Ecology

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Fire in the Teano waste plant: Arpa Campania confirms the absence of dioxins in the air

Fire in the waste plant in Teano. Credit: Arpacampania THE’Arpa Campania confirmed the absence of dioxins and others pollutants in the air after the violent fire broken out on August 16 in the plant of plastic and rubbery waste A Teano (EC) managed by the Campania Energia company. The second cycle of monitoringIn fact, in the atmosphere a concentration of ...

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The giraffes and long neck, Lamarck’s evolution theory and Darwin’s natural selection

Before Charles Darwinthe theory of the most popular evolution had been proposed at the beginning of the nineteenth century by the French naturalist Jean-Baptiste de Lamarck and was based on the so -called inheritance of the characters acquired: For example, the giraffes have a long neck because their ancestors, in the dint of lengthening the neck to reach the highest ...

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Railway accident on the Brenner-Trento, clash between a freight train and a regional: what we know

The railway accident in Trento. Credit: Permanent body VVF Trento A freight train he collided with a regional on the railway line of Brenner: the accident would take place shortly after 08:30 today, Wednesday 20 August, in the route between Mezzocorona And Trento Nordat the height of the Cavalcavia Fallen of Nassiriya. There circulation on the Verona – Brennero line ...

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Bad weather is back, orange alert in Lombardy and Liguria: what the Estofex bulletin says

The rainfall arriving on Italy scheduled for today, Wednesday 20 August. Credit: ECMWF After two weeks of intense hot along the entire peninsula, Italy finds itself again in the grip of bad weather: during the night a Milan they fell beyond 50 mm of rain and the alert was taken for Lambro riverclimbed by 1.70 meters according to the city ...

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In Kiruna, Sweden, they raised an entire church to move it 5 km: the details of the project

The transfer of the Church of Kiruna. Credit: Ezio Cairoli TO Kirunain Swedenoperations are underway to move to 5 km The city church, lifting it completely from the foundations. There Kiruna Kyrka, a Lutheran church dating back to 1912, is high 35 meters40 meters wide and weighs overall 672 tons: it is one of the most well -known and appreciated ...

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What would happen if the mosquitoes disappeared?

The mosquitoise They sting, suck blood and above all transmit diseases: It would not be better if they disappeared from circulation? Usually, the disappearance of a species causes negative imbalances, sometimes irreparable, in theecosystem in which he lives. But curiously (and even if not everyone agrees with these conclusions) the mosquitoes would be aexception: apart from a few birds and ...