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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,...

May

Drought in France

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...

Apr

The greening of our cities

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...

Apr

A future diet based on insects

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...

Apr

Deforestation

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...

Apr

Impact of global warming on ocean currents

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...

Mar

Melting ice

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...

Mar

Earthquakes in Turkey and Syria

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...

Mar

Rescue dogs at sea and in the mountains

Animals, Blog

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...

Mar

Low tide in Venice

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...

Mar

Avalanches