TotalEnergies megaproject
The Ugandan authorities are responsible for harassment, arbitrary arrests and beatings against opponents of the oil megaproject led by TotalEnergies in this country, accuses...
Storm Ciaran: record gusts of wind over western Brittany and Cotentin
Storm Ciaran, which hit western Brittany then Cotentin during the night from Wednesday November 1 to Thursday November 2, with record gusts of wind,...
Storm Ciaran: Atlantic and Channel coasts brace for heavy rain and winds of up...
Three departments on red "violent wind" alert on Thursday, thirty classified orange, including Paris and its region: a large quarter of north-west France is...
“We need ambitious policies and the rule of law to stop global deforestation”
“Sovereign” carbon credits are the major subject of the Summit of the three tropical forest basins of the planet, which takes place in Brazzaville...
Why the time change is so criticized
Remember to advance your clocks and alarm clocks. France will switch to winter time on the night of October 28 to 29: at 3...
A UN report warns of six catastrophic risks for the planet
Melting glaciers, high heat, but also a crisis in insurance systems and space debris: one month before COP28, a new report from the United...
Hurricane Tammy: “danger reduced” in Guadeloupe, confinement lifted
“In view of the trajectory of Hurricane Tammy which is leading it to move away” from the West Indian archipelago, the prefect of Guadeloupe...
Storm Babet threatens Denmark and Sweden after killing three in UK
The United Kingdom was hit by storm Babet, which killed three people in Scotland and England and caused significant flooding, before heading towards Scandinavia...
In the Alpes-Maritimes, Aline's depression wreaks havoc and rekindles Alex's traumas
In the wake of depression Aline, intense rains and wind caused damage in the Alpes-Maritimes, after a red alert on Friday October 20 in...
Animal mistreatment: the Marne prefecture puts pig farming on notice by L214
The Marne prefecture has issued notice to the Corbeil pig farm to “sustainably remedy” the live castration of piglets, after an inspection following a...
A69 Toulouse-Castres motorway: the government announces the resumption of the work, which will go...
The A69 motorway project between Toulouse and Castres will go “to completion”, and its work, rejected by environmental activists, will resume on Monday October...
Russia to build nuclear power plant in Burkina Faso, reaches deal with Mali
Russia announced on Friday October 13 that it had signed agreements with Mali and Burkina Faso, with the aim of developing the civil nuclear...
Glyphosate in the EU: no agreement on the renewal of authorization for ten years,...
The Twenty-Seven failed to agree on Friday October 13 on Brussels' proposal to renew the authorization of glyphosate for ten years, France having notably...
In Senegal, the environmental scourge of plastic water bags
Moussa Ndoye, 28, drinks two plastic bags of fresh water in one go and throws them on a beach in Dakar. “This is our...
Glyphosate: a crucial vote from European Union states expected on the extension of the...
The Twenty-Seven will vote on Friday October 13 on Brussels' proposal to renew the authorization of glyphosate in the European Union (EU) for ten...
Fight against malaria: two vaccines that can be game changers in Africa
A first vaccine victim of its success, a second close to entering the scene: 2023 is a decisive year for the fight against malaria....
“At least 60 excess deaths” during the heatwave in early September, according to Public...
At least sixty more deaths than normal were recorded in France during the heatwave which hit seventeen departments from September 3 to 11, according...
Taiwan: with winds sometimes exceeding 300 km/h, Typhoon Koinu sweeps the island and leaves...
Typhoon Koinu killed at least one person on Thursday, October 5, in Taiwan, where winds of a power never before recorded in the territory...
Mont Blanc is the subject of a new measurement: “It will take more time...
Ups and downs... Mont Blanc is no exception. It is to precisely measure its altitude that a team of expert surveyors has climbed it...
Climate: 2023 is dangerously approaching the limit set by the Paris agreement
The year 2023 continues to multiply worrying climate records. After an unprecedented summer and an even more surprising month of September, it is now...
Trafficking in goldfinches dismantled in the Paris region
An international trafficking network of European goldfinches was dismantled on Tuesday October 3 in the Paris region, where dozens of birds of this species...
Megabasins: justice cancels plans for fifteen water reservoirs in New Aquitaine
Two prefectural decrees authorizing the creation of fifteen water reservoirs intended for agricultural irrigation in New Aquitaine – nicknamed “megabasins” by their opponents –...
In Cameroon, an insect helps manatees and fishermen
Sadam Ekwalla is tired, but happy. With a big smile on his face, the 33-year-old fisherman moors his small wooden canoe on the banks...
Covid-19: to fight against the resumption of the epidemic, a new vaccination campaign begins...
Faced with the resumption of the Covid-19 epidemic, the government has decided to bring forward, like other European countries, its new vaccination campaign: from...
Up to 34°C in the South-West: exceptionally hot weather for the start of October...
The weather on Sunday October 1 will be exceptionally hot for the period, with maximum temperatures almost 10°C higher than seasonal norms across a...
Bedbugs: Paris City Hall proposes that the risk of infestation be included “in the...
To fight against this worrying “scourge” and given the “significant resurgence” of bedbugs, the first deputy at Paris City Hall announced, Friday September 29...
Antarctica: the surface of the sea ice smaller than ever in winter
The surface of the Antarctic ice shelf, which is at its maximum this season, is this year the lowest ever recorded since scientific surveys...
In France, the first cases of epizootic hemorrhagic disease in farms detected
The first cases in France of epizootic hemorrhagic disease (EMD), affecting deer and cattle, were detected on farms in the Hautes-Pyrénées and Pyrénées-Atlantiques, the...
Ecological planning: what is included in the government's plan, presented to party leaders
France's objective is still the same: reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 55% by 2030 compared to 1990. To achieve this, this Monday, September 18,...
Mayenne: what you need to know about mini-tornadoes
While the department of Mayenne was not affected by Météo-France's orange thunderstorm alert, a mini-tornado formed in the town of Ernée, more precisely in...
Floods in Libya: three questions about the risk of disease spread
The floods that occurred in Libya on the night of Sunday September 10 to Monday September 11 caused the death of thousands of people...
Thunderstorms: 28 departments placed on orange alert in the west of the country
In a new bulletin, Météo-France places 28 departments in a large western half of the country on orange alert for thunderstorms for the evening of...
Hitler, the beetle with a hard name to bear
It's a pretty little beetle that lives in Slovenian caves. He was living peacefully when, in 1937, an amateur and fascist entomologist discovered him...
“The accused has the floor”: at the fictitious trial of artificial intelligence
“I give the floor to the accused! » says the president in a solemn tone. And suddenly, above the members of the court, the...