{"data":{"allFeedVeille":{"nodes":[{"title":"Les conséquences de la chaleur tardive sur la végétation","creator":"Karine Durand, Spécialiste météo extrême et environnement","pubDate":"Tue, 03 Oct 2023 08:50:14 +0000","contentSnippet":"Après un mois de septembre record, place à un mois d'octobre qui débute aussi de manière record. Les conditions estivales qui se prolongent peuvent paraître bien agréables, mais elles bouleversent le cycle naturel des végétaux de plusieurs manières.","link":"https://www.futura-sciences.com/planete/actualites/biodiversite-consequences-chaleur-tardive-vegetation-108102/#xtor%3DRSS-8","enclosure":{"length":"1337","type":"image/jpg","url":"https://cdn.futura-sciences.com/buildsv6/images/wide1920/9/3/1/931a3fb599_50207019_tree-3110117-1920.jpg"}},{"title":"Toxic tyre dust: This source of microplastic pollution could be the worst of all","creator":"","pubDate":"Tue, 03 Oct 2023 08:48:15 +0000","contentSnippet":"Some 2 billion tyres are made a year. What is the environmental cost of the 'chemical cocktail' that goes into them?","link":"https://www.euronews.com/green/2023/10/02/toxic-tyre-dust-this-source-of-microplastic-pollution-could-be-the-worst-of-all","enclosure":null},{"title":"How are Swedish gangs using music platform Spotify to launder money?","creator":"","pubDate":"Tue, 03 Oct 2023 08:47:25 +0000","contentSnippet":"Criminals in Sweden are using cryptocurrency to pay for Spotify streams and clean their dirty money.","link":"https://www.euronews.com/2023/10/03/how-are-swedish-gangs-using-music-platform-spotify-to-launder-money","enclosure":null},{"title":"Être aveugle ou déficient visuel en dehors des grandes villes, c'est être deux fois handicapé","creator":"Agnès Polloni","pubDate":"Mon, 02 Oct 2023 10:20:03 +0000","contentSnippet":"Partout en France, les familles doivent composer avec le  manque de structures ou de praticiens spécialisés. Pourtant, ce handicap requiert du sur-mesure dès le plus jeune âge. Lire la suite","link":"https://www.slate.fr/story/252726/aveugle-deficient-visuel-grandes-villes-rural-handicap-ecole-manque-specialistes","enclosure":{"length":"1337","type":"image/jpeg","url":"https://www.slate.fr/sites/default/files/styles/1440x600/public/photos_sacha_article_slate_2.jpg"}},{"title":"Les «mommy issues» existent autant que les «daddy issues», des hommes en témoignent","creator":"Slate.fr","pubDate":"Mon, 02 Oct 2023 10:13:12 +0000","contentSnippet":"Le phénomène serait tout aussi important chez les hommes, même s'il est beaucoup plus médiatisé pour les femmes. Lire la suite","link":"https://www.slate.fr/story/253910/mommy-daddy-issues-hommes-racontent-relations-amoureuses","enclosure":{"length":"1337","type":"image/jpeg","url":"https://www.slate.fr/sites/default/files/styles/1440x600/public/bethany-beck-82nhikivknc-unsplash_1.jpg"}},{"title":"Les confinements liés au Covid ont altéré les microbiomes des bébés","creator":"Slate.fr","pubDate":"Mon, 02 Oct 2023 10:06:22 +0000","contentSnippet":"Naître dans une situation unique d'enfermement peut avoir un effet sur le développement. Lire la suite","link":"https://www.slate.fr/story/254076/confinements-covid-altere-microbiomes-bebes-developpement","enclosure":{"length":"1337","type":"image/jpeg","url":"https://www.slate.fr/sites/default/files/styles/1440x600/public/pexels-dominika-roseclay-1271563.jpg"}},{"title":"Les bougies parfumées sont-elles dangereuses pour la santé?","creator":"Slate.fr","pubDate":"Mon, 02 Oct 2023 10:04:28 +0000","contentSnippet":"Un cadeau facile, et potentiellement empoisonné. Lire la suite","link":"https://www.slate.fr/story/254156/bougies-parfumees-danger-sante-pollution-interieur-particules","enclosure":{"length":"1337","type":"image/jpeg","url":"https://www.slate.fr/sites/default/files/styles/1440x600/public/hans-vivek-66qsl7ia2ce-unsplash.jpg"}},{"title":"L’eau potable de la Nouvelle-Orléans menacée par une remontée d’eau salée","creator":"","pubDate":"Mon, 02 Oct 2023 09:59:39 +0000","contentSnippet":"La sécheresse a réduit le débit du Mississippi, ce qui permet à de l’eau venant du golfe du Mexique de remonter vers l’intérieur des terres. Résultat, les habitants qui dépendent du fleuve pour l’eau potable risquent de ne plus pouvoir la boire.","link":"https://www.courrierinternational.com/article/etats-unis-l-eau-potable-de-la-nouvelle-orleans-menacee-par-une-remontee-d-eau-salee","enclosure":{"length":"1337","type":"image/jpeg","url":"https://focus.courrierinternational.com/2023/09/29/0/0/3000/1996/644/0/60/0/4334a9f_new-orleans-water-1.JPG"}},{"title":"Pour le transport aérien ou routier en France, la baisse d’émissions de CO2 est mal engagée","creator":"","pubDate":"Mon, 02 Oct 2023 09:45:59 +0000","contentSnippet":"Le plan du gouvernement vise à réduire les émissions françaises de gaz à effet de serre (GES) de 33,8 % en 2030 par rapport à 2022. Mais sans contraintes, certains secteurs continueront d’aller dans le mauvais sens.","link":"https://www.lemonde.fr/les-decodeurs/article/2023/09/30/planification-ecologique-dans-les-transports-la-baisse-d-emissions-est-mal-engagee_6191704_4355770.html","enclosure":{"length":"1337","type":"image/jpeg","url":"https://img.lemde.fr/2023/09/26/225/0/3363/1681/644/322/60/0/4ce3fea_ff22e269fa00449abf38c57544723b86-0-ed01dbb481d549e1b9a99f60569ceef5.jpg"}},{"title":"Le nord-ouest américain face à une menace de séismes en cascade","creator":"Morgane Gillard, Rédactrice","pubDate":"Mon, 02 Oct 2023 09:33:57 +0000","contentSnippet":"Et si la catastrophe sismique survenue en Turquie en février dernier se reproduisait… mais dans le nord-ouest des États-Unis ? Une nouvelle étude suggère en effet que les multiples failles qui parcourent la région de Seattle ont produit de puissants séismes en cascade il y a tout juste 1 000...","link":"https://www.futura-sciences.com/planete/actualites/terre-nord-ouest-americain-face-menace-seismes-cascade-108056/#xtor%3DRSS-8","enclosure":{"length":"1337","type":"image/jpg","url":"https://cdn.futura-sciences.com/buildsv6/images/wide1920/8/5/f/85f164b443_50206930_seattle-seisme-faille.jpg"}},{"title":"Les dangers cachés de l'air que nous respirons","creator":"Futura avec ETX Daily Up","pubDate":"Mon, 02 Oct 2023 09:31:26 +0000","contentSnippet":"Cinq jours ! Cinq jours seulement permettent d'établir un lien avec la pollution atmosphérique et le risque d'accident vasculaire cérébral ou un décès. C'est ce qui ressort d'une étude portant sur 110 études et sur plus de 18 millions de cas d'AVC étudiés dans les pays à revenu élevé, passant...","link":"https://www.futura-sciences.com/sante/actualites/pollution-air-dangers-caches-air-nous-respirons-108020/#xtor%3DRSS-8","enclosure":{"length":"1337","type":"image/jpg","url":"https://cdn.futura-sciences.com/buildsv6/images/wide1920/2/3/a/23a579582f_50206889_pollution-air-cerveau-avc.jpg"}},{"title":"Climat: TotalEnergies visé par une plainte au pénal pour des projets pétroliers en Tanzanie et Ouganda","creator":"AFP","pubDate":"Mon, 02 Oct 2023 09:27:43 +0000","contentSnippet":"TotalEnergies de nouveau dans le viseur des associations pour \"climaticide\": quatre associations de défense de l'environnement ont déposé plainte contre le groupe et son projet pétrolier EACOP en Tanzanie et en Ouganda, a-t-on appris lundi auprès de leurs avocats, confirmant une information du Monde. \nDarwin Climax Coalitions, Sea Shepherd France, Wild Legal et Stop EACOP-Stop Total en Ouganda ont déposé cette plainte le 22 septembre. \nSollicité par l'AFP, le parquet de Nanterre a indiqué que cette plainte faisait \"l'objet d'un examen attentif\".","link":"https://www.sciencesetavenir.fr/nature-environnement/climat-totalenergies-vise-par-une-plainte-au-penal-pour-des-projets-petroliers-en-tanzanie-et-ouganda_174227?xtor=RSS-15","enclosure":{"length":"1337","type":"image/jpeg","url":"https://www.sciencesetavenir.fr/assets/img/2023/10/02/cover-r4x3w1200-651a883a5b4d6-fbb35573d2a813cd9112de4ee67046e41b26828d-jpg.jpg"}},{"title":"35 °C en octobre : « C'est tout bonnement exceptionnel »","creator":"Justine Guitton-Boussion","pubDate":"Sat, 30 Sep 2023 09:50:41 +0000","contentSnippet":"Des records de température, avec des pics à 35 °C, sont attendus en ce début de mois d'octobre. Des chaleurs automnales amenées à se répéter, explique Tristan Amm, de Météo-France. \n L'automne est là, mais ne se fait toujours pas ressentir. La France vit actuellement une « chaleur tardive remarquable », selon les termes de Météo-France. Des records de température ont déjà été battus ces derniers jours dans le sud-ouest, comme à Montauban, où le mercure a atteint 32,7 °C le 27 septembre ; ou à Toulouse, avec 33,1 (...)\n \n \n            Lire la suite \n             \n            - \n                Entretien \n             \n             \n            /  \n                Climat","link":"https://reporterre.net/35-oC-en-octobre-C-est-tout-bonnement-exceptionnel","enclosure":null},{"title":"‘Plastic air pollution’: Microplastics in clouds could be exacerbating climate change, study says","creator":"","pubDate":"Fri, 29 Sep 2023 12:54:20 +0000","contentSnippet":"The presence of tiny plastics in clouds risks the contamination of ‘everything we eat and drink’, researchers say.","link":"https://www.euronews.com/green/2023/09/29/plastic-air-pollution-microplastics-in-clouds-could-be-exacerbating-climate-change-study-s","enclosure":null},{"title":"Scientists on panel defending ultra-processed foods linked to food firms","creator":"Andrew Gregory Health editor","pubDate":"Fri, 29 Sep 2023 11:52:49 +0000","contentSnippet":"Exclusive: three out of five at briefing playing down concerns over UPFs have ties to makers of such foods \nThree out of five scientists on an expert panel that suggested ultra-processed foods (UPFs) are being unfairly demonised have ties to the world’s largest manufacturers of the products, the Guardian can reveal.\nRecent studies have linked UPFs such as ice-cream, fizzy drinks and ready meals to poor health, including an increased risk of cancer, weight gain and heart disease. Global consumption of the products is soaring and UPFs now make up more than half the average diet in the UK and US.\n Continue reading...","link":"https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/sep/28/scientists-on-panel-defending-ultra-processed-foods-linked-to-food-firms","enclosure":null},{"title":"Massive Study Sheds New Light on The Link Between Contraceptive Pills And Depression","creator":"Carly Cassella","pubDate":"Fri, 29 Sep 2023 11:52:09 +0000","contentSnippet":"We need more research.","link":"https://www.sciencealert.com/massive-study-sheds-new-light-on-the-link-between-contraceptive-pills-and-depression","enclosure":null},{"title":"Une « saison en enfer » sans fin au Canada : vous ne croirez pas l'étendue des dégâts !","creator":"Karine Durand, Spécialiste météo extrême et environnement","pubDate":"Fri, 29 Sep 2023 11:50:18 +0000","contentSnippet":"L'été a beau être terminé, la saison des incendies n'a pas dit son dernier mot au Canada. Après avoir commencé de manière précoce, avec un niveau d'intensité jamais connu auparavant au cours de la saison estivale, les feux de forêt continuent de battre des records en cette fin septembre ! L'une...","link":"https://www.futura-sciences.com/planete/breves/pollution-saison-enfer-fin-canada-vous-ne-croirez-pas-etendue-degats-8361/#xtor%3DRSS-8","enclosure":{"length":"1337","type":"image/jpg","url":"https://cdn.futura-sciences.com/buildsv6/images/wide1920/c/6/d/c6dc4eb0ce_50203745_incendie-canada.jpg"}},{"title":"Climat : la France métropolitaine a connu son mois de septembre le plus chaud jamais enregistré, selon Météo-France","creator":"","pubDate":"Fri, 29 Sep 2023 09:29:02 +0000","contentSnippet":"L'institut estime que la température moyenne sur le mois de septembre va atteindre 21,5°C, soit entre 3,5°C et 3,6°C au-dessus de la température moyenne en septembre sur la période 1991-2020.","link":"https://www.francetvinfo.fr/meteo/climat/climat-la-france-metropolitaine-a-connu-son-mois-de-septembre-le-plus-chaud-jamais-enregistre-selon-meteo-france_6091224.html#xtor=RSS-3-%5Blestitres%5D","enclosure":{"length":"1337","type":"image/jpeg","url":"https://www.francetvinfo.fr/image/765ykub9m-393a/500/281/33308610.jpg"}},{"title":"En Europe, la mécanique du « Green Deal » se grippe","creator":"","pubDate":"Fri, 29 Sep 2023 08:32:38 +0000","contentSnippet":"De nombreux chefs d’Etat et de gouvernement de l’Union européenne ont appelé à une « pause réglementaire » dans la mise en œuvre des mesures de décarbonation, dont ils redoutent les conséquences économiques et sociales.","link":"https://www.lemonde.fr/international/article/2023/09/29/en-europe-la-mecanique-du-green-deal-se-grippe_6191520_3210.html","enclosure":{"length":"1337","type":"image/jpeg","url":"https://img.lemde.fr/2023/09/28/202/0/4000/2000/644/322/60/0/498f614_1695917726874-2023-09-28t000000z-1779485240-mt1sipa000sqwld6-rtrmadp-3-sipa-usa.JPG"}},{"title":"Plus de 2 500 migrants morts ou portés disparus en Méditerranée en 2023","creator":"FRANCE 24","pubDate":"Fri, 29 Sep 2023 08:17:52 +0000","contentSnippet":"Selon le Haut commissariat aux réfugiés de l'ONU, selon des chiffres arrêtés au 24 septembre, plus de 2 500 migrants sont morts ou portés disparus après avoir tenté de traverser la Méditerranée vers l'Europe depuis le début de l'année. Sur la même période, 186 000 migrants sont arrivés dans le sud de l'Europe, \"soit une augmentation de 83 % par rapport à la même période de 2022\".","link":"https://www.france24.com/fr/europe/20230929-plus-de-2-500-migrants-morts-ou-port%C3%A9s-disparus-en-m%C3%A9diterran%C3%A9e-en-2023","enclosure":{"length":"1337","type":"image/jpeg","url":"https://s.france24.com/media/display/3e3ec792-c911-11ed-be4a-005056a90321/w:1024/p:16x9/000_32KN4ME.jpg"}},{"title":"AlphaSense, an AI-based market intel firm, snaps up $150M at a $2.5B valuation","creator":"Ingrid Lunden","pubDate":"Thu, 28 Sep 2023 13:42:43 +0000","contentSnippet":"Market intelligence — where organizations gather information about industries, other businesses, trends, and more in order to use that data to help make business decisions — has become a huge industry in itself over the last few decades, projected to be worth nearly $84 billion in revenues this year. Now, as newer innovations like ChatGPT […]","link":"https://techcrunch.com/2023/09/28/alphasense-an-ai-based-market-intel-firm-snaps-up-150m-at-a-2-5b-valuation/","enclosure":null},{"title":"Famous Sycamore Gap tree at Hadrian’s Wall found cut down","creator":"Robyn Vinter North of England correspondent","pubDate":"Thu, 28 Sep 2023 12:23:44 +0000","contentSnippet":"Police investigating after former tree of the year winner, estimated to be several hundred years old, felled\nA police investigation has been launched into the felling of one of the most photographed trees in the UK, the Sycamore Gap tree at Hadrian’s Wall, Northumberland, which was found cut down on Thursday morning.\nThe world famous tree, voted English tree of the year in a Woodland Trust competition in 2016 and featured in the 1991 film Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves, is thought to have been deliberately felled.\n Continue reading...","link":"https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/sep/28/famous-sycamore-gap-tree-at-hadrians-wall-found-apparently-cut-down","enclosure":null},{"title":"200 salariés français licenciés au nom de «l’intelligence artificielle»","creator":"Dan Israel","pubDate":"Thu, 28 Sep 2023 12:11:16 +0000","contentSnippet":"L’entreprise Onclusive (ex-Kantar) va réduire de moitié ses équipes chargées de la veille médiatique, officiellement pour les remplacer par des ordinateurs. Client majeur, le gouvernement annonce à Mediapart qu’il «interrogera l’entreprise sur les garanties qu’elle entend fournir pour maintenir le niveau»\" \"de ses services.","link":"https://www.mediapart.fr/journal/economie-et-social/180923/200-salaries-francais-licencies-au-nom-de-l-intelligence-artificielle","enclosure":{"length":"1337","type":"image/jpeg","url":"https://static.mediapart.fr/etmagine/default/files/2023/09/18/20230918-img-200-salaries-francais-licencies-au-nom-de-l-intelligence-artificielle.jpg"}},{"title":"🔴 En direct : la Russie prévoit d'augmenter ses dépenses militaires de 70 % en 2024","creator":"FRANCE 24","pubDate":"Thu, 28 Sep 2023 12:00:03 +0000","contentSnippet":"Selon un document du ministère russe des Finances publié jeudi, Moscou prévoit d'augmenter ses dépenses militaires de près de 70 % en 2024, illustrant sa détermination à poursuivre son intervention en Ukraine. Sébastien Lecornu, ministre français des Armées, est à Kiev accompagné d'industriels de la défense pour discuter de l'évolution de l'aide française à et de partenariats industriels. Suivez en direct les derniers développements de la guerre en Ukraine.","link":"https://www.france24.com/fr/europe/20230928-%F0%9F%94%B4-en-direct-le-ministre-des-arm%C3%A9es-%C3%A0-kiev-pour-ancrer-l-aide-fran%C3%A7aise-dans-la-dur%C3%A9e","enclosure":{"length":"1337","type":"image/jpeg","url":"https://s.france24.com/media/display/d2117928-5de6-11ee-b037-005056a90321/w:1024/p:16x9/2023-09-22T161220Z_907276248_RC2KD3ADUTMD_RTRMADP_3_UKRAINE-CRISIS-RUSSIA-MEMORIAL.JPG"}},{"title":"Les banques européennes ont permis au secteur de l’énergie fossile de lever 1 000 milliards d’euros","creator":"","pubDate":"Thu, 28 Sep 2023 11:47:27 +0000","contentSnippet":"Les plus grands établissements bancaires en Europe n’ont jamais cessé de financer l’essor des énergies fossiles. Une enquête menée par une dizaine de médias européens décortique la façon dont ils tirent bénéfice du marché des obligations des industries polluantes.","link":"https://www.courrierinternational.com/article/enquete-les-banques-europeennes-ont-permis-au-secteur-de-l-energie-fossile-de-lever-1-000-milliards-d-euros","enclosure":{"length":"1337","type":"image/jpeg","url":"https://focus.courrierinternational.com/2023/06/21/0/0/6720/4480/644/0/60/0/2a5555c_2023-06-21t130850z-702665271-rc2on1a5jlyx-rtrmadp-3-petrobras-analysts.JPG"}},{"title":"IA : « On va avoir de plus en plus de mal à constituer des archives authentiques »","creator":"","pubDate":"Thu, 28 Sep 2023 11:40:05 +0000","contentSnippet":"Notre patrimoine se dématérialise à grands pas. En 2020, près de 27 260 Gigaoctets d’archives numériques ont été collectés par le ministère de la Culture, rejoignant la librairie immatérielle des Archives Nationales. Mais à quoi ressemblera notre mémoire numérique collective dans le futur, si de nouveaux contenus sont générés automatiquement avec le recours à l'intelligence artificielle ? Le philosophe et informaticien Jean-Gabriel Ganascia nous répond.","link":"https://usbeketrica.com/fr/article/ia-on-va-avoir-de-plus-en-plus-de-mal-a-constituer-des-archives-authentiques-de-notre-futur","enclosure":null},{"title":"Bordeaux : Précarité galopante à la fac où les indicateurs sociaux et la santé mentale des étudiants se dégradent","creator":"Elsa Provenzano (20 Minutes)","pubDate":"Thu, 28 Sep 2023 11:19:22 +0000","contentSnippet":"Si ce ne sont pas ces missions principales, l'Université de Bordeaux tente d'aider ses étudiants en difficultés à se loger en urgence, à accéder à la banque alimentaire et à des consultations avec des psychologues","link":"https://www.20minutes.fr/societe/4055066-20230928-bordeaux-precarite-galopante-fac-indicateurs-sociaux-sante-mentale-etudiants-degradent#xtor=RSS-149","enclosure":{"length":"1337","type":"image/jpeg","url":"https://img.20mn.fr/o4MSD0ndQyOlHVM-oi-KMg/1200x768_banque-alimentaire-france"}},{"title":"6,4 milliards de litres pour Microsoft : l'IA générative a-t-elle fait exploser la consommation d'eau des géants de la tech ?","creator":"","pubDate":"Thu, 28 Sep 2023 10:39:51 +0000","contentSnippet":"Dans leurs derniers rapports de responsabilité environnementale, Microsoft et Google ont fait état de pics de consommation d'eau l'année passée, pointe un article de l'agence Associated Press. En cause : la technologie de l'intelligence artificielle (IA) générative.","link":"https://www.geo.fr/environnement/eau-ia-generative-a-t-elle-fait-exploser-consommation-eau-geants-de-la-tech-openai-microsoft-google-chatgpt-216592","enclosure":{"length":"1337","type":"image/jpeg","url":"https://geo.img.pmdstatic.net/fit/~1~geo~2023~09~11~cb6a5623-4d47-4a08-8772-127d8bba823b.jpeg/1200x900/quality/80/6-4-milliards-de-litres-pour-microsoft-l-ia-generative-a-t-elle-fait-exploser-la-consommation-d-eau-des-geants-de-la-tech.jpg"}},{"title":"Pollution