Malaria: Bacterium in Mosquito Gut Raises Hope
In 2021, malaria killed 619,000 people, the majority of them on the African continent. The new prospects for effective control of this mosquito-borne disease...
Megabasins: the "convoy of water" settles in Orleans to demand a moratorium
They will only be dislodged "by force", they promised. The activists of the "water convoy", who set up camp on Thursday in front of...
Thunderstorms: Incredible footage from a stormy night
The end of the late heat wave that has hit France for several days began this Thursday evening, as announced by Météo-France. The disappearance...
Thunderstorms: six departments on orange alert, this Saturday, August 26
The historic heat wave of this second part of August finally seems to be moving away. After the late heat wave, it is now...
Heat wave: red alert lifted Friday at 6 a.m.
The record heatwave episode of this second part of August could be coming to an end, according to information from Météo-France for this Thursday,...
Emperor penguin chicks decimated by melting sea ice in Antarctica
The emperor penguin may well be the first polar species to become extinct due to global warming. According to a scientific study published Thursday,...
Heat wave in France: 17 departments kept on red alert on Friday; severe thunderstorms...
Only a last northern third is spared by the high heat which overwhelms France: 17 departments in the South are on heatwave red vigilance...
Heat Wave: New Heat Record Set Tuesday for Late Summer
The record for Monday August 21 already broken: Tuesday was the hottest day ever recorded in France after August 15, with a national thermal...
The heat wave persists in the south of France, but thunderstorms are expected in...
Only a last northern third is spared by the high heat which overwhelms France: 19 departments in the South are still on heatwave red...
In Ecuador, a historic referendum protects the Amazon
A "victory for Ecuador and for the planet". In a historic referendum, 59% of Ecuadorians voted Sunday, August 20, to stop the exploitation of...
Heat wave: 19 departments still on red alert on Thursday, the 43 ° C...
Météo-France announces for Thursday August 24 the continuation of a "heat wave episode over a large southern and eastern part of the country". The...
Heatwave in France: record temperatures expected on Thursday, 19 departments on red alert and...
Unprecedented temperatures are still expected for Thursday in France, where the heat is intensifying, according to Météo-France. Nineteen departments are kept in heatwave red...
Heatwave: France is suffocating, 4 departments on red alert, this Tuesday
The heatwave episode continues on Tuesday over a large part of France with 49 departments placed by Météo-France in orange vigilance and four in...
Heat wave: France had its hottest day on Monday measured after an August 15
Monday was the hottest day ever recorded in France after August 15, with a national thermal indicator which reached 26.63 ° C, Météo-France announced...
Heat wave: 19 departments on red alert on Wednesday, records broken
"Fifteen new departments go into red vigilance" heat wave Wednesday August 23 at 12 p.m., announced Christine Lac, from Météo-France. The departments concerned are...
Luna 25 crash: what future for the Russian space sector?
The crash of the Russian probe Luna 25, which was to land on Sunday August 20 near the South Pole of the Moon, is...
Heat wave in France: nineteen departments on red alert on Wednesday
Temperatures continue to rise in France: 19 departments are now placed on heatwave red alert on Wednesday August 23 on a diagonal from Gers...
Heat wave: 15 new departments switch to red vigilance on Wednesday
An "intense and lasting" heatwave episode continued on Tuesday August 22 over a large part of France with 49 departments placed by Météo-France on...
The heat wave spreads in France, four departments on red alert on Tuesday
An "intense and lasting" heatwave episode continued on Tuesday August 22 over a large part of France with 49 departments placed by Météo-France on...
What is "feels like temperature" really?
While France is going through a late heat wave, it is not uncommon to hear about "felt temperature". In Bordeaux, for example, the temperature...
Slight respite from 'apocalyptic' fires in Western Canada
Cooler temperatures and some rain. The weather forecast for the past few hours brought some hope, Monday, August 21, to firefighters in Western Canada,...
What does Red Alert for Heatwave change?
Red vigilance for heat waves, the highest level of the "national heat wave plan", which will be in force on Tuesday August 22 in...
Heat wave: 50 departments placed in orange vigilance for Monday
The scorching temperatures will be particularly trying this Sunday in the 49 departments of France placed on orange vigilance by Météo-France, thus exceeding 40°C...
Heatwave: 50 departments placed in orange vigilance on Monday
Temperatures will remain very high on Monday August 21 with heat that will intensify further over the southern half to the center of the...
Vienna: a degraded golf course on the sidelines of the "Water Convoy" against the...
A Vienne golf course was degraded on Sunday, August 20, on the sidelines of the "Water Convoy", a bicycle procession of opponents of "basins",...
Heat wave: 28 departments placed on orange vigilance
The mercury will rise exceptionally on Saturday in France, where 28 departments have been placed on orange alert by Météo-France, scorching temperatures being expected...
Climate Change: "Feeling Helpless Produces Anxiety or Denial"
In 2020, they published The Worst Is Not Certain (Premier Parallèle), an "essay on catastrophist blindness" which fought step by step the rhetoric and...
How to make the perfect sandcastle
Unless you're a fan of reading or water sports, building sand castles is still a seaside vacation "must". But how do you make your...
Drought: violations on the water noted in approximately 7% of checks
Controls on water use, which may be restricted due to the persistent drought in France, have resulted in a finding of violation or breach...
Sainte-Soline: The "Water Convoy", a gathering opposing mega-basins, set off for a week-long demonstration
Five months after the violent clashes in Sainte-Soline around a controversial mega-basin project, a gathering, dubbed the "water convoy", set off, on bicycles in...
Heat wave in France: orange vigilance extended to 28 departments on Saturday
The area threatened by very high heat continues to grow. Météo-France announced on Friday August 18 the extension of the orange heat wave vigilance...
Covid-19: a new variant closely watched by the WHO and the United States
The World Health Organization (WHO) and US health authorities announced on Friday August 18 that they are closely monitoring a new variant of the...
Drought: breaches noted in 7% of water use checks
Controls relating to the use of water, which may be restricted due to the persistent drought in France, have resulted in a finding of...
Weather: Temperatures "will go up a notch" in France, towards a heat wave or...
After the rain in some regions, the heat wave over a large part of France? France could experience its most intense heat episode of...
Fire in the Pyrénées-Orientales: more than 3,000 people evacuated, the fire fixed
The violent fire that broke out on Monday August 14 in the Pyrénées-Orientales was fixed after covering several hundred hectares. The fire affected the...
Heat wave: what to expect this week in France?
The departments of Ain, Rhône, Isère, Savoie and Haute-Savoie, placed on heatwave orange vigilance by Météo-France, are already experiencing a major heat wave at...
A campsite destroyed by flames, in Argelès, in the now stabilized fire
A campsite was destroyed in Argelès-sur-Mer during a fire that covered 480 hectares in the Pyrénées-Orientales during the night of Monday to Tuesday August...
Discover these three invasive and little-known species of exotic insects
Beyond the tiger mosquito and the Asian hornet, which resurface every summer in the news, there is relatively little talk about invasive alien species....
Weather: orange alert for a heat wave in the Rhône
This Saturday August 12 could be marked by local and sometimes stormy showers in the North-East of France. At the same time, the Rhône...
Drought in France: 72% of water tables below normal for the season
Groundwater levels continue to worry in France this summer. The government revealed the latest figures on Thursday August 10 and explains that more than...