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Study on factors related to global warming

According to the researchers in addition to the uncontrolled use of fossil fuels there may also be other factors that are not yet well known that favor further global warming, since if last year global average temperatures were just under one and a half degrees Celsius of increase compared to the pre-industrial global average from 1850 to 1900, now the calculations are on a warming trajectory well above one and a half degrees for 2024. It is hypothesized that could play a role a peak in the solar cycle of eleven years, then the reduction in the concentration of sulphur dioxide that reflecting solar radiation, the eruption of a volcano in the southern Pacific Ocean in 2022; although usually factors of this type on a global scale contribute very minimally and it is still recommended to redouble the efforts to contain the polluting emissions.
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Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: Nov 23, 2024
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Funds to be allocated to countries affected by extreme events

In the final stages of the COP29 conference in Baku in Azerbaijan discussions continue, apparently without reaching substantial agreements, about the sums to be allocated for climate finance necessary for countries affected by extreme events so that their economies can face the climate challenges that are increasingly difficult with enormous damage and costs. Some argue that defining China, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates as developing countries is now hardly credible, given the real growth conditions of their economies and the industrial systems that support them are often more up-to-date than those of advanced countries. As already pointed out in the past not supporting fragile economies also means penalizing the superstructures that allow for example the agricultural sector to produce and therefore with the consequent abandonment of cultivated fields.
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Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: Nov 22, 2024
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An unclear future for young people

A growing number of crises are threatening the future of young people, from those related to the demographic increase on the planet to climate and technological crises, to conflicts; then international organizations warn that these unhealthy issues for healthy youth development in the coming years will only become increasingly stressful, intrusive and pressing, such as extreme weather phenomena and dangers from surfing the Internet. Decades of progress would be threatened for girls in particular and in general young people will be a minority in an aging world population even if the ratio will remain similar (two billion three hundred million young people) due to the high birth rate in the sub-Saharan countries of Africa. It is also expected that artificial intelligence will increase inequalities between rich and poor countries.
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Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: Nov 21, 2024
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A cyclone affects British Columbia in Canada

A cyclone compared to a hurricane is lashing the coasts of British Columbia and Vancouver Island with strong gusts of wind at over one hundred and sixty kilometers per hour, there is talk of some schools and highways closed, many ferries connections canceled or suspended, interruptions in the supply of electricity in the areas affected by the cyclone; then the authorities warn the population to take the necessary measures to deal with the situation since the strong vortex is heading towards the interior of the country, This is the second extreme phenomenon of this type on the southern coasts of British Columbia in a week. It should be noted, changing the subject but remaining on naturalistic issues, that some denounce the lack of conversations about the transition to renewable energy at COP29 at a considered relevant moment in the discussions.
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Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: Nov 20, 2024
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Little consensus to promote global climate agreements

At a G20 conference held in Rio de Janeiro, divergences seem to have emerged on how to deal with global climate change, while some implore the countries that are home to the richest economies to increase the funds allocated to developing countries affected by the damage and extreme phenomena that are putting a strain on their economies (without most of the time being responsible for it or if they are for a very small if not negligible percentage). To be reported changing the subject but remaining on naturalistic issues at least eight victims, damage and considerable inconvenience for the population in the Philippines due to the super typhoon called "Man-yi"; then in India in New Delhi there is talk of unbreathable air and hospitalizations on the rise with fine dust pollution sixty times the maximum recommended levels, also canceled many flights.
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Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: Nov 19, 2024
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A super typhoon lashes the Philippines

The Philippine authorities would have evacuated over two hundred and fifty thousand people due to the super typhoon "Man-yi" characterized by wind gusts of over two hundred and thirty kilometers per hour, it is expected that the trajectory of the strong vortex will affect the sparsely populated islands of Catanduanes with very high wind and waves perhaps maintaining the peak intensity reached (progressively strengthening from a tropical storm). It is necessary to prepare in time for evacuations, since there is a risk of exposing not only the lives of the people hit by the typhoon but also those of the rescuers to danger, then it is better not to beat around the bush in the preparations and promptly go to the evacuation centers. The heavy rainfall caused by the typhoon according to volcanologists could cause sediment to collapse from three volcanoes, including the Taal south of Manila.
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Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: Nov 18, 2024
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Excessive methane leaks especially in Romania

According to some methane leaks into the atmosphere due to the extraction of fossil fuels are excessive in many of the countries that accepted in 2021 during COP26 the proposal to limit methane emissions by thirty percent by 2030 compared to 2020 levels, apparently this is especially the case in Romania. It must be borne in mind that in part the climate crisis is not only caused by carbon dioxide, but also by methane which would be eighty-four times more powerful in terms of effects on the greenhouse effect (not to mention nitrous oxide, about three hundred times more powerful as a climate-changing gas than CO2). To be noted changing the subject but remaining on naturalistic issues the complaints about the work of the authorities of the region of Valencia in Spain affected by floods followed by "blame-shifting" statements regarding the responsibilities.
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Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: Nov 16, 2024
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Case examinations in Canada of bird flu