de l'air : les pays membres de l'UE refusent de durcir les normes sur les gaz d'échappement","creator":"","pubDate":"Thu, 28 Sep 2023 10:34:31 +0000","contentSnippet":"Les pays membres de l'UE ont écarté lundi un nouveau durcissement des normes de pollution sur les gaz d'échappement des voitures particulières, estimant qu'il risquait de freiner les investissements des constructeurs dans les véhicules électriques.","link":"https://www.geo.fr/environnement/pollution-de-lair-les-pays-membres-de-lue-refusent-de-durcir-les-normes-sur-les-gaz-dechappement-216801","enclosure":{"length":"1337","type":"image/jpeg","url":"https://geo.img.pmdstatic.net/fit/~1~geo~2023~09~25~ae63426d-71b3-4976-9e69-b4717428d5a2.jpeg/1200x900/quality/80/pollution-de-l-air-les-pays-membres-de-l-ue-refusent-de-durcir-les-normes-sur-les-gaz-d-echappement.jpg"}},{"title":"Une catastrophe annoncée : une nouvelle étude confirme l'effondrement du Gulf Stream","creator":"","pubDate":"Thu, 28 Sep 2023 10:33:49 +0000","contentSnippet":"Élément essentiel du système océanique dans l'hémisphère Nord, ce courant situé au large de la côte Est des États-Unis s'étiole progressivement, ont récemment alerté des scientifiques. Sa disparition provoquerait des dégâts climatiques majeurs.","link":"https://www.geo.fr/environnement/climat-catastrophe-annoncee-une-nouvelle-etude-confirme-effondrement-gulf-stream-floride-amoc-216840","enclosure":{"length":"1337","type":"image/jpeg","url":"https://geo.img.pmdstatic.net/fit/~1~geo~2023~09~27~8746cd98-4c9a-4996-8c0f-090638aba457.jpeg/1200x900/quality/80/une-catastrophe-annoncee-une-nouvelle-etude-confirme-l-effondrement-du-gulf-stream.jpg"}},{"title":"Rendez-vous à Paris pour un sommet sur la situation des pôles et glaciers, jugée \"extrêmement préoccupante\"","creator":"","pubDate":"Thu, 28 Sep 2023 10:33:39 +0000","contentSnippet":"La France organise en novembre un sommet destiné à mobiliser sur les fronts scientifique et diplomatique face à la situation \"extrêmement préoccupante\" des pôles et des glaciers, ont annoncé jeudi les organisateurs.","link":"https://www.geo.fr/environnement/rendez-vous-novembre-paris-pour-sommet-one-planet-polar-summit-situation-poles-glaciers-jugee-extremement-preoccupante-216845","enclosure":{"length":"1337","type":"image/jpeg","url":"https://geo.img.pmdstatic.net/fit/~1~geo~2023~09~27~85acd2b4-47ec-46e5-8c11-449dd196e289.jpeg/1200x900/quality/80/rendez-vous-a-paris-pour-un-sommet-sur-la-situation-des-poles-et-glaciers-jugee-extremement-preoccupante.jpg"}},{"title":"6 milliards de tonnes par an : on extrait beaucoup trop de sable des océans","creator":"","pubDate":"Thu, 28 Sep 2023 10:32:14 +0000","contentSnippet":"La surexploitation du sable dans le monde, notamment pour la construction, représente une menace pour les écosystèmes côtiers et la biodiversité marine, alerte l'Organisation des Nations unies (ONU) dans un communiqué publié le 5 septembre. \n \nSelon le Programme des Nations unies pour l'environnement (Pnue), chaque jour, entre quatre et huit milliards de tonnes de sable et de sédiments ont été extraits des océans de 2012 à 2019. \n \nL'extraction massive du sable dans la mer peu profonde représente un risque (...)\n \n \n            Lire la suite \n             \n            - \n                En bref \n             \n             \n            /  \n                Océans","link":"https://reporterre.net/Six-milliards-de-tonnes-par-an-on-extrait-beaucoup-trop-de-sable-des-oceans","enclosure":null},{"title":"Pollution et malbouffe : les cancers explosent chez les jeunes","creator":"","pubDate":"Thu, 28 Sep 2023 10:30:05 +0000","contentSnippet":"En trente ans, les cancers chez les jeunes ont grimpé de 80 %. Les principaux responsables : les polluants environnementaux et une mauvaise alimentation, analyse le Dr Jean-David Zeitoun. \n Les chiffres sont alarmants : en trente ans, l'incidence des cancers chez les personnes âgées de moins de cinquante ans a bondi de 79 %, le nombre de décès associés de 28 %, et les pays industrialisés semblent particulièrement touchés, révèle une large étude publiée dans le journal médical BMJ Oncology le 5 septembre. (...)\n \n \n            Lire la suite \n             \n            - \n                Entretien \n             \n             \n            /  \n                Pollutions \n            ,  \n                Santé","link":"https://reporterre.net/Pollution-et-malbouffe-les-cancers-explosent-chez-les-jeunes","enclosure":null},{"title":"Glyphosate : Bayer a écarté des études montrant sa dangerosité","creator":"","pubDate":"Thu, 28 Sep 2023 10:27:21 +0000","contentSnippet":"Des études montrant des effets néfastes du glyphosate ont été écartées par Bayer lors de son processus d'évaluation. C'est ce que révèlent mercredi 27 septembre les associations européennes Global 2000 et PAN Europe (Pesticide action network). Elles ont déposé plainte auprès du procureur de la République de Vienne, estimant que cela a influencé l'évaluation des risques réalisée dans le cadre du processus de ré-autorisation du glyphosate. \n \n« La législation européenne prévoit que les fabricants de pesticides (...)\n \n \n            Lire la suite \n             \n            - \n                En bref \n             \n             \n            /  \n                Agriculture","link":"https://reporterre.net/Des-etudes-defavorables-au-glyphosate-ecartees-de-son-evaluation","enclosure":null},{"title":"Revealed: almost everyone in Europe is breathing toxic air","creator":"Matthew Taylor environment correspondent and Pamela Duncan","pubDate":"Thu, 28 Sep 2023 10:25:04 +0000","contentSnippet":"Guardian investigation finds 98% of Europeans breathing highly damaging polluted air linked to 400,000 deaths a year\n\nEurope’s pollution divide: see how your area compares\n\nEurope is facing a “severe public health crisis”, with almost everyone across the continent living in areas with dangerous levels of air pollution, an investigation by the Guardian has found.\nAnalysis of data gathered using cutting-edge methodology – including detailed satellite images and measurements from more than 1,400 ground monitoring stations – reveals a dire picture of dirty air, with 98% of people living in areas with highly damaging fine particulate pollution that exceed World Health Organization guidelines. Almost two-thirds live in areas where air quality is more than double the WHO’s guidelines.\n Continue reading...","link":"https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/sep/20/revealed-almost-everyone-in-europe-breathing-toxic-air","enclosure":null},{"title":"Wildfires turn Canada’s vast forests from carbon sink into super-emitter","creator":"Leyland Cecco in Toronto","pubDate":"Thu, 28 Sep 2023 10:20:27 +0000","contentSnippet":"This year’s out-of-control blazes released 2bn tonnes of CO2 – probably triple the country’s annual carbon footprint\nThe vast swaths of pine, spruce and larch forest that blanket much of Canada have been prized for generations. Not only do they provide a home to hundreds of species – including some of the most threatened in the country – but they also absorb more greenhouse gases than they emit, acting as a huge carbon sink.\nThis summer, however, as flames devoured one of the largest contiguous stretches of woodland on the planet, 2bn tonnes (2.2bn tons) of carbon dioxide were released into the atmosphere.\n Continue reading...","link":"https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/sep/22/canada-wildfires-forests-carbon-emissions","enclosure":null},{"title":"‘Climate villain’: scientists say Rupert Murdoch wielded his media empire to sow confusion and doubt","creator":"Graham Readfearn and Adam Morton","pubDate":"Thu, 28 Sep 2023 10:20:11 +0000","contentSnippet":"The tycoon, who is stepping down from News Corp and Fox, has used his outlets to promote denial and delay action, experts say\n\nFollow our Australia news live blog for latest updates\nGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcast\n\nScientists have described the media tycoon Rupert Murdoch as a “climate villain” who has used his television and newspaper empire to promote climate science denial and delay action.\nMurdoch’s outlets, including Fox News, the Wall Street Journal and The Australian, have long been known to promote doubts about the cause and consequences of the climate crisis. Scientists said this had caused lasting damage.\n Continue reading...","link":"https://www.theguardian.com/media/2023/sep/23/rupert-murdoch-climate-change-denial","enclosure":null},{"title":"Antarctique : la surface de la banquise plus réduite que jamais en hiver","creator":"","pubDate":"Thu, 28 Sep 2023 10:15:37 +0000","contentSnippet":"L’étendue maximale atteinte cette année est de 1,03 million de kilomètres carrés inférieure à la plus faible précédemment enregistrée, soit près de deux fois la superficie de la France.","link":"https://www.lemonde.fr/planete/article/2023/09/26/antarctique-la-surface-de-la-banquise-plus-reduite-que-jamais-en-hiver_6191032_3244.html","enclosure":{"length":"1337","type":"image/jpeg","url":"https://img.lemde.fr/2023/08/24/408/0/3264/1632/644/322/60/0/9e958d9_5088448-01-06.jpg"}},{"title":"Recyclage : pas de consigne pour les bouteilles en plastique","creator":"Jean-Claude Bourbon","pubDate":"Thu, 28 Sep 2023 10:02:24 +0000","contentSnippet":"Le gouvernement a annoncé mercredi 27 septembre sa décision d’enterrer le projet de consigne des bouteilles en plastique en vue du recyclage. Cette mesure était réclamée par les industriels de l’agroalimentaire, mais fortement contestée par les élus locaux, qui ont lourdement investi dans les centres de tri.","link":"https://www.la-croix.com/planete/Plastique-gouvernement-abandonne-consigne-generalisee-bouteilles-usagees-2023-09-28-1201284570","enclosure":{"length":"1337","type":"image/jpeg","url":"https://i.la-croix.com/x/2023/09/28/1201284570/maxnewsworldthree899231_0.jpg"}},{"title":"Etats-Unis : le cabinet de conseil McKinsey paiera 230 millions de dollars pour régler des litiges sur les opioïdes","creator":"","pubDate":"Thu, 28 Sep 2023 09:59:01 +0000","contentSnippet":"McKinsey est accusé d'avoir élaboré, avec des laboratoires, des stratégies pour commercialiser agressivement des opioïdes sur ordonnance.","link":"https://www.francetvinfo.fr/monde/usa/le-cabinet-de-conseil-mckinsey-paiera-230-millions-de-dollars-pour-regler-des-litiges-sur-les-opioides-aux-etats-unis_6087996.html#xtor=RSS-3-%5Blestitres%5D","enclosure":{"length":"1337","type":"image/jpeg","url":"https://www.francetvinfo.fr/image/765yjnfnf-0e3c/500/281/33290223.jpg"}},{"title":"Crise climatique : les glaciers suisses ont fondu autant ces deux dernières années qu'entre 1960 et 1990","creator":"","pubDate":"Thu, 28 Sep 2023 09:57:18 +0000","contentSnippet":"\"C'est une combinaison de la très mauvaise succession d'extrêmes météorologiques et du changement climatique\" qui rend ces extrêmes plus probables, analyse Matthias Huss, qui dirige le réseau suisse des relevés glaciologiques.","link":"https://www.francetvinfo.fr/monde/environnement/crise-climatique/crise-climatique-les-glaciers-suisses-ont-fondu-autant-ces-deux-dernieres-annees-qu-entre-1960-et-1990_6089220.html#xtor=RSS-3-%5Blestitres%5D","enclosure":{"length":"1337","type":"image/jpeg","url":"https://www.francetvinfo.fr/image/765yk8va4-9b9a/500/281/33294462.jpg"}},{"title":"Un nouveau virus découvert dans la partie la plus profonde de l'océan","creator":"","pubDate":"Thu, 28 Sep 2023 09:54:21 +0000","contentSnippet":"Selon les chercheurs, le nouveau virus découvert dans la fosse des Mariannes pourrait être le bactériophage le plus profond découvert dans l'océan.","link":"https://fr.euronews.com/next/2023/09/27/un-nouveau-virus-decouvert-dans-la-partie-la-plus-profonde-de-locean","enclosure":null},{"title":"Le gouvernement envisage de prolonger la vidéosurveillance par IA au-delà des JO 2024","creator":"Julien Lausson","pubDate":"Thu, 28 Sep 2023 09:51:42 +0000","contentSnippet":"La vidéosurveillance algorithmique, qui mobilise de l'IA pour analyser les images des caméras, sera utilisée lors des J.O. de Paris en 2024. En principe, cette expérimentation doit cesser fin mars 2025. Mais elle pourrait aussi être prolongée, laisse entendre le gouvernement. \n [Lire la suite]\nAbonnez-vous aux newsletters Numerama pour recevoir l’essentiel de l’actualité https://www.numerama.com/newsletter/","link":"https://www.numerama.com/politique/1511774-le-gouvernement-envisage-de-prolonger-la-videosurveillance-par-ia-au-dela-des-jo-2024.html","enclosure":null},{"title":"L’Antarctique enregistre son plus bas niveau de glace de mer : une menace pour le monde entier !","creator":"Nathalie Mayer, Journaliste","pubDate":"Thu, 28 Sep 2023 09:49:02 +0000","contentSnippet":"Les modèles ne l’avaient pas vraiment vu venir. La glace de l’Antarctique fond désormais à grande vitesse. Elle vient même d’atteindre la plus petite étendue maximale jamais enregistrée. Un phénomène qui ne restera pas sans conséquence. Des impacts sont attendus sur le monde entier.","link":"https://www.futura-sciences.com/planete/actualites/antarctique-antarctique-enregistre-son-plus-bas-niveau-glace-mer-menace-monde-entier-107840/#xtor%3DRSS-8","enclosure":{"length":"1337","type":"image/jpg","url":"https://cdn.futura-sciences.com/buildsv6/images/wide1920/2/9/a/29a68853b6_50206815_glace-mer-antarctique.jpg"}},{"title":"En France, les enfants cibles d’un marketing agressif sur des produits alimentaires de qualité nutritionnelle très médiocre","creator":"Isabelle do O'Gomes","pubDate":"Thu, 28 Sep 2023 09:47:12 +0000","contentSnippet":"L’organisation non gouvernementale européenne Foodwatch a mené une nouvelle enquête sur les produits alimentaires destinés aux enfants : parmi les 228 produits analysés, seuls 10 répondent aux recommandations de l’OMS.","link":"https://www.sciencesetavenir.fr/nutrition/les-enfants-francais-cibles-d-un-marketing-agressif-sur-des-produits-alimentaires-de-qualite-nutritionnelle-tres-mediocre_174097?xtor=RSS-28","enclosure":{"length":"1337","type":"image/jpeg","url":"https://www.sciencesetavenir.fr/assets/img/2023/09/25/cover-r4x3w1200-65115e9388b25-080-hl-rmilani-2134179.jpg"}},{"title":"Des scientifiques trouvent des microplastiques dans les nuages","creator":"AFP","pubDate":"Thu, 28 Sep 2023 09:46:08 +0000","contentSnippet":"Des chercheurs au Japon ont confirmé avoir trouvé des microplastiques dans les nuages, et leur présence pourrait modifier le climat de façons encore mal comprises.  \nPour une étude publiée dans la revue Environmental Chemistry Letters, des scientifiques se sont rendus sur le Mont Fuji et le Mont Oyama, afin de collecter de l'eau issue des nuages qui entourent leur sommet.  \n\"A notre connaissance, c'est la première fois que des microplastiques en suspension sont confirmés dans l'eau des nuages\", ont écrit les scientifiques dans leur étude.","link":"https://www.sciencesetavenir.fr/nature-environnement/des-scientifiques-trouvent-des-microplastiques-dans-les-nuages_174150?xtor=RSS-15","enclosure":{"length":"1337","type":"image/jpeg","url":"https://www.sciencesetavenir.fr/assets/img/2023/09/27/cover-r4x3w1200-6514a5332c2db-f73a10f0a67b0388dc3e4c0f592b2c63c941625a-jpg.jpg"}},{"title":"Immersive Tech Obscures Reality. AI Will Threaten It","creator":"Jameson Spivack, Daniel Berrick","pubDate":"Thu, 28 Sep 2023 09:37:03 +0000","contentSnippet":"AI could supercharge augmented and virtual reality, making online manipulation and disinformation campaigns much more personal—and effective.","link":"https://www.wired.com/story/immersive-technology-artificial-intelligence-disinformation/","enclosure":null},{"title":"Pollution des sols : à Bordeaux, ils découvrent que les légumes de leur jardin sont impropres à la consommation","creator":"Julie Chapman","pubDate":"Thu, 28 Sep 2023 09:03:00 +0000","contentSnippet":"Les résultats sont formels, les sols de Bordeaux sont pollués. Une réalité découverte par les habitants du quartier de la Bastide, en début de mois, qui inquiète.","link":"https://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/nouvelle-aquitaine/gironde/bordeaux/pollution-des-sols-a-bordeaux-ils-decouvrent-que-les-legumes-de-leur-jardin-sont-impropres-a-la-consommation-2846933.html","enclosure":{"length":"1337","type":"image/jpeg","url":"https://france3-regions.francetvinfo.fr/image/xGDChYgfj3b3IucXfG_whGWeh1s/930x620/filters:format(webp)/regions/2023/09/27/ftvhd-0612-00-00-03-02-6514594b39f75915741739.jpg"}},{"title":"Jellyfish show how you don’t need a brain to learn, say researchers","creator":"Nicola Davis Science correspondent","pubDate":"Wed, 27 Sep 2023 10:54:16 +0000","contentSnippet":"Adjustment of behaviour shown in study suggests learning is integral function of neurons\nJellyfish change their behaviour based on past experiences, researchers have revealed, in a study that suggests learning could be a fundamental property of the way nerve cells work.\nUnlike humans, jellyfish do not have a central brain. However, box jellyfish have clusters of neurons associated with the creatures’ eye-like structures, known as rhopalia, with this system – known as rhopalia – acting as visual information processing centres.\n Continue reading...","link":"https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/sep/22/jellyfish-learning-behaviour-neurons-study","enclosure":null},{"title":"‘Supercontinent’ could make Earth uninhabitable in 250m years, study predicts","creator":"Jonathan Watts","pubDate":"Wed, 27 Sep 2023 10:53:34 +0000","contentSnippet":"Extreme temperatures, radiation and collapse of food supply created by merging of continents would cause mass extinction\nThe formation of a supercontinent on Earth could wipe out humans and any other mammals that are still around in 250m years, according to a study.\nThe mass extinction would be caused primarily by heat stress as a result of greater volcanic activity that would put twice as much carbon dioxide into the atmosphere as current levels, an older sun that would emit more radiation and the extent of inland deserts in the tropics.