SCIENCE

For the tenth month in a row, the average temperatures recorded on land and at sea have been beaten

An “exceptional” quantity of dust from the Sahara has been crossing Western Europe from south to north since Saturday, with harmful consequences on air quality, the European Copernicus Observatory warned on Monday April 8

The announcement should reassure beet growers, not opponents of pesticides

MPs unanimously adopted, at first reading, Thursday April 4, a bill to restrict the manufacturing and sale of products containing “eternal pollutants,” or PFAS

Deputies began on Thursday, April 4, the examination of a bill to restrict the manufacturing and sale of products containing “eternal pollutants,” or PFAS, but the presidential camp quickly removed kitchen utensils from the scope of the text

The deputies begin on Thursday April 4 the examination of a bill to restrict the manufacture and sale of products containing “eternal pollutants”, the adoption of which is uncertain due to the reservations of the presidential camp, which is the subject pressure from industry

The floods reached their peak, on the night of Tuesday March 2 to Wednesday March 3, in Tonnerre and Chablis, the two most affected municipalities in Yonne, a department still classified on red alert, but they continue to spread downstream , we learned from the authorities

The departments of Yonne and Saône-et-Loire remain on red alert on Tuesday April 2, according to a Météo-France bulletin, facing the “exceptional” levels of certain rivers while the flood wave moves towards the Burgundy

Part of the country remains on alert due to the risk of flooding linked to severe weather

Numerous evacuations took place in Indre-et-Loire and Vienne, due to the severe flooding of the rivers which has occurred since Saturday in the center-west of the country

Numerous evacuations have taken place or are in progress in Indre-et-Loire and Vienne, due to the severe river flooding which has occurred since Saturday March 30 in the center-west of the country

The maximum state of vigilance remains active in the departments of Vienne and Indre-et-Loire, Sunday March 31, due to a risk of very strong flooding, the level of which could approach that which was observed in 1913

Consider moving your clocks and alarm clocks

The south-east of France was affected, on Saturday March 30, by an episode of fine particle pollution, due to the passage of a cloud of sand from the Sahara, announced the prefectures of the Provence-Alpes-Côte-d region

After two years of arduous discussions, member countries of the World Health Organization (WHO) failed to conclude an international agreement on Thursday, March 28, aimed at better preparing the world for a future pandemic

Five months after the death of Moana, a 12-year-old male, another orca, Inouk, a 25-year-old male, died at Marineland in Antibes (Alpes-Maritimes), the water park announced on Thursday March 28 in a press release

The majority of packaged salads contain pesticide residues, warns 60 million consumers in an article published Thursday March 28

The weather for the day of this Thursday, March 28, promises to be rough in France, with strong winds on the western side of the country and strong swells in the south, requiring orange wind and wave-submersion vigilance in seven departments, reported Meteo France

On Wednesday March 20, the Directorate General for Competition, Consumption and Fraud Repression (DGCCRF) shared the results of its second wave of control on the repairability index, a decision-making tool launched at the beginning 2021 in the form of a small colorful label, displayed next to the price of certain electronic devices and household appliances

The Ministry of the Armed Forces announced on Monday March 18 a “collaboration” with EDF in order to use the power of the two nuclear reactors at the Civaux plant to produce tritium with the CEA, “a rare gas essential for deterrence weapons”

The body of a twelve-year-old child washed away by a river in the Gard on Saturday evening, during depression Monica, was found on Friday March 15, “downstream” of those of his father and his 4-year-old sister, found previously, announced the public prosecutor of Nîmes, Cécile Gensac

The body recovered in Ardèche on Wednesday is indeed that of a man who went missing in Saint-Martin-de-Valamas during the severe weather of the weekend, the Privas prosecutor's office announced on Thursday March 14, bringing the death toll to seven of storm Monica in France

Electricity rationing has started in Zambia

The death toll from floods in the south of France rose on Monday March 11, reaching five deaths

The death toll from floods in the Gard department rose to four deaths on Monday March 11, with the discovery of the body of a man who could be that of the father of the family who had been missing with his two children since Saturday evening, the prefecture announced du Gard

Tens of thousands of sea carp floating alongside moored boats, amid all kinds of waste, in a putrid smell

Vigilance is still required on Sunday March 10 due to bad weather associated with Storm Monica, with cumulative precipitation of up to 150 millimeters in places

Vigilance is still required on Sunday March 10 due to bad weather associated with storm Monica, with cumulative precipitation of up to 150 millimeters in places

With heavy rain expected, four departments in the south-east of France will be placed on orange rain-flood alert on Saturday March 9 from 2 p

With heavy rain expected, three departments in the South-East of France will be placed on orange “rain-flood” alert, Saturday March 9 from 4 p

Driven by greenhouse gas emissions and the El Niño climate phenomenon, the last three months have been the hottest on record worldwide, with February part of a series of nine successive monthly records, according to Copernicus

The oasis of Tozeur, an island of greenery at the gateway to the Sahara, an agricultural bastion in the middle of an arid zone

Several hundred environmental activists from Exctintion Rebellion and the Youth for Climate collective entered by force, Saturday March 3 afternoon, the site of the chemist Arkema's factory in Pierre-Bénite (Rhône), to denounce pollution in perfluorochemicals (PFAS) – also called “eternal pollutants” – noted an Agence France-Presse (AFP) journalist on site

Steak, escalope, ham, fillet, steak… a new decree published on Tuesday February 27 by the government specifies the list of names reserved for animal products – and therefore prohibited for products based on vegetable proteins