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Heat wave in Italy with heat islands Due to the influence of an African high-pressure system temperatures in Italy are reported to be six to eight degrees above average leading to a heat wave and a red alert for several cities (eleven tomorrow). For example temperatures could reach thirty-eight degrees Celsius in parts of the North, while in the South in Puglia and Sardinia peaks above forty degrees are also expected. Complaints have arisen in large cities in the North about ozone formation due to the creation of scorching heat islands with a call for planting trees and suitable vegetation to try to mitigate temperatures and make the sweltering heat more bearable which is rendering entire neighborhoods unlivable. To report shifting the focus to Greece there has been a significant number of lightning strikes, almost six thousand, in mountainous areas of Epirus, central and western Greece, and the Peloponnese, raising the risk of wildfires. e-mail: info@salutary.eu Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: Jun 14, 2025 
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 Proposals for justice against climate crimes The proposal to add ecocide as an international crime among those recognized as the most serious was presented at the ocean conference in Nice in southern France, highlighting how little environmental damage has been taken seriously. There is an attempt to hold individuals accountable for specific environmental crimes. Some doubts arise about how to apply such legislation internationally when there are countries that do not scientifically acknowledge that climate change has been caused by human activities and particularly the reckless use of fossil fuels leading to the greenhouse effect and global warming. It is now a vicious cycle that feeds on itself and even if emissions were reduced to zero extreme climate effects that also impact populations that have not polluted would not cease. e-mail: info@salutary.eu Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: Jun 13, 2025 
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Considerations on May temperatures The global average temperatures for the month of May would not have exceeded the threshold of one and a half degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels breaking a period of warming with twenty-one out of twenty-two months that exceeded it. However according to researchers this should not necessarily be interpreted as a positive value; in fact, these are global averages, and for example, in Iceland and Greenland, temperatures were three degrees above average due to an intense heatwave contributing to an increased rate of ice melting in Greenland. It has also happened that generally cold countries recorded unprecedented average temperature peaks. Considering the trend regarding greenhouse gas emissions, some researchers now find it unrealistic to try to maintain the one and a half degree threshold and believe that a greater commitment is necessary. e-mail: info@salutary.eu Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: Jun 12, 2025
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Reducing underwater noise pollution The underwater noises produced by ships and other human activities are growing at alarming rates considering, for example that whales and dolphins use clicks and whistles to communicate with their young, to navigate the oceans, to send danger signals, and to find food; therefore, many countries at a conference have raised the request to recognize the invisible but increasing threat posed by underwater noise pollution. A beluga whale can hear sounds produced by an icebreaker ship eighty-five kilometers away, causing stress and panic; in fact, underwater sounds can reach great distances and pose an obstacle to marine biodiversity, invisible but powerful. Under scrutiny for excessive noise pollution are propellers and marine thrusters, sonar, sounds produced by offshore industries and cargo ships. e-mail: info@salutary.eu Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: Jun 11, 2025 
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New record of CO2 concentration in the atmosphere With over four hundred thirty parts per million at the Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii a new record of carbon dioxide concentration in the atmosphere has been reached, which is a very high value that fuels the greenhouse effect with marked warming effects on the planet. At the beginning of the industrial revolution the concentration was around two hundred ppm, then there has been a constant progression and since 1960 the increase monitored every twenty years has decisively risen with a curve in a graph that tends to spike. Global emissions would need to be cut by over fifty percent to try to stabilize CO2 levels in the atmosphere; this has been well known for decades but has generally not been done (except for some countries) and researchers argue that no new fossil fuel exploitation projects should be planned. e-mail: info@salutary.eu Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: Jun 10, 2025
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Fragile Arctic collapsing due to maritime traffic The new routes that are opening for maritime traffic in the Arctic due to melting ice are increasing environmental pressure on a very fragile ecosystem, causing it to collapse rapidly; in fact, Arctic warming is already four times faster than in other parts of the planet and the season for maritime transport is extending; moreover, the new routes that allow for shorter transportation of goods are more convenient thus increasing warming, environmental degradation, loss of biodiversity and pollution in a decidedly unhealthy vicious circle. For example soot left by the so-called black carbon emitted from diesel engines settles on Arctic ice increasing the rate of melting and being dark it attracts light rays causing surrounding air overheating contributing to climate change. e-mail: info@salutary.eu Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: Jun 09, 2025
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Suffering for the trees in Greece due to a fungus Due to prolonged high temperatures and drought, trees attacked by a fungus and insects are reportedly dying in large numbers in mountainous areas of Greece, with regions such as Tzoumerka, the Achelous valley, Agrafa, and Kitheronas particularly affected in recent years, as well as, to a lesser extent, areas of Helicon, Epirus, and the Peloponnese. To solve the problem it is necessary to cut down the diseased trees (especially from autumn to spring), but since climate change promotes unhealthy conditions for trees, this cannot be a definitive solution, and the threat of extinction for the forests cannot be averted. For some types of trees under scrutiny other causes include human activities involving the use of excavators and equipment for cutting trees and branches; there are also biotic factors, a reduction in biodiversity, and ecosystems threatened by fires and desertification. e-mail: info@salutary.eu Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: Jun 07, 2025
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Europe as a key player in the protection of the seas Essential challenges for the protection of the seas such as pollution, climate change, and illegal fishing beyond sustainable limits would be included in a European plan to be presented at a conference in Nice in France next week, at the forefront of the ecological sector also because biodiversity is threatened and there are concerning changes in the ecosystem along the coasts, this before an international congress begins to preserve the health of the Oceans. There is talk of great potential for investments in a sustainable economy that also means ensuring security; for example among the various points to plan would be the creation of marine reserves intended to capture and store carbon dioxide. Forty percent of Europeans live within a radius of about fifty kilometers from the coasts and are largely dependent on the aquatic food resources they consume. e-mail: info@salutary.eu Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: Jun 06, 2025
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A plastic that dissolves quickly in the sea A potential solution to plastic pollution in the oceans threatening marine life comes from Japanese researchers (in a laboratory in Wako, Saitama prefecture) who have reportedly demonstrated that the new type of plastic they tested dissolves in a container filled with salt water in about an hour and leaves no residues, thus not fragmenting into particles and then into dangerous microplastics. While waiting for this new type of plastic to enter production, it is advisable to avoid dispersing plastic into the environment; in fact, it enters the food chain and is inhaled as microplastic. A study indicated that it tends to accumulate in higher concentrations in the brain compared to other organs and if a blood test is conducted it is possible to find the presence of microplastic particles with consequences still not well understood, but certainly unhealthy. e-mail: info@salutary.eu Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: Jun 05, 2025 
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Fires in Canada threaten air quality The fine particles released by the fires that are consuming vegetation in vast areas of Canada are forcing twenty-six thousand people to leave their homes traveling great distances and alerts have been issued to take precautions due to poor air quality, affecting areas of the United States as well (theoretically they could even reach Europe). In Alberta oil processing has been halted due to the fires and the situation alarms entire communities. The rapid reduction of the snow cover in spring due to climate change exposes the soil making it more vulnerable to fires and the dry vegetation amplifies the intensity of the blazes. To report turning the attention to other scenarios, in April, fires in Russia particularly east of Lake Baikal released thirty-five million tons of CO2 into the atmosphere. e-mail: info@salutary.eu Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: Jun 04, 2025
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