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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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• 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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• 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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• Pollution sonore des océans : quel boucan sous la mer!

  La pollution sonore sature l’océan sur des centaines de kilomètres. Les premières victimes sont les cétacés.
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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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• The soil : the most living environment of the planet

  Soil microbiology; biological degradation, chemical and physical; loss of biodiversity; the forest; mushrooms; the tree, large water manager; European agriculture, unsustainable model.
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• Traditional taxonomic classification or phylogenetics?

  Taxonomic classifications
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