Tag: Global warming
Addicted to clothes, flying or meat? Capitalists Anonymous Can Help You Get Sober
If their name may make you smile, their approach is nothing short of serious. For a little over a year and a half, around ten “Anonymous Capitalists” have been meeting…
Dubai struggles to recover from two years of rain in one day
The situation is still very difficult in Dubai. Flooded highways, closed schools and disrupted air traffic: the city struggled on Wednesday to recover from the record rains which fell the…
Great Barrier Reef: Reasons for coral bleaching are not just due to the climate crisis – knowledge
“It’s absolutely heartbreaking,” says marine biologist Selina Ward. She has been researching the Great Barrier Reef off the coast of Australia for around 30 years. That’s the case with every…
Torrential rains wreak havoc in Dubai
Dubai is under water. The city’s international airport, one of the busiest in the world, diverted some flights on Tuesday due to heavy rains which caused significant flooding in the…
Great Barrier Reef is experiencing perhaps the worst coral bleaching in history. – Knowledge
“It’s absolutely heartbreaking,” says marine biologist Selina Ward. She has been researching the Great Barrier Reef off the coast of Australia for around 30 years. That’s the case with every…
The world is experiencing another massive episode of coral bleaching
The world is currently experiencing a massive episode of coral bleaching due to record ocean temperatures, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) warned on Monday. For the second time…
A new early heat record was broken on Saturday in France
Writing this this Monday from Hauts-de-France, under the wind and showers after the passage of depression “Renata”, it is hard to believe it. And yet, this weekend, France did indeed…
What you need to know about bark beetles, these pest insects that the State wants to eradicate
It is not just fires that are ravaging our forests and especially our spruce trees. There is in fact another threat, silent and less spectacular but just as devastating: bark…
Water still rising in areas hit by major flooding
Russia and Kazakhstan are experiencing major flooding. Authorities in both countries said Sunday that water continues to rise in some of the affected regions, where the peak is expected in…
What does the ECHR’s condemnation of Switzerland change?
A historic judgment. The European Court of Human Rights (ECHR) on Tuesday condemned, for the first time, a State for climate inaction, in this case Switzerland. What changes does this…