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04/17/2012
The anomaly of the Karakoram glaciers
The glaciers of the Karakoram, a mountain range that is part of the Himalayan mountain system, seem to behave differently...
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03/12/2012
Greenpeace report on sea floor around the Island of Giglio
Good news from the Island of Giglio two months after the Costa Concordia shipwreck. Greenpeace has just published a report on the conditions...
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02/07/2012
Lake Vostok has been reached
After over two decades of drilling, on Sunday 5th February, Russian scientists finally reached Lake Vostok...
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01/18/2012
A barrier for the cruise ship Costa
As soon as the rescue operations are finished, the activities to empty the fuel from the cruise ship Costa Concordia will begin...
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12/01/2011
Antarctica Day
On 1 December Antarctica Day will be celebrated all over the world in order to remember the Antarctic Treaty signed 52 years ago, but which came into force only in 1961...
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11/24/2011
Photovoltaic panels illuminate the Antarctic
Spain's Antarctic station Gabriel de Castilla will be powered by solar energy. In fact, by the end of December, a shipment of photovoltaic modules will reach...
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09/19/2011
Ötzi's anniversary
On 19 September 1991, a German couple found a mummy while they were hiking on the Giogo di Tisa Ridge...
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06/08/2011
World Oceans Day 2011
The 8th June is World Oceans Day - WOD, a celebration established in 1992 at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro and officially recognised by the United Nations only in 2008
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06/25/2010
It is time for the beach…
According to the 2009 report on bathing waters presented by the Ministry of Health, the quality of bathing waters in Italy is basically stable.
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06/08/2010
World Oceans Day
The 8th June is World Oceans Day - WOD, a celebration established in 1992 at the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro and officially recognised by the United Nations only in 2008.
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05/21/2010
Free to drink
It is better to drink water from a public drinking fountain or from the tap rather than from plastic bottles!
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