school energy&environment
Landscapes
Natural landscape are the fruit of a delicate balance, created in geological times, between the various natural agents, the different forces, the different processes acting on the surface of and underneath the Earth’s crust. It is not a static and immutable balance, but a “dynamic” one, where the processes interact with each other continuously, limiting or magnifying each other in turn. Each one of man’s interventions affects this delicate balance, interfering with the natural processes, till when they are modified, at times in an irreversible manner. These forms of interference can be negative; and man, more or less knowingly, tends to trigger or amplify the geological processes that may turn out to be harmful. Through the analysis of the territory, in most of the cases it is possible to foresee the possible effects of man’s interventions: landscape analysis is a very important instrument, in the defence of the territory and its rational and respectful exploitation of the natural processes.
subjects dealt with in Landscapes
Factors that shape
Atmosphere and hydrosphere get in contact with rocks and minerals on the Earth’s surface, where rocks spontaneously adapt to the…
Landscape’s shape
In volcanic regions the landscape is also characterized by a series of minor but very fascinating phenomena, like geysers in…
Environment and territory
The environment is a system whose processes are continuously interacting with the organisms that live in it. We have seen,…
special reports
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10 January 2007 / Earth
Man and the mountain
Life on the mountains The antique populations that used to live at the bottom of the mountains didn’t face them…
7 January 2010 / Earth
Alps and Appennines
How a mountain chain is born The term orogeny was born from the Greek words oros (mountain) and genesis (origin);…
13 May 2013 / Earth
Small steps, great footprints
Which one takes up more space, an apple or a steak? Have you ever wondered how much space is taken…
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5 September 2007 / Earth
The Mediterranean sea
What is hidden below? The warm blue waters of the Mediterranean Sea and its varied coasts, attract millions of tourists…
3 December 2006 / Life
Sustainable agriculture
Eating in order to survive Agriculture is man’s main activity, it enables the production of food, that passes through shops…
15 March 2008 / Ecosystems
Biodiversity
Defining biodiversity Much is said about biodiversity and of the need to protect it. But what is biodiversity? And why…
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10 November 2011 / Earth
Landslides
Water and gravity in action Very punctually, with the arrival of the spring and autumn precipitations, the topic of landslides…
2 October 2011 / Earth
The hydrogeological risk
Inundations On the sides of watercourses are plains known as flood plains, that get flooded only occasionally after large amounts…
5 January 2005 / Earth
Tsunami in the Maldives
The tsunami On the 26th December 2004, an earthquake that took place 300 km west of the Island of Sumatra…
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10 January 2007 / Earth
Man and the mountain
Life on the mountains The antique populations that used to live at the bottom of the mountains didn’t face them…
7 January 2010 / Earth
Alps and Appennines
How a mountain chain is born The term orogeny was born from the Greek words oros (mountain) and genesis (origin);…
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13 May 2013 / Earth
Small steps, great footprints
Which one takes up more space, an apple or a steak? Have you ever wondered how much space is taken…
5 September 2007 / Earth
The Mediterranean sea
What is hidden below? The warm blue waters of the Mediterranean Sea and its varied coasts, attract millions of tourists…
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3 December 2006 / Life
Sustainable agriculture
Eating in order to survive Agriculture is man’s main activity, it enables the production of food, that passes through shops…
15 March 2008 / Ecosystems
Biodiversity
Defining biodiversity Much is said about biodiversity and of the need to protect it. But what is biodiversity? And why…
-
10 November 2011 / Earth
Landslides
Water and gravity in action Very punctually, with the arrival of the spring and autumn precipitations, the topic of landslides…
2 October 2011 / Earth
The hydrogeological risk
Inundations On the sides of watercourses are plains known as flood plains, that get flooded only occasionally after large amounts…
-
5 January 2005 / Earth
Tsunami in the Maldives
The tsunami On the 26th December 2004, an earthquake that took place 300 km west of the Island of Sumatra…
-
10 January 2007 / Earth
Man and the mountain
Life on the mountains The antique populations that used to live at the bottom of the mountains didn’t face them…
-
7 January 2010 / Earth
Alps and Appennines
How a mountain chain is born The term orogeny was born from the Greek words oros (mountain) and genesis (origin);…
-
13 May 2013 / Earth
Small steps, great footprints
Which one takes up more space, an apple or a steak? Have you ever wondered how much space is taken…
-
5 September 2007 / Earth
The Mediterranean sea
What is hidden below? The warm blue waters of the Mediterranean Sea and its varied coasts, attract millions of tourists…
-
3 December 2006 / Life
Sustainable agriculture
Eating in order to survive Agriculture is man’s main activity, it enables the production of food, that passes through shops…
-
15 March 2008 / Ecosystems
Biodiversity
Defining biodiversity Much is said about biodiversity and of the need to protect it. But what is biodiversity? And why…
-
10 November 2011 / Earth
Landslides
Water and gravity in action Very punctually, with the arrival of the spring and autumn precipitations, the topic of landslides…
-
2 October 2011 / Earth
The hydrogeological risk
Inundations On the sides of watercourses are plains known as flood plains, that get flooded only occasionally after large amounts…
-
5 January 2005 / Earth
Tsunami in the Maldives
The tsunami On the 26th December 2004, an earthquake that took place 300 km west of the Island of Sumatra…
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curiosities
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Mountains on the Earth
The different landscapes that we analysed in the previous section are distributed...
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The most populated cities in the world
In the last 50 years the world population has passed from 2.5 billion to 6 billion...
Soil erosion
Just like water, air and other natural elements, the soil may be considered a resource; it is, however, a non-renewable…
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Mountains on the Earth
The different landscapes that we analysed in the previous section are distributed...
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The most populated cities in the world
In the last 50 years the world population has passed from 2.5 billion to 6 billion...
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Soil erosion
Just like water, air and other natural elements, the soil may be considered a resource; it is, however, a non-renewable…
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Mountains on the Earth
The different landscapes that we analysed in the previous section are distributed...
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The most populated cities in the world
In the last 50 years the world population has passed from 2.5 billion to 6 billion...
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Soil erosion
Just like water, air and other natural elements, the soil may be considered a resource; it is, however, a non-renewable…