Researchers have begun to see a spike in the number of discarded surgical masks washing up on Hong Kong beaches since the COVID-19 pandemic began at the end of 2019. Saanich researcher Teale Phelps Bondaroff works as...
The corals of the Australian Great Barrier Reef have been affected by a new phenomenon of massive bleaching, the third in five years after that of 2016 and 2017. The cause would be found in the excessive...
Denman Glacier in East Antarctica retreated 3.4 miles (5.4 kilometers) from 1996 to 2018, according to a new study by scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the University of California, Irvine. Their analysis of Denman —...
What impact will the Coronavirus emergency have on the
dimensions of sustainable development? What are the goals of the 2030 Agenda on
which this crisis is most affected? What are the effects on the indicators that
measure the country's sustainability?...
On Saturday, 28 March at 8:30 p.m. local time, Earth Hour,
one of the largest global grassroots movements for the environment, will bring
people together around the world to show their commitment to the planet. With
global biodiversity declining at...
The current health emergency is having significant impacts
on transport, consumption and production activities in all the affected
countries, including Italy, and this should translate into a reduction in
greenhouse gas emissions, primarily CO2.
Italy in 2020...
By 2050 we may have 30% less polar bears. The main cause is the climate change caused by human activities, which is making its habitat increasingly fragile. The survival of this majestic species is seriously threatened. The...
Covid-19 is now at the center of daily information but has
also assumed a predominant role in our life, which has revolutionized, forcing
us to avoid physical contacts, to eliminate many forms of sociality, even those
related to study, with...
Graphene asphalt experimentation starts in Milan:
Iterchimica, an Italian company which is world leader in the field of asphalt
additives, together with the Metropolitan City of Milan will carry out the
reconstruction of a section of the SP35 Milano-Meda and...
Climate change causes more victims then coronavirus. The warning, launched at a critical moment for Italy, comes from the UN Secretary General, Antonio Guterrez, and Petteri Taalas, Secretary General of the World Meteorological Organization on the occasion...
