Ecology

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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 ...

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From the lotus flowers that regr in Kashmir to Italians who live in health longer: 5 good news

This week the 5 good news they also concern us closely: L‘Italyin fact, is confirmed between European countries with the highest life expectancy healthy. Even in the rest of the world, some things are improving: in the United States the murderer rate collapsed by 14% in one year, while in Barcelona a bus powered with Biomethane produced starting from waste ...

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The alarm for the major Sarago is unfounded: what this fish is and what happens if the swimmers bite

A specimen of major saragus. Credit: Anders Finn Jørgensen, via Wikicommons. Between the Sorrento peninsula and the Amalfi Coast Several swimmers were bit by some specimens of MAGGIORE SARAGO (Diplodus Sargus): It is one of the most popular fish species in the Mediterranean Sea, generally harmless to humans. The people involved reported some small wounds on feet, ankles or legs, ...