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The record number of fires detected daily across the world is 187,114. This record was beaten on September 09, 2020 with 136,680, or 50,000 more! These fires are detected and monitored using NASA satellites. We can observe that unfortunately all continents are...

Apr

Renewable energies: a secure future

Renewable energies (EnR) refer to all energies from natural sources, such as the sun, wind, water, sea, etc. As opposed to non-renewable energies (fossil and nuclear energies) whose stocks are running out, renewable energies come from sources that are constantly renewed by...

Mar

A release of mosquitoes with less spiciness

Animals, Blog, Environment

The mosquito can be a vector of sometimes fatal diseases such as Chikungunya, Dengue, Malaria and many others. Today to fight against these nuisances, the spreading of insecticides remains appropriate. Alternative solutions are beginning to emerge (following numerous conclusive experiments), such as...

Mar

The Felicity Ace: hit… sunk !

On February 16, 2022, a fire broke out on board the merchant ship Felicity Ace off the Portuguese archipelago of the Azores. The 22 crew members were quickly rescued, the ship meanwhile had been left adrift in the middle of the Atlantic...

Mar

Radioactivity

Radioactivity is a natural phenomenon that originates in the heart of the atom. In the unstable nucleus of a radioactive atom, there is a surplus of energy which leads to a disintegration of the atom into another atom by simultaneously emitting particles...

Mar

Renaissance dam: a conflicting pharaonic work

The great “Renaissance” dam is at the heart of a diplomatic conflict between Sudan, Egypt and Ethiopia. Located on the Blue Nile, about 30km from the Sudanese border, it is 145 meters high and 1.8 kilometers long. A senior official present at...

Mar

Leaks in the Arctic

In June 2020, a release of wastewater into nature was observed near a factory located in Talnakh, near the city of Norilsk in Russia, managed by the mining giant Nornickel in the Arctic. The tank containing the wastewater had overflowed and released...

Feb

The “drought”, new resolution 2022

In France, since the beginning of the year over most of the country, we can observe a fairly substantial drought, especially in certain regions such as Provence Alpes Côte d’Azur since it is in rainfall deficit. In theory, this should have been...

Feb

A foam of fish in the Atlantic

Animals, Blog, Environment

On February 3, 2022, one of the largest fishing vessels in the world dumped hundreds of thousands of dead fish into the Atlantic. The Dutch trawler FV Margiris (6,200 tons and 143 meters long) formed a floating mat of carcasses (mainly composed...

Feb

A counterfeit white coat

In early February 2022, the Loiret was covered in snow and this magical landscape amazed everyone. However, the composition of this extraordinary white coat is a little less so. Indeed, real flakes fell from the sky but it was “fake” snow. So...

Jan

He runs he runs the prey