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• 12 kg of rocks for one smartphone ...

  Almost indispensable today, it is everywhere: the mobile phone. More than 10 billion devices in the world. But at what cost to the planet?
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• Naturalist walk in the park with François Moutou

  François Moutou takes us on an urban safari, rich in naturalistic observations, to the Edmond de Rothschild Park in Boulogne-Billancourt, near Paris.
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• What you need to know about 5G

  Technological innovations raise questions and concerns. And rightly so. Regarding 5G, how will this new technology impact our existence? Will these changes be for better or for worse? And what could be the undesirable effects caused by these technologies?
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• Bats in epidemiology, between hopes and fears, by François Moutou

  Bats represent about 25% of known mammals. We don’t know much about them, except specialists. But even if bats are a reservoir of zoonotic viruses, epidemics are the result of our human activities.
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• “The end of the Devil”, travel story by François Moutou

  The thylacine and the devil of Tasmania used to live all over Australia few thousands years ago. The thylacine get extinct more than 80 years ago. And the future of the devil is quite incertain. Travel story and pictures by François Moutou, veterinar, & text contribution by Myriam Dupuis.
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• In the bed of the Huab River, travel story in Namibia - Nov. 2018

  François Moutou tells us about his encounter with the rare elephants of the Namibian desert: “Their gaze seems internalized, as if they were thinking, thinking about something else.”
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• Coral bleaching & ocean acidification

  Although coral reefs cover less than 1% of the Earth’s surface they harbour 25% of the world’s known marine biodiversity. Together with the fragile ecosystem of humid tropical forests. the reef ecosystem is the richest in terms of biodiversity, the most complex and productive of the planet. It is urgent to preserve it.
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• How can I help to protect biodiversity ?

  When biodiversity is concerned, we usually think that we are powerless and that our action will not change the course of events. But “small brooks make the big rivers”! You are not alone : today, millions of people worldwide act on a daily basis to preserve biodiversity & ecosystems. And think that every day that begins, is a new opportunity to do more & better than the day before!
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• Ecosystem services

  Eric Blanchart, scientific researcher at IRD (Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, a French research organisation), explains what are the “ecosystem services”.
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• The noise also pollutes the oceans

  Noise pollution saturates the ocean over hundreds of kilometers. The first victims are the cetacean.
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