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Several inhabitants of Haute-Garonne were surprised to see their fruit trees in bloom. This is one of the consequences of global warming with a phenomenon that has been accelerating for more than 10 years. Saturday October 22, an ordinary weekend for a...

Oct

France and nuclear energy

DEFINITION Nuclear energy comes from the nuclei of atoms. It is released in two ways: either the nucleus fuses with another nucleus (we speak of nuclear fusion) or it breaks in two (we speak of nuclear fission). The nuclear fission reaction has...

Oct

Selective sorting: everyone concerned

In France for more than 40 years, the amount of waste has doubled. A French person produces 573 kg in one year according to the French Environment and Energy Management Agency (ADEME). We also know that from one municipality to another, the...

Oct

A cetacean shipwreck

On September 20, 2022, Australian rescuers made a gruesome discovery… nearly 200 dolphins died stranded on a beach in Tasmania. The causes of this major grounding are not known, although it is a phenomenon that occurs regularly in the region. Indeed, it...

Sep

Electricity prices: consequences for our future bills?

On Friday August 26, 2022, the price of electricity in France broke records on a futures market, exceeding €1,000 against €85 a year earlier. A 12-fold increase can be explained by historically low French production: 32 EDF reactors shut down out of...

Sep

The migration of marine species

Studies have shown that rising ocean temperatures are pushing thousands of species away from equatorial waters. Over the past fifty years, marine biodiversity has stabilized or declined in waters above 20°C. There are about eight million animal and plant species on Earth,...

Sep

Hot blow for our homes

Every year in France, drought causes colossal damage to our homes, which can raise the bill to several hundred million euros. Global warming is clearly increasing the phenomenon, thus endangering a very unequal insurance system where victims are struggling to assert their...

Sep

Our bees have the bumblebee

Everyone is impacted by climate change, including insects… In times of drought, bees struggle to find the essential nectar for honey production, which is a concern for many beekeepers. “The climate conditions the production of nectar by the flowers”, explains Yves Le...

Sep

The melting of the white giant of the Ecrins

The Glacier Blanc is an alpine glacier located in the Hautes-Alpes, it is the largest in the Massif des Écrins in the Parc des Écrins to the north of the town of Pelvoux. It is over 5 kilometers long for an area...

Aug

When “blue gold” is becoming increasingly rare

Between June 2021 and June 2022, rising temperatures and drought, directly linked to global warming, have caused serious damage to our peaks, lakes and rivers. This alarming observation includes in particular the melting of snow, the drop in lake levels, the drying...

Aug

The return of the tiger mosquitoes