environment

«Green Umbria is under attack».Thus Roberto Malini, co-president of the international human rights organization EveryOne Group, supported by the environmentalist association Italia Nostra, launches his appeal to the Government and local institutions to curb the wind speculation that is about to hit the Region.Specifically, there are six projects launched in Umbria, which include the installation of 60 wind turbines in naturalistic areas «characterized by delicate natural environments and enchanting landscapes».The blades that will be used are the same ones featured in the similar projects based in Sardinia and Tuscany The Independent he has already spoken several times:structures of approximately 200 meters with reinforced concrete bases «as large as half a football field», which would «a devastating impact on territories characterized by important avifaunal qualities". The project to build wind farms in Umbria involves construction, as re...

Extreme weather events driven by global warming have devastating social impacts in nations like Pakistan.

The grasshopper sparrow was saved from extinction by taking the last breeding pairs to breed them in captivity and then reintroduce them back into the wild.

The legal action against the Rosebank oil field, brought by citizens and environmental NGOs, has reached a turning point.

My favorite place in the world isn’t a fixed location. It’s the JOIDES Resolution, an internationally funded research ship that has spent its service life constantly on the move, from deep in the Antarctic to high in the Arctic. Since 1985, scientific expeditions on this one-of-a-kind oceangoing laboratory have drilled 230 miles (370 kilometers) of sediment and rock cores – long cylindrical samples that provide a unique view of the ocean floor. The cores come from a thousand different locations, enabling scientists from many universities around the world to explore changes within the Earth. They also provide a window into our planet’s history. The ocean floor preserves a geological library that documents millions of years of climate change and evolution. The JOIDES Resolution leaves Honolulu in 2009. IODP/Wikipedia, CC BY Sadly, the JOIDES Resolution, also known as the JR...