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Doubts about the impact of red fire retardants Using red retardants from planes by spreading them over fires is considered a crucial strategy to fight fires, but some raise doubts about their real impact on the environment, especially concerning aquatic ecosystems; in fact, their exact chemical composition is not known although they effectively work by depriving oxygen that fuels the flames. Once spread their red liquid covers everything with a reddish haze, ground, trees, roofs, and if it reaches streams and rivers, the water turns red; it is generally thought that they may be safe for people and the environment even though there are not many studies on the subject, but for example there are restrictions on their use near waterways because they contain ammonia and phosphates that can be harmful to the aquatic ecosystem, affecting fish and amphibians, and algae can proliferate. e-mail: info@salutary.eu Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: Sep 18, 2025 
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 Study on emissions from oil and cement industries The extreme effects of many heat waves could be directly linked to emissions from oil, coal, and cement industries; at least according to a study that highlights how a quarter of the more than two hundred heat waves that have occurred during this century would have been impossible without anthropogenic warming. It is estimated that the exploitation of fossil fuels by one hundred eighty major global polluters has contributed to about half of the increase in the intensity of heat waves since pre-industrial times. In areas of the Global South such as Africa and Latin America many heat waves are not recorded and are absent from the archives used for calculations, so the study results are likely underestimated and the real scale and consequences of these events are greater. e-mail: info@salutary.eu Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: Sep 15, 2025 n: 6053 Sea rise threatens many Philippine islands It could reach thirteen millimeters of sea rise each year, at least according to calculations made by a department on environmental resources which underscores how in the Philippines sea rise is occurring at a rate three times higher than the global average. The seven-hectare island of Manila Bay is already running out of land and risks being completely submerged, then there is also the problem that the land tends to sink as happens along the coasts of Bulacan due to the phenomenon of subsidence and the lives of the people who live there have changed radically. To report changing the subject but remaining on natural issues that has risen to nineteen the death toll in Bali and East Nusa Tenggara in Indonesia due to torrential rainfall and subsequent flooding, with five people reported missing and five hundred evacuated. e-mail: info@salutary.eu Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: Sep 12, 2025 n: 6051 Severe drought in southeastern Europe in August Armenia, Georgia, Bulgaria and Kosovo faced a severe drought in mid-August, at least according to satellite data that highlighted the extreme phenomenon across almost all the soil; then fifty-two percent of Europe experienced drought, more during this period than in any year since recording began in 2012. On the Atlantic coast over three-quarters of Portugal have been affected by drought (a country that also suffered from devastating fires) and rainfall has been scarce for about seventy percent of France. To report changing the subject but remaining on natural themes the floods on the island of Elba due to a cloudburst; this is the third time in a year that torrents of water have flooded Portoferraio causing inundations, then there was severe bad weather in various areas of Tuscany and Lazio region. e-mail: info@salutary.eu Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: Sep 10, 2025 n: 6049 Plasticized and overheated Mediterranean It is estimated that the equivalent of thirty-four thousand plastic bottles ends up in the Mediterranean Sea every minute, making it possibly the most polluted sea in the world. This plastic which becomes microplastic is said to resemble a soup with unprecedented levels of pollution (it seems that Corsica is particularly polluted) devastating both human and marine life. Another issue is the overheating with tropical fish having crossed through the Suez Canal which are now increasingly spotted and marine heatwaves becoming more frequent with temperatures four degrees Celsius above the averages and with unusual durations. Changing the subject but still on natural topics it is noteworthy that the death toll of the recent earthquake in Afghanistan has risen to two thousand two hundred with over three thousand six hundred injured, particularly affecting Kunar province. e-mail: info@salutary.eu Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: Sep 05, 2025 n: 6045 Weather alerts for bad weather in Greece and Italy Strong thunderstorms accompanied by lightning and hail are expected in the northwestern regions of Greece, at least according to weather forecasts that warn that after a drop in temperatures due to the bad weather, there will be a quick return to strong solar radiation and temperatures could even reach forty degrees Celsius. In Italy the alert seems to be especially for Lombardy region where they are still dealing with the damage caused by a tornadoes (such as roofs torn off, a collapsed house, a devastated solar field, some cases of flooding, hailstorms); there is also a warning for areas in Tuscany region. To report changing the subject but still on natural issues the warning from international organizations regarding the insufficient progress in ensuring universal access to water, with over two million people lacking access to drinking water. e-mail: info@salutary.eu Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: Aug 30, 2025 n: 6040 Floods in Pakistan and Yemen Due to unusually intense monsoon rains in Pakistan over two hundred thousand people are reported to be evacuated in vast areas of Punjab affected by torrential rainfall and resulting landslides and floods. Some buildings have collapsed due to overflowing rivers and authorities have sent aid to monitor the situation. Hundreds of victims were reported in August due to a particularly severe monsoon season, and some observed that climate change is making these weather events less controllable and manageable. Regarding Yemen severe floods are affecting hundreds of thousands of people, including the city of Aden in the south of the country, with some suburbs partially submerged due to torrential rains, houses and shops inundated with water, causing significant hardships for the population. e-mail: info@salutary.eu Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: Aug 28, 2025 n: 6038 A typhoon causes flooding in Vietnam There would be three victims and ten injured in Vietnam due to the typhoon called "Kajiki" which also flooded the streets of Hanoi, it is reported that seven thousand houses were damaged, many rice crops were flooded and tens of thousands of trees fell, many the areas left without electricity supply. Before the strong vortex arrived authorities had evacuated hundreds of thousands of people and residents for example in the central northern regions of the country had prepared for the impact of strong winds and heavy rains by reinforcing the security of doors and windows of their homes. This typhoon is the fifth storm to affect the East Vietnam Sea this year and before reaching the country it had battered the coasts south of Hainan Island in China forcing the closure of businesses and the suspension of public transport in the city of Sanya on the island. e-mail: info@salutary.eu Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: Aug 26, 2025 n: 6036 A storm lashes the Cape Verde Islands in the Atlantic There would be at least nine victims and hundreds of people forced to leave their homes in Cape Verde (islands located off the west coast of Africa) due to a tropical storm and subsequent flooding that have turned roads into rivers; there are also reports of landslides that have destroyed important infrastructure. Restoration operations are underway, but hundreds of families have lost their homes and livelihoods, so there are concerns about how they will survive. To report changing the subject but remaining on environmental issues that international organizations report that heatwaves are increasingly threatening work, especially in agriculture, construction, and fishing; it is said that two billion four hundred thousand people are affected, then injuries linked to high temperatures and a decline in production capacities. e-mail: info@salutary.eu Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: Aug 23, 2025 n: 6034 Unprecedented situation in Spain regarding wildfires According to Spanish authorities the situation concerning wildfires is unprecedented in the last twenty years, this is attributed to a combination of factors such as the heatwave that has been affecting the country for some time (with peaks of up to forty-five degrees Celsius) and strong winds, all exacerbated by climate change. It is estimated that almost three hundred and fifty thousand hectares of vegetation have gone up in smoke, an area figuratively comparable to the size of the island of Mallorca, with casualties, damage, and complaints from some about the disruption of part of the Camino de Santiago while high flames in some areas continue to engage firefighters. For many European countries it has been quite a disastrous wildfire season; in Portugal around two hundred and sixteen thousand hectares of vegetation have been affected by the blazes, and in France following a major fire in Aude new intervention planning is being proposed for such cases. e-mail: info@salutary.eu Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: Aug 20, 2025 n: 6031 Various and natural * The author doesn't assume some kind of responsibility for the bad use of the articles councils (all rights are reserved) |
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