Bird flu A H5N1 is very contagious for geese but considered not serious, then it infects various species of birds and sometimes even mammals; now a case of contagion in a boy in British Columbia in serious condition has turned the spotlight on the first human H5N1 domestic case in Canada and the tests would have detected the origin of local poultry farms where avian flu has spread (the version is not the same as genomic sequencing carried out farms in the United States). For the moment according to experts the risk that avian influenza can spread to humans remains low, but it is high in those who expose themselves without protection to infected animals; then the people who had had contact with the boy were tested negative. Milk and its pasteurized products are safe even if generally it is necessary to maintain high surveillance.
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Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: Nov 15, 2024
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Increasing air pollution in New Delhi

The levels of heavy metals detected in the air of New Delhi would be alarming and the capital of India also finds itself covered by a pall of unbreathable smog fifty times the maximum level recommended by international health organizations, then colder temperatures and little wind tend to stagnate pollutants in the air, worsening the situation. It is estimated that for thirty million people, the levels of pollutants exceeded eight hundred micrograms per cubic meter of air, including PM2.5 microparticles considered carcinogenic and which can easily enter the bloodstream simply by breathing through the lungs. Recently even in the Punjab region of Pakistan there was talk of unbreathable air with the authorities forced to close some schools, activities and outdoor shops; with concerns for children exposed to pollution.
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Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: Nov 14, 2024
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Severe weather warning in Spain

After the disastrous flood in the region of Valencia due to storm "Dana" (due to the so-called cold drop phenomenon) which caused over two hundred and twenty-four victims and twenty-eight missing two weeks ago, there is talk of a new weather alert and in particular Andalusia and the Balearic Islands could be affected; then some Spanish authorities declared during the COP29 conference that is being held in Baku in Azerbaijan what the impact of climate change on the country is. To be noted changing the subject but remaining on naturalistic issues the recent earthquake of magnitude 6.8 that shook Santiago de Cuba, the second largest city in Cuba, causing damage to fragile and old houses and infrastructures that would require maintenance, as well as landslides and inconveniences in the affected areas often already in difficulty because they were previously affected by hurricanes.
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Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: Nov 13, 2024
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Yet another typhoon lashes the Philippines

About two hundred and twenty kilometers from the capital Manila in the areas affected by the strong typhoon "Toraji", the fourth in less than a month (one hundred and fifty-nine victims from previous cyclones), the authorities have evacuated thousands of villages and ordered the closure of ports in the north-east of the country near Dilasag. There are no victims even if we are talking about uprooted trees and fallen power lines as well as inconvenience for the population due to intense rainfall and gusts of wind. Weather forecasts warn that a tropical storm could affect the Philippines next week. Changing the subject but remaining on naturalistic issues to report the disastrous situation in Malawi has long been affected by a combination of extreme effects such as cyclones and droughts that have damaged crops with consequent food insecurity.
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Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: Nov 12, 2024
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Too much plastic film used in agriculture

The use of plastic film strips on the ground on a large scale for the cultivation of wheat is having a significant impact on agriculture in the areas of Quebec in Canada so much so that some are asking for studies to be done on this product which should be biodegradable, but doubts remain whether it cannot release plastic microparticles into the environment. In particular it is estimated that the use of this plastic mulch for example in one region (Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean), has increased by more than ninety percent in the last seven years, so it is a rampant practice that is also disfiguring the landscape. Since plastic remains in the environment for years, it risks polluting waterways and then groundwater and not knowing the real ecological impact, it is a problem considered critical by the locals.
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Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: Nov 11, 2024
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In Saudi Arabia first snow ever seen in the desert

Seeing snow in the Al-Nafud desert near Al-Jaws in Saudi Arabia could be evocative but also disturbing for this extreme phenomenon seen recently, apparently for the first time preceded by intense rains and hailstorms; there is also talk of reduced visibility and difficult roads in the desert. The temperatures in the desert do not allow rainfall and the climate is well known as arid, so some say with dismay how mother nature is changing her colors. It should be noted changing the subject but remaining on naturalistic issues that the typhoon called "Yinxing" affected the coasts in areas north of the Philippines (then heading towards Vietnam) damaging the roofs of houses, causing power lines to fall and uprooting trees, two weeks after a strong vortex that caused over one hundred and fifty victims.
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Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: Nov 09, 2024
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Deforestation slightly decreased in the Amazon

Monitoring the area views according to Brazilian authorities deforestation in the Amazon has decreased by almost a third since August 2023, the best result in nine years, but this still means that over six thousand two hundred square kilometers of forest have gone up in smoke. The rate of destruction of the vegetation of the Cerrado in central Brazil, the most species-rich savannah in the world, has also decreased. Generally the practice of deforestation is caused by the demand for land for intensive cultivation and breeding, timber exploitation and mining, then urban expansion. To report changing the subject but remaining on naturalistic issues a fire in California near Los Angeles, with many people forced to leave their homes for example in Camarillo, then in Ventura County a state of emergency was declared in the affected areas.
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Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: Nov 08, 2024
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A hurricane leaves Cuba in the dark again

After affecting Cayman and Jamaica with torrential rainfall and strong gusts of wind that damaged many power lines, the hurricane called "Rafael" downgraded from category three to two lashed Cuba, leaving practically the entire island in the dark again, already recently hit by a hurricane that had caused six victims. In the capital Havana the historic center has been flooded by heavy rains then there is talk of uprooted trees and debris while problems continue with the electricity grid always struggling with lack of maintenance even though available resources are scarce, then climate change has caused a structural energy shortage throughout the island. According to weather forecasts the strong vortex could head losing power towards Florida but still characterized by heavy rain and wind and the south-east of the Gulf of Mexico.
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Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: Nov 07, 2024
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CO2 and other climate-changing gases in spotlight

