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11 December 2018 / Earth

International Mountain Day

Today, 11 December, is International Mountain Day...

4 December 2018 / Space

Twinkle twinkle little star

The Christmas comet 46P/Wirtanen is crossing the sky. 46P is one of the large family of young comets: these are…

3 December 2018 / Air

COP24, the most eagerly awaited meeting on climate, gets off to a start

COP 24, has begun in the Polish city of Katowice...

30 November 2018 / Life

Shortfin Mako sharks at risk due to fishing

Shortfin Mako sharks, thus named due to the size of their pectoral fins, and cousins of great white sharks, are…

27 November 2018 / Space

InSight arrives on Mars

A photo taken through a dusty porthole announces the success of the InSight mission. After a 458-million-kilometre journey, the NASA…

23 November 2018 / Air

New record for CO2 in the atmosphere

Just a few days from the inauguration of Cop 24 – the United Nations World Conference on Climate due to be…

21 November 2018 / Life

National Tree Day

Trees make an essential contribution to life: they provide refuge for many animals, they transform carbon dioxide into oxygen using…

20 November 2018 / Life

Under the sign of the Bear

Thirty thousand years ago, on the walls of the Chauvet-Pont d'Arc cave in Southern France, primitive artists painted woolly mammoths,…

15 November 2018 / Air

2018: record-breaking heat in Italy

The year 2018, according to data processed by ISPRA (Higher Institute for Environmental Protection and Research) was the hottest year…