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Record CO2 Levels for 2024 and a vicious cycle

A combination of continued emissions from fossil fuels and a reduction in what is absorbed by forests, oceans, and other natural resources for carbon dioxide capture has led to record CO2 levels in the atmosphere in 2024 (since such data began being recorded in 1957), according to a report by international agencies. The report highlights how the average annual increase rose from 2.4 parts per million per year in the decade from 2011 to 2020 to 3.5 ppm from 2023 to 2024. The consequences of humanity's reckless behavior and unrestrained consumption of fossil fuels have resulted in increasingly extreme climatic events, disturbing the delicate carbon cycle and creating a self-reinforcing vicious cycle; therefore it is urgent to find effective solutions to reverse this trend.
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Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: 16/10/2025
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New volcanic eruption in Indonesia

Indonesian authorities in East Nusa Tenggara have raised the alert to the highest level due to a new eruption of the Lewotobi Laki-Laki volcano on the island of Flores in south-central Indonesia, which is over seventeen hundred meters high with a double peak; there is talk of possible evacuations, as well as warnings to residents and tourists to stay away from the affected area, operations at the local airport in the city of Maumere are suspended. to report changing the subject but remaining on natural themes that environmentalists have reported a decline in wild bee colonies (and butterfly) in Europe which can consequently also affect wild plants that depend on them for vital pollination; then recently there have been torrential storms in Spain with floods in Catalonia leaving people trapped in cars and houses submerged in water.
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Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: 15/10/2025
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A law regulating chatbots in California

Operators of AI-based chatbots will be required to regulate them to safeguard interactions with users, at least according to the intentions of a law enacted in California; as recently online users have increasingly been using these artificial dialogue systems to look for accurate information despite the growing misinformation associated with these chatbots. There have been definitely unpleasant incidents involving young people whose attention was caught by generative AI, and therefore there is an effort to regulate chatbots so that they cannot interact with children or vulnerable individuals to induce them to extreme actions; consequently chatbot operators will need to adopt safety measures and provide a pathway that helps address potential tragedies and harm to users.
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Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: 14/10/2025
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Floods and Landslides in Mexico

There are reportedly over forty victims in central and southeastern areas of Mexico due to floods and landslides caused by torrential rainfall, is speak of houses and highways have been damaged, roads impassable and thousands of rescuers have been deployed by authorities to help people in difficulty who are forced to try to reach safety sometimes wading through mud and debris. to report other natural emergencies such as the abnormal overheating of the sea and ocean around New Zealand, so much so that it is estimated that the water is heating at a rate thirty-four times faster than the global average, particularly the surface waters; it appears that there is a link between climate change and disruptions in the flow of major ocean currents between New Zealand and Antarctica, with serious consequences for the ecosystem.
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Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: 13/10/2025
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Methane escaping from cracks in the Antarctic

Large quantities of methane, a greenhouse gas eighty times more potent (in the first twenty years in the atmosphere) than carbon dioxide in terms of climate warming potential, escape in bubbles from cracks on the Antarctic seabed, at least according to recent observations in specific areas. These observations suggest that predictions regarding global warming may have been underestimated, although little is still known about how much methane actually reaches the atmosphere and how much is consumed by microbes living on the ocean floor; there could also be an impact on marine life. To report changing the subject but remaining on natural issues that a storm is approaching the East Coast of the United States, particularly South Carolina and New Jersey; meanwhile, in the Philippines there are reports of seven victims due to two recent tremors in Davao.
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Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: 11/10/2025
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Strong earthquake shakes the Philippines

A magnitude 7.4 earthquake off the southern coast of the Philippines near the city of Manao in eastern Davao in the Mindanao region has triggered a tsunami alert, with authorities warning residents living along the coast to move inland and to higher ground; there are reports of damaged houses, buildings, and bridges. Panic spread among the population in Davao with people reporting that they could not stand due to the earthquake, and there were fears of possible collapses following closely after another earthquake while rescuers try to provide assistance and aid. To report changing the subject but remaining on natural issues that the typhoon named "Halong" is battering Japan with heavy rain and strong winds; authorities have issued emergency warnings and floods and landslides are expected.
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Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: 10/10/2025
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Northern areas of Vietnam struggling due to bad weather