After carbon dioxide, methane CH4 is also mentioned as one of the worst greenhouse gases, which would have an effect on global warming eighty times compared to CO2 (over a period of twenty years), while that of nitrous oxide N2O is three hundred times. Since in 2023 the concentrations of these three gases in the atmosphere have reached new records, it is expected that in the future temperatures will probably continue to rise at a faster pace than they have been so far and how a solution should be found to this problem that risks not achieving the goal of keeping global temperatures under control. Of note the complaints in Colombia about the scarce resources allocated at COP16 to preserve biodiversity, it seems that many rich countries have poor contributed and the U.S. does not participate.
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Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: Nov 06, 2024
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Heavy rainfall in Barcelona in Spain

After the flood that hit the Valencia region, the tail end of storm "Dana" partly affected Barcelona where three months' rain would have fallen in a few hours, there is talk of the flooded airport, and some rail and road connections interrupted; but overall this time it seems that the inconveniences have been limited and we were prepared to face the emergency unlike what happened near Valencia where the death toll has risen to over two hundred and twenty people, still digging in the mud to look for the missing and sometimes there is still a lack of drinking water, food and electricity. As for the underground car park in the Aldaia shopping centre, for the moment no victims have been found and there are fewer cars than feared, but in general questions remain about the real number of missing.
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Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: Nov 05, 2024
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Volcanic eruption on Flores Island in Indonesia

At least six people would be killed due to several volcanic eruptions of Mount Lewotobi Laki-Laki on the popular tourist island of Flores in Indonesia in East Nusa Tenggara, there is also talk of evacuations of several villages affected by the arrival of lava, due to the fall of volcanic ash and incandescent rocks from the column that rises above the volcano. There is also talk of damaged and burned houses and a layer of volcanic material near the villages. It should be noted changing the subject but remaining on naturalistic themes that in Spain in the region of Valencia it is feared that there are over dozens missing, among the places particularly affected by the searches a large underground parking in the shopping center of Aldaia flooded and submerged by water and mud and it is difficult for the person trapped in their cars can be saved.
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Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: Nov 04, 2024
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Complaints and controversy after the storm in Spain

After the passage of the storm called "Dana" which caused over two hundred deaths, dozens of missing, one hundred and twenty thousand displaced (as well as the collapse of damaged bridges, houses, roads and infrastructures) while the strong vortex has not yet exhausted its destructive power and it is feared that it may affect the Balearic Islands, the queue of complaints and controversies does not cease for the considerable delay in warning the population of the danger, the imprudent management of resources in prevention, then many speak of delay in rescue or even total absence. As for the climatic phenomenon of the so-called cold drop that are talking about in this case, it seems that experts argue that it is an event that has already affected the Valencia region in the past, but amplified by climate change; in fact, the Mediterranean is abnormally hot and has accumulated a lot of energy.
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Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: Nov 02, 2024
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Extreme events that exceed human defenses

According to experts even in countries that enjoy relative well-being such as Spain, extreme events caused by climate change exceed human defenses and the measures that are being taken to deal with them, given what happened in the Valencia region with over one hundred and fifty victims and dozens of missing due to floods and landslides; but some complain that excessive overbuilding, poor water maintenance as well as delays in activating warnings and alarms may have played a role in what is considered a real disaster for the country. It also seems that people do not know what to do in case of floods and even if warned they do not know how to get to safety and the rescue mechanism should be strengthened; in fact, it seems that there were people who clung to trees and railings for hours before someone saved them.
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Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: Oct 31, 2024
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A code to counter the artificial intelligence

With increasingly realistic images, videos and texts generated by artificial intelligence, it is necessary according to experts to find a method to identify reality from function, putting a warning that it is non-real material could be a solution; but could also put a code for example on an image to be able to verify on a website if it is reality or fiction. Others argue that the amount of energy absorbed by generative artificial intelligence is simply excessive, what may seem like a simple request to an application perhaps capable of creating texts in a few moments, enriching them with images and videos seems to be enough to keep a light on for tens of minutes so much so that it will be necessary to build modular nuclear power plants to fuel all these enormous energy demands.
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Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: Oct 30, 2024
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Coral triangle threatened by drilling

What is defined as one of the areas with the greatest marine biodiversity in the world and which extends for about ten million square kilometers between Indonesia, Malaysia, Papua New Guinea, Singapore, Philippines, Timor-Leste and the Solomon Islands would be threatened by drilling for the exploitation of fossil resources and therefore oil, gas, LNG and other industrial activities. The complaint filed by environmentalists coincides with the COP16 conference on biodiversity being held in Colombia. In addition to three-quarters of the coral species, this naturalistic triangle is home to six of the world's seven marine turtle species, and whales and other marine mammals find nourishment. It talks about the large number of exploitation concessions awarded in the future and how there is an area defined as very sensitive that should be protected in particular.
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Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: Oct 29, 2024
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Study on relationship between ice melt and eruptions

