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In our corner of France, this afternoon, it was exceptionally hot. Personally, the heat doesn't affect me greatly, but I nevertheless st...

A few days ago, Channel 2 of the national French TV system aired an awesome program on natural catastrophes that have taken place all over t...

Many observers of the English have evoked their eccentric nature. It would be silly to generalize, of course, but I've always had the im...

Last winter, at Gamone, snow seemed to be falling almost ceaselessly. In the context of today's hot weather, that photo of beige Moshé ...

And what—you might ask—am I unanimous about? I'm totally unanimous in my belief that the concept of unanimity is ideal, say, for a coupl...

For the moment, it's impossible to guess what might or might not happen between now and the end of the conference in Copenhagen. Meanwhi...

They refer to it as the carbon tax ... which is a ridiculous expression. After all, diamonds are pure carbon, but this new tax has nothing t...

This extraordinary but frightening photo (which I've modified slightly) of the great Victorian city of Melbourne, taken from burnt-out K...

The latest scientific report on climate change in my native land, Australia, sounds grim. Concerning severe droughts and scorching temperatu...

A draconian plan for climate action was presented today in Brussels by the president of the European Commission, José Manuel Barroso . Basic...

I find this image beautiful and moving, but terrifying. In the penguin domain, I'm an ignoramus... but I have the impression that those ...

News broadcasts on French TV have focussed on a handful of dramatic images of the Bali conference on global warming. First and foremost, we...

Within Australia's CSIRO [ Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organization ], Mike Raupach is the chief of the Global Carb...