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A study published in the scientific journal Nature this January 3 and promoted by Global Fishing Watch, a company launched by Google in partnership with Oceana and SkyTruth to monitor fishing activities by providing a global vision, has detected the impact of the activities of industrial ships and energy infrastructures in coastal waters since 2017 to 2021.The analysis was carried out through a combined use of GPS data from ships, satellite images and models deep learning, and aims to propose a broader vision of theindustrial and commercial activity in the oceans, outlining, albeit partially, a first mapping of theanthropogenic activity on the maritime environment.The reason why such a study was conducted is well explained in the very first lines of the article:“The world's population increasingly relies on the ocean for food and energy products and for trade, yet human activity in the sea it is not properly quantified”, unlike the terrestrial one.Having an initial overview...

The former Tamoil refinery in Cremona, located along the Po embankment, is continuing to pollute.This is reported by the data presented by Rowing Club Leonida Bissolati, a sports club whose headquarters are located right next to the industrial settlement.The latter, until about ten years ago, refined crude oil, but has now been converted into a storage facility.Yet, despite the conversion, it has been proven that the plant is still polluting the surrounding land and, consequently, the underlying water table.Analyzes conducted on soil samples taken in the last two months have in fact highlighted that there is still the presence of supernatant, that is, the component of the fossil hydrocarbon that does not mix with water.«This is serious – he underlined Maurizio Segalini, president of the sports club - because it goes against all the theories of Tamoil and the city institutions who claim that they are removing the pollution caused from 2007 to 2011."In particular - expla...

It had been clear for some time that the United Nations climate summit was a farce, but nevertheless it was difficult to believe that it could have been done even worse.This year, however, the contradictions and potential conflicts of interest have even been put out in the open, in plain sight, before everyone's eyes.The result is, to put it simply, decisions that are supposed to solve the climate crisis they were placed in the hands of those who caused it.The 28th Climate Conference of the Parties (COP28) will take place in the United Arab Emirates and will be chaired by the head of the nation's oil giant.Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber, CEO of the Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), will have the task of defining the agenda of the main international conference on climate issues, playing a central role in the negotiations aimed at reaching, in theory, a consensus on points such as the reduction of CO2 emissions and the progressive abandonment of fossil fuels.An absurdity signed by the Unite...