Starting from data relating to the melting of ice in Iceland that could cause possible eruptions, a study hypothesizes that climate change could cause a new era characterized by eruptions in the coming decades, for example if this were to happen in Antarctica where volcanoes abound under a thick layer of ice; then triggering a mechanism that feeds itself with continuous rise in the seas with heavy consequences on coastal cities. In practice, if an eruption caused sea levels to rise even slightly, it would end up contributing to intensifying the extreme effects of climate change. To report changing the subject but remaining on naturalistic issues the wave of bad weather that affected Liguria and Sardinia regions in Italy with cloudbursts and floods, there is talk of one missing in Arenzano and one near Cagliari, then also alert in Piedmont.
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Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: Oct 28, 2024
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Philippines in trouble after tropical storm

The tropical storm called "Trami" that in recent days has lashed the Philippines, especially large areas in the north and the Bicol region, would have caused at least eighty-seven victims, dozens of missing then there is talk of collapsed bridges, significant damage, half a million people forced to leave their homes. Rescue workers have difficulty reaching inaccessible areas and there is talk of people still waiting on the roofs to be rescued, then there is fear of famine and for example in the province of Camarines Sur food and water are scarce and many areas remain completely submerged and inaccessible, then the provinces of Batangas and Bicol have been severely hit by the vortex and they are still trying to dig in the mud with makeshift means to look for missing people due to landslides and in general the roads are often impassable due to fallen trees and debris of all kinds.
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Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: Oct 26, 2024
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In future no more electronic cigarettes in England

It seems that it was mainly environmental reasons that led the British authorities to decide to ban the sale of electronic cigarettes from a date set for about the middle of next year; In fact, the large amount of these electronic devices thrown on the streets had become an ecological problem given the presence of small lithium batteries inside them, so much so that assembled together they could in theory ensure the traction of many electric cars. (Proposals also for the restriction of the sale of "polluting" traditional cigarettes). It should be noted that a tropical storm is affecting large areas of India starting from the Bay of Bengal, particularly affected the Odisha; there is talk of hundreds of thousands of people evacuated, schools closed in the affected areas and considerable inconvenience for the population.
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Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: Oct 25, 2024
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Bad weather over the Philippines and Indonesia

A tropical storm affects large areas of the Philippines, with consequent landslides and floods, there is talk of thousands of people forced to leave their homes others who have had to climb on roofs to avoid being swept away by the rivers of water that have formed in the streets. As for Indonesia two weeks of intense rainfall would have caused flooding in central areas of the Kalimantan regency, eighty-eight thousand people affected by bad weather. It should be noted changing the subject but remaining on naturalistic issues that in Sicily region in Italy despite the rains the water emergency remains; in fact, it seems that is not possible to channel the water into the reservoirs and in addition to the inconvenience for the population due to the scarcity of drinking water, some construction sites are at a standstill as they cannot operate in the absence of sufficient water resources.
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Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: Oct 24, 2024
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Increase in sales of e-cigarettes in Vietnam

Statistics regarding the sale of e-cigarettes to thirteen and fifteen-year-old students in Vietnam would show an increase defined as alarming from three and a half percent in 2022 to eight in 2023, then even among adults the trend is for a sharp increase; despite the fact that the country has made progress in reducing the sale of traditional cigarettes. International authorities recommend imposing taxes of at least seventy-five percent on the selling price of cigarettes in order to effectively discourage purchases, then must bear in mind the heavy health damage that can be linked to smoking with costs that fall on health systems that are increasingly short of funding and sometimes in serious difficulty in various countries around the world. It should be noted that recently in Italy there was talk of a case of an electronic cigarette that exploded in the mouth.
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Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: Oct 23, 2024
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A hurricane lashes the island of Cuba

There would be six victims with many homes damaged in Cuba due to the hurricane called "Oscar" characterized by gusts of wind, heavy rains and floods while there is talk of considerable inconvenience in the capital Havana even if the continuous interruptions in the supply of electricity have been partially resolved (but in the rest of the country the complaints continue). The authorities are trying to cope with the situation by having scarce resources also due to a prolonged economic crisis and it is not possible to solve the structural energy shortage with power lines often damaged by extreme weather phenomena. It should be noted changing the subject but remaining on naturalistic issues that the wave of bad weather that is affecting Italy has recently hit the Calabria region and in particular areas in the province of Catanzaro with cloudbursts and consequent floods.
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Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: Oct 22, 2024
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Flood damage in Emilia Romagna region in Italy

The companies that had been flooded a short time ago and last year are again more or less in the same conditions due to the wave of bad weather that has affected Italy, there is talk of one victim and three thousand displaced people near Bologna, a city where water and mud from the buried canals are still shoveled. As far as damage it is estimated that this year's with also the previous floods is close to or reaches as sums to be allocated for repairs those required last year to cope with the flood, damage then for example also in Sicily and Basilicata. It should be noted changing the subject but remaining on naturalistic issues that the hurricane called "Oscar", characterized by wind gusts that reach one hundred and thirty kilometers per hour is affecting the island already tried by continuous interruptions in the supply of electricity.
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Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: Oct 21, 2024
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Vanuatu emissions compared to Australian emissions

The Vanuatu Islands would have released about one hundred and twenty thousand tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere in 2020 (less than 0.02 percent of global emissions) compared to almost three hundred and eighty million tons of Australia, so with other Pacific islands they continue their legal actions to safeguard their nations, but it is estimated that the ocean level will rise by at least fifteen centimeters in the next thirty years and ninety percent of the population live within five kilometers of the coast with inevitable growing concern. Vanuatu, Fiji, Kiribati, Papua New Guinea and Tuvalu should be a case to keep in mind in order to leverage the change needed to tackle the global warming, also considering that they are nations that have contributed minimally to fueling it while suffering the greatest consequences.
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Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: Oct 19, 2024
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Poverty in the world for over a billion people