\n Continue reading...","link":"https://www.theguardian.com/science/2023/sep/25/supercontinent-could-make-earth-uninhabitable-in-250m-years-study-predicts","enclosure":null},{"title":"The Climate Crisis Is Driving People to Substance Abuse","creator":"Sanket Jain","pubDate":"Wed, 27 Sep 2023 10:50:12 +0000","contentSnippet":"Extreme weather has decimated crops and incomes in northern India. To soothe their anxiety, agricultural workers are turning to tobacco and alcohol.","link":"https://www.wired.com/story/climate-change-substance-abuse-tobacco-alcohol-india/","enclosure":null},{"title":"Virus du Nil occidental, Usutu, dengue, chikungunya : de nombreux cas identifiés en Nouvelle-Aquitaine","creator":"","pubDate":"Wed, 27 Sep 2023 10:45:16 +0000","contentSnippet":"L’ARS de Nouvelle-Aquitaine confirme de nombreux cas de maladies tropicales dans la région, notamment en Gironde, en Charente-Maritime ou encore dans les Landes.","link":"https://www.sudouest.fr/sante/virus-du-nil-occidental-usutu-dengue-chikungunya-de-nombreux-cas-identifies-en-nouvelle-aquitaine-16823574.php","enclosure":null},{"title":"Smarter AI Assistants Could Make It Harder to Stay Human","creator":"Steven Levy","pubDate":"Tue, 26 Sep 2023 10:11:34 +0000","contentSnippet":"AI helpers that make phone calls, book flights, and chat with other bots will give humans new freedom—but also lead machines to undermine people's independence.","link":"https://www.wired.com/story/plaintext-smarter-ai-assistants-could-make-it-harder-to-stay-human/","enclosure":null},{"title":"Your Boss’s Spyware Could Train AI to Replace You","creator":"Thor Benson","pubDate":"Tue, 26 Sep 2023 10:09:44 +0000","contentSnippet":"Corporations are using software to monitor employees on a large scale. Some experts fear the data these tools collect could be used to automate people out of their jobs.","link":"https://www.wired.com/story/corporate-surveillance-train-ai/","enclosure":null},{"title":"L'accumulation de fer dans le cerveau peut déclencher la maladie d'Alzheimer","creator":"Stéphanie Le Guillou, Journaliste Santé","pubDate":"Tue, 19 Sep 2023 11:03:04 +0000","contentSnippet":"Les causes exactes de la maladie d'Alzheimer demeurent énigmatiques. Toutefois, des chercheurs ont découvert un lien potentiel entre l'accumulation de fer dans le cerveau et l'apparition de cette pathologie, conduisant à une forme spécifique de mort cellulaire appelée ferroptose. Cette...","link":"https://www.futura-sciences.com/sante/actualites/medecine-accumulation-fer-cerveau-peut-declencher-maladie-alzheimer-107743/#xtor%3DRSS-8","enclosure":{"length":"1337","type":"image/jpg","url":"https://cdn.futura-sciences.com/buildsv6/images/wide1920/1/c/f/1cfb248c85_50206478_3-alzheimer.jpg"}},{"title":"L'Australie annonce la formation du phénomène El Nino dans le Pacifique","creator":"FRANCE 24","pubDate":"Tue, 19 Sep 2023 09:00:41 +0000","contentSnippet":"Le bureau météorologique australien a annoncé, mardi, la formation du phénomène El Nino. Se produisant en moyenne tous les deux à sept ans, il dure de neuf à douze mois. Ce phénomène climatique naturel est associé au réchauffement des températures de surface de l'océan dans le centre et l'est de l'océan Pacifique tropical.","link":"https://www.france24.com/fr/asie-pacifique/20230919-l-australie-annonce-la-formation-du-ph%C3%A9nom%C3%A8ne-el-nino-dans-le-pacifique","enclosure":{"length":"1337","type":"image/jpeg","url":"https://s.france24.com/media/display/f26975a8-56bc-11ee-bdda-005056a90321/w:1024/p:16x9/000_33V34XF.jpg"}},{"title":" Sherlock, le terrifiant successeur du logiciel espion Pegasus, vous infecte à travers les publicités","creator":"Camille Lemaître","pubDate":"Tue, 19 Sep 2023 08:57:08 +0000","contentSnippet":"Et rien ne peut vous en protéger. Lire la suite","link":"https://korii.slate.fr/tech/sherlock-terrifiant-successeur-logiciel-espion-pegasus-infecte-publicites-ciblees-insanet-israel-cyberespionnage","enclosure":{"length":"1337","type":"image/jpeg","url":"https://korii.slate.fr/sites/default/files/styles/1440x600/public/camilo-jimenez-qzeno_gq7qa-unsplash.jpeg"}},{"title":"Migrants : une demandeuse d’asile a 18 fois plus de risque d’être victime d’un viol qu’une Française","creator":"","pubDate":"Tue, 19 Sep 2023 08:53:36 +0000","contentSnippet":"Une enquête de santé publique menée sur 273 demandeuses d’asile à Marseille montre les liens glaçants entre migration et violence sexuelle en France.","link":"https://www.huffingtonpost.fr/france/article/une-demandeuse-d-asile-a-18-fois-plus-de-risque-d-etre-victime-d-un-viol-qu-une-francaise_223246.html","enclosure":{"length":"1337","type":"image/jpeg","url":"https://huffpost-focus.sirius.press/2023/09/18/53/0/1024/576/0/0/60/0/75eb24a_1695059476639-000-33ta6fw.jpg"}},{"title":"Nos rivières sont menacées, elles étouffent littéralement !","creator":"Nathalie Mayer, Journaliste","pubDate":"Tue, 19 Sep 2023 08:45:31 +0000","contentSnippet":"Le réchauffement climatique semble décidé à n’épargner rien ni personne. Alors que les chercheurs les pensaient relativement protégées, ils viennent de découvrir que nos rivières se réchauffent à grande vitesse. Et qu’elles perdent, en plus, leur oxygène de manière inquiétante.","link":"https://www.futura-sciences.com/planete/actualites/riviere-nos-rivieres-sont-menacees-elles-etouffent-litteralement-107729/#xtor%3DRSS-8","enclosure":{"length":"1337","type":"image/jpg","url":"https://cdn.futura-sciences.com/buildsv6/images/wide1920/8/0/4/80453dc43b_50206470_riviere-oxygene-temperature.jpg"}},{"title":"Le prix du riz au plus haut depuis 15 ans, la faim va progresser","creator":"Bruno Parmentier, Ingénieur, économiste, auteur conférencier et consultant, spécialisé dans les questions agricoles et alimentaires","pubDate":"Tue, 19 Sep 2023 08:43:58 +0000","contentSnippet":"Le prix mondial du riz a très fortement augmenté en 2023 et particulièrement au mois d'août. Il est maintenant à son niveau de prix d'il y a 15 ans, lorsqu'il y a eu des émeutes de la faim dans 36 pays du monde. Tout cela alors que l'Ukraine ne produit pas un gramme de riz, que la production...","link":"https://www.futura-sciences.com/sante/actualites/alimentation-prix-riz-plus-haut-depuis-15-ans-faim-va-progresser-107686/#xtor%3DRSS-8","enclosure":{"length":"1337","type":"image/jpg","url":"https://cdn.futura-sciences.com/buildsv6/images/wide1920/f/f/d/ffdbbabd64_50206496_riz-rizieres.jpg"}},{"title":"Invasive snails are chomping through Florida, and no one can stop them","creator":"Maddi Langweil","pubDate":"Tue, 19 Sep 2023 08:42:08 +0000","contentSnippet":"Florida officials identified the first invasive population of giant African land snails in the state in 2011. Joe Raedle/Getty Images\n \nUnder towering palms and tangled mangroves, coil-shelled creatures slowly crawl across damp leaves and mossy rocks. As these invasive snails take advantage of the hot, wet ambiance of southern Florida, they leave glistening trails of slime across backyards, parks, forests, and gardens. The Sunshine State is a paradise for snails from other parts of the world who are being shipped in for the pet trade, outcompeting native species, spreading disease, and wreaking havoc overall.   \n \n \n \n \n“Florida has become a hotspot for invasive snails because of its tropical climate in the south end and enormous amount of freshwater springs for aquatic species,” says Lori Tolley-Jordan, an invertebrate zoologist at Jacksonville State University who specializes in freshwater invertebrate biodiversity. “While Alabama has the most diversity of [freshwater] snails, Florida’s environment and climate temperatures are very suitable for land and aquatic snails because it is not much different than their homes in southeast Asia and other tropical areas.”\n \n \n \n \n[Related: Experience the uncomfortable weirdness of a snail eating fruit]\n \n \n \n \nIn turn, visitors like the giant African land snail from East Africa, one of the largest snails in the world, have found Florida to be a home away from home. As wide as the size of an adult hand with a unique brown lined shell, they make for a charismatic terrarium pet and are available for sale on websites like Amazon. That means they typically arrive through one of the 16 seaports in Florida that aid the multi-billion-dollar wildlife trafficking business. “It’s one of the largest ports of entry into the US,” Trolley-Jordan says.\n \n \n \n \nExotic apple snails are outcompeting their local relatives in Florida. Dorit Bar-Zakay/Getty \n \n \n \nSome time after an imported species like the giant African snail or potted apple snail arrives at its new home, the buyer may decide to release the snail into the wild, thinking it’s the humane thing to do. However, the critters become an issue with their ability to spread quickly and quietly, munching on essential plants and crops along the way. \n \n \n \n \n“One of the [indicators] for species that are the most invasive, if anything, is their ability to reproduce quickly,” says Trolley-Jordan. \n \n \n \n \nThe giant African snail first came to Florida in the 1960s. It was forcibly wiped out from the state in the 1970s, but made a comeback through seaports in 2011. As the population expands its range, it has begun to impact the environment and the survivability of its native counterparts, including the Florida apple snail. With the ability to populate quickly, a hermaphroditic giant African snail or dioecious exotic apple snail can produce as many as 500 eggs every one to two weeks. Inversely, a native apple snail needs to find a mate to reproduce as little as 20 eggs per clutch every few weeks. \n \n \n \n \n“There are several species of non-native snails in Florida, but most of them are locally restricted and have been confined in Florida for decades. So they only have gotten out by people having them as pets,” says Robert Fletcher, a professor in wildlife ecology at the University of Florida and principle investigator of a snail kite monitoring research team. “But, the [exotic apple snail] is a different story.” \n \n \n \n \nA snail-sized apocalypse\n \n \n \n \nAs the alien snail species pump out numerous eggs, their sticky capsules become sneaky stowaways, clinging to unsuspecting humans and animals that whisk them away to new areas. Within weeks, the newly hatched babies will overwhelm their surroundings. \n \n \n \n \n“Even if a person hasn’t released that species, that species can happen to be found on other plants when they are being sold or moved around that their eggs are attached to,” Trolley-Jordan says. “Either intentionally or unintentionally, they move everywhere.” \n \n \n \n \nAn employee of the Florida Department of Agriculture shows eggs of the giant African snail near the inspection ground in New Port Richey, Florida on July 21, 2022. Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty Images \n \n \n \nAlready, shady exotic drifters like the trumpet snail and island apple snail have extended their ranges and colonized new ecosystems in multiple parts of the US. They also end up bringing extra company with them: parasites. Notorious for pathogens, species like the trumpet snail serve as vectors for the lung fluke, a flatworm that causes meningitis-like symptoms in humans and can sometimes be deadly to wildlife. Meanwhile, the giant African land snail carries roundworms, which can trigger intestinal issues. \n \n \n \n \nThe devastation wrought by these snails can be felt up the food chain, too. Non-native apple snails, for example, are outcompeting Florida apple snails, which are the primary food source for Everglade snail kites. This highly specialized bird of prey has been on the federal endangered species list since the 1960s, and has a relatively small population that is confined to southern Florida. The kite uses its unique hook-shaped beak to pry open snail shells, and has just started to crack into the larger invasive apple snails.\n \n \n \n \n“There are lots of concerns about whether or not this non-native snail is going to further contribute to the decline of snail kites, and maybe push it to the brink of extinction,” says Fletcher. “[But] we have seen so far that this non-native highly invasive snail has essentially provided a Band-Aid for the snail kite.”\n \n \n \n \nWith the non-native apple snails increasing more rapidly than the native one, Fletcher says that his research team thinks it’s possible the invasive prey is “playing towards the increase in sort of the reversal of this population trend” in the snail kite—a glimmer of hope for the species.\n \n \n \n \nEverglades snail kites are adapted to feeding on local apple snails, but have since expanded to eating several exotic species. Scott Suriano/Getty Images \n \n \n \nAs the battle for holding the balance between native and nonnative species in Florida continues, another slimy creature may soon enter this picture and add to the damage. “The assassin snail could wipe out entire populations of Florida’s unique spring snails if introduced,” says Tolley-Jordan.\n \n \n \n \nThe bumble bee-striped assassin snail doesn’t have an appetite for the plants in Florida like the apple snails, but will prey on smaller native species like Florida apple snails. It currently ranks as a top predator in its homeland of Malaysia, and will likely make its way to Singapore, a hotpot of global transport of invasive species, Trolley-Hordan notes. The zoologist has no doubt that it would thrive in the “Lion City” and New Zealand. \n \n \n \n \n[Related: Researchers release more than 5,000 snails in the Pacific]\n \n \n \n \nAs far as experts know, the assassin snail hasn’t entered Florida yet. But it’s a rising star on the pet market, so it might only be a matter of time. \n \n \n \n \nDoing the detective work\n \n \n \n \nOne way scientists are able to determine if an invasive critter is getting too cozy in the Sunshine State is through environmental DNA or eDNA. For early detection, they can take water samples and look for traces of a specific species genetic material. The tool has been used in other parts of the US such as in the Mississippi River to detect black carp and the New Zealand mud snails. \n \n \n \n \nEradicating snail squatters can be tricky: Once they’ve spread through an ecosystem, they can be hard to find, catch and prevent from reproducing. This June, the Florida Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services began to treat in Broward County and other southern properties such as in ​​Broward County for giant African snails with a pesticide called metaldehyde, a.k.a. snail bait. Once applied to crops and certain residential areas, the pesticide works by interfering with a snail’s ability to make mucus, ultimately impacting its mobility and digestion. Within days the target dies from dehydration. Officials also use specially trained canine units to sniff out the offenders.\n \n \n \n \nLorenna Dewitz, an employee of Florida Department of Agriculture, handles a trained dog Mellon, as he sniffs and searches for the giant African snails in New Port Richey, Florida on July 21, 2022. Chandan Khanna/AFP via Getty Images \n \n \n \nPrevention through early detection, public outreach, and ecological management has proven to be the best strategy against the Sunshine State’s slimy epidemic. But of course, the best way to keep Florida from being taken over by alien snails is for pet owners to make smarter decisions, both for themselves and for the local wildlife and environment. “The public oftentimes is just not aware,” Trolley-Jordan says, “ It’s one of our biggest problems.”\n \nThe post Invasive snails are chomping through Florida, and no one can stop them appeared first on Popular Science.\n \nArticles may contain affiliate links which enable us to share in the revenue of any purchases made.","link":"https://www.popsci.com/environment/invasive-snails-florida/","enclosure":null},{"title":"Crèmes solaires, pesticides, hydrocarbures... Ces produits chimiques contaminent les coraux, selon une nouvelle étude de l'ANSES","creator":"","pubDate":"Mon, 18 Sep 2023 08:14:11 +0000","contentSnippet":"Les coraux, qui produisent 50% de l’oxygène, sont fortement impactés par plusieurs phénomènes, dont l’activité humaine. Cette étude montre que 15 à 20 substances chimiques, déversées dans la mer faute d'assainissement, participent à leur dégradation.","link":"https://www.francetvinfo.fr/monde/environnement/cremes-solaires-pesticides-hydrocarbures-ces-produits-chimiques-contaminent-les-coraux-selon-une-nouvelle-etude-de-l-anses_6067557.html#xtor=RSS-3-%5Blestitres%5D","enclosure":{"length":"1337","type":"image/jpeg","url":"https://www.francetvinfo.fr/image/765ydneoh-ac2e/500/281/33152415.jpg"}},{"title":"‘Forever chemical’ exposure linked to higher cancer odds in women","creator":"Carey Gillam","pubDate":"Mon, 18 Sep 2023 08:10:17 +0000","contentSnippet":"New research finds evidence that exposure to PFAS and phenols increases odds of certain ‘hormonally driven’ cancers for women\nWomen exposed to several widely used chemicals appear to face increased odds for ovarian and other types of cancers, including a doubling of odds for melanoma, according to new research funded by the US government.\nUsing data collected by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), a team of academic researchers found evidence that women diagnosed with some “hormonally driven” cancers had exposures to certain per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), which are used in thousands of household and industrial products, including in stain- and heat-resistant items.\n Continue reading...","link":"https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/sep/18/pfas-forever-chemicals-exposure-cancer-women","enclosure":null},{"title":"Émulsifiants, ces additifs très consommés par les Français et associés à des risques de maladies cardiovasculaires","creator":"Isabelle do O'Gomes","pubDate":"Mon, 18 Sep 2023 08:08:28 +0000","contentSnippet":"Dans une étude parue dans le BMJ en ce mois de septembre 2023, des scientifiques français mettent en évidence une relation probable entre la consommation régulière de certains additifs et le risque de maladies cardiovasculaires. Ces émulsifiants sont très consommés par les Français et présents dans 53,8% des produits alimentaires industriels.","link":"https://www.sciencesetavenir.fr/nutrition/emulsifiants-des-additifs-tres-consommes-par-les-francais-et-associes-a-des-risques-de-maladies-cardiovasculaires_173834?xtor=RSS-28","enclosure":{"length":"1337","type":"image/jpeg","url":"https://www.sciencesetavenir.fr/assets/img/2023/09/15/cover-r4x3w1200-650436b60723b-085-00969912-003.jpg"}},{"title":"Antarctic sea-ice at 'mind-blowing' low alarms experts","creator":"","pubDate":"Mon, 18 Sep 2023 08:04:28 +0000","contentSnippet":"Missing winter sea ice signals changes that could be a \"disaster for the world\", scientists say.","link":"https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-66724246?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=KARANGA","enclosure":null},{"title":"Insectes : aux sources de leur vertigineux déclin","creator":"Rédacteur","pubDate":"Mon, 18 Sep 2023 08:03:53 +0000","contentSnippet":"Destruction des habitats, pesticides, changement climatique… Les insectes sont soumis à une épreuve d'autant plus rude qu'ils sont aussi menacés par l'arrivée d'espèces invasives. Les programmes de science participative se multiplient pour prévenir la disparition de ces gardiens de la biodiversité.","link":"https://www.sciencesetavenir.fr/animaux/arthropodes/insectes-aux-sources-de-leur-vertigineux-declin_173513?xtor=RSS-26","enclosure":{"length":"1337","type":"image/jpeg","url":"https://www.sciencesetavenir.fr/assets/img/2023/08/31/cover-r4x3w1200-64f088283f5e1-1389-71862-k2-k1-178153-jpg.jpg"}},{"title":"Température de l'océan : un seul degré de plus suffit à faire exploser les ouragans !","creator":"Karine Durand, Spécialiste météo extrême et environnement","pubDate":"Mon, 18 Sep 2023 08:00:24 +0000","contentSnippet":"D'après une nouvelle étude de l'Université de Maynooth, il suffit seulement d'1 °C de plus dans l'océan Atlantique pour que les ouragans déversent +140 % de précipitations sur Terre !","link":"https://www.futura-sciences.com/planete/actualites/ouragans-temperature-ocean-seul-degre-plus-suffit-faire-exploser-ouragans-103901/#xtor%3DRSS-8","enclosure":{"length":"1337","type":"image/jpg","url":"https://cdn.futura-sciences.com/buildsv6/images/wide1920/4/e/3/4e3484462a_50206458_ouragans-temperatures-ocean.jpg"}},{"title":"Afrique du Sud : des vagues hors normes frappent les côtes du Cap","creator":"Sciences et Avenir avec AFP","pubDate":"Mon, 18 Sep 2023 07:58:42 +0000","contentSnippet":"Les vagues hors normes ont atteint quatre mètres en moyenne : sur les côtes touristiques proches du Cap, de fortes marées conjuguées à des vents violents ont provoqué une puissante houle au cours du week-end, l'eau dépassant les digues et inondant par endroits rues et maisons.","link":"https://www.sciencesetavenir.fr/nature-environnement/afrique-du-sud-des-vagues-hors-normes-frappent-les-cotes-du-cap_173858?xtor=RSS-15","enclosure":{"length":"1337","type":"image/jpeg","url":"https://www.sciencesetavenir.fr/assets/img/2023/09/17/cover-r4x3w1200-6507568e6ceee-3a49be917d0e75a7f8b075838479ebd3f856f156-jpg.jpg"}},{"title":"Canicule : été catastrophique dans le Nord-Vienne, de nombreux ruisseaux à sec","creator":"","pubDate":"Mon, 18 Sep 2023 07:40:07 +0000","contentSnippet":"La fédération de pêche de la Vienne alerte sur la situation des cours d'eau dans le département. En raison de la canicule, ils sont nombreux à être à sec, ce qui a de graves conséquences sur l'écosystème local.","link":"https://www.francebleu.fr/infos/environnement/canicule-ete-catastrophique-dans-le-nord-vienne-de-nombreux-ruisseaux-a-sec-9535881#xtor=RSS-145","enclosure":{"length":"1337","type":"image/jpeg","url":"https://www.francebleu.fr/s3/cruiser-production/2023/09/6840e836-aa61-4fc6-a830-6cc9ced7a954/920x517_sc_thumbnail-img-1592.jpg"}},{"title":"Huit limites planétaires seront bientôt dépassées sur neuf : une Terre dans un état « effrayant »","creator":"","pubDate":"Sun, 17 Sep 2023 00:49:41 +0000","contentSnippet":"Six des neuf limites planétaires sont dépassés, et deux autres vont probablement suivre le même chemin.","link":"https://www.huffingtonpost.fr/environnement/article/huit-limites-planetaires-seront-bientot-depassees-sur-neuf-une-terre-dans-un-etat-effrayant-clx1_222924.html","enclosure":{"length":"1337","type":"image/jpeg","url":"https://huffpost-focus.sirius.press/2023/09/13/482/0/3683/2071/0/0/60/0/1f97ecf_1694616976995-pexels-guduru-ajay-bhargav-948270.jpg"}},{"title":"Un test permet de savoir si vous avez subi une IVG médicamenteuse","creator":"Slate.fr","pubDate":"Sat, 16 Sep 2023 15:56:02 +0000","contentSnippet":"Cette invention polonaise devrait hélas inspirer d'autres pays anti-avortement. Lire la suite","link":"https://www.slate.fr/story/253233/pilule-abortive-detectable-test-pologne-ivg-avortement-medicamenteuse","enclosure":{"length":"1337","type":"image/jpeg","url":"https://www.slate.fr/sites/default/files/styles/1440x600/public/julia-koblitz-4asrcvtjytw-unsplash.jpg"}},{"title":"The food industry pays 'influencer’ dietitians to shape your eating habits","creator":"","pubDate":"Fri, 15 Sep 2023 12:49:05 +0000","contentSnippet":"Video: The Washington Post/The Examination\n\n\n\nThis report is a joint investigation by The Examination and The Washington Post.