Category: Climate myths
For the last article in our series with the CNRS, we are going to Antarctica, more commonly known as “the white continent” or “the 6th continent“. Antarctica is fascinating in every way. Firstly, few people ...
The Amazon is perhaps the first topic in our climate series that 100% of our readers have heard of. This natural region of South America that we studied at school is so immense and rich ...
Ongoing climate change, which is very pronounced in the Arctic regions, is driving permafrost to thaw. What is the problem? As temperatures rise, these soils frozen for thousands of years release significant amounts of greenhouse ...
Ocean acidification is a largely forgotten consequence of climate change. It is certainly one of the less publicized issues. Hurricanes, droughts, heatwavesor floods all make for great headlines, with spectacular images and important human losses. ...
The terrible floods in Belgium and Germany in the summer of 2021 have left their mark. It is as if Western countries, and more generally those of the North, realised that climatic hazards could also ...
Thinking that “climate change, it’s for others!” is an optimism bias, as well as a clumsy error. It is indeed likely that France will suffer less than Madagascar or Cambodia. Nevertheless, French people will not ...
“Humans have always adapted. This argument is very frequently used, especially by climate delayers : they admit that climate change is a problem, but that it is not so serious because “humans have always adapted“. ...
Having reviewed the main climate myths, it was time to look at the unifying element of all these topics: climate models. Climate models are important simulation tools for improving our understanding of climate behaviour on ...
“A 50°C heatwave in Paris by 2050? Stop exaggerating about your global warming!“ When thinking about global warming, expecting multiple heatwaves in the coming decades is the most intuitive. If you are old enough to ...
Today, about half of the world’s population live within 200 kilometers of a coastline, and an estimated one out of ten people live less than 10 m above current sea levels. For the world’s inhabitants, ...
Every year, the world’s tropical regions are the scene of nearly 100 tropical storms, half of which develop into cyclones. Fortunately, only about 15 of them “land”, i.e. touch the ground. The damage caused by ...
California, Siberia, Australia…spectacular images of megafires raging on different continents invaded our screens in 2019 and again in 2020. Close to home, Greece suffered from one of the most devastating wildfires on the European continent ...
Before reading this article, you can check out this video of Jean-Christophe Buisson, assistant director of the Figaro Magazine, talking about weather and climate: It’s normal to feel astounded after watching this. Especially since Jean-Christophe ...
Global warming leads to significant changes in yearly rainfall in different regions. Thus, since the 1970s, we have observed that the Mediterranean, Southern Africa, South Asia, and the Sahel are experiencing longer and more intense ...
Following the publication of a scientific article at the end of February 2021, the scientific and mainstream press became passionate about the possible collapse of the Gulf Stream, rekindling the collective imagination produced by the ...
Today, let’s address one of the main subjects when talking about climate change: CO2. Carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere is now reaching levels 40% higher than before the industrial revolution. This human-driven CO2 rise ...
Some common beliefs on climate still remain and persist in the public sphere. Given the climate emergency, and in partnership with the National Institute of Sciences of the Universe (INSU), we would like to demystify ...
Climate myths still remain and persist in the public sphere. Given the climate emergency, and in partnership with the National Institute of Sciences of the Universe (INSU), we would like to demystify some cliches about ...
Myths on climate still remain and persist in the public sphere. Given the climate emergency, and in partnership with the National Institute of Sciences of the Universe (INSU), we would like to demystify some cliches ...
Myths on climate still remain and persist in the public sphere. Given the climate emergency, and in partnership with the National Institute of Sciences of the Universe (INSU), we would like to demystify some cliches ...
