Floods in Maryland in the United States Due to intense rainfall and downpours the roads in western Maryland, Virginia and Pennsylvania have turned into rivers and Maryland authorities have declared a state of emergency in response to what are considered historic floods. There is talk of one victim (a boy in Virginia) and dozens of people forced to leave their flood-affected homes, then two schools were evacuated with rescue teams intervening to help the students; the counties of Allegany and Garrett in Maryland were particularly hard hit by the flooding. Shifting attention to Italy to report that there has been a wave of bad weather affecting Sicily, characterized by heavy rains and strong winds in some areas of the region, making travel difficult at times due to flooded roads and complicating connections with the islands due to rough seas, along with discomfort for the local population. e-mail:       info@salutary.eu Tel:   +39 338 1809310        Date:    May 16, 2025              n:   5950       Dengue and Chikungunya may soon be endemic in Europe Due to the rise in average temperatures the tiger mosquito that transmits the dengue and chikungunya viruses is reproducing increasingly further north and soon these diseases could become endemic in Europe, considering that nearly half of the global population is already at risk of contracting them, even though they were once typical diseases almost exclusively of tropical regions. In rare cases the fevers carried by Aedes aegypti and Aedes albopictus mosquitoes can be fatal; however regarding Dengue some have defined it as the so-called breakbone fever because of the pains that patients sometimes experience in their bones. There are concerns that due to the growing tropicalization of European territories the Zika and West Nile viruses could also spread in the future (research is being conducted in these sectors) also carried by tiger mosquitoes. e-mail:       info@salutary.eu Tel:   +39 338 1809310        Date:    May 15, 2025              n:   5949       Yet another earthquake at the Campi Flegrei near Naples An earthquake of magnitude 4.4 was recorded at the Campi Flegrei with an epicenter between Pozzuoli and Bacoli near Naples, linked to the phenomenon of bradisism. As usual there are inconveniences for the affected population, with subways and funiculars closed for precaution and some activities suspended; there are discussions about requesting a state of emergency for the Campi Flegrei area in order to expedite rescue procedures in the event of significant seismic events. There is no magma rising from the magma chamber, only high-pressure gases that pressing on the surface rock layers fracture them to find a way out causing earthquakes and seismic swarms in what has been an active volcanic field for about eighty thousand years with alternating phases of activity and lately twenty years of bradisism. Possible the phreatic explosions but not particularly concerning due to contact between very hot fluid and aquifers. e-mail:       info@salutary.eu Tel:   +39 338 1809310        Date:    May 14, 2025              n:   5948       Protecting the Saya de Malha Bank in Indian Ocean A little-known underwater territory of forty thousand square kilometers located between Mauritius and Seychelles, like the Saya de Malha Bank in the Indian Ocean (an area comparable in size to Switzerland), would be a rare and precious ecosystem in international waters that needs protection because it is at risk of intensive exploitation by the fishing industry. This is considering that it is a lung of the ocean rich in seagrass beds and habitat for numerous marine species capable of capturing carbon dioxide thirty-five times faster than tropical forests. Moreover researchers claim that boats arriving in these very fishy waters even from distant countries not only fish for tuna but also catch sharks for their fins leading to their extinction. In 2012 international organizations deemed the Saya de Malha Bank a potential candidate for World Marine Heritage. e-mail:       info@salutary.eu Tel:   +39 338 1809310        Date:    May 13, 2025              n:   5947       Methane emissions into the atmosphere are too high Although there are technologies to monitor and reduce methane leaks during extraction phases especially in the hydrocarbon exploitation sector losses remain too high, at least according to a report by international energy agencies. The concentration of this greenhouse gas in the atmosphere (eighty times more powerful than CO2, even though it lasts for about a decade) has more than doubled in the last two centuries, mainly due to human activities. It is estimated that until 2019 methane emissions from fossil fuel exploitation could be quantified at about one hundred and twenty million tons; then they peaked and do not seem to be decreasing. Some say that addressing this factor is of great importance, but countries generally do little to reduce these losses. e-mail:       