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Due to torrential rainfall that recently affected large areas in the south of the country there are reports of difficulties for the population dealing with repeated floods and landslides, for example the Arequipa region was particularly affected with thousands of houses swept away by rivers of mud and debris due to an extreme phenomenon called "Coastal El Nino" which also causes sea level rise along the coasts. To report moving the attention to other scenarios yet another eruption of the Kilauea volcano in Hawaii with volcanic material projected over long distances onto some inhabited areas forcing the partial closure of a section of highway; then in Italy a magnitude 5.9 tremor with an epicenter at great depth near Anacapri in the Gulf of Naples did not cause damage, but the earthquake did not go unnoticed due to the peculiarity of this rare phenomenon.

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Tel:    +39 338 1809310          Date:   Mar 11, 2026                  n°:   6201      
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Due to intense rainfall a large heap of waste collapsed at Bantar Gebang near Jakarta caused by the long-standing problem of managing the largest site that collects the metropolis' waste, is talk of at least five victims buried in the collapse and four missing; moreover, one victim died due to a falling tree in the city because of strong wind gusts, along with heavy rains causing floods and impassable roads. To report shifting the focus to Italy the danger that the landslide movement in Niscemi in Sicily may continue, at least according to some data monitored through instrumental analysis of the area; the solution seems to be to prevent water infiltration by adopting measures that had already been identified in the past, but apparently nothing concrete has been done, raising questions about the allocated funds.

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Tel:    +39 338 1809310          Date:   Mar 10, 2026                  n°:   6200      
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There are reportedly at least three hundred victims due to heavy rainfall in the Democratic Republic of Congo resulting in a landslide that affected the Rubaya area where there are mines extracting for example coltan used in the manufacture of smartphones, tablets, and computers. This is the third time in less than two months that a landslide has occurred with a total toll of about seven hundred victims, then there is also talk of the danger of further landslides because the ground is still unstable in an area where other serious incidents of this kind have occurred, with precarious working conditions and in theory with artisanal extraction. To report on a different topic but still related to natural events eight victims were reported in southern Michigan in USA due to a tornado that recently affected Branch county near the Union city.

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Tel:    +39 338 1809310          Date:   Mar 09, 2026                  n°:   6199      
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Climate change fuels linked extreme events such as heatwaves that lead to subsequent sudden droughts which are very harmful to vegetation in all countries of the world, at least according to researchers who highlight that the frequency of these extreme events has risen from about two and a half percent globally per year around 1980 to over sixteen percent in 2023 the last year monitored for the study considering that 2024 and 2025 have been on average very hot years. Sometimes the drought event precedes the heatwave, but apparently the damage is greater if the heatwave occurs first and then the drought; further, there is talk of sudden droughts that do not leave farmers time to prepare properly causing significant damage compared to normal drought events. The maximum impact occurs with heatwaves, droughts and fires together.

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Tel:    +39 338 1809310          Date:   Mar 07, 2026                  n°:   6198      
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A detailed analysis of videos appearing online on a social media platform showing humanoid warrior robots like those in science fiction films, revealed that these are videos created with generative artificial intelligence, essentially these are computerized video productions (with sequences of images reworked and assembled) showing Asian dancing robots performing specific dance routines already generally known to the public; however even if these videos are fake, there remains the unease that these warrior robots could soon become a reality. A super-athlete robot endowed with super-intelligence far superior to human intelligence is in theory already just around the corner in a figurative sense as far as technology and it goes without saying that prohibitions should be put in place to prevent this aberrant scenario from becoming reality.

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Tel:    +39 338 1809310          Date:   Mar 06, 2026                  n°:   6197      
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Many studies (apparently about ninety percent) regarding sea level rise are based on static models without taking into account waves, currents, wind, tides, temperature changes, so according to researchers the actual level of rise is probably underestimated. We are talking about tens of millions more people who could be threatened by sea level rise, moreover in many cases it does not concern a hypothetical future but the current reality and it does not only change the retreating coastline but also the real lives of people forced to abandon their homes. The authorities planning actions to counteract damages related to sea level rise might have an incomplete picture of the situation; in fact, the flooded areas will be much wider than previously thought and the real impact on the population should already be considered.

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Tel:    +39 338 1809310          Date:   Mar 05, 2026                  n°:   6196      
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The recent fluctuations in the fossil fuel market due to conflicts in important areas for the supply of oil and gas, with sharply rising prices and rather worrying forecasts for the energy markets make a transition to renewable energy increasingly necessary, but it must be truly renewable with a controlled supply chain, low emissions in production, environmentally sustainable raw materials and respect for labor conditions in extraction from the ground. For example it seems that in Africa last year there was a record fifty-four percent increase in solar capacity, more than half with solar farms connected to the electricity grid and installed under the initiative of authorities, and many countries around the world have made progress in this regard; then more investment would be needed in geothermal energy and in energy obtained from tides.

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Tel:    +39 338 1809310          Date:   Mar 04, 2026                  n°:   6195      
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It is estimated that breast cancer cases diagnosed worldwide will reach three and a half million by 2050, these are data that make us reflect on how necessary it is to focus on prevention for example by limiting the consumption of red meat, eliminating tobacco smoking, controlling blood sugar levels, paying attention to alcohol, maintaining a proper weight and engaging in regular physical activity, even if the majority of breast cancer cases apparently are not attributable to lifestyle and women should be attentive to changes in their bodies. While mortality in developed countries has decreased by thirty percent from 1990 to 2023 thanks to decades of investment in identifying suspicious cases with mammography and intervening early, in developing countries the trend is the opposite with mortality nearly doubling in the same period.

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Tel:    +39 338 1809310          Date:   Mar 03, 2026                  n°:   6194      
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After the collapse of a well-known "postcard tourist" arch on a sea stack on the coast of Salento in Puglia in Italy two weeks ago, the danger of collapses from storm surges now concerns the cliffs along the coast of Ostuni in the Brindisi province, it is a coastline rich in valuable natural architectures considered at geomorphological risk and it is proposed to place breakwaters on the seabed to cushion the impact of the waves on the coast. Coastal erosion is a global problem and for example in Indonesia on the island of Rangsang in the Meranti Islands Regency it had recently been noted that the damage caused to the coast tended to increase due to the north wind when it affected the waves towards the end of last year, with threats to agriculture and severe coastal erosion being reported.

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Tel:    +39 338 1809310          Date:   Mar 02, 2026                  n°:   6193      
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In case of prolonged sun exposure it is advisable to use a protective sunscreen, but apparently the sun protection factor that appears stamped with a prominent number on the packaging may not be entirely reliable; in fact, some researchers claim that the protection is broad-spectrum but refers to the protective factor only for the more superficial UVB rays, while UVA (ultraviolet A) rays penetrate more deeply and both can cause DNA damage and consequently potential skin cancers. The higher the protective factor number the longer one can theoretically stay under the sun without getting sunburned, but it also depends on various factors; generally, two milligrams per square centimeter of skin should be applied and the applications in the time would be repeated, and then there would also be ecological considerations regarding these products especially in the case of swimming in the sea.

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Tel:    +39 338 1809310          Date:   Feb 28, 2026                  n°:   6192      
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