Finally some good news on the climate front. And some very bad news for America's big oil companies and their chief supporter, Donald Trump. Three highly controversial oil and gas pipeline projects have just been halted for environmental reasons. The environmentalists are thrilled, as are the
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In order to contribute to the information effort on the current coronavirus crisis, UP' offers its readers free access to the latest published articles on this topic. How the coronavirus spreads from one victim to another remains an impenetrable mystery. But in the midst of all the efforts
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On May 29th, the tank of a Russian mining group installed on the frozen ground of Arctic Siberia saw its pillars break, releasing 21,000 tons of diesel into the wilderness. The cause of this ecological disaster is attributed to the melting of the permafrost, the permanently frozen ground.
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Today, the United States is crumbling under the weight of two pandemics: coronavirus and police brutality. Both are causing physical and psychological violence. Both kill and disproportionately injure black and brown people. And both are driven by the technology that we are designing, redirecting...
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Should we introduce Jane Goodall? Founder of the Institute that bears her name and UN Messenger of Peace, her reputation precedes her. Famous for her lifelong work on primates, she advocates a new relationship with nature. In a recent intervention, she challenged all of humanity. The
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Resuscitation, death, contamination... Almost 15 days after deconfinement, these indicators are rather positive. However, the authorities judge that it is too early to draw conclusions. And this, despite the opinion of scientists who no longer hesitate to say that the Covid-19 epidemic is behind us. Especially since there is news
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Everyone will be exposed to the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS) coronavirus 2, and most people will be infected. Johan Giesecke, the epidemiologist behind Sweden's non-containment strategy, explains in an article published in the medical journal The Lancet the value of choosing herd immunity in his country. He
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When the coronavirus epidemic began - it was only a few weeks ago and now seems centuries ago - doctors felt relatively confident, believing they knew who they were dealing with. Early medical reports suggested that the coronavirus appeared to be a standard respiratory virus, although it was not a common respiratory virus.
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Scientists, environmentalists, young people concerned about their future, all observers of climate change have been shouting it for years. Political inaction and pusillanimity in the fight against climate change are leading us straight to an unliveable world. What we knew less about, and which
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The world is facing a tragedy like no other. It would be legitimate to think, as a result, that our horizons are clouded and more uncertain than ever. On the contrary, many people are taking advantage of this moment when time, and everyone's lives, are like
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This Breton startup, Hemarina, has developed a molecule derived from a marine worm to transport oxygen in the blood. For Dr. Franck Zal, who made this discovery, it is a "molecular respirator" that could replace the artificial respirators that are sorely lacking for treating
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The names of these promising drugs to treat COVID-19 patients are beginning to become known to the public: Remdesivir, Ritonavir, Lopinavir and of course the most talked about, Chloroquine. These four promising treatments will be the subject of a major global study by the World Health Organization.
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How many deaths will the coronavirus cause? No one is yet able to answer this question, but in the worst-case scenario, it could number in the millions around the world, warn experts, who therefore stress the importance of measures such as containment. Time is running out in the face of a
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Scientists from one of the world's leading epidemiology centres, the American Johns Hopkins University, have just published an article that opens up unexpected prospects in these gloomy epidemic times. They explain how viral antibodies, contained in the blood serum of patients cured of coronavirus, could then be used to treat the disease.
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According to a study recently published in the medical journal Cardiovascular Research, air pollution is responsible for shortening the lives of people around the world on a much larger scale than wars and other forms of violence, parasitic and vector-borne diseases such as
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The coronavirus of Chinese origin is spreading, triggering epidemics in many countries at the same time, and now threatens to spread around the world like a full-blown pandemic. All the governments of the states in which patients have been identified are announcing that the spread is inevitable and that it is
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A major survey conducted by the NGOs Unearthed-Greenpeace and Public Eye reveals that five of the world's largest pesticide manufacturers derive more than one-third of their revenues from the sale of chemicals with proven hazards to human and animal health and the environment. The Giants
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A Dutch government scientist has proposed to build two titanic dams between Scotland, Norway, France and England to completely close off the North Sea. These giant constructions would be able to protect about 25 million Europeans from the consequences of rising sea levels due to global warming.
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By dint of repeating that coal is a disastrous fossil fuel for the planet, world leaders seem to have finally understood. Coal has recorded a drop of 3 % in world electricity production. This figure is an average, with ups and downs according to the
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Organic has never been debated and has imposed itself in people's minds and practices as a matter of course. Last June, the Organic Agency, which has been scrutinizing this market for several years, published an impressive number of records. Explosion in the number of organic farms, expansion of the range of crops that have become even more important in the future.
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