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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 
n°: 5967
 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 
n°: 5966
Risk of desertification for Greece Almost half of the Greek territory would be very vulnerable to desertification with fifty percent of water resources lost through leaks in the pipes and given the trend of accelerating climate change due to human activities, the situation can only worsen in practice. Rainfall in the eastern part of the country is scarce and comparable to Alexandria in Egypt where it rarely rains, while the western part seems comparable to Paris where it rains a lot; thus it is a complex situation to address, also due to tourism which significantly increases water demand. It is questioned whether hotels need to have pools when stunning beaches are just a few steps away, whether some houses should be adorned with large gardens, or whether agriculture should irrigate by flooding the land or using low water-efficient methods. e-mail: info@salutary.eu Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: Jun 03, 2025 
n°: 5965
Discussions regarding the protection of glaciers and oceans While is wait for discussions to begin at conferences on glacier protection there are countries urging greater efforts to limit global warming, then concerning the oceans given the latest data on the increasing frequency of marine heatwaves raises questions about how to ensure at least minimal health for the seas. Recently a study indicated that, although unlikely, it is also possible according to mathematical models that the average global temperature could rise above two degrees Celsius in at least one year within the next five years (a value deemed shocking). Among the extreme examples mentioned of current anomalies is China which has recorded temperatures exceeding forty degrees Celsius in some areas, the United Arab Emirates nearing fifty-two, and Pakistan being hit by violent winds following an intense heatwave. e-mail: info@salutary.eu Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: Jun 02, 2025
n°: 5964
Floods in northern Nigeria At least one hundred and eleven are believed to be the victims of floods that affected a large market in northern Nigeria where farmers sell their products to buyers from the south overwhelmed by torrents of water fueled by torrential rainfall. In the flooded neighborhoods the roofs of houses can be seen submerged by a kind of brown lake while residents tried to bring help also attempting to recover goods. There are reports of a country affected by climate change with prolonged periods of drought followed by heavy rains, particularly intense during the wet season. To report changing the subject but remaining on environmental issues that there is concern in Europe about the trend of rapid depletion of water supplies and how it is necessary to set a target for efficiency and reduce consumption by ten percent and increase water recycling. e-mail: info@salutary.eu Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: May 31, 2025
n°: 5963
Various uncontrollable wildfires in Canada Thousands of people have been forced to leave their homes in areas north of Saskatchewan province in Canada due to uncontrollable wildfires, marking one of the most serious situations ever seen or perhaps even the worse with a state of emergency declared. The situation regarding the wildfires in the Prairie provinces is difficult with two cases of a state of emergency. In Alberta there is concern about a remote area in the north with a high potential for the flames to quickly consume vegetation and evacuations have already been ordered overnight due to intense heat and strong winds. In Manitoba already previously affected by devastating wildfires evacuations could involve about seventeen thousand people as the fires intensify, marking one of the largest evacuation operations of this kind since 1997. e-mail: info@salutary.eu Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: May 30, 2025
n°: 5962
Large ice avalanche in the Swiss Alps In a glacier above the village of Blatten in Haut-Valais, which had been evacuated, a large mass of ice broke away, resulting in an imposing avalanche of snow, debris, and earth that enveloped everything in a kind of cloud; there are reports of damaged houses, some almost buried in earth and debris, and it seems that there is one missing person despite warnings to evacuate the area. To report shifting the focus to Italy that weather forecasts announce a probable heatwave with temperatures in the South that could exceed thirty-five degrees Celsius, following a period of intense rainy precipitation and sometimes hailstorms (particularly in the North) that have damaged crops, and often farmers complain that they no longer know what to plant due to erratic precipitation which is quite harmful for example for corn. e-mail: info@salutary.eu Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: May 29, 2025
n°: 5961
A nickel mine is devouring the forest in Indonesia To produce electric vehicles, steel, and numerous industrial products nickel is necessary and a mine to extract this metal in Indonesia, considered the largest in the world, would be consuming the jungle of Halmahera where the indigenous tribe Hongana Manyawa lives, threatening a community of about three thousand five hundred people. It is a rural and unspoiled environment two thousand four hundred kilometers from the capital Jakarta, and those who live there do not know how to survive without it, but now extraction activities threaten the population using explosives and heavy machinery, while helicopters fly over the area. To report shifting focus to Australia that there are complaints from the residents of small Pacific Islands about the decision to extend for forty years the permits to continue using a large facility to extract liquefied gas and oil. e-mail: info@salutary.eu Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: May 28, 2025
n°: 5960
Impact of invasive species under study It is estimated that the impact regarding the costs of invasive species to the territory is seventeen times higher than previously estimated, a huge sum that weighs on the budgets of societies, at least according to a study conducted considering data from 1960 related to non-native plant species and animals that harm agriculture, insects that spread diseases and lead to the extinction of other species. For example wild boars destroy crops and insects that are increasingly spreading due to climate warming transmit diseases such as dengue and malaria with costs that fall directly on health systems and on families who must face these health issues. It seems that plants are the most economically burdensome group in terms of damage and eradicating an invasive species is indeed very difficult. e-mail: info@salutary.eu Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: May 27, 2025
n°: 5959
Windstorm in Pakistan after heatwave There would be at least fourteen victims and over a hundred injured due to a windstorm that swept across Pakistan, particularly affecting the provinces in eastern Punjab and northwestern Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, and the capital Islamabad has also been impacted with uprooted trees and fallen power line poles. Reports speak of intense heat with temperatures exceeding forty-five degrees Celsius that would have favored the conditions for the formation of such a violent windstorm, while weather forecasts announce possible further storms. It is noteworthy that shifting attention to other scenarios a record heat has been reached in the United Arab Emirates for the month of May with temperatures exceeding fifty-one degrees Celsius and Egypt is facing a food and water crisis with difficulties in sustaining a population of one hundred and thirteen million inhabitants. e-mail: info@salutary.eu Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: May 26, 2025
n°: 5958
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