Costly frost in France attributed to climate change
Scientists say damaging frost that caused significant economic loss to France's central winegrowing region this year was made more likely by climate change.
Scientists say damaging frost that caused significant economic loss to France's central winegrowing region this year was made more likely by climate change.
Environment
Jun 15, 2021
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Farmers in western France are doubling down on an unusual crop: breeding millions of tiny predatory bugs and wasps to protect tomato plants without resorting to the insecticides that consumers are shunning.
Ecology
Jun 1, 2021
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A humpback whale was found dead on Wednesday on a beach along the Mediterranean in southern France, in what experts said was a rare incident.
Ecology
May 26, 2021
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A Bronze-age slab first uncovered in 1900 in western France is the oldest map in Europe, according to a study released this week.
Archaeology
Apr 8, 2021
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The trend for highly-educated women to have fewer children isn't seen among those who are religious, new analysis suggests.
Social Sciences
Mar 8, 2021
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Is a quantum machine really more efficient than a conventional machine for performing calculations? Demonstrating this 'advantage' experimentally is particularly complex and a major research challenge around the world.
Optics & Photonics
Feb 8, 2021
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That dream house in southern France that so many fantasise about is going to become uncomfortably hot in coming decades, according to new climate change projections Monday by the country's national weather service.
Environment
Feb 1, 2021
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A Paris court will begin hearing Thursday a complaint brought by NGOs backed by two million citizens accusing the French state of failing to act to halt climate change.
Environment
Jan 14, 2021
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A lynx, one of Europe's rarest mammals, has been found shot dead in eastern France in a suspected killing by poachers, local officials said Tuesday.
Plants & Animals
Jan 5, 2021
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The medieval Belgian city of Bruges has rounded up dozens of the swans that glide through its picturesque canals to shelter them from the spread of bird flu.
Ecology
Nov 19, 2020
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