Ecology

conquistadores conquista colonizzazione americhe america

How did a few European conquistadors colonize the Americas after Christopher Columbus?

There European colonization of American continentwhich began in the sixteenth century, caused the progressive occupation of the so-called New World by the European powers: Spain and Portugal first and foremost and, to a lesser extent, the United Kingdom, France, the Netherlands and Russia. This process produced profound consequences both in America and in Europe. The conquest was characterized by extreme ...

cometa del secolo

The “comet of the century” is about to arrive at its closest point to the Earth: how to spot it and when to photograph it

Comet C/2023 A3 photographed from Italy. Credit: Edu INAF, CC BY–SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons Tomorrow October 12, 2024 “comet of the century” C/2023 A3 (Tsuchinshan-ATLAS) will reach the minimum distance from Earth, at approximately 70 million km from our planet, with the possibility of also being able to observe it to the naked eye. The comet is currently visible ...

aurora boreale italia

Aurora Borealis in Italy, the images of the show that lit up the skies from North to South

Auroral phenomena of 10 October 2024: Valamenco (SO), Lombardy. Credit: Moreno Dellandrino THE’Northern Lights dyed the skies of Northern Italy red between yesterday evening and night October 10, 2024with spectacular sightings too to the naked eye in northern Italy. It was there greater auroral activity in our country after the auroras of May 10th, caused by a G4 class geomagnetic ...

israele attacca basi unifil onu libano ira italia

Israel attacks Unifil bases in Lebanon, 2 peacekeepers injured: Italy angry, why and what happened

Thursday October 10, 2024 the Israeli Armed Forces they targeted three bases from the UNIFIL mission in the south of Lebanonwhere there are also 1068 soldiers of theItalywounding two Indonesian soldiers and a specified number of Sri Lankans who are part of the contingent peacekeeping. The initiative sparked the anger of the Italian Defense Minister Guido Crosetto, the UN, the ...

tasto invio

The “Enter” key comes from typewriters: why are there two on some keyboards?

The “Enter” key (sometimes known as “Enter” or “Return”), usually marked with the symbol ↵owes its origins to the layout used in typewriters. While in the latter it was simply used to wrap around the physical sheet that was being “typed”, on the keyboard of modern computers the “Enter” key performs different tasks depending on the context of use: in ...

uragano beryl

Who decides the names of hurricanes and how are they given?

Credit: NOAA/CIRA In 2024 they made a lot of noise about them hurricanes Beryl, Helene And Milton. Many remember the hurricane Katrina, which devastated the area near New Orleans in the United States in 2005. The names come from predetermined lists which alternate male and female names and serve mainly to facilitate communication between meteorological organizations but also between the ...

10 parole inglesi che quasi sicuramente sbagliamo a pronunciare

10 English words that we almost certainly pronounce wrong

One of the most difficult to learn the language English it’s there pronouncenot only for those who study the language, but also for native speakers. This is because English does not have a correspondence Between spelling And phoneticswhich can confuse those who try to rely only on the way the words appear written. While the Italian it tends to be ...

premio nobel per la letteratura 2024 Han Kang

Han Kang wins the 2024 Nobel Prize for Literature. Who is the South Korean writer

The South Korean writer Han Kang (born in Gwangju on November 27, 1970) is the winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature 2024. The prize was awarded to her bySwedish Academy in recognition of his writing stylewhich interweaves poetry and prose, and of themes addressed in his works, which offer profound reflections on human fragility and resilience. The Nobel is ...