Ecology

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What is white hydrogen, the natural gas in the subsoil that would be useful for the energy transition

In recent years there has been a notable increase in interest in a particular clean energy source present in rocks: thewhite hydrogenhydrogen gas found underground, of natural origin and produced by geological processes. It’s about free hydrogenthat is, not bound to other elements (on Earth, most hydrogen is found in the form of compounds, such as water and methane). White ...

Area dello studio con sezioni trasversali lungo gli assi est–ovest e nord–sud che mostrano la variazione della salinità con la profondità (aumenta dal blu all’arancione). Credit: INGV

A new aquifer under the Iblei Mountains could help tackle the water crisis in Sicily

Study area with cross-sections along east–west and north–south axes showing salinity variation with depth (increasing from blue to orange). Credit: INGV Among the solutions proposed to combat the water crisis in Sicily, the option of drawing on a huge deposit of 17 billion cubic meters of underground water, almost certainly drinkable, discovered in 2023 by the INGV and located between ...

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What are “click farms” and how do they work: what’s behind the likes bought for social media

The click farm (in Italian “click factories”) are organizations capable of generating hundreds of interactions on social media in a very short time, between views and comments or even reviews and clicks on advertising banners, using bot or through the work of real people who carry out these interactions by operating hundreds of cell phones essentially “selling” clicks and interactions. ...

Mucillagini nel Mare Adriatico

Why so much sea mucilage in the Adriatic? It depends on heat and rain

Archive image. In recent weeks, many bathers and tourists have noticed the large amount of sea mucilage present on the coasts of the central and northern Adriatic, particularly in the Gulf of Trieste but also in the Marche and Emilia-Romagna. This “explosion” of mucilage is due to the proliferation of microalgae (in particular Gonyaulax fragilis) that produce polysaccharides and proteins ...

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Geomagnetic storm underway today on Earth: Auroral phenomena spotted in the Alps

Auroral phenomenon spotted by the Cinque Torri webcam near Cortina d’Ampezzo. This morning August 12, 2024 The Earth was hit by a geomagnetic storm of Category G3therefore “strong” according to the official classification. For today, the NOAA Space Weather Prediction Center had issued a warning for a category G2 (“moderate”) geomagnetic storm, due to the arrival of a coronal mass ...

Intelligenza umana vs AI

Are we smarter than AI? The difference between human and artificial intelligence

THE’artificial intelligence is making great strides, but how is it really different from ours? human intelligence? Surprisingly, it is not clear how different the heuristics of our mind are from the statistical functioning of generative AI models. The artificial neural structure and that of our brain present many similarities and some decisive difference. What undoubtedly differentiates us is the provision ...

Icone utilizzate quotidianamente

Do you know the origins of these 5 buttons and icons that we see every day?

Humans’ daily lives have always been marked by graphic symbols that facilitate communications and the various tasks to be performed. This is also true in the age of technology, where buttons and icons are used daily for various activities. In this article we reveal the meaning of 5 symbols we see every day: The Google Maps Placeholderthe buttons “Play” and ...

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“Mute as a fish”? Not at all: this is how these animals communicate with each other

There ability to communicate effectively between individuals of the same species, and between different species, plays a fundamental role in the life of all animals. Fish are no exception, communicating in very different ways and using, often simultaneously, chemical signals (like pheromones), electric And soundIn this article we will focus on the latter, going into more detail about the acoustic ...