info@salutary.eu Tel:   +39 338 1809310        Date:    May 12, 2025              n:   5946       Anchoring boats harmful to posidonia Posidonia meadows in the sea can absorb over thirty-five times carbon dioxide compared to tropical forests, making them an ally in efforts to limit the impacts of climate change or potentially one of the solutions; moreover, the health of the sea and consequently fishing depends on these underwater plants, which are also habitats for over three hundred species of algae and more than a thousand species of marine animals. It is estimated that the extent of posidonia meadows in the Mediterranean has already decreased by at least thirty-four percent, mainly due to unregulated boat anchoring, along with truly destructive fishing practices on the seabed and intensive aquaculture practices conducted near these posidonia meadows that constitute an entire ecosystem, the loss of which would release a large amount of CO2 that has been stored for centuries. e-mail:       info@salutary.eu Tel:   +39 338 1809310        Date:    May 10, 2025              n:   5945       A tax to contain the global warming To try to limit the global warming, it would be necessary to establish a progressive tax on wealth and investments very much oriented towards the intensive exploitation of coal, at least according to a study that underlines how the responsibility for global warming in about thirty years is due to the richest ten percent of the richest people on the planet, mainly rich Chinese and Americans who if combined, account for almost half of global emissions. Particular attention should be paid to how much financial investments affect the climate issue rather than dwelling only on lifestyles and personal consumption. The group of so-called responsible could also be further reduced; in fact, it seems that almost a third of the "super-ultra" rich are in the United States, more than China, India and Germany combined. e-mail:       info@salutary.eu Tel:   +39 338 1809310        Date:    May 09, 2025              n:   5944       Average very hot month of April The warming monitored on the planet extends month after month with the average temperatures of the month of April close to the records recorded, this raises the question of how much the world is warming far beyond the forecasts made in the past; in fact, taking into account the role played by global currents that help keep temperatures in balance, these peaks should not have been reached in these periods. Everyone points the finger at the excessive use of fossil fuels to power human activities that have caused a climate change judged exceptional and the hottest in one hundred and twenty-five thousand years. It should be noted, changing the subject but remaining on naturalistic issues, that yesterday in Greece in the Falassarna weather station thirty-three Celsius degrees were exceeded; while in Italy a cold air front has caused temperatures to drop, damage to crops in Piedmont region. e-mail:       info@salutary.eu Tel:   +39 338 1809310        Date:    May 08, 2025              n:   5943       Simplifying and organizing power grids The accident that occurred to the Iberian electricity grid with fifty-five million people left in the dark due to a blackout considered historic about ten days ago raises the question of whether it is not necessary to simplify and organize the energy distribution of large countries in a more efficient way; in fact, apparently it is not possible to understand what the real cause of the blackout is and every hypothesis put forward has been discarded (with some theories also judged rather evanescent and made to capture public attention). These are very articulated networks with the additional complexity constituted by the relative novelty of renewable energy, the increase in electric cars on the road and various devices that absorb a lot of energy for recharging; all for electricity grids that are often not well organized, a bit chaotic and also exposed to possible cyber attacks and the climate changes variable. e-mail:       info@salutary.eu Tel:   +39 338 1809310        Date:    May 07, 2025              n:   5942       Floods in Petra in Jordan The well-known tourist resort of Petra was suddenly flooded by a cloudburst, there is talk of at least one victim (a Belgian tourist) and about eighteen hundred people evacuated by the Jordanian authorities who organized rescues; tourists visiting the monumental attractions carved into the rock have often been forced to find, not without difficulty and inconvenience, a refuge from the torrents of water that have invaded the characteristic gorges of the place. It should be noted changing the subject but remaining on naturalistic issues that a study carried out in Canada would have highlighted how public notices regarding the progress of the fire season could avoid trips to hospital for asthma patients, in practice it is information relating to air quality, to take