The difficulty of having a decent standard of living and at the same time fearing for one's safety concerns a large number of people in the world, then it is estimated that over a billion people live in extreme poverty (children would be about half); then, for example, the conflicts that are upsetting the planet frustrate the efforts made to reduce poverty. India, Pakistan, Ethiopia, Nigeria, Democratic Republic of the Congo are the countries with the highest number of people in extreme poverty. Some speak of migrations caused by climate change and the abandonment of previously cultivated land, this is also due to a lack of appropriations and aid to deal with new unforeseen situations (which often require structural interventions) and this leads to a vicious circle with scarcity on the global food market and consequent continuous rise in prices.
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Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: Oct 18, 2024
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Poor health status of surface waters in Europe

Due to climate change, pollution (for example coal use, car emissions and pesticide), degraded habitat and unregulated use of water resources only about one third of surface waters in Europe would enjoy a good health or high ecological status, which would be a measure related to the health of the aquatic ecosystem; at least from what emerges from the data of an environmental agency that warns of how this is an unprecedented challenge, then there is talk of reducing water consumption as a priority as well as restoring ecosystems. To be noted changing the subject but remaining on naturalistic issues the wave of bad weather that hit Liguria region in Italy with flooding and landslides, particularly affected Albenga and Finale Ligure, then it seems that almost a waterfall formed from a bridge between Varazze and Arenzano.
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Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: Oct 17, 2024
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States that protect the neural privacy of the mind

Neurotechnology companies are investing increasingly large sums to develop devices capable of interacting with the brain and California, Colorado and Chile have reportedly approved legislation to protect neural privacy. We are talking about a near future in which a wearable device for example triggers an advertisement suitable for satisfying a certain food desire or monitors the actions that are carried out and in the case of a fixed device we also come to hypothesize much more questionable cases. Brain data would be the next frontier of privacy and it is necessary to plan the sector with specific regulations that can protect this fundamental personal good; then it is necessary to take into account whether actions can be influenced by generative artificial intelligence or by applications that exploit neurotechnologies.
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Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: Oct 16, 2024
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Nuclear energy for artificial intelligence

To fuel the enormous energy demands of systems that support generative artificial intelligence a well-known company, that has a monopoly for example in the online search market and other widespread applications, would be willing to use multiple small modular nuclear reactors (the first module is expected to be used by 2030, but first it will be necessary to obtain all the certifications from the authorities that regulate the nuclear sector). It is estimated that the demand in general for data processing centers could about triple by 2030, but some argue that it is not clear what the real consumption of artificial intelligence alone is; then as far as expensive nuclear modules built in factories instead of in a certain outdoor site there is talk of not respecting economies of scale very much and there are also problems related to the disposal of radioactive waste.
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Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: Oct 15, 2024
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Reconstruction with criteria after floods

After a building has been flooded or a house damaged by floods, there is a tendency to rebuild or repair them as they were before, but this habit must change, at least according to researchers who argue that we could soon find ourselves in the same conditions (if not worse since emissions are still increasing instead of decreasing). Sometimes are forced by regulations and various contracts made to protect the property, but it is clear that in the event of a new flood the costs of dealing with the situation will recur and will be increasingly burdensome; so it is undoubtedly adapting buildings to climate change. Changing the subject but remaining on naturalistic issues the recent torrential rainfall in Marrakesh in Morocco is worth mentioning, there is talk of roads transformed into torrents and considerable inconvenience for the population.
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Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: Oct 14, 2024
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Ask your doctor if they use AI

A patient's personal data could be used by generative artificial intelligence platforms (raising questions related to privacy), at least according to the predictions of experts who warn that apparently some doctors already use artificial intelligence applications for example to automatically write the medical record by transcribing conversations with patients, then as these questionable technologies develop they will always be most used to increase the information obtained with visits. It has been noted that artificial intelligence is not always able to translate particular types of accents in a language, making errors of interpretation; then it is better to ask the doctor if he uses artificial intelligence, in this case also to verify that the documentation is correct.
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Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: Oct 12, 2024
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Damage due to a hurricane in Florida

There would be over ten victims in Florida due to hurricane "Milton", but there is talk of a provisional toll while it is estimated that the damage is considerable even if some say less than expected, from satellite the vortex seemed frightening in size but when it touched the ground it lost power, the gusts of wind still exceeded two hundred kilometers per hour with torrential rainfall that flooded the roads and inevitable inconvenience for the population; then houses destroyed, roofs uncovered or damaged, trees uprooted. To be noted shifting the attention to other scenarios, the wave of bad weather in Lombardy region in Italy with flooding and landslides, while in the southern regions an anomalous heat is expected in the coming days for the season with temperatures well over thirty degrees Celsius due to the arrival of an African anticyclone.
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Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: Oct 11, 2024
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Remains of a hurricane reach France

