Des vers français colonisent la terre irlandaise
Mis en ligne le26 juillet 2012 à 11h51, mis à jour le26 juillet 2012 à 12h00
Des vers de terre originaires d’Aquitaine, dans le sud-ouest de la France, ont été découverts en train de coloniser en toute discrétion une ferme irlandaise.
Des scientifiques qui étudiaient les vers de terre sur une exploitation agricole à Dublin ont découvert “des populations abondantes” d’une espèce issue de la région Aquitaine, à plus de 1.000 kilomètres au sud de l’Irlande. Selon l’étude publiée dans la revue Biology Letters de la Royal Society britannique, ce sont les premiers vers de terre d’Europe du Sud dont on rapporte l’installation dans les anciennes régions glaciaires de l’hémisphère nord. “Il est tentant de spéculer que de telles espèces méridionales n’arrivent à survivre plus au nord qu’en raison du changement climatique”, souligne un chercheur. Les chercheurs ne savent pas exactement comment les vers français sont arrivés en Irlande. Ils ont probablement été importés dans les racines d’un lot de plantes.
Looks like the common (ish) earth worm has made its way from France (Aquitane) to Ireland. This specific variety of worm prefers warmer climes but has found a home and is thriving now also in Ireland. This is the first discovery of this species in the northern hemisphere galcial region and speculation ranges from climate change to importation in plants.
About bill
Worked in the technical / engineering area as a Science Laboratory Technician and as an Aeronautics Engineer.
The artistic side involves writing under the nom de plume of Billy Olsenn, his recently written play 'A Case of Wine' was staged by the players group Straight Make-Up at the 2012 Birr one act drama festival. It's next staging was in the one act circuit is in Cavan, at Maudebawn on Sat 10 Nov 2012. Then it was performed in the Bray, Co.Wicklow at the very popular one act festival in January 2013.
Next play is FEAR. A dark tale about revenge on the cruel death of two pensioners by young thugs. Neighbours hatch a devious and dangerous plan to exact old-style revenge. Bill is a member of the Drama League of Ireland and his plays have been critically vetted and certified as original pieces of work by the DLI.
Another literary project is that of commemoration of an aircraft crash on Djouce mountain in Wicklow in 1946. Bill wrote articles for the 50th, 60th and most recently the 70th anniversary, (12 Aug
2016) all were published in the Wicklow Times and ensured the survivors of the crash, all French Girl Guides, were not forgotten. Articles reproduced on this website.
But mostly this site gives a more general European and specific French slant on popular and not so popular articles of French news, translated to English by the author. Each article is translated on a paragraph by paragraph basis so easy to read in either language and even possible to improve either language by comparison of the short English and French paragraphs. Amusez vous bien.
The author is currently writing an easy to read technical aviation book centered around the Fokker 50.
Another interest is that dealt with in another of Bill's websites www.realnamara.net, a Statue of the mother of God, Mary. It was erected in 1972 in Dublin, at the end of the Bull Wall near Clontarf, and my grandfather William Nelson, was the main instigator of that project. I give talks on the history of the statue and my grandfather's adventurous and dangerous life at sea.
Technical assistance with each website is by J O'N.