\nAs the World Health Organization raised questions this summer about the risks of a popular artificial sweetener, a new hashtag began spreading on the social media accounts of health professionals: #safetyofaspartame. \nSteph Grasso, a registered dietitian from Oakton, Va., used the hashtag and told her 2.2 million followers on TikTok that the WHO warnings about artificial sweeteners were “clickbait” based on “low-quality science.” \nAnother dietitian, Cara Harbstreet of Kansas City, reassured her Instagram followers not to worry about “fear mongering headlines” about aspartame because “the evidence doesn’t suggest there’s a reason for concern.” \nIn a third video, Mary Ellen Phipps, a Houston-area dietitian who specializes in diabetes care, sipped from a glass of soda and told her Instagram viewers that artificial sweeteners “satisfy the desire for sweetness” without affecting blood sugar or insulin levels.\n\n\nWe’re continuing to report on nutrition influencers on social media, and we need your help. Fill out this form to tell us what you know. You can also reach out to us on Signal at +1-917-856-1745 or or send us an email.\n\n\nWhat these dietitians didn’t make clear was that they were paid to post the videos by American Beverage, a trade and lobbying group representing Coca-Cola, PepsiCo and other companies. \nIn all, at least 35 posts  from a dozen health professionals were part of the coordinated campaign by American Beverage. The trade group paid an undisclosed amount to 10 registered dietitians, as well as a physician and a fitness influencer, to use their social media accounts to help blunt the WHO’s claims that aspartame, a mainstay of Diet Coke and other sodas, is ineffective for weight loss and “possibly carcinogenic.” \nThe campaign, which the beverage group acknowledged organizing, highlighted a little-known tactic the multi-billion dollar food and beverage industry is using to sway consumers faced with often-contradictory health messages about popular products. \nThe food, beverage, and dietary supplement industries are paying dozens of registered dietitians that collectively have millions of social media followers to help sell products and deliver industry-friendly messages on Instagram and TikTok, according to an analysis by The Examination and The Washington Post.\nThe analysis of thousands of posts found that companies and industry groups paid dietitians for content that encouraged viewers to eat candy and ice cream, downplayed the health risks of highly processed foods and pushed unproven supplements  – messages that run counter to decades of scientific evidence about healthy eating. The review found that among 68 dietitians with 10,000 or more social media followers on TikTok or Instagram, about half had promoted food, beverages or supplements to their combined 11 million followers within the last year. \n\n\nThe hashtag #safetyofaspartame has been spreading on the social media accounts of health professionals.\nWhile some dietitians noted in their social media posts that they were part of paid partnerships, their relationships with the food industry were in many cases not made explicit to viewers, the analysis found. The Federal Trade Commission advises all social media influencers to be clear about who is paying them for promotions. \nThe strategy of enlisting dietitians on social media has allowed the industry to extend its vast reach and promote often questionable nutrition advice to new generations of teenage and Gen Z eaters and millennial parents accustomed to finding news and health advice on social media. By paying registered dietitians – health professionals who specialize in nutrition – the food industry is moving beyond the world of ordinary online influencers to harness the prestige of credentialed experts to deliver commercial messages.\n“They’re getting these dietitians to essentially do their marketing for them,” said Marlene Schwartz, the director of the University of Connecticut’s Rudd Center for Food Policy and Health. \nAmerican Beverage said the dietitians who participated in its campaign adequately disclosed their relationships to the trade association by flagging the posts as paid partnerships or listing the #safetyofaspartame hashtag or the safetyofaspartame.com website, which includes the American Beverage logo at the bottom of the page. Out of 35 videos, 11 specifically named the association or “AmeriBev” as the partner at the time the videos were first posted, according to the beverage group.\nA spokesman said the campaign was warranted because the U.S. Food and Drug Administration and other health authorities have said aspartame is safe and disagreed with the WHO’s warnings.\n“The registered dietitians and nutritionists we relied on shared their own informed opinions when communicating the facts to their audiences, and were up front about being paid,” said William Dermody, an American Beverage spokesman.\n\n\n\nGrasso declined to comment. Harbstreet and Phipps didn't respond to phone calls, emails and a letter. After inquiries from The Examination and The Post, Harbstreet’s Instagram posts were changed to include “Paid Partnership with AmeriBev.”\nIn comments on several of the posts, viewers expressed confusion about who sponsored the videos and whether the dietitians were being paid to defend aspartame. \nIn the video that Phipps posted on her Instagram account “milknhoneynutrition,” she included the phrases “Paid partnership,” #ad and #safetyofaspartame. When a viewer posted a comment on the video asking Phipps who her “paid partner” was, Phipps acknowledged it was American Beverage and said any suggestion that “I would compromise my professional ethics for money is insulting.”\nAnother commenter replied, “You’re insulted, but I’m disillusioned.”\nEncouraging followers to eat sugar and candy\nMost of the 78,000 dietitians and nutritionists in the United States aren’t social media influencers. Many work in hospitals, departments of health, and private practices, and their median annual salary is $66,450, according to 2022 data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.\nWhile the dietitian influencers contacted for this article wouldn’t say how much they are paid for sponsored posts, several said that companies generally pay a few thousand dollars per video and that offers could be as high as tens of thousands of dollars for creators with the biggest social media audiences. \nRegistered dietitian Lindsay Pleskot, of Vancouver, British Columbia, has posted videos of herself eating ice cream and peanut butter cups while telling people that denying themselves sugary food will only make cravings worse. \nThese and other posts were paid for by the Canadian Sugar Institute. The trade group, which is funded by sugar producers, includes the videos on its Instagram page. \nIn one video, Pleskot held a glazed donut and chocolate chip cookie, and she mocked advice to reduce sugar intake. She said the “best” ways to cut sugar are “with a knife, with my hands, even with my teeth.” \nIn the description next to the video, she wrote, “dietitian approved.” \nLater in the post, it said “(AD),” to indicate it was a paid advertisement. After inquiries about the partnership, the posts were updated with “CdnSugarNutr,” which is the instagram account for the Canadian Sugar Institute. \nIn an email, Pleskot said she “initially” had concerns about working with the sugar group, but that she has full control over her posts, which reflect her belief in “removing guilt and shame around food.”  She wrote that “all collaborative content has been the same messaging I have shared organically for years.”  \n“My integrity is most important to me,” she said.\nAnother dietitian with a large social media following, Jenn Messina, of North Vancouver, posted a video on Instagram where she added a lollipop to a dinner plate. She told parents the strategy will “prevent sweets obsession” and help kids develop healthier relationships with food. In another Instagram video, she told parents they can make Halloween less stressful by allowing kids to eat as much candy as they want when they’re done trick-or-treating.\n“This helps decrease the stash and makes it less of a ‘big deal,’” she wrote in the text alongside the video. “Yes, they may barf. That’s a great life lesson.” \nMessina also was paid by the Canadian Sugar Institute, which she disclosed on her posts and in an interview. Messina said that, while her advice is “nontraditional,” her goal is to help parents. \nThe U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has said that too much added sugar can contribute to obesity, type 2 diabetes and heart disease. \nMessina declined to say how much the sugar institute pays her for sponsored videos. She said she pitches ideas for videos to the institute but has “full say” on what she posts. “I don’t work with any industries that tell me what to say or how to say it – it has to be 100 percent my voice, or I won’t do it,” she said. \nSince last year, the sugar group has paid at least a dozen registered dietitians to post videos about sugar on Instagram. \n“If your kiddo is obsessed with sweets they likely need MORE access to sweets rather than LESS,” Messina wrote in one sponsored Instagram post. \nThe Canadian Sugar Institute said dietitians often come to the group for help expanding their reach and that the institute does not tell them what to say. \n“As with any dietitian activity, social media posts are based on each dietitian’s authentic interests, experience and independent evaluation of the evidence,” said Chiara DiAngelo, a registered dietitian and director of nutrition communications for the sugar institute, in an email.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe analysis by The Examination and The Post also found that dietitians have been paid to tout the benefits of dietary supplements that lack scientific consensus, including products like collagen supplements promoted for skin, nail and joint health; detox teas that claim to help the body expel toxins; and capsules marketed for “mitochondrial health.” \nCinthia Scott, an Augusta, Georgia-area dietitian who has more than 300,000 followers on Instagram, encourages parents to give what she calls “brain boosting” omega-3 fatty acid supplements to children as young as 6 months old. In the text adjacent to her post Scott wrote, “Paid partnership with carlsonlabs.” Carlson Labs is an Illinois-based supplement company. \nThe American Academy of Pediatrics warns that such supplements are not approved by the FDA. “Their contents may not match what is listed on the label,”  the academy says. “Adverse events are not always reported either.” \nSchwartz, the University of Connecticut nutrition expert, said she found it “particularly egregious” that a dietitian would try to convince parents to give their children unproven supplements. “It’s just so incredibly unfair to parents who are trying to get clear information,” she said. \nCarlson said the dietitians it sponsors make their own assessments before giving endorsements. “Carlson is committed to partnering with knowledgeable and respected professionals in relevant fields who use their expertise ethically and transparently,” the company said in a statement. Scott did not respond to emails, phone calls and a letter. \n\n\n\nLack of clear disclosure ‘bad for consumers’\nRegulators have struggled to keep up with the rapid rise of the online influence industry, experts say. \nThe Federal Trade Commission instructs influencers who are paid to create sponsored messages to say clearly in both their videos and in the text of their posts that they have a financial relationship with the brand they’re promoting. \n\n\nOne example of how a paid partnership was disclosed on a TikTok video post.\nFew of the dietitians in the analysis said in their actual videos that their posts were advertisements. Instead, in the text accompanying their videos, they used terms like #ad, #sponsored or “Paid partnership.” \nMichael Ostheimer, an attorney for the FTC’s division of advertising practices, said a key test is whether the sponsorship would surprise consumers and affect their opinion of the message’s credibility – what the agency refers to as an “unexpected material connection.”\n Of the 33 dietitians who posted paid content to their millions of followers, about half (17)did not clearly disclose their sponsorships in at least one of their posts. Another two placed disclosures deep in the descriptions.\nAmerican Beverage’s campaign with dietitians is a case that would require clear disclosure, according to Bonnie Patten, executive director of Truth in Advertising, a nonprofit group that combats deceptive marketing. \n“Would you expect that a dietitian would be partnering with the soda industry?” Patten asked. “Those are the most important kinds of disclosures that we need.” \nIn 2020 the FTC sent 10 warning letters to influencers, including rapper Cardi B, for not disclosing paid social media ads for a tea marketer. The tea company agreed to pay $1 million to settle charges that it misled consumers and didn’t adequately disclose payments to social media influencers. \nBut aside from periodic sweeps against deceptive conduct, the commission does not have the resources to comprehensively enforce behavior within a continually expanding online marketplace, said David Vladeck, former head of the commission’s bureau of consumer protection and now a Georgetown University law professor. \n\n\nComments on social media posts show confusion about what paid sponsorships mean.\n“When you don’t have sufficient enforcement, companies think they can get away with it,” Vladeck said. “No one on either side of the table thinks the FTC has the resources to really police this marketplace. And that’s bad for consumers.” \nThe Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, the trade group that oversees registered dietitians, has a code of ethics that says that dietitians should disclose conflicts of interest and avoid “accepting gifts or services which potentially influence or which may give the appearance of influencing professional judgment.” \nLauri Wright, the academy’s president, said the group educates its members “so that dietitians know what that line is and how not to cross that line.”\nThe academy has a board of ethics that reviews allegations that dietitians have violated its ethical code and can impose penalties, including revoking a dietitian’s license if it finds that a violation took place. So far, the board has not received any complaints about social media activities, Wright said.\nClose ties between the food industry and dietitians\nThe food and beverage industry has for years nurtured a close relationship with the academy, which has accepted millions of dollars in donations from leading producers of soda, candy and ultra-processed foods, including Coca-Cola, PepsiCo and Nestlé. \nThe academy has allowed these companies to provide continuing education courses to its dietitians and has invested in food industry stocks. Two of the academy’s current sponsors are American Beverage and Tate & Lyle, one of the world’s largest producers of high-fructose corn syrup and other sweeteners. \nSome dietitians have questioned the relationship between the academy and big food and beverage companies. In response to a 2013 report that investigated the academy’s industry ties, more than a dozen registered dietitians formed Dietitians For Professional Integrity, a group that advocated against what members saw as compromising financial ties to the food industry.\nAlthough the group raised these concerns from dietitians directly with the academy – an early petition garnered over 24,000 signatures – the group disbanded in 2018.\n“Fundamentally, I think it really fell on deaf ears throughout the time that we were advocating for this cause with the academy,” said one of the group’s cofounders, Elizabeth Lee, a registered dietitian and health educator at Stanford Medicine.\nWright, the president of the nutrition academy, said in an email that its leaders “communicated often” with Dietitians for Professional Integrity when the group was still active, and that the academy has a “stringent process for reviewing, approving and rejecting potential corporate sponsors.”  She said sponsorships represent less than seven percent of the academy’s revenue, and that “sponsors do not influence the academy’s positions.\"\nIn the vetting system for sponsors, the academy looks “at the mix of products\" a company sells, Wright said. The beverage industry “sells so much more than just soda.\" \nPaid partnerships with food brands and industry groups\nDietitians who boast large social media followings said that brands are eager to recruit them, flooding them with offers to pitch products.\n\nAmong the most popular is Grasso, with a combined following of 2.4 million on TikTok and Instagram. In her videos, she dances and lip syncs to pop music while preparing recipes or dresses in different outfits, such as red for blood sugar or blue for insulin, to explain nutrition concepts. Her goal, Grasso writes on her website, is to use her “expertise and comedy to provide evidence-based nutrition advice and debunk trending nutrition myths.”\nGrasso has parlayed her popularity into endorsement deals with numerous food and dietary supplement companies. \nIn recent months, she has posted sponsored TikTok and Instagram videos for brands including Barilla pasta, Bush’s Beans, KIND Snacks, Orgain collagen powders, Hint Water flavored beverages, and Tree Top apple sauce. In these ads, Grasso flagged the posts as paid partnerships and tagged the brands in her captions. \nShana Minei Spence, a dietitian with more than 265,000 followers on Instagram, eats pizza, French fries and ice cream in her social media videos to illustrate that no foods should be stigmatized. Spence, who works for the New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene, describes herself as “pro-processed foods.” \nSpence said she partners with companies that share her values and turns down about 90 percent of sponsorship offers she receives. “I work in marginalized and food insecure neighborhoods, which is why I am passionate about de-stigmatizing processed foods,” she wrote in an email.\nSpence said she has been paid by the Japanese multinational food company Ajinomoto for a video debunking concerns about the flavor enhancer MSG. Spence didn’t say in the video that the message was sponsored. The caption says #AjiPartner. A spokesperson for Ajinomoto said that dietitians were essential to its campaign because of their “ability to communicate science credibly.” \nSpence has also posted on TikTok for a Dave’s Killer Bread snack bar. “Just keep them at your desk,” she said. In the caption she wrote #ad, the brand name tagged the post as a “Paid partnership.” Dave’s Killer Bread did not respond to questions.\n In April 2022, PepsiCo paid Spence to teach a webinar to other dietitians entitled “Unpacking Preconceptions About Packaged Foods,” she said. Registered dietitians who participated received continuing education credits. \nIn the webinar, Spence disputed health concerns about processed foods. “What we have to do as dietitians, as health professionals, is really debunk some of this information,” she told her listeners.\nIn an interview, Spence said PepsiCo had no role in shaping her presentation. She declined to say how much the company paid her for the event. PepsiCo didn’t respond to a request for comment.\nMonica D’Agostino, a New York dietitian with more than 740,000 followers on TikTok, said in one video that she gets a barrage of offers to pitch “greens powders,” dietary supplements that are widely promoted with unproven claims and haven’t been well studied.