The "Kirk" hurricane, significantly weakened, affected areas in the south of France causing one victim, then there is talk of interruption of the electricity supply and flooded roads due to torrential rainfall; damage previously also in Portugal and Spain with uprooted trees. In Italy one person is missing due to the flooding of the Piave river in Veneto region, the level of the rivers monitored in Trentino and Liguria regions is high. To be noted by changing the subject but remaining on naturalistic themes of the victims (at a boarding house) in Florida due to dozens of tornadoes caused by Hurricane "Milton", the authorities warn people who did not want to leave their homes not to move because the weather conditions are prohibitive and it would also be difficult to intervene for any rescue, two million users without electricity supply.
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Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: Oct 10, 2024
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More and more hurricanes will form in Gulf of Mexico

Temperatures monitored in summer in the waters of the Gulf of Mexico would have reached a record in August and according to researchers more and more hurricanes will form due to this anomalous warming caused by an uncontrolled use of fossil fuels and faster and faster. In practice with twenty-five degrees Celsius a hurricane is unlikely to form, with twenty-seven it is more likely and with the current thirty it could be the norm and therefore also in the future. Six million people have left Florida to avoid being hit by the now Category four hurricane "Milton", which has an unusual trajectory and may be heading toward Tampa Bay. Changing the subject to report the wave of bad weather in northern regions of Italy, while Sicily is still struggling with low rainfall and complaints from the population in some centers about the lack of drinking water.
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Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: Oct 09, 2024
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Heated discussions around the COP29 conference

While discussions continue among states that will participate in the COP29 conference on the reduction of polluting emissions in Azerbaijan in Baku, for example around the allocations to be allocated to developing nations affected by climate change that it has not caused, some say that perhaps we are already looking at the next COP30 to be held in Brazil and that now we find ourselves practically on the same low-profile line as the last COP28 in Dubai, defined as decidedly not very incisive. To be noted changing the subject but remaining on naturalistic issues evacuations in Florida due to the arrival of the potentially very dangerous category five hurricane called "Milton" just over a week after Hurricane "Helene" which left a trail of destruction in this state and in North Carolina there is still talk of places awaiting the intervention of rescue.
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Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: Oct 08, 2024
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Beach at night in Dubai due to excessive heat

Temperatures in Dubai frequently reach forty degrees Celsius, often with high humidity, and the beaches are too fiery to be frequented, so illuminated stretches would have been set up to allow bathers access at night, then there are also lifeguards equipped with binoculars that allow night vision and nets in the sea against sharks; is talking about over a million people who have visited the more than eight hundred meters of beaches equipped for night use with temperatures that drop to about thirty-two degrees. The working conditions in Dubai during the day with that heat are very difficult and workers can find a moment of leisure and recovery from prohibitive temperatures, then even the many tourists who visit the big city famous for its sumptuous skyscrapers and illuminated water features can find relief from the excessive heat.
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Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: Oct 07, 2024
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From an image to a video with artificial intelligence

The unstoppable advance of generative artificial intelligence continues with new functions that apparently are much appreciated by those who make questionable completely false images (so-called deepfakes) and now there is talk of the arrival of an application that will allow to go from a photo to a video up to about sixteen seconds even by equipping it with audio; for example, animating a photograph of an event by making it become a video. It should not, according to the first statements, be a substitute for traditional artistic animations; but some doubt on this topic seems obvious as this far too automated technology develops. Another question is about the energy costs to create these animations that use sophisticated microprocessors and also for those who watch them, activating servers and computing centers located halfway around the world.
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Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: Oct 05, 2024
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Difficulties in North Carolina hit by a strong hurricane

The search for victims in North Carolina presents considerable difficulties especially in the mountains in areas west of the American state; in fact, the "Helene" hurricane has made the roads unusable, damaged the energy network, the communications network and there is also a lack of water. The number of missing is not clear, then the death toll rose to over two hundred (between Florida, Georgia, North and South Carolina, Virginia and Tennessee) and a week after the strong vortex that recalls the trail of destruction left by Hurricane Katrina in 2005, efforts are still being made to organise relief, aid and reconstruction. To be noted changing the subject but remaining on naturalistic issues evacuations as a precaution in Emilia Romagna even in the same areas hit hard by devastating floods in 2023, are talking about people exasperated by the precarious situation.
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Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: Oct 04, 2024
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Suspected H5N1 virus in park with feline in Vietnam

The samples analyzed in a laboratory in the Ho Chi Minh city in Vietnam would have advanced to the health authorities the high suspicion that the cause of the death of forty-four tigers, three lions and a leopard in two tourist sites in the provinces of Dong Nai and Long An in the south of the country may have been the H5N1 avian flu, then there is talk of investigations into other cases in safari parks. Three people who have been in close contact with animals that fell ill before death have been identified, the virus (which usually infects birds and poultry farms in many countries in Southeast Asia) can be transmitted to humans, so they are trying to trace the cases. Shifting attention to Italy, an outbreak of about one hundred cases of dengue in Fano in the Marche region, distributed products to avoid being bitten and the proliferation of mosquitoes.
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Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: Oct 03, 2024
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Typhoon approaches Taiwan

After lashing the remote islands of the Philippines causing eight injuries and one missing and over five thousand four hundred evacuations in areas to the north of the country, the typhoon called "Krathon", characterized by wind gusts of over two hundred kilometers per hour, is approaching Taiwan very slowly. The authorities have reportedly closed schools and financial markets as well as evacuated more than ten thousand people from the most vulnerable areas as a precaution and warn tourists to watch out for any high waves even if according to the weather forecast the strong vortex will lose power touching land passing into a tropical depression. Shifting attention to the United States to report that is approaching to one hundred and fifty the death toll of hurricane "Helene", it is also worth mentioning the financial burden on the private insurance sector given the large sum to be allocated to repair the damage.
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Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: Oxt 02, 2024
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More responsible use of plastic

