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Climate change is altering the smells of the planet, researchers warn
Original: odeur
French media are focused on smells this week. Le Figaro reports that researchers say global warming is changing the odours the planet once gave off, and teams are working to preserve humanity's olfactory memory before scents linked to forests, flowers and other environments disappear. Separately, Ouest-France covered a department store evacuated and closed for several hours after staff reported a strange burning smell. Together the stories have sparked wide discussion about how scent shapes memory and daily life.
Why now: Two unrelated French news stories about smells, one on climate change altering odours and one on a store evacuation, drew attention the same day.
Evidence
- «Le réchauffement climatique altère les odeurs qu’exhalait jusque-là la planète» : ces chercheurs qui tentent de sauver notre mémoire olfactive · Le Figaro
- Les salariés sentent une étrange odeur de brûlé, un grand magasin évacué et fermé plusieurs heures · Ouest-France
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