In a world of finite resources, which are already heavily used for our needs, it is essential to assess the potential impact on biodiversity of new human activities, and in particular the technologies that accompany the development of renewable energies. In France, this debate is regularly opened: this was the case, for example, by
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In barely two generations, a new species of bird has appeared on the Galapagos island. This is an incredible phenomenon when you consider that the pace of evolution usually extends over many generations. Darwin would not have believed his eyes! This speed is to be compared to the pressures that the
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France has long been alarmed at the artificialization of a department every ten years. However, we are still far from putting an end to it, as the President of the Republic pledged during his election campaign. This is why we must welcome the return of this issue to the political agenda, at the same time as it is being discussed in the European Parliament.
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"Investigation in troubled waters", "Dilemma in our plates", "Terror on the coast", "Home search on the seaside", these few titles give the "front page" of the web series which features two main characters: Marc, a citizen doubtful about the interest of research and Océane, a Coselmar researcher.
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Researchers say better forest and soil management could play a major role in combating climate change. Their conclusion is based on the most comprehensive description to date of how greenhouse gas emissions can be
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Geological and paleontological data tell us that there have been some 60 species extinction crises over the last 600 million years or so. We know little about what happened before this period, since species from this period have very little fossilization (in the absence of external skeletons and
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The biomass of flying insects, which are essential to ecosystems, has decreased by more than 75 % in almost 30 years without scientists being able to determine the cause with certainty. The researchers, who have been conducting their study in protected areas in Germany since 1989, suspect that
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Ever since the city has existed, trees have been part of the city. Trees have always accompanied urban development and structured it. Often, the identity of a city is its trees, of different species depending on the region and climate: plane trees, maple trees, sycamores, etc., line our streets. But if we were to come back
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Large mammals, forests or micro-organisms... climate change heralds uncertain times for animals and plants, the French Academy of Sciences said in a report published on Monday, which reminds us that this biodiversity is necessary for mankind. The global warming observed in the 20th century is already affecting all species of plants and animals," said the French Academy of Sciences in a report published on Monday.
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On September 27th, the documentary film "L'intelligence des arbres", based on the bestseller by Peter Wohlleen, a German forester, is released in France. It tells us how the tree society is organized. The scientists' discoveries about the exchange of food and information between the trees of a forest show a real mutual help, a real exchange of ideas, a real exchange of information between the trees of a forest.
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The Cook Islands have created one of the largest marine sanctuaries in the world, which will protect a portion of the Pacific Ocean three times the size of France. Last Thursday, the archipelago's parliament passed legislation giving birth to this vast area of 1.9 million square kilometres. The activist
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Our planet is overwhelmed by billions of tons of plastic waste accumulated since the 1950s, a situation that worsens in the absence of effective recycling, according to a study published last Wednesday in the American journal Science Advances. Researchers from the Universities of Georgia and California have determined
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Since the death of the dinosaurs, life on Earth has never known such deadly pressure. We have indeed entered what scientists call the sixth great extinction. And humans may well be among the victims, according to a recent study. An extinction like this means the loss of one of the world's most important
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250 swimmers met on the occasion of the Elbe Swimming Relay, the "Elbschwimmstaffel", the largest swimming relay in Germany to date organized for clean water and the environment. The message: "The ocean starts here! Protecting the seas and oceans
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The call for projects "Vegetable gardens and educational gardens", launched by the Ministry in November 2016 and closed on 1 May 2017, was the subject of more than 10,000 expressions of interest. 1,354 schools were designated as winners of the operation. Discover, all over France,
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The morning of Monday 26th June had started badly for the defenders of bees and the environment. The new Minister of Agriculture, Stéphane Travert, had hinted that he would return to the ban on bee-killing pesticides, a ban that was supported by the President of the Republic and his minister.
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For a very long time, the scientific community considered that plants, although they were certainly capable of adapting to changes in their environment through the mechanisms of natural selection, lacked a nervous system and the ability to learn - as is the case in
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This is good news for biodiversity. More than 28,000 plant species are currently listed as having medicinal uses, reveals a report published on Thursday 18 May by the Botanic Research Centre at Kew Gardens in London. In total, the report, which aims to
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More than one hundred specimens of flowering plants, dating from the 19th century and belonging to the National Museum of Natural History in Paris, were destroyed by Australian Customs in charge of biosecurity. This is the incredible story revealed by The Guardian on Monday 8 May. These plants, which dated
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Created in 2007, every year the Fête de la Nature invites young and old to discover the fauna and flora that surrounds them from 17 to 21 May. The theme of this 11th edition, the "super-powers of nature", proposes to explore the specialities, roles and functions of a
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