the appropriate medicines, to equip oneself with air purifiers up to high-flow oxygen dispensers. e-mail:       info@salutary.eu Tel:   +39 338 1809310        Date:    May 06, 2025              n:   5941       High temperatures in Greece with sand from Africa After rather cold days at the end of April, days of almost summer heat are taking place in Greece with temperatures that have even exceeded thirty degrees Celsius and according to the weather forecast in addition to the heat there will also be fine sand and dust from Africa and then perhaps a colder source is approaching. Athenians and tourists filled the beaches and several areas with abnormal temperatures such as the more than thirty-two degrees in Karditsa, thirty-two in Farsala and thirty-one in Larissa, Psachna and Evia also linked to a heat wave. It should be noted, changing the subject but remaining on naturalistic issues, that recently in Southern Iraq there have been breathing difficulties for about two thousand seven hundred people who have required hospitalization in many cases due to storms of fine sand and dust coming partly from Arabia. e-mail:       info@salutary.eu Tel:   +39 338 1809310        Date:    May 05, 2025              n:   5940       Problematic flu season in the U.S. Initial data on deaths of children from influenza in the United States show a sharp increase compared to those recorded last year, considering that the flu season is not over and indeed in these periods it does not seem to be attenuating much as cases of contagion. There is talk of a drop in vaccinations for children from about sixty-four percent five years ago to forty-nine percent and even if vaccination does not prevent having symptoms it can prevent hospitalization and death. The flu is rated as very severe with adults and it is estimated that there have been forty-seven million infections, six hundred and ten thousand hospitalizations and twenty-six thousand victims. To be noted changing the subject but remaining on health issues such as in the Gaza Strip the lack of food and medicine is precipitating the situation, then an organism without adequate nutrition gets sick easily. e-mail:       info@salutary.eu Tel:   +39 338 1809310        Date:    Apr 03, 2025              n:   5939       Truly destructive fire in Israel It is considered by some to be one of the most destructive fires in the history of Israel, the one that has been devouring the woods near Mesilat Zion and not far from Jerusalem for a few days, favored by high temperatures, wind and drought; there is talk of mass evacuations, problems with traffic management, injuries due to intoxication and international mobilization. The authorities say that most of the fires are under control, but the extinguished and still smoking fires could regain strength and other firefighter interventions are not ruled out while the causes are investigated. The Eshkol forest and the hills west of the capital Jerusalem were particularly affected with residential areas affected by the columns of smoke that emanated from the high fires; the question is generally how the region will be able to cope with heat waves and extreme droughts linked to climate change. e-mail:       info@salutary.eu Tel:   +39 338 1809310        Date:    May 02, 2025              n:   5938       Pirates in jacket and necktie By now the traditional image of the pirates organizes in groups from corsairs armed of guns and knives to the cingula have yielded the step to the new predator dressed in jacket and necktie that is annoying the web (bandits that unload entire site and they identify the protection keys, steal the symbols, musics..), even with one name of all security that hides the deceit to before the tacking of click. As an example writing "salutary.eu" on a famous search engine between the entrance connections to the site www.salutistico.it, others do not authorize links appear between which also one to those in order to unload freewares, but that practically they turn out to payment through Dialer. Attention to the pirates, exploratory of the web Internet, sails in sure waters; in fact the Demo of the program "Well-being Body - Mind - Soul" deposited that it enjoys all the copyrights can unload free from my salutary.eu Internet site or salutary.eu compiling the appropriate card of recording (and subsequently with relative password communicated) and I dissociate myself from the use of my software to payment for whichever site different from the mine. To notice unfortunately that also writing "salutistico.it" for the original site, are visualized links truculent or trap. - Lately is disappeared the intere site from some search engines.. (that evidently could use the same criteria of selection). e-mail:       info@salutary.eu Tel:   +39 338 1809310        Date:    Jan 19, 2007              n:   313   ...     < * The author doesn't assume some kind of responsibility for the bad use of the articles councils (all rights are reserved)