\n\nIn her video, D’Agostino said she would never “blindly promote” the powders because the blends of ingredients aren't always clear. She jokingly lamented her professional ethics, “because there is a check behind those powders.” \nD’Agostino, who didn’t respond to requests for comment, said in the video that if she took the money she was offered to promote the supplements, she could afford to buy eight $1,450 designer Saint Laurent handbags and give $549 Apple Airpods Maxes to twenty of her friends.\n“I could be like Oprah with my friends: One for you, one for you, one for you,” D’Agostino said. “This is just me showing you – there is money behind those greens powders that are being marketed to you.”\nAbout this story\nThis report is a joint investigation by The Examination and The Washington Post. Story editing by Raquel Rutledge, Craig Timberg and Tara Parker-Pope. Data editing by Meghan Hoyer. Copy editing by Melissa Ngo. Video by Alexa Juliana Ard. Video animations by Brian Monroe. Video editing by Neeti Upadhye. Design by Chelsea Conrad. Design editing by Christian Font. Data fact-checking by Hayden Godfrey from the Investigative Reporting Workshop at American University.\n\n\nThe Examination and The Post analysis included registered dietitians on Instagram and TikTok who used “Registered Dietitian,” “RD” or “RDN” in their account name or social media bio as of July 2023 (social media users can adjust these fields at any time). The analysis included only those who had at least 10,000 followers (the lower threshold for what is typically considered a “micro-influencer”), had created at least 10 posts over the last year, and had posted English-language content.\n\nThis identified 68 influencers. Reporters archived all posts between July 1, 2022, and Aug. 1, 2023, generating a database of over 6,000 pieces of content.\n\nTwo reporters separately reviewed each influencer’s posts to identify instances when the dietitian at least once promoted a product, brand or industry-sponsored message. This included using a “Paid Partnership” tag on the post, mentioning personalized discount codes or writing “#ad” or “#sponsored” in the post description. These criteria were selected based on the Federal Trade Commission’s guidelines for social media influencers.\n\nReporters manually reviewed feeds and defined posts as having an unclear disclosure if the post (1) was promotional but had no clear disclosure, (2) was labeled as an ad but the brand sponsoring the post was unclear (e.g. the use of a vague “partner” tag instead of a brand mention), or (3) had a sponsorship disclosure but the “ad” mention was placed deep in the description of the post.","link":"https://www.theexamination.org/articles/the-food-industry-pays-influencer-dietitians-to-shape-your-eating-habits","enclosure":{"length":"1337","type":"image/gif","url":"https://a.storyblok.com/f/212662/676x451/474f6c370c/dietitian-influencers.gif"}},{"title":"Shrinking fish drive decline in size of animal and plant species, says study","creator":"Patrick Greenfield","pubDate":"Fri, 15 Sep 2023 12:37:38 +0000","contentSnippet":"Analysis of thousands of species finds some invertebrates and plants also getting smaller, while others are increasing in body size\nA global analysis of thousands of animal and plant sizes has found that species are shrinking, an effect most clearly found by researchers in changes to the body size of fish, which are getting smaller.\nSpecies such as the thorny skate, a north Atlantic fish that can grow up to a metre in length, have become smaller, while smaller-bodied species such as mackerel are growing in abundance, according to the researchers, changing the composition and functioning of ecosystems.\n Continue reading...","link":"https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/sep/07/climate-change-drives-shrinking-size-fish-invertebrates-plants-science-aoe","enclosure":null},{"title":"In our blood: how the US allowed toxic chemicals to seep into our lives","creator":"Kyle Bagenstose","pubDate":"Fri, 15 Sep 2023 12:30:42 +0000","contentSnippet":"Experts say that the majority of the 86,000 consumer chemicals registered with the Environmental Protection Agency have never received vigorous toxicity testing\n• This article is co-published with the Examination, a new non-profit newsroom specializing in global health reporting\nFor decades, it was the secret behind the magic show of homemaking across the US. Applied to a pan, it could keep a fried egg from sticking to the surface. Soaked into a carpet, it could shrug off spills of red wine. Sprayed onto shoes and coats, it could keep the kids dry on a rainy day.\nBut the most clandestine maneuver of perfluorooctanoic acid, or PFOA, was much less endearing: seeping into the blood and organs of hundreds of millions of people who used products containing the chemical.\n Continue reading...","link":"https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/sep/13/us-environmental-protection-agency-failed-policy-consumer-chemicals","enclosure":null},{"title":"Toxic chemicals banned by EU since Brexit still in use in UK","creator":"Helena Horton Environment reporter","pubDate":"Fri, 15 Sep 2023 12:27:18 +0000","contentSnippet":"Exclusive: EU restricts use of eight chemicals, with 16 more in pipeline; UK has two under consideration\nSeveral toxic chemicals that have been banned in the EU since Brexit are still allowed to be used in the UK, it can be revealed, as campaigners say the lower standards are putting public health at risk.\nThe UK has not been part of the EU’s chemicals regulations scheme since 2021 and instead has its own, called Reach. Eight rules restricting the use of hazardous chemicals have been adopted by the EU since Brexit, and 16 more are in the pipeline. The UK has not banned any substances in that time and is considering just two restrictions, on lead ammunition and harmful substances in tattoo ink.\n Continue reading...","link":"https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/sep/15/toxic-chemicals-banned-by-eu-since-brexit-still-in-use-in-uk","enclosure":null},{"title":"Quelles sont les 9 limites planétaires, dont 6 sont franchies ?","creator":"Marcus Dupont-Besnard","pubDate":"Fri, 15 Sep 2023 12:02:46 +0000","contentSnippet":"9 limites planétaires, liées à des processus naturels, ont été établies : plus on en dépasse, plus on met en danger la viabilité de la planète pour l'humanité. Six des neuf limites planétaires ont été officiellement franchies. \n [Lire la suite]\nAbonnez-vous aux newsletters Numerama pour recevoir l’essentiel de l’actualité https://www.numerama.com/newsletter/","link":"https://www.numerama.com/sciences/1502678-quelles-sont-les-9-limites-planetaires.html","enclosure":null},{"title":"Rapport choc : 92 % des Européens ont du BPA dans leur organisme !","creator":"Futura avec ETX Daily Up","pubDate":"Fri, 15 Sep 2023 12:02:26 +0000","contentSnippet":"Le bisphénol A (BPA) est interdit en Europe dans tous les matériaux entrant en contact avec les aliments des bébés. Cependant, l'exposition des humains à cette substance chimique est omniprésente et sa présence dans les autres objets de notre quotidien est constamment surveillée en raison de sa...","link":"https://www.futura-sciences.com/sante/actualites/medecine-rapport-choc-92-europeens-ont-bpa-leur-organisme-107687/#xtor%3DRSS-8","enclosure":{"length":"1337","type":"image/jpg","url":"https://cdn.futura-sciences.com/buildsv6/images/wide1920/4/3/5/435536fc78_50206417_supermarche-consommation-bisphenol-canette.jpg"}},{"title":"Sombre avenir pour les bourdons d'Europe","creator":"Sciences et Avenir avec AFP","pubDate":"Fri, 15 Sep 2023 10:16:24 +0000","contentSnippet":"Les 68 espèces de bourdons européens sont majoritairement adaptées aux climats tempérés ou froids de l'hémisphère nord. Elles sont menacées par le changement climatique.","link":"https://www.sciencesetavenir.fr/animaux/arthropodes/sombre-avenir-pour-les-bourdons-d-europe_173801?xtor=RSS-26","enclosure":{"length":"1337","type":"image/jpeg","url":"https://www.sciencesetavenir.fr/assets/img/2023/09/13/cover-r4x3w1200-6501de2d81b46-d5b6e38e39ba5733d3b8921f29bf5e99600526b7-jpg.jpg"}},{"title":"Microplastics Infiltrate Every Organ, Including Brain, Study in Mice Shows","creator":"Carly Cassella","pubDate":"Fri, 15 Sep 2023 08:07:45 +0000","contentSnippet":"And it changed their behavior.","link":"https://www.sciencealert.com/microplastics-infiltrate-every-organ-including-brain-study-in-mice-shows","enclosure":null},{"title":"Une étude révèle que les inondations centennales vont devenir annuelles","creator":"Nathalie Mayer, Journaliste","pubDate":"Fri, 15 Sep 2023 07:49:29 +0000","contentSnippet":"Alors que l’actualité est marquée par les incroyables inondations qui ont ravagé la Libye, des chercheurs publient de nouveaux résultats inquiétants. Les inondations centennales vont devenir de plus en plus fréquentes. Mais des solutions d’adaptation pourraient être trouvées.","link":"https://www.futura-sciences.com/planete/actualites/rechauffement-climatique-etude-revele-inondations-centennales-vont-devenir-annuelles-77366/#xtor%3DRSS-8","enclosure":{"length":"1337","type":"image/jpg","url":"https://cdn.futura-sciences.com/buildsv6/images/wide1920/d/2/7/d27b8880c1_50206337_inondations-centennales.jpg"}},{"title":"L'envol des prix du riz préfigure les risques alimentaires liés au climat","creator":"AFP","pubDate":"Fri, 15 Sep 2023 07:48:00 +0000","contentSnippet":"Le prix du riz qui s'est envolé à son plus haut niveau depuis 15 ans, après les restrictions imposées par l'Inde sur les exportations de cette céréale, préfigure la façon dont le changement climatique va perturber l'approvisionnement alimentaire mondial, selon des experts. \nLes prix du riz ont bondi de 9,8% en août, annulant les baisses d'autres produits de base, a annoncé la semaine dernière l'Organisation des Nations unies pour l'alimentation et l'agriculture (FAO). \nC'est l'annonce en juillet par l'Inde, qui représente 40% des exportations mondiales de riz, d'une interdiction des ventes de riz non basmati à l'étranger, qui a mis le feu aux poudres.","link":"https://www.sciencesetavenir.fr/nature-environnement/l-envol-des-prix-du-riz-prefigure-les-risques-alimentaires-lies-au-climat_173832?xtor=RSS-15","enclosure":{"length":"1337","type":"image/jpeg","url":"https://www.sciencesetavenir.fr/assets/img/2023/09/15/cover-r4x3w1200-6503f80f4bbca-4530f09646d4ecd57c09806567931d3469927a93-jpg.jpg"}},{"title":"Virus du Nil occidental et Usutu : plusieurs cas autochtones confirmés en Nouvelle-Aquitaine","creator":"","pubDate":"Fri, 15 Sep 2023 07:34:28 +0000","contentSnippet":"Les virus du Nil occidental et Usutu, tous deux transmis par les moustiques de type « culex », circulent activement en Gironde et en Charente-Maritime","link":"https://www.sudouest.fr/sante/virus-du-nil-occidental-et-usutu-plusieurs-cas-autochtones-confirmes-en-nouvelle-aquitaine-16640305.php","enclosure":null},{"title":"A Summer of Record Heat Deals Costly Damage to Texas Water Systems","creator":"Dylan Baddour","pubDate":"Thu, 14 Sep 2023 09:38:43 +0000","contentSnippet":"As dry soils contract, underground pipes rupture—disrupting cities, frustrating conservation efforts, and highlighting the vulnerability of critical infrastructure to a warming climate.","link":"https://www.wired.com/story/a-summer-of-record-heat-deals-costly-damage-to-texas-water-systems/","enclosure":null},{"title":"Blue-Green Algae Is Filling Rivers With Toxic Sludge","creator":"Chris Baraniuk","pubDate":"Thu, 14 Sep 2023 09:37:52 +0000","contentSnippet":"Harmful algal blooms are taking over as the world warms and grows richer in carbon dioxide—and there’s no easy fix.","link":"https://www.wired.com/story/blue-green-algae-is-filling-rivers-with-toxic-sludge/","enclosure":null},{"title":"A Concrete Crisis Has the UK Literally Crumbling","creator":"Sabrina Weiss","pubDate":"Thu, 14 Sep 2023 09:33:04 +0000","contentSnippet":"Hundreds of schools, hospitals, and other public buildings made from RAAC, a cheap, lightweight concrete, have to close—the victims of quick fixes and decades of cost-cutting.","link":"https://www.wired.com/story/raac-concrete-crisis-uk-literally-crumbling/","enclosure":null},{"title":"Alerte rouge en Europe avec la découverte de milliers de fourmis de feu !","creator":"Nathalie Mayer, Journaliste","pubDate":"Thu, 14 Sep 2023 09:31:39 +0000","contentSnippet":"La fourmi de feu est considérée comme l’une des espèces les plus envahissantes au monde. Des scientifiques viennent de l’identifier en Europe.","link":"https://www.futura-sciences.com/planete/actualites/fourmis-alerte-rouge-europe-decouverte-milliers-fourmis-feu-107599/#xtor%3DRSS-8","enclosure":{"length":"1337","type":"image/jpg","url":"https://cdn.futura-sciences.com/buildsv6/images/wide1920/7/5/2/752c816bef_50206242_fourmi-rouge-invasion.jpg"}},{"title":"Même une faible consommation de soda peut influencer votre humeur, montre une étude coréenne","creator":"Claire Manière, Journaliste","pubDate":"Thu, 14 Sep 2023 09:31:05 +0000","contentSnippet":"Une nouvelle étude publiée dans Scientific Reports a porté sur des Coréens, qui consomment peu de boissons gazeuses sucrées par rapport au reste du monde. Les résultats n’en sont que plus surprenants, révélant également que le poids et la glycémie sont des facteurs indépendants de risque de...","link":"https://www.futura-sciences.com/sante/actualites/depression-meme-faible-consommation-soda-peut-influencer-votre-humeur-montre-etude-coreenne-107604/#xtor%3DRSS-8","enclosure":{"length":"1337","type":"image/jpg","url":"https://cdn.futura-sciences.com/buildsv6/images/wide1920/d/0/f/d0fd3f62cf_50206237_soda.jpg"}},{"title":"Plastiques compostables : la grande illusion écologique démasquée !","creator":"Futura avec ETX Daily Up","pubDate":"Thu, 14 Sep 2023 09:30:14 +0000","contentSnippet":"Les emballages en plastique compostable sont-ils une alternative véritablement plus responsable ? Mais à bien y regarder, à part nous donner bonne conscience, ils ne concourent pas à créer un cercle vertueux puisqu'ils ne sont ni recyclables ni biodégradables. L'Ademe met en évidence ces...","link":"https://www.futura-sciences.com/planete/actualites/pollution-plastique-plastiques-compostables-grande-illusion-ecologique-demasquee-107554/#xtor%3DRSS-8","enclosure":{"length":"1337","type":"image/jpg","url":"https://cdn.futura-sciences.com/buildsv6/images/wide1920/8/4/a/84af53d19d_50206163_iodegradable-compostable-jetable-gobelet-cup-09095f8c1c.jpg"}},{"title":"L’Antarctique aussi se réchauffe plus vite que le reste de la planète","creator":"Loïc Chauveau","pubDate":"Thu, 14 Sep 2023 09:28:23 +0000","contentSnippet":"Comme l’Arctique, le pôle Sud subit une augmentation de sa température plus rapide que dans les zones tropicales et tempérées. Baptisé \"amplification polaire\", ce phénomène devrait avoir une influence sur la hausse du niveau des mers.","link":"https://www.sciencesetavenir.fr/nature-environnement/climat/l-antarctique-aussi-se-rechauffe-plus-vite-que-le-reste-de-la-planete_173768?xtor=RSS-15","enclosure":{"length":"1337","type":"image/jpeg","url":"https://www.sciencesetavenir.fr/assets/img/2023/09/12/cover-r4x3w1200-65003adabf93b-27-5-png-1920x1080-q85-subsampling-2.jpg"}},{"title":"Des scientifiques produisent de l’électricité grâce à une bactérie dangereuse","creator":"","pubDate":"Thu, 14 Sep 2023 09:26:56 +0000","contentSnippet":"Has been, les éoliennes et les panneaux solaires ? Dans une étude publiée le 8 septembre, des chercheurs de l’École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) expliquent avoir trouvé un moyen original de produire de l’électricité, garanti sans métaux rares. Parmi les ingrédients clés : une bactérie potentiellement mortelle et les eaux usées d’une brasserie.","link":"https://usbeketrica.com/fr/article/des-scientifiques-produisent-de-l-electricite-grace-a-une-bacterie-modifiee","enclosure":null},{"title":"What if ‘ghosting’ people isn’t just rude, but psychologically harmful? | Nancy Jo Sales","creator":"Nancy Jo Sales","pubDate":"Thu, 14 Sep 2023 09:15:40 +0000","contentSnippet":"A study found that 76% of people dating have either ghosted or been ghosted. Why is this considered acceptable?\nWhen The Banshees of Inisherin became such a hit last year, I couldn’t help wondering if one of the reasons it was resonating so powerfully was that – despite being set on a fictional island off the coast of Ireland in the 1920s – it was essentially about ghosting. A man stops talking to his friend without explanation, and the emotional fallout is devastating.\nIn the 1920s, ghosting a close friend would indeed have been shocking. Ghosting as a social move was pretty much unheard of into the 2000s. Remember that 2003 episode of Sex and the City where Carrie is outraged that Jack Berger breaks up with her via Post-it note? “I’m sorry. I can’t. Don’t hate me,” says the offending scrap of paper.\nNancy Jo Sales is the author, most recently, of Nothing Personal: My Secret Life in the Dating App Inferno\n Continue reading...","link":"https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2023/sep/11/what-if-ghosting-people-isnt-just-rude-but-psychologically-harmful","enclosure":null},{"title":"Eau potable dans la Vienne : l'impossible équation pour se débarrasser du chlorothalonil, un fongicide","creator":"","pubDate":"Wed, 13 Sep 2023 09:19:42 +0000","contentSnippet":"Le syndicat Eaux de Vienne alerte sur la difficulté de traiter la problématique de la présence du chlorothalonil dans l'eau potable. Face à ce résidu de fongicide, interdit d'utilisation depuis 2020, il affirme être \"sans solutions\".","link":"https://www.francebleu.fr/infos/environnement/eau-potable-dans-la-vienne-l-impossible-equation-pour-se-debarrasser-du-chlorothalonil-un-fongicide-7540716#xtor=RSS-145","enclosure":{"length":"1337","type":"image/jpeg","url":"https://www.francebleu.fr/s3/cruiser-production/2023/09/62c23e91-be25-4ab8-acae-15e5cc19b623/920x517_sc_sc_832329-0lxy6jq38h-whr.jpg"}},{"title":"Les milliards de tonnes de sable arrachées à la mer menacent l'environnement, alerte l'ONU","creator":"AFP","pubDate":"Thu, 07 Sep 2023 12:18:06 +0000","contentSnippet":"Quelque six milliards de tonnes de sable sont arrachées chaque année aux océans, une exploitation à la limite de ce qui est soutenable et avec des conséquences dramatiques pour l'environnement et la biodiversité marine, a alerté l'ONU mardi. \nC'est la première fois que les Nations unies parviennent à faire une telle estimation, et ce grâce à l'intelligence artificielle et au système automatique d'identification des navires permettant de les localiser et d'analyser leurs déplacements et activités à travers le monde. \nL'analyse, lancée par la division scientifique du Programme des Nations-Unies pour l'Environnement (PNUE), n'en est qu'à ses débuts, et seuls 50% des navires sont pour l'instant suivis.","link":"https://www.sciencesetavenir.fr/nature-environnement/les-milliards-de-tonnes-de-sable-arrachees-a-la-mer-menacent-l-environnement-alerte-l-onu_173635?xtor=RSS-15","enclosure":{"length":"1337","type":"image/jpeg","url":"https://www.sciencesetavenir.fr/assets/img/2023/09/05/cover-r4x3w1200-64f7987a2bac1-da1f4de2137051c52bb99c76c8bef383eb50ee7c-jpg.jpg"}},{"title":"Les vagues de chaleur concoctent une \"potion diabolique\" de polluants","creator":"AFP","pubDate":"Thu, 07 Sep 2023 12:16:06 +0000","contentSnippet":"Les vagues de chaleur, plus intenses et plus fréquentes à cause du changement climatique, concoctent une \"potion diabolique\" de polluants qui menacent les humains et tous les êtres vivants, a averti l'ONU mercredi. \nSi les nappes de fumée provoquées par les feux de forêt qui ont étouffé Athènes ou New York cet été sont la partie la plus visible de la pollution atmosphérique provoquée par les vagues de chaleurs, elles induisent aussi toute une série de processus chimiques plus insidieux et dangereux pour la santé. \n\"Les vagues de chaleur détériorent la qualité de l'air, avec des répercussions sur la santé humaine, les écosystèmes, l'agriculture et même notre vie quotidienne\", a souligné Petteri Taalas, le Secrétaire général de l'Organisation météorologique mondiale, à l'occasion de la publication du Bulletin sur la qualité de l'air et du climat.","link":"https://www.sciencesetavenir.fr/nature-environnement/les-vagues-de-chaleur-concoctent-une-potion-diabolique-de-polluants_173645?xtor=RSS-15","enclosure":{"length":"1337","type":"image/jpeg","url":"https://www.sciencesetavenir.fr/assets/img/2023/09/06/cover-r4x3w1200-64f847198c723-17e2af58f71dd9f0448eec03e52cfef7ceb0c3b3-jpg.jpg"}},{"title":"Ce phénomène va amener plus d’eau chaude en Arctique et accélérer la fonte des glaces","creator":"Karine Durand, Spécialiste météo extrême et environnement","pubDate":"Thu, 07 Sep 2023 11:44:57 +0000","contentSnippet":"Le dipôle arctique est un phénomène naturel qui se produit par phase et qui conditionne la fonte des glaces du pôle nord. Mais la fin de la phase en cours, et l'installation d'une nouvelle très prochainement, aura des effets majeurs sur la vitesse de fonte. D'autant plus lorsque le réchauffement...","link":"https://www.futura-sciences.com/planete/actualites/meteorologie-ce-phenomene-va-amener-plus-eau-chaude-arctique-accelerer-fonte-glaces-107471/#xtor%3DRSS-8","enclosure":{"length":"1337","type":"image/jpg","url":"https://cdn.futura-sciences.com/buildsv6/images/wide1920/2/3/0/2309da9c85_50205994_iceland-4058262-1920.jpg"}},{"title":"A Flesh-Eating Bacterium Is Creeping North as Oceans Warm","creator":"Maryn McKenna","pubDate":"Thu, 07 Sep 2023 11:34:42 +0000","contentSnippet":"The Vibrio vulnificus pathogen thrives in hot coastal waters, and beachgoers can contract it via a small cut or scrape. It can also kill them in two days.","link":"https://www.wired.com/story/a-flesh-eating-bacterium-is-creeping-north-as-oceans-warm/","enclosure":null},{"title":"Air pollution speeds progression of lung diseases, UK study finds","creator":"Gary Fuller","pubDate":"Tue, 05 Sep 2023 11:24:49 +0000","contentSnippet":"Study adds to growing evidence that health harm from air pollution accumulates through our lifetimes\nA study of more than 250,000 people in the UK has shown how air pollution speeds up the progression of lung disease.