While France has banned certain single-use plastic products since January 1, 2020, the Netherlands is also getting up to speed. From July 3, 2021, products of this type will be banned, announces Dutch radio NOS and Dutchreview magazine on June 26. Although the list of products in question is not yet known, new measures are […]

No more birdsong heard in the French capital, pollution has returned. According to data published on Wednesday by the Energy and Air Quality Research Center (Crea), an international organization based in Finland, Paris is the European metropolis where nitrogen dioxide (NO2) concentrations are highest. more exploded with deconfinement: + 118% compared to the average of […]

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The analysis, published recently in the scientific journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, comes at a time when the planet is still in shock from the coronavirus pandemic. It takes root in the destruction of the environment, and the new infectious disease transmitted from animals to humans is having devastating consequences. Analysis of […]

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Tropical forests could lose their role as a major carbon store if the daytime temperature exceeds 32 ° C, a situation that would affect nearly three-quarters of these forests if global warming reaches 2 ° C, according to a study published in Science. “Tropical forests currently store the equivalent of a quarter of a century […]

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In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic, global media is reporting on a “silver lining” of the crisis: that nature is getting a break as people are forced to stay home. Penguins on the streets of Cape Town, a kangaroo roaming around Adelaide and a crab-eating fox exploring Bogotá suburbs are just a few examples. These stories are coupled with reports of clean […]

The amount of CO2 being released by human activity each day fell by as much as 17% during the height of the coronavirus crisis in early April, a new study shows. This means daily emissions temporarily fell to levels last seen in 2006, the study says. In the first four months of the year, it estimates that […]