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Heatwave or drought: how to take care of plants?

in your department and the rules to follow regarding garden watering and pool filling. 5- What to do in case of water restrictions? During heatwaves and droughts, one can resort to resourcefulness to save some vegetables from their garden. In case of water restrictions in your area, select the pla ...

03
July
2015

Natural Disasters: What You Need to Know to Better Understand and Prepare

A study by the Centre for Research on the Epidemiology of Disasters (CRED) shows that 90% of recent natural disasters are climate-related. Heatwaves, droughts, more intense cyclones, and torrential rains are direct consequences of rising global temperatures. Why? - Increased heat promotes evaporat ...

04
Oct
2017

Will global warming in France in the 21st century be greater than expected?

tening. For France, it means summers that are 5° hotter on average than a hundred years ago, regular and numerous temperature spikes, and long and severe droughts. Beyond the difficulties of living that will lead everyone to adapt, it is also the whole ecosystem that will have to react or disappear ...

26
Oct
2022

Climate: The orange tree zone expands in France.

. Even though we do not yet live under a tropical climate, changes are already noticeable, and farmers are on the front line facing risks of heatwaves, droughts, or conversely, floods. How is climate going to impact agriculture in France? In the future, fruit and vegetable production in France coul ...

08
Feb
2024

Weather: The Lucrative Business of Weather Forecasting

s spend fortunes to protect themselves from hail and frost and to insure against bad weather. However, even though they are on the front line facing droughts or heatwaves and hail that devastates crops, farmers are far from being the only ones who have to manage what is now called "climate risk". ...

16
May
2024

Timber Harvesting in France: The New Figures That Change the Game

d surprisingly by the Rhône Valley where the spring drought dried out the underbrush. A game-changing climate pressure More frequent storms, recurring droughts, proliferation of wood-boring insects... The volume of sanitary logging has doubled in ten years. In 2024, one out of three spruces harvest ...

19
Dec
2025