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Lightning
Help! a storm! Man has always been afraid of lightning, in fact in the past lightning was considered a sign of the anger of the gods, but in reality, even though lightning may seem an exemplary punishment, the possibility of…
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State of the Climate, here are the World Meteorological Organization data
“We are nowhere near on track” are the words of Petteri Taalas, Secretary-General of the Word Meteorological Organization (WMO) commenting the latest climate data for 2019. The Organization took advantage of COP 25 in Madrid to publish the provisional version…
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Greenhouse Gas Bulletin: the concentration of greenhouse gases continues to increase
Once again in 2018, an increase has been recorded in the concentrations of the various greenhouse gases. This was stated in the Greenhouse Gas Bulletin, the annual report by the World Meteorological Organization (WMO), made public this morning: this relentless…
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The climate has already changed, new Legambiente report published
This morning, Legambiente’s Cittaclima 2019 report on the impact of climate changes in Italy was presented in Rome at the European Commission Representative Office in Italy. The document, entitled “The climate has already changed”, draws an accurate picture of the…
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Climate change lessons for everyone from September
Climate and sustainability will be key subjects in the curricula of schools all over Italy from the next school year. Minister of Education Fioramonti has in fact announced that, from September, global warming, climate change and sustainability will become subjects…
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Cop25: the climate conference will be held in Madrid
Spain will host the United Nations Climate Change Conference, COP25, to be held from 2 to 13 December this year. After Chile’s withdrawal, the UN officially declared the handover to the Spanish capital. After the announcement of Chile’s withdrawal by…
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Third global climate strike, 160 Italian cities involved
Once again today, people will be taking to the streets for the third global climate strike, after those held on 15 March and 24 May. In Italy, marches are planned in the morning in the centres of the 160 cities…
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Climate action summit: lots of talk, still not many facts
Antonio Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations, had made a clear plea: participants had been urged to arrive at the UN Summit on Climate on 23rd September with facts, not words. The participating Countries had been asked to arrive at…
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Ozone depletion at the lowest levels ever
According to scientists at the Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service (CAMS), this year the ozone hole will be particularly small, and may reach one of the lowest levels ever in the past 30 years. According to estimates, in fact, the hole…