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Poorly protected peatlands around the world A large amount of carbon dioxide is stored in peatlands (six hundred billion tons of CO2) and they also constitute a very particular ecosystem, but it is estimated that only seventeen percent of the areas that host peatlands are protected and this according to experts is a big mistake because they are important globally. They are often drained or burned to obtain land that can be used for agricultural purposes and this means sacrificing land that for hundreds of years has stored organic material in these characteristic humid environments where many particular animals and plants find refuge. Changing the subject but remaining on naturalistic issues it should be noted that a cloudburst on the island of Elba in Italy flooded the streets in Portoferraio, is talk about people trapped in homes and cars; then schools closed, interventions by special rescue teams. e-mail: info@salutary.eu Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: Feb 14, 2025 
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 Few initiatives against global warming The new targets that had been proposed to limit global warming have not been met by almost all countries, but emissions are expected to halve by the end of the decade and only ten countries out of two hundred have adopted green initiatives. No penalties of any kind have been provided for those who do not respect the limits or even facilitations, so it is clear that there is little momentum for the ecological sector, but if the damage caused by climate change is calculated perhaps it would have been better to intervene in time; then there are also models that simulate how much can be saved by investing in environmental protection, of how it is better to prevent than to try to intervene after increasingly unpredictable extreme weather events. Countries that have historically released large amounts of pollutants into the atmosphere should be more responsible. e-mail: info@salutary.eu Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: Feb 11, 2025 n°: 5871 Surprisingly heat record for January It was thought that due to the effects of the global current "La Nina" temperatures should be cooler on average (in figurative terms it would act as a brake on overheating), but the record heat monitored in January has belied the forecasts so much so that some call the value 1.75 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels surprising and perhaps there could be additional factors that are pushing for unprecedented persistent global warming. Every fraction of a degree above one and a half degrees Celsius global could be the intensity and frequency of extreme phenomena, then there are consequences on crops, all a series of parameters that affect health. Having warmer oceans, as has been monitored for some time, means less ability to absorb large amounts of heat from the atmosphere mitigating global temperatures. e-mail: info@salutary.eu Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: Feb 06, 2025 n°: 5867 Severe tremors in Santorini Island Over two hundred earthquakes one of which of magnitude 4.6 would have been recorded in the popular Greek tourist island of Santorini in the Aegean Sea, the authorities have warned to remain calm in addition to preparing tents and rescue teams but many people have gone to the port to leave the island and many have slept outdoors and the population is quite scared; questions also regarding the tourism sector on how the situation should be managed. It should be noted completely changing the subject that according to astronomical calculations an asteroid almost the size of a football field is theoretically on a collision course with the earth (we are talking about a percentage above one percent) even if there is time to prepare for a possible impact and using futuristic technologies try to divert its trajectory avoiding the event assessed as very dangerous. e-mail: info@salutary.eu Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: Feb 04, 2024 n°: 5865 Bad weather in Indonesia and snow in South Korea Due to the intense rainfall that affected large areas in Central Java, there are twenty-seven victims of floods and landslides, then there were floods in East Jakarta and recently about six hundred and eighty families were reportedly evacuated due to flooding in the city and regency of Tangerang with unusable railway lines and difficulties for the main international airport serving Greater Jakarta. On the island of Flores in the port city of Labuan Bajo, a well-known tourist destination for the characteristic boats that are also used to travel to the island of Komodo (famous for its large reptiles), the authorities warn that boats will have to remain in port due to high waves and strong winds. Shifting attention to South Korea, an intense snowfall should be reported that caused difficulties in travel both by rail, bus and plane. e-mail: info@salutary.eu Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: Jan 31, 2025 n°: 5862 A storm lashes Ireland Record wind gusts of over one hundred and eighty kilometers per hour have lashed Ireland caused by the storm called "Eowyn", we are talking about one victim and tens of thousands of homes left without electricity supply (the electricity grid in some places cannot be repaired quickly for safety reasons) as well as uprooted trees and inconvenience. Both in Ireland and Scotland the authorities had closed schools and cancelled flights as a precaution and shelters had been set up, strong winds with gusts also affected Great Britain with a risk of flooding. It should be noted changing the subject but remaining on naturalistic issues that in Britain territory a huge iceberg detached from the Antarctic a few decades ago due to climate change is heading dangerously towards a remote uncontaminated island in the territory of South Georgia. e-mail: info@salutary.eu Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: Jan 27, 2025 n°: 5858 Some progress in containing fires in Los Angeles The firefighters with the support of helicopters would have been able to contain the fires that are devouring the vegetation in mountainous areas north of Los Angeles, we are talking about tens of thousands of people authorized to return to their homes (evacuation orders had reached over fifty thousand and many remain with alert notices), while a fire in the southwest of Ventura County is worrying since the vegetation is quite dry due to eight months of absence or little rainfall and the so called Santa Ana winds could advance the flames quickly. In the meantime the death toll from previous fires is twenty-eight with fourteen thousand structures destroyed, then barriers are being prepared in hilly areas (near Palisades and Altadena) in the event of any rains that would drag a flow of debris downstream. e-mail: info@salutary.eu Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: Jan 24, 2025 n°: 5856 Assessments of U.S. exit from climate agreements After China the United States is among the countries that emit the most climate-altering gases into the atmosphere, but in first place if we consider the historical total of these greenhouse gases emitted; so some protest about the exit of the U.S. from the Paris climate agreements, then this happens just when California has recorded the worst forest fires in its history (and currently Texas is affected by an anomalous cold wave at these latitudes). Countries quite affected by climate change such as Iran, Libya and Yemen have also not joined the agreements; so in part the same considerations can be made. It is estimated that the cuts in greenhouse gas emissions would have to be forty percent by 2030 and almost sixty percent by 2035 to be able to limit warming that would make the planet unlivable. e-mail: info@salutary.eu Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: Jan 22, 2025 n°: 5854 Low temperatures in parts of Canada and northern U.S. Weather forecasts announce very low temperatures in Canada in the coming days due to arctic air influences, although meteorologists say that it is not really a polar vortex (which allows, by stationing high up in the atmosphere, to generally maintain low temperatures in polar areas and therefore its weakening); but there is also talk of up to minus forty degrees Celsius in areas north of Alberta due to icy winds and about minus forty-five in parts of Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Ontario and Quebec, then some say that the perceived temperature could perhaps be up to minus fifty-eight. Low temperatures are also expected in large areas in the north of the United States even if with values that are not so low, but still dangerous for health if you stay outdoors for a long time, it seems that it could also partially affect northern Florida. e-mail: info@salutary.eu Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: Jan 18, 2025 n°: 5851 Little snow accumulated in the Alps It is estimated that on average there is up to more than sixty percent less snow in the Alps than in the past (a period calculated approximately from 2011 to 2023), this means that the water reserve in the summer months will be very reduced and how it would be appropriate to build reservoirs to collect water from any rainfall in the spring months in order to fill the water deficit. The situation on the Apennines is a little better thanks to the recent snowfalls which, if they have caused some inconvenience with falling trees and difficulty moving, allow water reserves to be stored in the snowpack, but also in this case in the event of periods characterized by above-average temperatures in the coming months, it would be necessary to intercept the meltwater of the snow in special reservoirs; in fact, the phenomenon of desertification affects increasingly large areas. e-mail: info@salutary.eu Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: Jan 16, 2025 n°: 5849 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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