Ecology

Glassy rocks discovered in Australia proving the impact of a large meteorite 11 million years ago

Glassy rocks discovered in Australia proving the impact of a large meteorite 11 million years ago

In Australia rocks with fragments of natural glass have been discovered (tektites) which would prove the impact of a meteorite on the earth approximately 11 million years agowhose has not yet been found crater: this is the conclusion of a study recently published in the international scientific journal Earth and Planetary Science Letters. Experts have delimited the impact region in ...

Geomagnetic storm, will we see the Northern Lights from Italy tonight? Because it's so hard to predict them

Geomagnetic storm, will we see the Northern Lights from Italy tonight? Because it’s so hard to predict them

Northern Lights spotted in Pietra di Bismantova, province of Reggio Emilia in the early hours of November 12, 2025. Credit: Andrea Casali After the G4 category geomagnetic storm (“severe”) that it caused Northern Lights also visible from Italy in the early hours of yesterday, the geomagnetic disturbance on Earth is still ongoing, currently as a storm category G1 (“minor”) with ...

Campi Flegrei, a new study explains why most earthquakes are low magnitude

Campi Flegrei, a new study explains why most earthquakes are low magnitude

The limits of the Campi Flegrei caldera, with the earthquake hypocentres. Credit: Zollo et al. THE earthquakes related to bradyseism occurred so far Phlegraean Fieldsalthough very numerous, have had for the most part low magnitude, less than 3. A new study published on explains why Nature Communications Earth & Environmentconducted by researchers from the “E. Pancini” Department of Physics of ...

Trump signs the end of the shutdown after 43 days: the impact on the USA and the economic effects

Trump signs the end of the shutdown after 43 days: the impact on the USA and the economic effects

The president Donald Trump signed a law on Wednesday 12 November that puts an end to the longer shutdown in US history, lasted 43 daysdeclaring that “It should never happen again.” The suspension resulted in the temporary closure of federal government operations. A few hours earlier, the House of Representativescontrolled by Republicans, had approved the package with 222 votes in ...

History of the Blue Mellon diamond, sold for over 25 million dollars

History of the Blue Mellon diamond, sold for over 25 million dollars

The Blue Mellon diamond – Credits: Christie’s The exceptional diamond “The Mellon Blue”stone from 9.51 blue carats set in a ring, was sold by Christie’s auction house on November 11, in Geneva. The final price, estimated between 20 and 30 million dollars, it amounted to $25,592,269taxes included. Having belonged for decades to the American philanthropist Rachel Lambert Mellon, the diamond ...

Stop renewing identity cards for the over 70s: all the news on documents and passports from 2026

Stop renewing identity cards for the over 70s: all the news on documents and passports from 2026

THE citizens over the age of 70 they will no longer have to renew there identity card: this is what was announced by the Minister of Public Administration, Paolo Zangrillowhich anticipated the content of the new “Simplification Decree”, which will be discussed in Parliament in the next few days. In short, starting from 2026 there will be some important news ...

Partial collapse of the newly inaugurated Hongqi Bridge: the technical sequence of events

Partial collapse of the newly inaugurated Hongqi Bridge: the technical sequence of events

Frame of the moment of the collapse of the Hongqi Bridge in Sichuan in south-eastern China. Credit: @capitanbitcoin, via In the last few days, the images of partial collapse of the Hongqi Bridgelocated in the province of Sichuan (south-eastern China) and 758 meters long, are making the rounds on the web. The videos show with impressive clarity the triggering of ...

New IT-Alert test in Veneto on November 13th: what time and where does the alarm message sound

New IT-Alert test in Veneto on November 13th: what time and where does the alarm message sound

New IT–Alert tests in Veneto for the risk of a “significant industrial accident” in the Pometon factory in Martellago. Credit: IT–Alert Today 13 November, in Veneto, there will be a new round of tests IT-Alert after the tests in Emilia-Romagna and Trentino-Alto Adige last month: the simulation of the public warning system will affect the Pometon spa plant in Martellagoin ...