This cobblestone in the pond is the publication of an article (1) in which it is shown that a new class of biological products designed to improve non-leguminous crops by fixing atmospheric nitrogen has no scientific basis.

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Once again, we must unearth a study whose aim is to reinforce the climate cause and its urgency. It has just been published (1) in Nature, one leading scientific journal. It shows that, now that it has finally been Read more

Primary energy consumption worldwide has continued to rise at an average annual rate of 0.94% over the last five years, mainly driven by non-OECD countries, which are also increasing their consumption of fossil fuels.Less conventional analyses are needed to Read more

In response to a climate threat attributed to human activity, the 2015 Paris Agreement stipulates that ongoing warming should not exceed 2°C above pre-industrial levels. Attributing the main cause to concentrations of greenhouse gases (GHG) in the atmosphere, only Read more

Correction!  An attentive reader points out that the oxygen balance in the atmosphere would remain zero if the hydrogen produced were ultimately burnt, either directly or via synthetic fuels. The considerations in this article therefore only concern the Read more

Hardly a day goes by without us being told that, no matter where on the planet, any difficult weather condition is attributable to climate change. Media impatience is thus fuelled by misleading assertions serving the interests of a climate Read more