In August 2018, the researchers found for the first time that the strongest layer of the Arctic was fracturing. Until then, this part of the Arctic Circle did not show any disturbing signs, but the heat waves caused by climate change have taken its... Read More
While biofuels are presented as an alternative to oil and France has embarked on a program to develop these alternative fuels, world oil production is breaking records. The planet has simply never consumed as much oil as it does today. The hydrocarbon sector produces nearly... Read More
For several years, and particularly in recent weeks, the debates around glyphosate are linked. In September 2018, in France, the use of this controversial herbicide was again authorized by the deputies of the Assembly. But the stakes on the regulation of pesticides and herbicides are also... Read More
The emission of fine particles by cars depends essentially on the type of engine. Before the implementation of exhaust pollution control systems, diesel engines could emit up to 50 mg / km of fine particles. Today, gasoline vehicles with direct fuel injection (FDI) technologies also have... Read More
France, Germany, Italy, Spain or Belgium… Most European countries do not know what to do with their radioactive waste anymore. In the space of a few years, the management of this waste has become a real international puzzle that France is also struggling to solve. At the end... Read More
If China is known for its exponential development, its Himalayan mountains and its great wall, it is also infamous for the Yulin Dog Meat Festival. If the situation tends to change with the new generation, this macabre festival has existed since the late 1990s.... Read More
After several months of waiting and 2 meetings on the hunt in just 6 months, President Emmanuel Macron confirmed the lowering of the price of the national hunting license, from 400 € to 200 € per year. A division by 2 and a gift... Read More
Botswana, a landlocked country in southern Africa, is one of the countries with the highest number of elephants. In 2015, the country recorded 135,000 elephants at large, more than a third of the elephant population in Africa. Botswana is also considered to be one of the... Read More
For 5 years, the OMPE has been working on 5 fundamental projects, concerning both environmental problems (CO2 and greenhouse gas absorber for global warming, ocean depletion and recycling of plastics), animals (Charles Darwin Parks and the World Gene Library for endangered animals) or... Read More
You certainly know the oil spills or the green tides whose proliferation of seaweed affects the Brittany coast every year. But, at the moment, another type of tide is worrying so much that Florida triggered a state of emergency on August 13, 2018. Red tide... Read More
In 2012, a study published in the journal Biology Letters of the British Academy of Sciences alerted about the impact of night lighting on biodiversity. Thus, it would have adverse effects on the body and also on the individual behavior of insects and mammals. With a 30% increase... Read More
Desertification, depletion of the Earth’s natural resources, climate change, biodiversity in danger… The statement made by environmental associations and NGOs (including the OMPE) is severe but very real. It has been a long time since humans entered a black period in environmental matters . We see... Read More