Ecology

The Piccolo Cervino cable car is the highest in Europe: it reaches 3,883m and connects Italy and Switzerland

The Piccolo Cervino cable car is the highest in Europe: it reaches 3,883m and connects Italy and Switzerland

The highest cable car in Europe. Credit: Zermatt Bergbahnen AG Reaching the impressive height of 3,883 meters above sea level, the Piccolo Cervino cable car (also known as Matterhorn Glacier Ride) it is the highest in Europe. Breuil-Cervinia connection (Italy) in Zermatt (Swiss) exceeding the 900 m difference in altitude on a 4,000 meter route, and was created thanks to ...

A super El Niño threatens the winter of 2026/2027: the possible effects on Europe and the unpredictability

A super El Niño threatens the winter of 2026/2027: the possible effects on Europe and the unpredictability

The El Niño phenomenon is associated with higher-than-normal equatorial Pacific Ocean temperatures. Credit: NOAA While the seasonal thermal anomalies continue to put various regions of the planet to the test, the eyes of climatologists and meteorologists from all over the world are focused on the dynamics taking place inEquatorial Pacific Ocean. The latest projections developed by the main international calculation ...

Earthquake in Molise of magnitude 4.1, shock felt as far as Lazio, Abruzzo and Campania

Earthquake in Molise of magnitude 4.1, shock felt as far as Lazio, Abruzzo and Campania

The seismic shaking map published by INGV after the earthquake in Molise. Credit: INGV An earthquake shock magnitude 4.1 was recorded today, Saturday July 25that 00:08, in the province of Isernia, in Molise: as reported by INGV, the epicenter was located 2 km west of Pizzoneabout 20 km from Isernia, to a depth of approximately 10 km. . The hypocenter, ...

Earthquake in Macerata of magnitude 3.2, epicenter in Penna San Giovanni

Earthquake in Macerata of magnitude 3.2, epicenter in Penna San Giovanni

Earthquake in Macerata of magnitude 3.2 An earthquake shock magnitude 3.2 was recorded today, Friday July 24that 2.05pm, in the province of Macerata, in Marche: as reported by INGV, the epicenter was located 3 km from Penna San Giovannia town of about 1000 inhabitants located about 30 km from Macerata. The hypocenter, however, was detected at a depth of 16 ...

The bite of the triggerfish can break the shells of mollusks: how are its teeth made

The bite of the triggerfish can break the shells of mollusks: how are its teeth made

Triggerfish (Balistes capriscus). The triggerfish (Balistes capriscus) is one of the protagonists of the Balistidae family, recognizable by an anatomical peculiarity that gave it its name: the first dorsal finmade up of 3 thorny rays, locks in an upright position like the trigger of a medieval weapon. In recent days we have been hearing about it more and more often ...

Because swimming pool nozzles can be dangerous: the tightening approved by the Chamber

Because swimming pool nozzles can be dangerous: the tightening approved by the Chamber

Image generated with AI for illustrative purposes only. The Chamber of Deputies unanimously approved a amendment of the Sport decree which provides for the closure from the swimming pools open to the public if they present suction nozzles not up to standard. The debate reached Parliament after several people, mostly children, lost their lives in recent weeks after being trapped ...