In laboratory tests it has been seen that microplastics are harmful to a group of animals examined, so the researchers wonder why humans should be different and put forward the proposal to at least ban the use of plastic where it has been shown that it directly pollutes the environment, then act on all that large mass of plastic that then becomes microplastic and pay attention in general to all the plastic that is used daily also taking into account tires and textile fabrics (in the latter case, of course, buy garments in natural fabrics that are also healthier). Microplastics are now present everywhere on the planet even in the most remote areas and even incorporated into the corals of the seabed, then they easily end up in the food chain and often it is enough to analyze a food to find them.
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Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: Oct 01, 2024
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Torrential monsoon rains in Nepal

At least one hundred and seventy people have died in the Himalayan republic due to torrential monsoon rainfall with consequent devastating floods (the Bagmati river and part of its many tributaries have broken their banks), particularly affected the capital Kathmandu where entire blocks have been flooded with water, mud and debris. The highway that connects the big city with other important locations in the country was damaged. There is talk of people who had to jump from one roof to another until they found a suitable one to get down and save themselves without being dragged by the force of the mud, considerable damage to the capital and difficult intervention by rescuers. Changing the subject but remaining on naturalistic themes to report that the death toll from hurricane "Helene" in the United States has increased to almost one hundred.
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Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: Sep 30, 2024
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Trail of destruction in U.S. states hit by hurricane

The category four hurricane called "Helene" left a trail of destruction with uprooted trees, debris, flooded roads in Florida, Georgia, North and South Carolina, Virginia; forty-four is the death toll, then there is talk of serious flooding in areas of Georgia and North Carolina (in the latter state thousands of people were evacuated as a precaution due to the danger of a dam failure). The rescuers had to intervene in prohibitive conditions and three firefighters lost their lives, some cars were overwhelmed while traveling the streets by torrents of water and mud, then damaged houses and even some roofs uncovered; in Georgia the damage to a large energy group caused the interruption of the electricity supply to the entire infrastructure and in South Carolina more than forty percent of homes and businesses were without power.
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Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: Sep 28, 2024
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A hurricane lashes Florida and Georgia

At least three victims (two in Georgia and one in Florida) and a million homes were left without electricity supply due to the hurricane called "Helene" classified as category four and characterized by wind gusts that can reach two hundred and fifty kilometers per hour. The strong vortex first lashed Mexico and then Florida, Georgia and is affecting other neighboring states, there is talk of evacuations with the authorities very worried in case the population does not want to leave their homes, but appeals follow one another since it is also a matter of putting the lives of rescuers at risk. It must be considered that interventions in these weather conditions are becoming very difficult as is happening in many countries around the world affected by increasingly intense extreme phenomena and which would require specially designed special vehicles.
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Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: Sep 27, 2024
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Unlivable cities with three degrees Celsius more

By continuing to release the current quantities of carbon dioxide and other climate-changing gases into the atmosphere, temperatures in almost a thousand large cities around the world could exceed three Celsius degrees compared to pre-industrial levels, making them practically unlivable, at least according to a study that shows that heat waves would last months, with, for example, abnormal use of air conditioners for skyscrapers (and in general for every habitable room); then with the significant increase in the risk of insect-borne diseases such as dengue, zika and chikungunya. Heat waves would go from lasting about sixteen days, in a scenario calculated at less than one and a half degrees Celsius of global warming, to twenty-four days with three degrees of increase and their frequency would go from almost five times each year to over six; therefore with huge demand for the use of air conditioners.
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Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: Sep 26, 2024
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The oceans are becoming too acidic

The critical threshold to sustain life in the world's oceans could soon be exceeded due to the excessive emission of fossil fuels that until now have been largely absorbed by the oceans, then their function as climate stabilizers would be lacking; at least according to a report by researchers that describes the details of nine regulatory factors crucial to allowing the planet to support life. Human activities by increasing the emissions of carbon dioxide that dissolves in the water acidify the seas, thus also destroying the food chain that supports billions of people. To be noted changing the subject but remaining on naturalistic themes, the wave of bad weather that has crossed Italy and has mainly affected the Tuscany region, there is talk of two missing near Pisa and flooding in the province of Livorno.
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Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: Sep 25, 2024
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New type of activated carbon that captures PFAS

Trying to capture and destroy PFAS, persistent pollutants that remain in the environment for a very long time (called also "forever chemicals") has become a priority goal for researchers given the damage they cause; they are present in water and therefore in the food chain with consequent damage to health and the environment. They are present in a large number of products widely used such as in non-stick coatings of pans, as waterproofing agents in jackets and other fabrics, in cosmetics and conventional methods fail to break the very resistant molecules of their chemical bonds. It seems that Canadian researchers have developed a procedure with a new type of activated carbon that succeeds in this difficult task by using fragments of wood in a solution of iron chloride and burned at high temperature.
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Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: Sep 24, 2024
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Flooding in Japan's Ishikawa region