\nMore air pollution in people’s home neighbourhoods led to a greater probability of developing one lung illness and then to increased likelihood of multiple illnesses and death. This adds to growing evidence that the health harm from air pollution accumulates through our lifetime.\n Continue reading...","link":"https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/aug/11/air-pollution-speeds-progression-of-lung-diseases-uk-study-finds","enclosure":null},{"title":"Return of El Niño raises risk of hunger, drought and malaria, scientists warn","creator":"Ajit Niranjan European environment correspondent","pubDate":"Tue, 05 Sep 2023 11:24:02 +0000","contentSnippet":"Hot natural weather pattern will exacerbate heat-related dangers brought about by climate crisis\nThe return of El Niño against the backdrop of the climate crisis will hurt people’s health in many parts of the world, scientists have warned.\nThe hot natural weather pattern is back after three years of its cooler sister, La Niña, the World Meteorological Organization (WMO) confirmed last month. As it grows stronger, scientists fear it will raise the risk in some countries of hunger, drought and malaria.\n Continue reading...","link":"https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/aug/10/return-of-el-nino-raises-risk-of-hunger-drought-and-malaria-scientists-warn","enclosure":null},{"title":"‘An utter disgrace’: 90% of England’s most precious river habitats blighted by raw sewage and farming pollution","creator":"Jon Ungoed-Thomas and Maximilian Jenz","pubDate":"Tue, 05 Sep 2023 11:23:06 +0000","contentSnippet":"Observer investigation reveals the shocking state of the country’s protected freshwater sites of special scientific interest\nMore than 90% of freshwater habitats on England’s most precious rivers are in unfavourable condition, blighted by farming pollution, raw sewage and water abstraction, an Observer investigation reveals.\nNone of the approximately 40 rivers with protected habitats in England are in overall good health, according to an analysis of government inspection reports. These include the River Avon in Hampshire, the Wensum in Norfolk and the Eden in Cumbria.\n Continue reading...","link":"https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/aug/12/an-utter-disgrace-90-of-englands-most-precious-river-habitats-blighted-by-raw-sewage-and-farming-pollution","enclosure":null},{"title":"The summer food went weird: searing heat reshapes US food production","creator":"Cecilia Nowell","pubDate":"Tue, 05 Sep 2023 11:06:44 +0000","contentSnippet":"From wilting wheat to stressed pollinators, US farmers and fishermen see unexpected climate effects\nThis week, farmers across the midwest are preparing for temperatures to reach 115F (46C) as a heat dome covers the region. After a tricky growing season – that seesawed between drought and unseasonably heavy rains – many midwestern farmers worry the extreme heat will scorch, or at least stunt, their already struggling crops.\nTo say it’s been a hot summer would be an understatement. According to Nasa scientists, July was the hottest month ever recorded. Off the coast of Florida, surface ocean temperatures soared over 101F, bleaching coral reefs. In Arizona, Phoenix residents sweated through a record 31 consecutive days above 110F. Even animals that spend much of their time in the sky, like birds, struggled to keep cool in the sweltering heat.\n Continue reading...","link":"https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/sep/02/farming-food-supply-climate-change-drought-rain","enclosure":null},{"title":"La hausse du nombre de mouches noires, insectes mordeurs, inquiète l'Espagne","creator":"Anne-Sophie Tassart","pubDate":"Tue, 05 Sep 2023 10:56:19 +0000","contentSnippet":"En Espagne, les mouches noires se multiplient à cause de la hausse des températures. Leurs morsures peuvent causer des allergies.","link":"https://www.sciencesetavenir.fr/animaux/arthropodes/la-mouche-noire-inquiete-l-espagne_173041?xtor=RSS-26","enclosure":{"length":"1337","type":"image/jpeg","url":"https://www.sciencesetavenir.fr/assets/img/2023/08/08/cover-r4x3w1200-64d219b8cad5e-sipa-51205231-000002.jpg"}},{"title":"Naguère destination estivale, le lac irakien d'Habbaniyah est devenu une \"mare\"","creator":"AFP","pubDate":"Tue, 05 Sep 2023 10:50:02 +0000","contentSnippet":"Foi de commerçant, Mohammed n'avait jamais vu un été aussi désastreux: la sécheresse qui rudoie l'Irak a considérablement réduit la taille du jadis majestueux lac Habbaniyah, dont les eaux saumâtres tiennent aujourd'hui à distance des estivants autrefois ravis d'y trouver un peu de fraîcheur. \nBouées, épuisettes, t-shirts. Mohammed a sorti ses meilleurs articles sur le pas de sa boutique, située à quelques dizaines de mètres du lac.","link":"https://www.sciencesetavenir.fr/nature-environnement/naguere-destination-estivale-le-lac-irakien-d-habbaniyah-est-devenu-une-mare_173126?xtor=RSS-15","enclosure":{"length":"1337","type":"image/jpeg","url":"https://www.sciencesetavenir.fr/assets/img/2023/08/14/cover-r4x3w1200-64d99cb29eafd-8afb6db2941c99ef2e642b2d0ed800a842bf5435-jpg.jpg"}},{"title":"Japon: le rejet de l'eau de Fukushima a commencé, la Chine renforce ses restrictions","creator":"AFP","pubDate":"Tue, 05 Sep 2023 10:45:58 +0000","contentSnippet":"Le Japon a commencé jeudi à rejeter en mer de l'eau issue de la centrale nucléaire accidentée de Fukushima, malgré les inquiétudes de ses pêcheurs et une vive opposition de Pékin, qui a immédiatement renforcé ses restrictions commerciales vis-à-vis de Tokyo. \nPékin a dénoncé jeudi une action \"égoïste et irresponsable\" de Tokyo et a suspendu toutes ses importations de produits de la mer japonais, en invoquant \"la sécurité alimentaire\".  \nEn juillet, la Chine avait déjà interdit l'importation de denrées de dix départements japonais, dont celui de Fukushima, et Hong Kong et Macao ont pris des mesures similaires plus tôt cette semaine.","link":"https://www.sciencesetavenir.fr/nature-environnement/eaux-de-fukushima-jour-j-pour-le-rejet-en-mer-controverse_173330?xtor=RSS-15","enclosure":{"length":"1337","type":"image/jpeg","url":"https://www.sciencesetavenir.fr/assets/img/2023/08/24/cover-r4x3w1200-64e6fa93249b4-e72a27d4f2e4a090595059638525cf3338701373-jpg.jpg"}},{"title":"En Alsace, \"la capitale de la choucroute\" craint pour ses choux","creator":"AFP","pubDate":"Tue, 05 Sep 2023 10:42:26 +0000","contentSnippet":"Précipitations en baisse et coûts de production en hausse: en Alsace, la capitale autoproclamée de la choucroute s'inquiète pour ses choux, assoiffés par le changement climatique. \nA une vingtaine de kilomètres au sud de Strasbourg, Krautergersheim la bien nommée (\"Kraut\" signifie \"chou\" dans les langues germaniques), déroule ses champs de choux à choucroute au pied des Vosges. \nLe village de 1.700 habitants s'enorgueillit d'une fontaine surmontée d'un chou vert.","link":"https://www.sciencesetavenir.fr/nature-environnement/en-alsace-la-capitale-de-la-choucroute-craint-pour-ses-choux_173559?xtor=RSS-15","enclosure":{"length":"1337","type":"image/jpeg","url":"https://www.sciencesetavenir.fr/assets/img/2023/09/01/cover-r4x3w1200-64f1555e645e9-0c2a9500a3f4883001f8a502795520c29542906d-jpg.jpg"}},{"title":"Comment répondre aux injonctions alimentaires et bien manger sans se prendre la tête avec sa fourchette","creator":"","pubDate":"Mon, 04 Sep 2023 07:44:51 +0000","contentSnippet":"Trop de sucre, de sel, de gras, pas assez de fer, plus de légumes, pas assez de fruits : passer à table requiert aujourd’hui un master en nutrition, en biologie et un porte-monnaie bien rempli. En plus","link":"https://www.sudouest.fr/bassins-de-vie/gironde/storyline-16445805.php","enclosure":null},{"title":"Le Gulf stream va-t-il s'effondrer ? Voici les différents scénarios des scientifiques","creator":"Karine Durand, Spécialiste météo extrême et environnement","pubDate":"Fri, 01 Sep 2023 11:52:00 +0000","contentSnippet":"Le réchauffement climatique va-t-il bouleverser la circulation océanique au point que le Gulf Stream s'effondre ? Les avis divergent selon les différentes études, avec des conclusions parfois catastrophistes, et d'autres fois plus rassurantes. Futura a fait le tour de la question des différents...","link":"https://www.futura-sciences.com/planete/actualites/meteorologie-gulf-stream-va-t-il-effondrer-voici-differents-scenarios-scientifiques-106884/#xtor%3DRSS-8","enclosure":{"length":"1337","type":"image/jpg","url":"https://cdn.futura-sciences.com/buildsv6/images/wide1920/3/9/b/39bc78fb1f_50205028_tempete-ocean.jpg"}},{"title":"Les 5 signes qui montrent que l'Antarctique change radicalement","creator":"Karine Durand, Spécialiste météo extrême et environnement","pubDate":"Fri, 01 Sep 2023 11:50:10 +0000","contentSnippet":"Le pôle sud subit de plein fouet les effets du réchauffement climatique depuis plusieurs décennies, avec une nette accélération depuis les années 2000. De là en découle une cascade de conséquences qui bouleversent le fonctionnement tout entier du continent antarctique et de son océan. Découvrez...","link":"https://www.futura-sciences.com/planete/actualites/rechauffement-climatique-5-signes-montrent-antarctique-change-radicalement-106985/#xtor%3DRSS-8","enclosure":{"length":"1337","type":"image/jpg","url":"https://cdn.futura-sciences.com/buildsv6/images/wide1920/2/e/5/2e55d3f20d_50205198_2-antarctique.jpg"}},{"title":"Uruguay : les habitants sont contraints de boire de l'eau salée","creator":"Camille Auchère, Journaliste junior","pubDate":"Fri, 01 Sep 2023 11:45:06 +0000","contentSnippet":"Va-t-on bientôt devoir boire de l’eau salée, faute d’eau douce ? C’est en tout cas la situation à laquelle sont confrontés les Uruguayens depuis le mois d’avril. Cela fait maintenant trois ans que le pays est touché par une sécheresse qui a fini par sérieusement entamer les réserves des nappes...","link":"https://www.futura-sciences.com/sante/breves/alimentation-uruguay-habitants-sont-contraints-boire-eau-salee-8659/#xtor%3DRSS-8","enclosure":{"length":"1337","type":"image/jpg","url":"https://cdn.futura-sciences.com/buildsv6/images/wide1920/2/8/5/28542002f2_50205411_eau-potable-robinet.jpg"}},{"title":"C’est la canicule en Amérique du Sud en plein hiver !","creator":"Karine Durand, Spécialiste météo extrême et environnement","pubDate":"Fri, 01 Sep 2023 11:38:00 +0000","contentSnippet":"L'Amérique du Sud traverse l'une des pires vagues de chaleur de son histoire, avec des températures 10 à 20 °C supérieures à la normale de l'époque. Comment expliquer une telle anomalie météo ?","link":"https://www.futura-sciences.com/planete/actualites/meteorologie-cest-canicule-amerique-sud-plein-hiver-106896/#xtor%3DRSS-8","enclosure":{"length":"1337","type":"image/jpg","url":"https://cdn.futura-sciences.com/buildsv6/images/wide1920/8/b/2/8b226f9caf_50205044_temperatures-elevees-andes.jpg"}},{"title":"La pollution de l’air tue plus que l’alcool ou l’eau insalubre","creator":"Stéphanie Le Guillou, Journaliste Santé","pubDate":"Fri, 01 Sep 2023 11:36:50 +0000","contentSnippet":"La pollution de l’air est un défi majeur, à l’échelle mondiale. Comment est-elle mesurée et quels sont ses impacts sur notre santé et notre espérance de vie ? Est-elle équitablement répartie dans le monde ?","link":"https://www.futura-sciences.com/sante/actualites/pollution-air-pollution-air-tue-plus-alcool-eau-insalubre-107373/#xtor%3DRSS-8","enclosure":{"length":"1337","type":"image/jpg","url":"https://cdn.futura-sciences.com/buildsv6/images/wide1920/4/f/9/4f93290232_50205855_pollution-atmosphe-rique.jpg"}},{"title":"The problem with authenticity (and other 21st century virtues) | Lucinda Holdforth","creator":"Lucinda Holdforth","pubDate":"Fri, 01 Sep 2023 11:29:15 +0000","contentSnippet":"Do we really want to live in a democratic world so small-minded that our primary need of our leaders is that they be just like us? Lucinda Holdforth does not\nPersonal virtues are back in fashion. In the 21st century, Australians are putting up their hands for moral thinking and right action. More than a few will openly scold those who fall short of their high standards. I’m also in favour of personal virtues. I think. I know I am nostalgic for a few vices. So the question arises: what exactly are the modern virtues?\nWell, you only have to spend half an hour on LinkedIn – although I really don’t recommend it – to note how the same concepts are elevated time and again: Authenticity, Empathy, Humility. A few others arise, generally along much the same lines. Self-Care is big. So is Vulnerability.\n Continue reading...","link":"https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/aug/03/the-problem-with-authenticity-and-other-21st-century-virtues","enclosure":null},{"title":"The next pandemic could strike crops, not people","creator":"Saima Sidik","pubDate":"Fri, 01 Sep 2023 11:22:42 +0000","contentSnippet":"Nobody really knows how the fungus Bipolaris maydis got into the cornfields of the United States. But by summer of 1970, it was there with a vengeance, inflicting a disease called southern corn leaf blight, which causes stalks to wither and die. The South got hit first, then the disease spread through Tennessee and Kentucky before heading up into Illinois, Missouri, and Iowa — the heart of the Corn Belt.\n \n \n \n \nThe destruction was unprecedented. All told, the corn harvest of 1970 was reduced by about 15 percent. Collectively, farmers lost almost 700 million bushels of corn that could have fed livestock and humans, at an economic cost of a billion dollars. More calories were lost than during Ireland’s Great Famine in the 1840s, when disease decimated potato fields.\n \n \n \n \nReally, the problem with southern corn leaf blight started years before the 1970 outbreak, when scientists in the 1930s developed a strain of corn with a genetic quirk that made it a breeze for seed companies to crank out. Farmers liked the strain’s high yields. By the 1970s, that particular variety formed the genetic basis for up to 90 percent of the corn grown around the country, compared to the thousands of varieties farmers had grown previously.  \n \n \n \n \nThat particular strain of corn — known as cms-T — proved highly susceptible to southern corn leaf blight. So, when an unusually warm, wet spring favored the fungus, it had an overabundance of corn plants to burn through.\n \n \n \n \nAt the time, scientists hoped a lesson had been learned. \n \n \n \n \n“Never again should a major cultivated species be molded into such uniformity that it is so universally vulnerable to attack by a pathogen,” wrote plant pathologist Arnold John Ullstrup in a review of the matter published in 1972.\n \n \n \n \nAnd yet, today, genetic uniformity is one of the main features of most large-scale agricultural systems, leading some scientists to warn that conditions are ripe for more major outbreaks of plant disease. \n \n \n \n \nThere are several strains of corn blight, which can affect crops. Southern corn blight was blamed for the corn shortfall of 1970. Northern corn blight, seen here, produces different markings on the diseased leaves.   Getty Images\n \n \n \n \n“I think we have all the conditions for a pandemic in agricultural systems to occur,” said agricologist Miguel Altieri, a professor emeritus from the University of California, Berkeley. Hunger and economic hardship would likely ensue.\n \n \n \n \nClimate change adds to the danger — shifting weather patterns are on track to shake up the distributions of pathogens and bring them into contact with new plant species, potentially making crop disease much worse, said Brajesh Singh, an expert in soil science at Western Sydney University in Australia. \n \n \n \n \nIncorporating biodiversity into large-scale farming could move agriculture away from this crisis. Here and there, some farmers are taking steps in this direction. But will their efforts become widespread — and what will happen if they don’t?\n \n \n \n \nFarms cover close to 40 percent of the planet’s land, according to a 2019 report from the Intergovernmental Science-Policy Platform on Biodiversity and Ecosystem Services. Almost 50 percent of those systems are made up of just four crops: wheat, corn, rice, and soybeans. Disease is commonplace — globally, $30 billion worth of food is lost to pathogens every year.\n \n \n \n \n   \n    Read Next \n    \n \n \n       \n       \n                     \n               \n           \n         \n            \n \n        \n \n                    New study: Climate change will spread toxic mold to Midwest corn \n        \n \n        \n \n           \n\t \n  \n \n                            Diana Kruzman              \n \n        \n \n      \n \n    \n \n   \n \n \n \n \nThings were not always this way. As the 1900s dawned in the United States, for instance, food was produced by humans, not machines — more than 40 percent of the American workforce was employed on a multitude of small farms growing a wide range of crop varieties. The British Empire sparked the shift toward today’s industrialized food system, said historian Lizzie Collingham, who wrote the book Taste of War: World War II and the Battle for Food.\n \n \n \n \nBy the early 1900s, the British Empire had learned that it could “basically treat the whole planet as a resource for its population,” Collingham said. It acquired cocoa from West Africa, meat from Argentina, and sugar from the Caribbean, for example. Suddenly, food was not something to be bought from the farmer down the street, but a global commodity, subject to economies of scale.\n \n \n \n \nAmerica grabbed hold of this idea and ran with it, according to Collingham. First came the New Deal — President Roosevelt’s plan for pulling the country out of the Great Depression included raising the standard of living for farmers, partly by bringing electricity to rural life. In 1933, farm country was characterized by outhouses, iceboxes, and a complete lack of street lights. By 1945, all that had changed.\n \n \n \n \nAn 1805 botanical illustration from London that depicts corn blight.  \n Sepia Times / Universal Images Group via Getty Images\n \n \n \n \nOnce they were on the power grid, farmers could buy equipment such as electric milk coolers and feed grinders that let them scale up their operations, but such things are expensive — only by expanding could farmers afford them. “It all makes sense if you rationalize it for economies of scale and make your farm into a factory,” Collingham said.\n \n \n \n \nThen World War II hit, and much of agriculture’s workforce had to go off to fight. At the same time, the government had an army to feed and the general public to keep happy, so it really needed to keep the food supply coming. Machines were the answer — the war era solidified the shift from humans to tractors. And machines do best when they only perform one job, like harvesting a single crop, acre after acre.