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Oxygen is becoming scarce in the waters of the Gulf of Mexico, so much so that a record "dead zone" has formed. Saying so is the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration – NOAA, the federal agency dealing with meteorology and…
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2017 will be remembered in Italy not only for the record temperatures but also for the great drought that is gripping almost the entire peninsula in this torrid month of July. From north to south there is an emergency: two-thirds…
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As expected, one of the largest icebergs in the history of the Antarctic continent has detached itself from Larsen C, in Antarctica. A68, as the iceberg has been called, has an area of approx. 6,000 square kilometres and an average…
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The vast ice expanses of Greenland, so far away from cities, traffic and industrial activities, might appear to us as uncontaminated and unpolluted places. Contrary to what is commonly thought, the Arctic and its ice have become a reservoir of…
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It has had the eyes of the scientific community and satellites focussed on it for several years, but never as in recent days. We are talking about Larsen C, a glacial platform located in the north-western part of the Weddell…
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Above-average seasonal temperatures and low rainfall this last spring, that continues to be missing this summer just started, are putting significant strain on Italian agriculture. In the provinces of Parma and Piacenza a state of emergency has already been declared:…
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8 June is World Oceans Day - established on 8 June 1992 during the environmental summit in Rio de Janeiro and recognized in 2008 by the United Nations - to underline the importance of this inestimable common heritage, covering 71%…
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A molecule able to remove hydrocarbons from the sea has been identified. The news comes from Egypt and Saudi Arabia, where a group of researchers has tested one of the polymers considered to be most environmentally friendly for purifying water.…
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A team of glaciologists and engineers from France, Italy, Russia and the United States is ready to go up to 4,300 metres above sea level for the international “memory of ice” protection project. On 15 August the researchers will go…