Biodiversité

Europe in 2023 This section provides an overview of Europe in 2023, compared to the long-term trends of variables across the climate system. Spotlight sections provide a detailed look at key events during the year, and a discussion of climate policy and action with a focus on human health.

1. Global temperatures: 2023 warmest year on record, close to 1.5°C above pre-industrial level

2. Sea surface temperatures: transition to El Niño and record global values

3. Was the unusual warmth of 2023 expected?

4. Extreme events around the world

Les baleines à bosse (Megaptera novaeangliae) de l'hémisphère sud migrent chaque année depuis les zones d'alimentation de l'Antarctique vers les zones tropicales où elles se rassemblent pour s'accoupler et mettre bas. Leurs cycles migratoires font l'objet de beaucoup d'intérêt et des suivis satellitaires ont été entrepris en différents points du globe. Si ces routes sont désormais mieux connues, des zones d'ombre demeurent notamment au sud de l'océan Indien.

The Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), implemented by the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) on behalf of the European Commission, releases its 2022 Global Climate...

The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species is essential for practical and theoretical efforts to protect biodiversity. However, species classified as “Data Deficient” (DD) regularly mislead practitioners due to their uncertain extinction risk. Here we present machine learning-derived probabilities of being threatened by extinction for 7699 DD species, comprising 17% of the entire IUCN spatial datasets. Our predictions suggest that DD species as a group may in fact be more threatened than data-sufficient species. We found that 85% of DD amphibians are likely to be threatened by extinction, as well as more than half of DD species in many other taxonomic groups, such as mammals and reptiles.

During January 2020, the British Antarctic Survey’s wild water whales team have been conducting surveys for southern right whales all around the sub-Antarctic island of South Georgia. The expedition is composed of ten international experts from five countries (the UK, USA, Canada, Brazil and New Zealand) and includes marine mammal observers, photo-ID specialists, geneticists, acousticians, a drone pilot and an expert in satellite tagging. The wild water whales expedition is running for 33 days on New Zealand research vessel the R/V Braveheart.

Le monde connaît actuellement un événement mondial de blanchiment des coraux, selon les scientifiques de la NOAA. Il s'agit du quatrième événement mondial jamais enregistré et du deuxième au cours des 10 dernières années.

Researchers analyzed never-before-used satellite data to calculate how much carbon is stored in protected areas worldwide.

Vigilife est une plateforme multi-acteurs qui vise à renforcer la coopération scientifique, technologique et technique au niveau international, avec pour mission de mettre l’innovation au service de la connaissance et de la protection du vivant.

Addressing global environmental challenges requires access to biodiversity data across wide spatial, temporal and taxonomic scales. Availability of such data has increased exponentially recently with the proliferation of biodiversity databases. However, heterogeneous coverage, protocols, and standards have hampered integration among these databases.