Increased disordered alcohol consumption after Covid-19

The lockdown situation sometimes even resembling a kind of confinement caused by the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic with waves of the virus forcing people to stay at home and have limited contact while using masks to protect against possible infections may have led according to some to an unhealthy habit of drinking alcohol in a disordered manner (so-called binge drinking, more in men than in women) with health consequences that can be serious up to the formation of tumors. It should be noted that alcohol metabolizes into acetaldehyde, thereby damaging DNA, increases cellular oxidation tends to alter hormone levels, then for example for those who smoke it increases the absorption of carcinogens associated with cigarettes and tobacco.

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Tel:   +39 338 1809310        Date:    Jan 17, 2026              n°:   6156      


Overheating forecasts for 2026

There will likely be no substantial changes regarding overheating in 2026 compared to the previous three years, all of which were over one and a half degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, therefore with unprecedented heatwaves, prolonged drought periods (peaks monitored from 2023 to 2025 were classified as extreme), as well as periods of intense rainfall with downpours and freezing waves with strong climatic anomalies will still occur. If the global current known as "El Nino" manifests during the year temperatures could rise further in addition to the warming caused by the greenhouse effect leading to new environmentally unhealthy records. There is concern about the increase in emissions linked to the use of generative artificial intelligence which requires enormous amounts of energy.

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Tel:   +39 338 1809310        Date:    Jan 16, 2026              n°:   6155      


Considerations on 2025 temperatures

Although 2025 ranked third among the warmest years, and only by a little, since such data have been monitored, this does not mean that global warming is slowing down; in fact, these are average values that, as already pointed out by researchers, do not take into account that, for example in Iceland and Greenland temperatures were far above average due to intense heatwaves resulting in considerable melting of the Greenland ice, then there were also anomalous temperature spikes in parts of the planet generally considered very cold. The very fact that a sort of memory of glacier coring is being created in special cold pits dug in Antarctica could mean that glaciers are destined to disappear, and this is the only way to have a kind of record of what the planet was like before climate warming for unrestrained fossil fuel use.

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Tel:   +39 338 1809310        Date:    Jan 15, 2026              n°:   6154      


Proposals to ban the Use of AI for explicit content

Many countries are considering imposing limits, bans, and safeguards on the use of an artificial intelligence application to post so-called deepfake explicit content online (essentially posting false images of a person in a "state of undress" without consent) created using a controversial chatbot. Malaysia and Indonesia are the first countries to have blocked the application, the United Kingdom is proposing legislation to punish those who post intimate images online without consent, France has alerted its cyber control platform, Italy issued a notice from the privacy regulatory authority and there have been various initiatives taken for example by Sweden and India. It should be noted that a large amount of energy is required to support these generative AI chatbots with inevitable related pollution.

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Tel:   +39 338 1809310        Date:    Jan 14, 2026              n°:   6153      


Problems and disruptions due to heavy snowfall in Serbia

The heavy snowfall that affected western Serbia has caused power lines to fall resulting in electricity outages, then there are also reports of flooding (some even mention casualties) and there is a risk of being trapped due to congested roads caused by collapses of the snow that has accumulated significantly along the sides of the streets, in general the population faces difficulties moving on roads that are often icy and slippery. To report changing completely the topic but still within natural phenomena the melting of a well-known huge iceberg that broke off from Antarctica decades ago and is now reduced to little less than a third of its original size in oceanic routes; moreover, the concerning conditions monitored in Canadian glaciers which are experiencing increasingly rapid ice melting.

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Tel:   +39 338 1809310        Date:    Jan 13, 2026              n°:   6152      


Bad weather in Greece and in the southern regions of Italy

A wave of bad weather characterized by extreme cold and icy gusts of wind is affecting Greece and the authorities have warned the population about potential dangerous situations particularly in the northern regions, them there is also talk of a very cold air front in Macedonia with temperatures well below freezing and generally snowy conditions. As for Italy there are reports of damage in Calabria and Sicily regions due to storm surges with some stretches of the coast being eroded by the waves (a motorist narrowly escaped being swept away by a wave), then additionally cold and snow also at low altitudes are causing difficulties for drivers. To report turning attention to Russia a snowstorm in Moscow, always due to a cold air front, is reportedly the worst in fifty-six years with heavy traffic and airports shut down numerous snowplows working to clear the roads.

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Tel:   +39 338 1809310        Date:    Jan 12, 2026              n°:   6151      


Extreme heat in Australia and freezing temperatures in Europe

A heatwave is hitting southwestern Australia and particularly in New South Wales and Victoria, for example temperatures are reported to reach forty-one degrees Celsius in Melbourne, with other areas exceeding forty-four degrees. There is a high risk of fires with outbreaks already having burned over three thousand hectares of vegetation near the towns of Longwood and Walwa (at least two structures destroyed by fire). In Europe there are reports of icy wind gusts leaving hundreds of thousands of households without electricity in France, especially in Normandy and Brittany, tens of thousands of homes are also without power in the UK, while Germany is experiencing cold weather and heavy snowfalls, in Italy temperatures are well below minus twenty degrees Celsius in some alpine valleys in the north.

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Tel:   +39 338 1809310        Date:    Jan 10, 2026              n°:   6150      


Better to exercise than take medicines that mimic glucagon

Therapies using medicines that mimic the action of a GLP-1 hormone which helps control blood glucose levels are becoming increasingly common (often for weight loss rather than more appropriate uses), then there is talk of a country where these will also be available in a generic-like version at lower prices; however some experts warn that many people quit the therapy within a year for example due to side effects such as nausea and then tend to regain the lost weight estimated at around eighteen months and other monitored health parameters also return to pre-treatment levels. If one decides to exercise with physical activity and a proper diet weight will be regained much more slowly if the training is stopped still conserving health benefits and the development of healthy habits.

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Tel:   +39 338 1809310        Date:    Jan 09, 2026              n°:   6149      


Wave of cold and snow in European countries

Due to a very cold Arctic air front temperatures in several European countries are recording extremely low values, for example, there are reports of five deaths in France from road accidents caused by ice and snow, as well as the cancellation of hundreds of flights, then in the Netherlands airplane passengers were stranded at Amsterdam airport, and highways, roads, railway lines were sometimes impassable. In Bosnia in Sarajevo there was a fatality caused by the fall of a large tree branch under the weight of the snow. In Serbia emergency measures were adopted for some western municipalities affected by bad weather, with warnings for drivers to be careful on the roads, Croatia and Montenegro are being battered by icy wind gusts along the coasts with very rough seas, in Italy the situation is difficult for the homeless due to the very harsh temperatures.

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Tel:   +39 338 1809310        Date:    Jan 08, 2026              n°:   6148      


Floods in Kosovo and North Sulawesi in Indonesia

Two days of heavy rainfall in the western and central municipalities of Kosovo have caused flooding with entire neighborhoods submerged, followed by reports of power outages, partially submerged cars, and a state of emergency declared by authorities in the affected areas, while weather forecasts predict more heavy rain across the Balkans. As for Indonesia storms are reported to have caused at least sixteen deaths and eighteen injuries, with alerts remaining high due to the formation of a cyclone in the southwest Indian Ocean, then shifting focus to the situation in Aceh schools remain closed more than a month after the disastrous cyclone "Senyar" and local residents often complain about a lack of intervention, aid, and having to face the emergency without resources.

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Tel:   +39 338 1809310        Date:    Jan 07, 2026              n°:   6147      


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