Tag: erosion
“Not sure that the building will still be there in ten years”… Saint-Malo and the puzzle of storm management
With each approaching storm, the same ceremony is repeated. Sheltered from the rain, they prepare their boots and their raincoats with the sole idea of getting as close as possible…
Will kites resist climate change?
“I broke three kites in the winter, it’s the first time that’s happened to me…” Dominique, a kite flyer based in Gironde, is devastated. In the thirty-five years that he…
“The dune has disappeared by around fifteen meters,” says a mayor of Vendée
More than 6,000 homes and business premises would be threatened by the decline of the coastline linked to erosion by 2050, according to an “objective and probable” scenario carried out…
Zelensky speaks of the “extremely difficult” situation at the front
War in Ukraine Updated on February 19, 2024, 9:37 p.m © Reuters Western arms deliveries to Ukraine have been stalling for months. After a visit to the front, President Zelenskyj…
On an islet in Saint-Malo, Chateaubriand’s tomb threatened by erosion
“As I went up the path, I told myself that the grave is not going to stay there forever. » This is the observation of Véronique, a tourist from the…
What if marine bacteria became a formidable weapon against coastal erosion?
What if one of the solutions for slowing down coastal erosion lies in certain bacteria present in the marine environment, which have the ability to naturally produce limestone? While 22%…
Brazil: Huge soil erosion: This abyss eats up a village
A dangerous sight for the residents of the municipality of Buriticupu in Brazil: the landslides in the north-east of the country began in 2017 – today the holes are 70…
Despite the risk, real estate prices continue to soar “because erosion is a slow phenomenon”
New Aquitaine aims to eventually become a “coastal risk research center of excellence” by connecting more different organizations and university centers. Among them, INRAE (National Research Institute for Agriculture, Food…
Church: “Process of erosion”: record number of Catholics leaving the church
Church “Process of erosion”: record number of Catholics leaving the church The towers of the Munich Cathedral. The number of people leaving the Catholic Church has also skyrocketed in Bavaria.…
The map of the 126 French municipalities on the front line in the face of coastal erosion
We told you about it on Wednesday: the government has just published the list of 126 French municipalities that are on the front line facing coastal erosion. In question: global…