\n \n \n \n \nMonocultures can be very efficient when they’re not contracting diseases, and that efficiency is part of what got the United States through the war. In fact, the system worked so well that “soldiers doing their training in America got fatter,” Collingham said. “A lot of them had never eaten so well in their lives.”\n \n \n \n \nA botanical illustration that shows wheat rust on the left and corn blight on the right.  \n DeAgostini / Getty Images\n \n \n \n \nSoon, small-scale farms growing diverse crops had largely retreated into the past in the Midwestern U.S. It’s not that anyone intended for the practice to be lost. It was simply “in many people’s minds, rendered obsolete,” said agronomist Matt Liebman, who recently retired from Iowa State University.\n \n \n \n \nOne might think the realization that biodiversity protects plant health is a new one, given that it wasn’t that long ago that biodiverse farming became a rare practice. But in fact, scientists and farmers have recognized this connection for at least centuries, and probably longer, said evolutionary biologist Amanda Gibson from the University of Virginia.\n \n \n \n \nThe basic concept is simple enough: A typical pathogen can only infect certain plant species. When that pathogen ends up on a species it can’t infect, that plant acts like a sinkhole. The pathogen can’t reproduce, so it’s neutralized, and nearby plants are spared.\n \n \n \n \nDisease-resistant plants can also alter airflow in ways that keep plants dry and healthy and create physical barriers that block pathogen movement. Especially if they’re tall, resistant plants can act like fences that diseases have to hop over. “Somebody did a nice experiment taking dead corn stalks and just plopping them in the bean field,” said plant pathologist Gregory Gilbert from the University of California, Santa Cruz. “And that works, too, because it’s just keeping things from moving around.”\n \n \n \n \nIn nature, this dynamic between plants and pathogens can be part of healthy ecosystems. Pathogens spread easily between stands of the same species, killing off plants that are too close to their relatives and making sure landscapes have a healthy degree of biodiversity. As “social distancing” is restored between susceptible hosts, the disease dies down.\n \n \n \n \n   \n    Read Next \n    \n \n \n       \n       \n                     \n               \n           \n         \n            \n \n        \n \n                    The author of ‘Blight’ explains how humans supercharged fungal pathogens \n        \n \n        \n \n           \n\t \n  \n \n                            Zoya Teirstein              \n \n        \n \n      \n \n    \n \n   \n \n \n \n \nIn monocultures, there are no sinkholes or natural fences to stem the spread of pathogens. Instead, when a disease takes hold in a crop field, it’s poised to burn through the entire thing. “We create amplification rather than dilution,” said Altieri.\n \n \n \n \nNew technology has driven home these old lessons: Over the last decade, it’s become possible for scientists to isolate a broad swath of the microbes found within a particular niche — like an ear of corn or a stalk of wheat — and use DNA sequencing to create a censuslike list of everything that lives there.\n \n \n \n \nThe results have been unsettling, but not always unexpected. Plants in cultivated lands carry a significantly larger variety of viruses than those in adjacent biodiversity hotspots, plant and microbial ecologist Carolyn Malmstrom from Michigan State University and her colleagues found in one study. \n \n \n \n \nConversely, they later found that some fields of barley and wheat were largely devoid of viruses, but that could also be a sign of problems to come. Pesticides may be keeping virus levels low: “So we might think, OK, yay, we’re protecting our crops,” Malmstrom said. But not all microbes are bad. \n \n \n \n \nWheat grows in a field along Mertz Road in Maxatawny Township, Pennsylvania. \n Ben Hasty / MediaNews Group / Reading Eagle via Getty Images\n \n \n \n \n“By pulling our crop systems out into a virus-free situation, we may also be removing them from some of the richness of the biodiversity of microbes that’s beneficial,” she added.\n \n \n \n \nThe bigger the farm, the more serious the disease problems, at least in the case of a pathogen called Potato virus Y, which leads to low potato yields. When researchers looked at the amount of simplified cropland surrounding a potato plant, they found that the prevalence of the pathogen went up steadily as the percentage of surrounding area covered in cropland increased. Unmanaged fields and forests, on the other hand — carrying wild mixes of plants — seemed to have a protective effect.\n \n \n \n \nIn natural landscapes, increasing biodiversity lowers the number of virus species present. But increasing biodiversity along the edges of crop fields doesn’t seem to have the same effect, plant ecologist Hanna Susi from the University of Helsinki found. \n \n \n \n \nFertilizers and other chemicals leached from the crops might affect the susceptibility of nearby plants to infection, she and her coauthor postulated. Beneficial microbes found on wild plants may be keeping many of these viruses from causing disease, but if the same viruses get into crops that lack that protection, “We don’t know what may happen,” she said. Farmers could find themselves dealing with new kinds of crop diseases.\n \n \n \n \nOn Altieri’s farm in the Colombian state of Antioquia, he mixes many plants — corn with squash, pineapples with legumes — and said, “We don’t have the diseases that neighbors have, that have monocultures.” \n \n \n \n \nThe results of recent DNA-sequencing experiments are familiar to him because traditional Latin American farmers have long used biodiversity to protect their crops. “These papers are good ecological research,” he said. “But actually, they’re basically reinventing the wheel.”\n \n \n \n \nThis old wheel does have to get over a new hill, however. Climate change is redistributing pathogens, bringing them into contact with new crops, and changing weather patterns in ways that foster disease.\n \n \n \n \n   \n    Read Next \n    \n \n \n       \n       \n                     \n               \n           \n         \n            \n \n        \n \n                    The Corn Belt will get hotter. Farmers will have to adapt. \n        \n \n        \n \n           \n\t \n  \n \n                            John McCracken              \n \n        \n \n      \n \n    \n \n   \n \n \n \n \nAlready, Liebman has seen the effects of climate change firsthand in Iowa, where tar spot disease — an infection that kills the leaves on corn plants — is on the rise. “We have warmer nights and more humid days,” he said. The tar spot pathogen loves the new weather.\n \n \n \n \nPredicting exactly how much climate change will increase crop disease is difficult, said Singh. But there are some general conclusions he can draw.\n \n \n \n \nRising temperatures will likely favor certain pathogens that cause disease in major crops. A wheat-infecting fungus called Fusarium culmorum, for example, is likely to be replaced by its more aggressive and heat-tolerant relative, Fusarium graminearum. That could spell bad news for Nordic countries, where wheat crops could suffer.\n \n \n \n \nHotter temperatures will likely knock back other pathogens. A fungus that infects the herb meadowsweet, for example, has already begun dying out on islands off the coast of Sweden. In general, however, Singh thinks regions that are currently cold or temperate will likely see increases in crop disease as they warm.\n \n \n \n \nFor regions that are already warm, rising humidity could cause trouble. For example, parts of Africa and South America are among the regions that will probably see increases in funguslike pathogens called Phytophthora. Food insecurity is already prevalent in some of these areas, and if nothing’s done to stop disease spread, that’s likely to get worse. “We need a lot more information,” Singh said. “But I agree that that is one of the scenarios that is a possibility.”\n \n \n \n \nJason Mauck farms “every which way,” in his words. The head of Constant Canopy Farm likes experimenting, seeing what works and what doesn’t. And on about 100 out of the 3,000 acres he tends to in Gaston, Indiana, one of his experiments involves a strategy called intercropping.\n \n \n \n \nIntercropping with rows of corn planted alongside coffee at a farm in Brazil.  \n Lena Trindade / Brazil Photos / LightRocket via Getty Images\n \n \n \n \nIntercropping means growing two or more crops in the same field, by alternating rows or mixing the crops within the same rows — it’s a modern reimagining of age-old techniques like those Altieri uses, and one way of introducing biodiversity into large-scale agriculture. In Mauck’s case, he’s planting wheat with soybeans. The wheat seeds go into the ground in October, and by February, the plants are poking up through the soil. Then in April, he adds soybeans between the rows. The two crops grow together until the harvest, right around July 1.\n \n \n \n \nUnlike the wheat Mauck grows in a monoculture, he doesn’t spray the intercropped wheat with fungicides at all — they simply don’t need the help to stay healthy. The combination of crops likely encourages airflow that dries moisture and prevents fungus from growing, Mauck said. With climate change bringing more extreme storms to the region, he welcomes the help. \n \n \n \n \nMauck’s experiences are far from unique. When biologist Mark Boudreau from Penn State Brandywine reviewed 206 studies on intercropping across a wide variety of plants and pathogens, he found that disease was reduced in 73 percent of the studies.\n \n \n \n \nIn China, farmers have been experimenting with intercropping for decades, and it’s catching on in Europe and the Middle East, Boudreau said. But in the American Midwest, Mauck said intercropping makes him “kind of a weirdo.” He speaks at about 20 conventions every year to spread the word about this and other sustainable farming practices, plus he has a lively social media following. He’s convinced some of his fellow farmers to try intercropping, but progress is slow.\n \n \n \n \nLack of equipment is a big part of the problem, said extension agronomist Clair Keene from North Dakota State University. Farm equipment companies haven’t invented the machine that will let farmers harvest mixed crops separately, and farmers usually don’t have the time to do multiple harvests. That would be an easy enough problem for farm equipment companies to solve, Boudreau thinks, if farmers put a bit of pressure on them.\n \n \n \n \n   \n    Read Next \n    \n \n \n       \n       \n                     \n               \n           \n         \n            \n \n        \n \n                    Self-driving tractors, robot apple pickers: Witness the high-tech future of farming \n        \n \n        \n \n           \n\t \n  \n \n                            Nathanael Johnson              \n \n        \n \n      \n \n    \n \n   \n \n \n \n \nIn North Dakota, the humble chickpea might just provide the motivation farmers and farm equipment companies need. In recent years, the profit margin on chickpeas has been two to three times that of spring wheat — a common crop for the region. But there’s a problem: Chickpeas are very susceptible to a disease called Ascochyta leaf blight. “It can just wipe out the field. Like, there will be no chickpeas left to harvest,” Keene said. To avoid this fate, farmers spray their chickpeas with fungicides between two and five times a year, and the cost of the fungicides really cuts into the profit margin.\n \n \n \n \nIntercropping could be an affordable alternative. Keene and others have found that Ascochyta leaf blight drops by at least 50 percent when chickpeas are grown along with flax. Like in Mauck’s fields, Keene thinks flax promotes airflow around the chickpeas, reducing moisture and preventing the blight-causing fungus from growing.\n \n \n \n \nWhen Keene looks across the expansive crop fields that characterize her home state of North Dakota, she sees two sides to modern agriculture. On the one hand, monocultures have given many people a vital source of calories. “We as Americans — we’re using our landscape to provide a quality of life that, at least writ large, wasn’t ever dreamed of by generations before us,” she said. “And who’s making that happen? Farmers. We owe them a lot.”\n \n \n \n \nBut the same agricultural system has impacted the landscape dramatically, from the native plants that used to thrive in Midwestern prairies to the microbes that populate the soil. Changes are brewing in Earth’s climate, and a system we’ve come to rely on may start to falter. Modern agriculture has offered humans comfort: “But,” Keene asked, “at what ecological cost?”\n \n \n \n \n*Correction: This story has been updated to report the correct amount of corn lost in the 1970 harvest, 700 million bushels.\n \nThis story was originally published by Grist with the headline The next pandemic could strike crops, not people on Aug 22, 2023.","link":"https://grist.org/agriculture/next-pandemic-will-be-plants-not-people/","enclosure":null},{"title":"Extreme heat could impact the effectiveness of birth control and pregnancy tests","creator":"Shefali Luthra, The 19th","pubDate":"Fri, 01 Sep 2023 11:21:16 +0000","contentSnippet":"This story was originally published by The 19th and is republished with permission.\n \n \n \n \nExtreme heat has already made pregnancy more dangerous. Now, it is also complicating efforts to control when and how someone becomes pregnant: Record heat waves across the country could threaten access to effective pregnancy tests, condoms, and emergency contraception pills. \n \n \n \n \nAll of these items can sustain serious damage in extreme heat, rendering them ineffective when used. And all have become critical resources for people living in states with abortion bans and who are trying to avoid pregnancy. In those states, few options exist to terminate an unintended pregnancy other than acquiring abortion pills online or traveling out of state for care.\n \n \n \n \nMany states that have banned abortion are experiencing broiling summers, including Texas, Louisiana, parts of Mississippi, and Arkansas. Florida — where abortion is banned after 15 weeks of pregnancy and a six-week ban could take effect later this year — has also recorded unusually high temperatures. \n \n \n \n \n“People aren’t thinking about the effects of extremely hot heat for all kinds of medical care,” said Rachel Rebouché, dean at the Temple University School of Law, who studies reproductive health law. “And, specific to reproductive health care, people aren’t thinking about condoms and contraception and reproductive health as essential health care.”\n \n \n \n \nIn some states that restrict or ban abortion, abortion funds — which typically aid people in paying for the procedure — have put more emphasis on distributing supplies to prevent pregnancy and to detect it early, even while noting that even the most effective contraception isn’t foolproof. Almost all of the supplies they ship are heat-sensitive.\n \n \n \n \nThe Yellowhammer Fund, which serves people mostly in Alabama and Mississippi, mails emergency contraception to people in those two states as well as in parts of Florida. Jane’s Due Process, a Texas-based organization, has for the past three years given people kits including emergency contraception, pregnancy tests, and condoms. The Lilith Fund, an abortion fund in Texas, recently began distributing “post-abortion” kits for people traveling out of state for care, which include pregnancy tests, condoms, and thermometers. \n \n \n \n \nPregnancy tests generally should be stored at a temperature between 36 and 86 degrees Fahrenheit. Emergency contraception pills should be kept between 68 and 77 degrees, per the Food and Drug Administration, though they can be transported in temperatures ranging between 59 and 86 degrees. For condoms, the World Health Organization recommends an average shipment temperature no warmer than 86 degrees, noting that peak temperatures shouldn’t exceed 122 degrees and that condoms could be damaged if they are stored at above 104 degrees for an extended period of time. \n \n \n \n \nExtreme heat has already complicated efforts to disseminate contraceptive supplies. Last month, staff from the Lilith Fund reported heat damage to about $3,500 worth of pregnancy tests, thermometers and condoms, the result of a temporary air-conditioning outage at a storage facility in San Antonio. The organization was able to raise money from supporters to replace those items, but will be factoring heat risk in future budgets.\n \n \n \n \n“It’s on our radar, and it’s on the radar of our partners as well,” said Cristina Parker, the fund’s communications director. “This definitely has an impact on our budget, no doubt.”\n \n \n \n \nOther organizations haven’t experienced similar damage. But organizers and health scholars indicated concern that the unusually warm summer — with temperatures across much of the South consistently surpassing 100 degrees Fahrenheit at a higher frequency than usual — will undercut people’s ability to access heat-sensitive reproductive health supplies.\n \n \n \n \n“One thing we’ve always stressed is do not keep kits in your car, especially in Texas heat,” said Graci D’Amore, who coordinates the distribution of reproductive health kits for Jane’s Due Process. “It’s 120 degrees in the car, and Plan B needs to be kept at below 80 degrees for it to maintain efficacy.”\n \n \n \n \nJane’s Due Process stores its supplies in an air-conditioned office building. But the fear of losing power is more pressing than it was even a few years ago, before a winter snowstorm — also unusual for the state — caused a massive power outage.\n \n \n \n \n“The fear and threat of the [power] grid failing — I think it’s on everyone’s mind,” D’Amore said. \n \n \n \n \nMany organizations, including the Yellowhammer Fund and the Texas family planning provider Every Body Texas, distribute emergency contraception through the mail. But even if medications are stored in a climate-controlled atmosphere, they risk exposure to heat while waiting in someone’s mailbox, at their doorstep or in a delivery vehicle. In those cases, there is little health or reproductive rights organizations can do other than encourage people to bring mail in as quickly as possible.\n \n \n \n \n“When I bring in packages, even when they have not been outside for very long, the contents have been hot to the touch,” said Elizabeth Sepper, a health law professor at the University of Texas at Austin. “There’s no way to control what happens once it leaves your hand.”\n \n \n \n \nThe heat burden, Sepper and others noted, doesn’t fall equally. People who don’t have access to regular air-conditioning in their homes or cars are more likely to be exposed to extreme heat and to potentially risk damage to family planning and reproductive health supplies. Those who seek abortions and who have to travel out of state, which can mean several hours or even days’ worth of driving, could also suffer more. \n \n \n \n \n“Even people who have cars with functioning air conditioners will find their car engines or air-conditioning can struggle in long travel in this heat,” Sepper said. “If you’re in a car that doesn’t have functioning air-conditioning or that might struggle to make long distances in the heat — we will see for poorer people, the travel out of state will become even more onerous than it already is.”