France invested in the purchase of six new Dash 8 bombers in 2018 to improve efficiency when fighting fires. This project was spread over six years until 2024, including the delivery of a new device each year. The cost is estimated at... Read More
Many forest fires occurred in early May in several Canadian regions, nature becoming an inferno. These got out of control and involved the massive evacuation of around 30,000 people, villages reduced to ashes, oil installations shut down, etc. Among the 30,000 evacuees,... Read More
The level of groundwater in our country should be good, but it is not. In addition, the “recharge” period to power them is officially over. In question, a very dry winter 2022/2023 throughout the country, with the record, 32 days without rain... Read More
The greening of a city consists in reducing the spaces covered with bitumen in order to increase the quantity of plants (grass, trees, plants, etc.). Greening a city has many advantages: – Air purification thanks to plants since they act as natural... Read More
A few weeks ago, the European Commission authorized the marketing of a house cricket powder. The Vietnamese company “Cricket One” has filed a request to use this powder in certain foods such as pizzas, bread, cereal bars, biscuits or chocolate confectionery. Entomophagy... Read More
Nature is beautiful, but it is also a source of benefits that we are not always aware of. Indeed, forests not only have the role of fighting against global warming, they provide us with food, medicine, soil fertilization, filling groundwater, etc. We... Read More
We know the main effect of global warming, namely the increase in temperatures involving in particular the acceleration of the melting of glaciers, but on the contrary, one of the other unknown effects caused by this warming is the sudden cooling of... Read More
It is difficult for us, who live thousands of kilometers away, to imagine the melting of the ice at the poles because it is a somewhat abstract, distant and almost inaccessible subject. Concretely, melting ice refers to the acceleration of the disappearance... Read More
On February 6, 2023 at 4:17 a.m. local time, a magnitude 7.8 earthquake struck southwestern Turkey and northern Syria a few hours apart. Early estimates point to a death toll of more than 50,000. 11 minutes after the first earthquake, an aftershock... Read More
RESCUER DOGS AT SEA The missions of a rescue dog at sea are: * rescue people at risk of drowning; * to help people in difficulty at sea (individuals or sailors); * to help emergency services come to the aid of people... Read More
As every year at the same time, the City of the Doges in Venice usually faces low tide. This phenomenon is quite normal, but the exceptional character this year lies in its duration, since it causes major logistical problems. It is all... Read More
There are on average about ten deaths each year caused by avalanches. They are still among the least deadly natural disasters. An avalanche by definition is a rapid movement of a mass of snow on a slope that can be caused by... Read More