Rainfall defined as unprecedented has affected the Ishikawa region of central Japan with consequent flooding and landslides, there is talk of one victim, at least seven missing and tens of thousands of people evacuated. The banks of a dozen rivers on the west coast of the country were damaged and had been hit by a strong earthquake on New Year's Day (two hundred and thirty-six victims) with epicenter near Noto, now particularly affected by flooding, as well as the cities of Wajima and Suzu, then also the prefectures of Niigata and Yamagata. The authorities have warned the population not to put their lives at risk due to the high-risk situation due to the large amount of rain that has fallen with records in rain gauges compared to the data available since 1929 with over one hundred and twenty millimeters of rain for now monitored in Wajima in the morning.
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Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: Sep 23, 2024
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Displaced also in Marche region due to floods

The alert continues in Emilia Romagna region in Italy for possible further floods and landslides due to heavy rainfall due to the passage in Italy of storm "Boris" (twenty-four victims in Europe in Romania, Czechoslovakia, Poland, Austria), there is talk of two thousand five hundred displaced people and also in the Marche region some areas have been flooded especially in the province of Ancona. Complaints in Faenza city from the inhabitants who for the third time find themselves with the house flooded and full of mud and debris, perhaps just completely renovated, then the damage to the crops with the plants again under water and muddy soils where it is difficult to intervene. In Ravenna it seems that the situation is very similar to that of May last year of full emergency, so little has been done to secure the territory regarding hydrogeological instability.
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Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: Sep 21, 2024
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Vast fires in Portugal

At least seven people have been killed by fires in central and northern areas of Portugal, then there is talk of many houses burned, tens of thousands of hectares of forest and vegetation gone up in smoke; the authorities who have declared a state of emergency that allows the mobilization of over five thousand firefighters to face the often uncontrollable flames (teams have also arrived from Spain to help). The case of suspicious fires is being investigated, while experts argue that climate change combined with the abandonment of traditional forestry and cultivation techniques leave many dry brushwood that often burn easily as a trigger. To report shifting the attention to an opposite scenario, as is happening for the flooded areas in Emilia Romagna, the problem of repairing embankments without having built expansion basins and floodplain areas.
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Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: Sep 20, 2024
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Bad weather in Italy with floods in Emilia Romagna

Yet another wave of bad weather in Italy characterized by heavy rainfall in some regions and especially in Emilia Romagna region, often in areas already flooded last year, there is talk of flooding of several rivers as happened in Faenza due to overflows of the Lamone and Marzeno, then municipalities flooded with over a thousand people evacuated (..two missing); particularly affected areas of Ravenna and Forli, the authorities recommend staying on the upper floors and not traveling also due to the danger of landslides. To report the controversial and tragic story relating to a firefighter overwhelmed by the flooding of a canal in the province of Foggia in Puglia region after saving some people trapped in their cars due to a cloudburst with controversy regarding the maintenance of the canal; in fact, it seems that due to its poor receptivity the debris has accumulated hindering the flow of water.
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Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: Sep 19, 2024
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Plastic used for few minutes and thrown away

A simple gesture that has become common in the world such as taking a plastic cup filled with a drink and throwing it away after a few minutes or even seconds could be a serious damage to the environment and this often happens for a large number of plastic containers that may be apparently comfortable, practical and convenient but constitute a big risk for the food chain. Efforts are being made at international level this year to reach an agreement to limit plastic pollution; in fact, it is estimated that four hundred million metric tons of plastic end up in the environment every year, an evidently enormous amount with devastating impact for the entire ecosystem. United Arab Emirates residents are said to have one of the highest volumes of plastic waste in the world, and single-use plastic makes up forty percent of all plastic used in the country.
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Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: Sep 18, 2024
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Tackling floods in Europe

Following the heavy rainfall that has raised the level of many large rivers in Europe to worrying levels due to storm "Boris" further flooding is expected due to flood waves, the authorities in Germany and Austria are trying to deal with the situation even if some argue that it is necessary to carry out structural works for example to avoid substantial damage to the cultural and artistic heritage (not counting the twenty-one victims, the twelve thousand evacuations in Czechoslovakia, the state of emergency in Poland); then the costs to repair the damage would be higher than those that had to be invested to limit global warming. To be noted changing the subject but remaining on naturalistic issues the fires that are devastating the vegetation of the Brasilia National Park releasing columns of smoke that are suffocating the big city in a pall of dense haze also struggling with a prolonged drought defined as historic.
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Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: Sep 17, 2024
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Pirates in jacket and necktie

By now the traditional image of the pirates organizes in groups from corsairs armed of guns and knives to the cingula have yielded the step to the new predator dressed in jacket and necktie that is annoying the web (bandits that unload entire site and they identify the protection keys, steal the symbols, musics..), even with one name of all security that hides the deceit to before the tacking of click. As an example writing "salutary.eu" on a famous search engine between the entrance connections to the site www.salutistico.it, others do not authorize links appear between which also one to those in order to unload freewares, but that practically they turn out to payment through Dialer. Attention to the pirates, exploratory of the web Internet, sails in sure waters; in fact the Demo of the program "Well-being Body - Mind - Soul" deposited that it enjoys all the copyrights can unload free from my salutary.eu Internet site or salutary.eu compiling the appropriate card of recording (and subsequently with relative password communicated) and I dissociate myself from the use of my software to payment for whichever site different from the mine. To notice unfortunately that also writing "salutistico.it" for the original site, are visualized links truculent or trap. - Lately is disappeared the intere site from some search engines.. (that evidently could use the same criteria of selection).
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Telephone: +39 338 1809310 Date: Jan 19, 2007
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