\n \n \n \n \n \nThis story was originally published by Grist with the headline Extreme heat could impact the effectiveness of birth control and pregnancy tests on Aug 27, 2023.","link":"https://grist.org/extreme-heat/extreme-heat-could-impact-the-effectiveness-of-birth-control-and-pregnancy-tests/","enclosure":null},{"title":"Paper Coffee Cups Are Just as Toxic for the Environment as Plastic Ones","creator":"Sabrina Weiss","pubDate":"Fri, 01 Sep 2023 11:14:54 +0000","contentSnippet":"Supposedly eco-friendly cups are still coated with a thin layer of plastic, which scientists have discovered can leach chemicals that harm living creatures.","link":"https://www.wired.com/story/paper-cups-toxic/","enclosure":null},{"title":"Criminals Have Created Their Own ChatGPT Clones","creator":"Matt Burgess","pubDate":"Fri, 01 Sep 2023 09:47:17 +0000","contentSnippet":"Cybercriminals are touting large language models that could help them with phishing or creating malware. But the AI chatbots could just be their own kind of scam.","link":"https://www.wired.com/story/chatgpt-scams-fraudgpt-wormgpt-crime/","enclosure":null},{"title":"Is It Real or Imagined? Here’s How Your Brain Tells the Difference","creator":"Yasemin Saplakoglu","pubDate":"Fri, 01 Sep 2023 09:42:16 +0000","contentSnippet":"New experiments show that the brain distinguishes between perceived and imagined mental images by checking whether they cross a “reality threshold.\"","link":"https://www.wired.com/story/is-it-real-or-imagined-heres-how-your-brain-tells-the-difference/","enclosure":null},{"title":"Un parc photovoltaïque de Sainte-Hélène fermé après une « forte récurrence des départs de feu »","creator":"Walid Salem","pubDate":"Thu, 31 Aug 2023 12:34:17 +0000","contentSnippet":"Après un incendie rapidement maitrisé ce jeudi 27 juillet sur le parc photovoltaïque, géré par la société Le Bétout Énergies, le maire de Sainte-Hélène, Lionel Montillaud, a pris un arrêté pour suspendre son activité.\n  \nThe post Un parc photovoltaïque de Sainte-Hélène fermé après une « forte récurrence des départs de feu » appeared first on Rue89Bordeaux.","link":"https://rue89bordeaux.com/2023/08/le-parc-photovoltaique-de-sainte-helene-ferme-apres-une-forte-recurrence-des-departs-de-feu/","enclosure":null},{"title":"Ursula von der Leyen tours microchips hub but stays mum about new Chinese restrictions","creator":"","pubDate":"Wed, 12 Jul 2023 07:21:59 +0000","contentSnippet":"Ursula von der Leyen visited on Friday the Interuniversity Microelectronics Centre (IMEC), based in Leuven, Belgium.","link":"https://www.euronews.com/my-europe/2023/07/07/ursula-von-der-leyen-tours-microchips-hub-but-stays-mum-about-new-chinese-restrictions","enclosure":null},{"title":"Climate change is helping this new deadly virus to spread across Europe","creator":"","pubDate":"Tue, 11 Jul 2023 11:56:15 +0000","contentSnippet":"Warmer temperatures are transforming Europe into the perfect habitat for ticks carrying CCHF, a deadly virus which in the worst cases results in death.","link":"https://www.euronews.com/next/2023/07/07/climate-change-is-helping-this-new-deadly-virus-to-spread-across-europe","enclosure":null},{"title":"‘It’s not climate change, it’s everything change’: sci-fi authors take on the global crisis","creator":"David Barnett","pubDate":"Tue, 11 Jul 2023 11:49:40 +0000","contentSnippet":"Margaret Atwood and Cormac McCarthy led the way. Now a new crop of novelists is putting the heating emergency at the forefront of their plots\nScience fiction has always dealt with worst-case scenarios when imagining our possible futures, and the climate has often formed the backdrop of the human struggles.\nSome of the biggest names writing in the genre have tackled the climate crisis and its apocalyptic or dystopian consequences – Margaret Atwood’s Oryx and Crake, Cormac McCarthy’s The Road, Bruce Sterling’s Heavy Weather.\n Continue reading...","link":"https://www.theguardian.com/books/2023/jul/09/climate-change-sci-fi-authors-global-crisis-atwood-mccarthy","enclosure":null},{"title":"Sainte-Soline : un rapport méticuleux démonte les « mensonges » de l'État","creator":"Justine Guitton-Boussion","pubDate":"Tue, 11 Jul 2023 11:34:56 +0000","contentSnippet":"Armes de guerre, volonté délibérée de ne pas aider les blessés... Dans un rapport accablant publié le 10 juillet, la Ligue des droits de l'Homme dénonce la version des autorités sur la manifestation à Sainte-Soline contre les mégabassines. \n La Ligue des droits de l'Homme (LDH) n'hésite pas à parler de « mensonges » du gouvernement. Le 10 juillet, l'association a rendu public un rapport de 164 pages pour « rétablir la vérité » sur les violences policières commises à Sainte-Soline (Deux-Sèvres) le 25 mars, lors (...)\n \n \n            Lire la suite \n             \n            - \n                Info \n             \n             \n            /  \n                Luttes \n            ,  \n                Politique \n            ,  \n                Soulèvements de la Terre","link":"https://reporterre.net/Sainte-Soline-un-rapport-meticuleux-demonte-les-mensonges-de-l-Etat","enclosure":null},{"title":"EU to drop ban of hazardous chemicals after industry pressure","creator":"Arthur Neslen","pubDate":"Tue, 11 Jul 2023 11:25:31 +0000","contentSnippet":"Exclusive: Leaked documents show that as little as 1% of products containing hazardous substances could be prohibited\nThe European Commission is poised to break a promise to outlaw all but the most essential of Europe’s hazardous chemicals, leaked documents show.\nThe pledge to “ban the most harmful chemicals in consumer products, allowing their use only where essential” was a flagship component of the European green deal when it was launched in 2020.\n Continue reading...","link":"https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jul/11/eu-to-drop-ban-of-hazardous-chemicals-after-industry-pressure","enclosure":null},{"title":"Sécheresse : 68 % des nappes phréatiques françaises toujours sous les normales","creator":"","pubDate":"Tue, 11 Jul 2023 11:15:21 +0000","contentSnippet":"La sécheresse ne recule pas en France : 68 % des nappes phréatiques sont toujours sous les normales, a annoncé mardi 11 juillet le ministre de la Transition écologique Christophe Béchu, ajoutant que si juillet était comparable à celui de l'an dernier, on pourrait aller \"vers des jours compliqués\" concernant l'eau.","link":"https://www.geo.fr/environnement/secheresse-68-des-nappes-phreatiques-francaises-toujours-sous-les-normales-215624","enclosure":{"length":"1337","type":"image/jpeg","url":"https://geo.img.pmdstatic.net/fit/~1~geo~2023~07~11~1c90405a-f584-43a3-b537-b4ff9ac8b1fc.jpeg/1200x900/quality/80/secheresse-68-des-nappes-phreatiques-francaises-toujours-sous-les-normales.jpg"}},{"title":"En Gironde, l’urgence du déclin des abeilles, « si demain elles disparaissent, 30 % de notre assiette part avec »","creator":"Nathan Tacchi (20 Minutes)","pubDate":"Wed, 28 Jun 2023 06:15:40 +0000","contentSnippet":"Alors que le nombre de pollinisateurs décline en Gironde en raison de l’activité humaine, des équipes s’affairent à les protéger. Et, elles ont besoin de vous","link":"https://www.20minutes.fr/planete/rechauffement-climatique/4043082-20230628-gironde-urgence-declin-abeilles-si-demain-elles-disparaissent-30-assiette-part#xtor=RSS-149","enclosure":{"length":"1337","type":"image/jpeg","url":"https://img.20mn.fr/qI5fQb4FTZSVq0F95K4mPCk/1200x768_une-abeille-sauvage-en-train-de-butiner"}},{"title":"Le nuage de fumée des incendies du Québec arrive en France cette semaine","creator":"Karine Durand, Spécialiste météo extrême et environnement","pubDate":"Mon, 26 Jun 2023 11:09:59 +0000","contentSnippet":"L'immense nuage de fumée des feux du Canada est en train d'arriver sur la France, après avoir traversé l'océan Atlantique.Significant smoke (AOD  1) from Canada #wildfires crossing the Atlantic & predicted to reach Ireland/UK/W Europe on 26th with #SaharanDust going in the other direction in 23...","link":"https://www.futura-sciences.com/planete/breves/meteorologie-nuage-fumee-incendies-quebec-arrive-france-cette-semaine-8347/#xtor%3DRSS-8","enclosure":{"length":"1337","type":"image/jpg","url":"https://cdn.futura-sciences.com/buildsv6/images/largeoriginal/0/a/6/0a62b45ee2_50203608_nuge-cendres-quebec.jpg"}},{"title":"'It's getting cheaper,' addicts say as new UN report shows drug use disorders increasing globally","creator":"","pubDate":"Mon, 26 Jun 2023 11:07:01 +0000","contentSnippet":"A new UN report said the number of people suffering from drug use disorders had skyrocketed in the last 10 years.","link":"https://www.euronews.com/next/2023/06/26/un-report-more-people-take-drugs-globally-than-previous-ten-years","enclosure":null},{"title":"3M pays $10.3bn to settle water pollution suit over ‘forever chemicals’","creator":"Reuters","pubDate":"Sun, 25 Jun 2023 15:28:15 +0000","contentSnippet":"Settlement will provide funds to US municipalities over 13 years to test for and treat PFAS contamination in public water systems\n3M Co has reached a $10.3bn settlement with a host of US public water systems to resolve water pollution claims tied to “forever chemicals”, the chemical company announced on Thursday.\nThe company said the settlement would provide the funds over a 13-year period to cities, towns and other public water systems to test for and treat contamination from per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or PFAS.\n Continue reading...","link":"https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jun/22/3m-settlement-municipal-water-systems-pfas-contamination","enclosure":null},{"title":"La Chine utilise l'IA pour chercher des minéraux rares dans l'Himalaya","creator":"","pubDate":"Sun, 25 Jun 2023 15:26:27 +0000","contentSnippet":"Grâce à l'intelligence artificielle, des chercheurs chinois ont trouvé une abondante réserve de ressources rares dans le massif asiatique. Une manière de renforcer sa puissance dans les domaines énergétique et militaire, mais l'exploitation va s'avérer difficile.","link":"https://www.geo.fr/environnement/la-chine-utilise-lia-pour-chercher-des-mineraux-rares-dans-lhimalaya-215325","enclosure":{"length":"1337","type":"image/jpeg","url":"https://geo.img.pmdstatic.net/fit/~1~frgsl~2022~12~13~0d520cd4-2430-4dbf-8346-71b349a89011.jpeg/1200x900/quality/80/la-chine-utilise-l-ia-pour-chercher-des-mineraux-rares-dans-l-himalaya.jpg"}},{"title":"Are UPFs really that bad? Here’s what food experts say on the rise of ultra-processed foods","creator":"","pubDate":"Sun, 25 Jun 2023 15:19:47 +0000","contentSnippet":"Vegans eat more ultra-processed foods than any other diet. How bad is that really for health and the environment?","link":"https://www.euronews.com/green/2023/06/24/are-upfs-really-that-bad-heres-what-food-experts-say-on-the-rise-of-ultra-processed-foods","enclosure":null},{"title":"Avec +2,3 °C, l'Europe est la région du monde qui se réchauffe le plus vite, confirment l'OMM et Copernicus","creator":"","pubDate":"Tue, 20 Jun 2023 14:48:43 +0000","contentSnippet":"L'Europe a connu une année 2022 plus chaude de 2,3 degrés que le climat de la fin du 19e siècle, confirmant la surchauffe du continent à un rythme deux fois plus rapide que la moyenne mondiale, qui alimente canicules et sécheresses exceptionnelles.","link":"https://www.geo.fr/environnement/avec-23-c-leurope-est-la-region-du-monde-qui-se-rechauffe-le-plus-vite-confirment-lomm-et-copernicus-215236","enclosure":{"length":"1337","type":"image/jpeg","url":"https://geo.img.pmdstatic.net/fit/~1~geo~2023~06~19~eedbba78-017d-42da-b4e3-7b0d420f46ab.jpeg/1200x900/focus-point/900,1167/avec-2-3-c-l-europe-est-la-region-du-monde-qui-se-rechauffe-le-plus-vite-confirment-l-omm-et-copernicus.jpg"}},{"title":"‘Quite weird’: sea temperature rise in north-east of England worries residents","creator":"Mark Brown North of England correspondent","pubDate":"Tue, 20 Jun 2023 14:45:40 +0000","contentSnippet":"Mixed reactions greet dramatic fluctuation in sea temperatures in Tynemouth\n“I’ve never felt the sea this warm in June, it is quite weird,” said retired nurse Val Hedley as she finished her regular paddle along the picture-postcard golden sands of Longsands beach in Tynemouth.\n“Often here you will get a cold bit of the sea, then it gets warmer and then it gets cooler again. But today everything seems to be the same which is unusual … it’s all evenly warm.\n Continue reading...","link":"https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/jun/19/quite-weird-sea-temperature-rise-in-north-east-of-england-worrying-for-residents","enclosure":null},{"title":"Les scientifiques ont étudié le devenir dans nos voies respiratoires de la quantité colossale de microplastique que nous inhalons chaque jour","creator":"Claire Manière, Journaliste","pubDate":"Fri, 16 Jun 2023 13:51:08 +0000","contentSnippet":"Les microplastiques sont partout dans notre environnement. Des chercheurs ont mis au point un modèle informatique de dynamique de fluides pour analyser leur trajet jusque dans nos voies respiratoires supérieures.","link":"https://www.futura-sciences.com/sante/actualites/organe-scientifiques-ont-etudie-devenir-nos-voies-respiratoires-quantite-colossale-microplastique-nous-inhalons-chaque-jour-49511/#xtor%3DRSS-8","enclosure":{"length":"1337","type":"image/jpg","url":"https://cdn.futura-sciences.com/buildsv6/images/wide1920/2/1/c/21ca524709_50188373_microplastiques-poumons-humains.jpg"}},{"title":"L'obésité provoque des changements irréversibles dans le cerveau","creator":"Claire Manière, Journaliste","pubDate":"Fri, 16 Jun 2023 13:41:07 +0000","contentSnippet":"Des chercheurs ont comparé l’effet de la perfusion de nutriments dans l’estomac de personnes atteintes d’obésité ou non. Il existerait une réelle différence au niveau cérébral qui serait durable même après une perte de poids.","link":"https://www.futura-sciences.com/sante/actualites/obesite-obesite-provoque-changements-irreversibles-cerveau-105807/#xtor%3DRSS-8","enclosure":{"length":"1337","type":"image/jpg","url":"https://cdn.futura-sciences.com/buildsv6/images/wide1920/6/d/7/6d7ed17dd0_50200493_2-cerveau-humain.jpg"}},{"title":"Le réchauffement climatique à l’origine d’une hécatombe de poissons au Texas","creator":"Karine Durand, Spécialiste météo extrême et environnement","pubDate":"Fri, 16 Jun 2023 13:36:19 +0000","contentSnippet":"Des millions de cadavres de poissons ont recouvert les plages du Texas aux États-Unis depuis quelques jours. Cet échouage massif s'est produit du côté de Quintana Beach, à une centaine de kilomètres de Houston.DEAD FISH WASH ASHORE????Waves carrying thousands of dead fish for miles bombarded...","link":"https://www.futura-sciences.com/planete/breves/biodiversite-rechauffement-climatique-origine-hecatombe-poissons-texas-8273/#xtor%3DRSS-8","enclosure":{"length":"1337","type":"image/jpg","url":"https://cdn.futura-sciences.com/buildsv6/images/largeoriginal/4/6/4/464887c1a0_50203138_poissons-texas.jpg"}},{"title":"C'est probablement trop tard, la glace de mer en Arctique aura disparu l'été dès... 2030","creator":"Coralie Lemke","pubDate":"Fri, 16 Jun 2023 13:35:57 +0000","contentSnippet":"Alors que le Giec estimait qu’il faudrait attendre 2050 pour que la glace de mer fonde totalement en Arctique, l’échéance pourrait s'avérer bien plus rapide. Selon de nouveaux résultats, la disparition de cette eau gelée pourrait intervenir dès 2030, provoquant une hausse du niveau des mers.","link":"https://www.sciencesetavenir.fr/nature-environnement/climat/c-est-probablement-trop-tard-la-glace-de-mer-aura-disparu-l-ete-en-arctique-des-2030_171919?xtor=RSS-15","enclosure":{"length":"1337","type":"image/jpeg","url":"https://www.sciencesetavenir.fr/assets/img/2023/06/13/cover-r4x3w1200-6489ba73e4e94-000-9ly487.jpg"}},{"title":"Les 3 raisons qui expliquent la surchauffe des océans","creator":"Karine Durand, Spécialiste météo extrême et environnement","pubDate":"Fri, 16 Jun 2023 13:28:43 +0000","contentSnippet":"La chaleur record des océans qui dure depuis le printemps est liée à trois causes principales : si la première cause paraît évidente, le réchauffement climatique, les deux autres risquent de vous étonner.","link":"https://www.futura-sciences.com/planete/actualites/ocean-3-raisons-expliquent-surchauffe-oceans-104765/#xtor%3DRSS-8","enclosure":{"length":"1337","type":"image/jpg","url":"https://cdn.futura-sciences.com/buildsv6/images/wide1920/9/b/c/9bcea00699_50203202_ocean-surchauffe.jpg"}},{"title":"L'été n'a pas commencé que la planète suffoque déjà","creator":"","pubDate":"Fri, 16 Jun 2023 13:21:43 +0000","contentSnippet":"Les températures moyennes mondiales relevées début juin ont été les plus chaudes jamais enregistrées à cette période, selon le service européen Copernicus jeudi 15 juin. Des records alimentés par le phénomène El Niño, qui vient de démarrer, sur fond de changements climatiques provoqués par les activités humaines. \n \nSi Copernicus ne précise pas la valeur de ces températures, il indique qu'elles ont dépassé d'au moins 1,5 °C la température quotidienne moyenne à l'ère pré-industrielle entre le 7 et le 11 juin, et (...)\n \n \n            Lire la suite \n             \n            - \n                En bref \n             \n             \n            /  \n                Climat  \n            ,  \n                Monde","link":"https://reporterre.net/EN-BREF-Records-de-temperatures","enclosure":null},{"title":"Mexican heatwave: Hundreds of washed up birds ‘starved’ by El Niño as temperatures soar above 40C","creator":"","pubDate":"Fri, 16 Jun 2023 12:58:16 +0000","contentSnippet":"Hot ocean currents caused by El Niño, not avian flu, were behind the deaths of pelicans, seagulls and other wild birds, tests suggest.","link":"https://www.euronews.com/green/2023/06/16/mexican-heatwave-hundreds-of-washed-up-birds-starved-by-el-nino-as-temperatures-soar-above","enclosure":null},{"title":"Dans les Andes il y a un millénaire, la montée des températures a déchaîné les violences","creator":"","pubDate":"Fri, 16 Jun 2023 12:58:01 +0000","contentSnippet":"Une étude révèle que, dans les premières populations andines au moment de la dite \"anomalie de l'an mille\", le changement de climat a probablement conduit à la violence.","link":"https://www.geo.fr/histoire/andes-il-y-a-un-millenaire-la-montee-temperatures-a-dechaine-les-violences-quelccaya-secheresse-traumatismes-craniens-215211","enclosure":{"length":"1337","type":"image/jpeg","url":"https://geo.img.pmdstatic.net/fit/~1~geo~2023~06~16~9ca989c6-50fd-47cc-a3fa-27c28f2eda56.jpeg/1200x900/focus-point/1046,741/dans-les-andes-il-y-a-un-millenaire-la-montee-des-temperatures-a-dechaine-les-violences.jpg"}},{"title":"La Chine développe le système de bombardement orbital le plus efficace jamais créé","creator":"","pubDate":"Fri, 16 Jun 2023 12:57:49 +0000","contentSnippet":"Avec son système de bombardement orbital fractionné associé à un planeur, la Chine a créé une arme capable de frapper efficacement des cibles dans le monde entier. Une nouvelle que Washington n'accueille pas d'un très bon oeil.","link":"https://www.geo.fr/geopolitique/la-chine-developpe-le-systeme-de-bombardement-orbital-le-plus-efficace-jamais-cree-215183","enclosure":{"length":"1337","type":"image/jpeg","url":"https://geo.img.pmdstatic.net/fit/~1~geo~2023~06~15~08021cd1-2cac-4de9-93f7-904836a0bffd.jpeg/1200x900/quality/80/la-chine-developpe-le-systeme-de-bombardement-orbital-le-plus-efficace-jamais-cree.jpg"}},{"title":"Une étude du Lancet révèle les pays où le réchauffement climatique fera le plus de victimes","creator":"","pubDate":"Wed, 14 Jun 2023 14:38:50 +0000","contentSnippet":"Le changement climatique affecte le monde entier... mais pas de la même manière. Une étude publiée dans la revue médicale The Lancet a comparé des projections de mortalité associée au climat (chaleur, maladies et sous-nutrition) entre les pays du globe à l'horizon 2050.","link":"https://www.geo.fr/environnement/etude-the-lancet-revele-pays-rechauffement-climatique-fera-le-plus-de-victimes-mortalite-maladies-chaleur-nutrition-paludisme-215142","enclosure":{"length":"1337","type":"image/jpeg","url":"https://geo.img.pmdstatic.net/fit/~1~geo~2023~06~13~09f04ba5-1c00-4d2c-a0d5-98c28abdbb37.jpeg/1200x900/quality/80/une-etude-du-lancet-revele-les-pays-ou-le-rechauffement-climatique-fera-le-plus-de-victimes.jpg"}},{"title":"La peste était présente en Grande-Bretagne il y a 4000 ans","creator":"Sara de Lacerda","pubDate":"Sun, 11 Jun 2023 15:01:22 +0000","contentSnippet":"Les traces les plus anciennes de la présence de la peste en Grande-Bretagne ont été décelées sur trois individus inhumés au cours du néolithique. Il s’agit d’une souche aujourd’hui éteinte, peu virulente et qui ne se transmettait pas par les puces.","link":"https://www.sciencesetavenir.fr/archeo-paleo/la-peste-etait-presente-en-grande-bretagne-il-y-a-4000-ans_171828?xtor=RSS-4","enclosure":{"length":"1337","type":"image/jpeg","url":"https://www.sciencesetavenir.fr/assets/img/2023/06/09/cover-r4x3w1200-64831533f2936-low-res-levens-ring-cairn-jpg.jpg"}}]}}}