New IT–Alert test to simulate the collapse of the Porto della Torre dam. Today, June 25th 2026, a new round of IT-Alert test: The public warning system will be tested in Lombardy And Piedmont for the specific risk of “collapse of large dams”, involving the municipalities surrounding the Porto della Torre dam (VA). Tomorrow, June 26th 2026, simulations will be ...
Japanese amberjacks and where they were found. Credit: Tiralongo F., Licchelli C., Pappalardo AM, Calogero GS, Ferrito V., Denitto F., Terlizzi A. (2026). Unexpected occurrence of the Japanese amberjack Seriola quinqueradiata in the Mediterranean Sea: First record and possible introduction pathways. Acta Adriatica A few months ago a fisherman caught an unusual specimen along the coast of Nardò, in Puglia, ...
Rising sea levels and plastic, the consequences on climate change. Image created with AI for illustrative purposes. We are getting used to looking at the sky to understand how much our climate is changing. We monitor record heat waves, we look at weather models to understand where the next storm will hit, but what if we told you that to ...
It may seem incredible, but it really happened: the President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella hosted us at the Quirinale. On the occasion of 80 years since the Constituent Assemblywhich occur precisely in this 2026, we decided to turn to the highest office of the State to reflect on one of the pillars of our country: theArticle 1 of the ...
Following the 9.1 magnitude Tōhoku earthquakeThat in 2011 determined one tsunami in Japan with a wave up to 40 m high, the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear accident and approx 20,000 victimsthe whole of Japan has moved eastward by 6 millimeters. While this shift may seem modest, it occurred over an extraordinary extent, equal to approximately 3000 km. Furthermore, the slip occurred ...
The summer of 2026 in Italy reopens a wound related to mass tourism that local administrations are struggling to heal. Rimini, Venice And Bolzano are confirmed as the Italian provinces most exposed toovertourism in the Overall Index of Tourist Overcrowding (ICST) developed byDemoskopika Institute – the most updated measurement tool available, built on ISTAT and ISPRA data. Behind them, in ...
What are the imaginary numbers? They are those numbers which, when squared, give a negative result. These numbers, together with the real numbers, make up the complex numbers and if it seems strange to you that the square of a number can be negative, you are in good company: imaginary numbers, used for the first time in the 16th century ...
Margaret Thatcher, born in 1925 in Grantham with the name of Margaret Hilda Roberts and died at London in 2013was Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1979 to 1990. She was nicknamed iron lady (iron lady) for the inflexibility shown in his political choices, but also milk thief (milk snatcher), because as minister he abolished the free distribution of ...
The typical red color of St. John’s Wort oil, the so-called “St. John’s Wort”, is given by hypericin. In the night of June 24th to keep devils away and sadness must be collected St. John’s Wort. What is it actually about? Legends aside, in the week in which the summer solstice and the anniversary of Saint John fall (on June ...
You’re watching Absurd but true Don’t miss out on more content from Geopop In 2017, a Vice reporter brought the garden of his house at the top of the rankings TripAdvisor – with plates made of kitchen sponges, shaving cream and one’s foot photographed as a slice of ham. Oobah Butler started a social experiment by creating the fictional restaurant ...