environment

River banks lined with carcasses and dead fish visible through the water:this is the image described by American officials who revealed that in the Nishnabotna River, a tributary of the Missouri, a fertilizer spill wiped out much of the aquatic life for a 60-mile stretch (about 97 km) causing a massacre and an environmental disaster.Over 789,000 fish would have been killed in what is one of the most ecologically devastating chemical spills in recent years in the region.Most of the species involved are small, but thousands of catfish and carp were also found among the carcasses found.Matt Combes, scientific supervisor of the ecological health unit for the Missouri Department of Conservation, estimated that about 40,000 fish have died within his state alone, adding that even trying to find the words for "a near total die-off for 60 miles of river it is astounding and daunting.”According to Andrew Loftus then, fisheries biologist and author, lThe tragedy would also be environme...

On Thursday 1 February, Catalonia launched thedrought emergency, after experiencing the second month of the hottest year ever recorded in the area with thresholds above 0.8 degrees centigrade compared to the average temperature recorded from 1991 to 2020.The decision came from the administration after having noted a reduction in the reserves of the water basins outside below the 16% threshold indicated in the Drought Plan, and has led to the application of numerous measures to deal with the water crisis that is affecting the region, and involving approximately 6 million people.The measures taken include limiting water consumption for agriculture, industry and private use with a view to "growing pressure to accelerate adaptation efforts".The Copernicus study center is monitoring the situation, and has presented a study to analyze how Catalonia is adapting to the emergency situation. The study conducted by Copernicus and published in collaboration with the newspaper Euronews an...

In 2023, the number of people who undertook a Camino in Italy exceeded 100,000 for the first time.The data comes from the dossier "Italy Country of Cammini”, presented during the annual fair Do the right thing, organized by the non-profit organization Terre di mezzo in Milan, where the event took place between Friday 22nd and Sunday 24th March.The dossier was developed by collecting the responses of 113 Cammini managers who issue credentials - fate of walkers' passports which certify the passage from a specific place during the Itinerary -, or testimonium – documents certifying completion of a Way.The scenario drawn by the report is that of a sharply increasing phenomenon, which confirms the growth trend in recent years recording an increase not only in the number of people involved, but also in the number of structured Paths. The dossier Italy Country of Cammini is divided into three different parts:the first is dedicated to the Walks, the second is reserved for walke...

After a few days come on findings carried out in Chile, a new breath of fresh air for biodiversity has arrived from New Zealand:a three-week expedition of 21 scientists led to the discovery of hundreds of potential new marine species in the waters of Bounty trough, a vast, little-explored underwater bathymetric depression located off the east coast of the South Island.There are at least dozens of molluscs, three fish, a shrimp and a cephalopod never seen before and according to Alex Rogers, the marine biologist leading the expedition, the number of new species could exceed the hundreds when the results - almost 1,800 samples – will be confirmed.The mission was led by Ocean Census, a non-profit organization dedicated to the global discovery of ocean life, the National Institute of Water and Atmospheric Research (NIWA) and the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa.The Dr.Rogers explained that expeditions like the one just concluded are fundamental because allow us to obtain more...

The Italian multinational oil company ENI has announced its own industrial development plan for years to come.In particular, the six-legged dog plans to significantly increase the cash circulating in the company, up to 62 billion euros over the four-year plan.As a result, it also plans to increase its revenue even further.In all of this and in spite of the much vaunted energy transition, the central element will remain the exploration and production of fossil fuels.«Upstream production (the set of operational processes from which fossil production activity originates) – we read in the document – ​​is expected to grow at an average annual rate of 3-4% until 2027, extending this growth by a additional year compared to the previous Plan".In short, once again, an industrial strategy in stark contrast with the commitments made by Italy and by the state company itself for the containment of emissions, at least according to the logic, while ENI announces tha...