Ecology

notti tropicali cosa sono

Tropical Nights, What They Are and Why They Are Increasing: The Situation in Italy

The grip of the African anticyclone that is gripping Italy this summer of 2024 is making us talk about it again tropical nightswhich in Europe are defined as the nights in which the temperature measured on the ground always remains above 20 °C. Especially on hot, sultry days, one of the consolations is knowing that temperatures will drop at night ...

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Liquid Water on Mars, Reservoir Found Deep Below the Surface of the Red Planet

Credit: NASA/JPL–Caltech There is a vast reserve of liquid water trapped between the cracks in the rocks deep beneath the surface of Mars, between 11.5km and 20km beneath the surface of the red planet. The discovery comes from a recent analysis of data collected by the Landing Insight of NASA, responsible for studying the internal structure of Mars through the ...

maledizione di tutankhamon vero o falso

What is Tutankhamun’s “curse” and did he really kill all the tomb’s discoverers?

According to the legendon the tomb of the Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamun (1341-1323 BC) a cursewhich would have led to the death of all members of the archaeological expedition within a few monthsalready from the time of the first excavation of the tomb directed by the archaeologist Howard Carter. The rumor held that anyone who touched the tomb would die: a ...

demolizione ponte morandi

How was the Morandi Bridge demolished? The technical-engineering explanation

The trait of the Morandi Bridge collapsed on August 14, 2018 and was demolished on June 28, 2019 at 9:37 am before reconstruction completed in 2020. new road connection via the new Genoa San Giorgio Bridge. From 2018 to 2020, there were also various design and implementation activities of the demolition phases of the remaining part of the viaduct still ...

32 obiettivi nucleari europei missili attacco russia

32 Potential Targets in Europe for Russian Nuclear Strikes in the Event of War with NATO Leaked

The news should be taken with great caution (the Western intelligence source is secret), but the Financial Times would have had access to classified russian documents in which a sample of would be listed 32 potential military targetsestablished between 2008 and 2014 (before the conflict with Ukraine), which the Russian Navy would have been trained through simulations to hit in ...

offensiva ucraina kursk russia motivi e obiettivi

Why did Ukraine invade Russia’s Kursk region and what could happen now?

At 8 am (Moscow time) on August 6, 2024 the Ukrainian Armed Forces they crossed the border with the Russia in the area of ​​theoblast (“province”) of Kursk (not far from the city of Belgorod), launching a real military offensivewhich to date has led to taking the check of a vast area of ​​Russia, the size of which varies depending ...

Gravi incendi boschivi in Grecia

Fires in Greece, blaze reaches the gates of Athens: let’s analyze the problem of forest fires

Fires in Greece as seen from satellite on 12 August 2024. Credit: European Union, Copernicus Sentinel–2 imagery A large series of forest fires began to spread uncontrollably on Sunday 11 August 2024 in Greece, in the region of Eastern Attica, currently covering an area of ​​almost 8600 hectares (86 square kilometers) reaching almost to the north-eastern outskirts of Athens. This ...

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Magnitude 4.4 Earthquake Hits Los Angeles, Felt as Far as San Diego

An earthquake shock of magnitude 4.4 hit the city of Los Angelesin Californiaat 12:20 local (9.20pm Italian time). The earthquake had a depth of approximately 11 km and an epicenter near the neighborhood of Newton Park. Since it is a densely populated area, the shock was felt not only throughout the city but also in San Diego – about 200 ...