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Light in nature
Sunsets, rainbows, shades varying from blue to green in the sea and the immense range of colours of plants and animals are just a few examples of the rich variety of optical phenomena in nature. Our first experiences of light…
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Sunsets, rainbows, shades varying from blue to green in the sea and the immense range of colours of plants and animals are just a few examples of the rich variety of optical phenomena in nature. Our first experiences of light…
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Floods, extreme precipitation, droughts and melting glaciers: many of the major signs of climate change involve water. On this year's World Meteorological Day, the United Nations Meteorological Agency (WMO) is reinforcing the World Water Day message by focusing on the…
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Air pollution emergency in Italy: 2021 was also a "code red" year for many large cities in Italy, due to the high concentrations of fine particulate matter and ozone. The "Mal'aria di città 2022" report, the annual dossier on air…
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Copernicus, the European satellite monitoring service, has recently published new data on global climate and temperatures, showing that the last seven years have been the hottest on record at global level. In particular, last year ranked 5th, with values slightly…
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Researchers at Stanford University have studied an innovative process that could partly contribute to reducing atmospheric methane: a system of bioreactors containing bacteria fed with methane taken from the atmosphere, oxygen and other nutrients that can provide a protein food…
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In many European cities, poor air quality and exceeding the limit values for air pollutants are everyday problems. In particular, particulate matter (PM 10 and PM 2.5) is of greater health interest than other pollutants because it is associated with…
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On Saturday afternoon in Glasgow, representatives of more than 200 countries attending the COP26 United Nations climate change conference reached a final agreement on shared commitments and strategies to combat global warming. The conference was supposed to end on Friday…
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1 November was the first day of the summit, the opening ceremony of which began with a speech by British Prime Minister Boris Johnson. This was followed by statements from world leaders on their climate action. World leaders then began…
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Sunday 31 October saw the start of the COP26, the 2021 United Nations Climate Change Conference, attended by delegates from nearly 200 countries around the world, with the aim of committing to shared initiatives to combat climate change. The meeting…