At least three people are reported dead due to the typhoon called "Matmo," which affected vast areas in northern Vietnam, there are reports of floods in Hanoi, with thousands of boats used to rescue people in difficulty, followed by evacuations, streets turned into raging torrents, flooded crops, and severe disruptions; this is just the latest extreme event in a series of floods that have struck the country. To report shifting the focus to Turkey, the situation is quite the opposite regarding extreme phenomena, with a prolonged drought considered one of the worst in half a century, water reserves have decreased also by to twenty-seven percent over three decades, particularly affecting the Marmara region which includes the cities of Tekirdag and Istanbul, then there are reports of dried-up lakes and generally very low water levels in reservoirs.
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Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: 09/10/2025
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Floods in northern Vietnam caused by segments of a dam

Due to heavy rainfall water has overflowed from some protective segments of a dam in Bac Ninh province in northern Vietnam, thousands of people have been urgently evacuated with homes flooded and rice fields submerged resulting in the loss of most of the harvest. Authorities are trying to find accommodation for the evacuated residents and for farm animals, using measures that had already been partially planned. There are also concerns about the water levels of the Cau River in the area of Hop Tinh Commune. report changing the subject but still on natural topics that renewable electricity production in the first half of 2025 has surpassed that from coal, with China and India leading in this achievement; however, some say that the production chain of renewables is not very environmentally friendly.
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Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: 08/10/2025
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World capitals struggling with water scarcity

Climate change is rapidly depleting the water reserves of many world capitals, for example in Athens in Greece it is believed that water will only be sufficient for one year due to prolonged drought and increased consumption and in the future it will be necessary to build desalination plants; meanwhile in Tehran in Iran some have discussed moving the capital because of the critical issues caused by the region's water scarcity. In Indonesia satellite images have reportedly shown that the area chosen to host the future new capital has limited water resources; moreover, there is controversy in the country over deforestation plans decided by the authorities, which risk depleting the area of water. To report on a different topic but still related to natural issues a large uncontrolled wildfire is raging in Canada, in Nova Scotia (Lake George wilfire in Kings County) under dry and windy conditions.
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Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: 07/10/2025
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A storm lashes France and European countries

There would be two victims in northern France due to the passing of the storm called "Amy," characterized by wind gusts exceeding one hundred and thirty kilometers per hour, then thousands of households left without electricity, especially in Normandy, and alerts in several departments. There is also talk of one victim in Ireland, in addition to damage and disruptions in Great Britain and Scandinavia. Bad weather in southeastern Bulgaria resulted in at least three victims and several people missing in the tourist village of Elenite due to flooding, with roads generally turned into rivers in the affected areas and even cars carried away over long distances. In Italy storm surges hit Emilia Romagna region, flooding some seaside resorts (recently closed after the tourist season), and recently there was one victim near Ostuni in Puglia region due to a downpour that swept away cars.
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Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: 06/10/2025
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Eating habits are destabilizing the planet

Almost a third of greenhouse gas emissions come from food, at least according to one study which highlights key factors such as the environmentally harmful role of methane released by cattle, deforestation to make room for crops and the use of fossil energy for fertilizer production. Moreover, even if we stopped burning fossil fuels our eating habits tend to push global temperatures above the set limit of one and a half degrees Celsius of warming. The harmful impact includes loss of biodiversity, soil degradation, water scarcity, and pollution from fertilizers, resulting in an overall alarming situation. As for the dietary regime to follow it is recommended to eat fruits and vegetables with limited consumption of meat and fish, which would also help prevent fifteen million premature deaths.
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Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: 04/10/2025
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Investigation on deepfake videos on social media platforms

A nonprofit organization reportedly identified over sixty deepfake videos on well-known social media platforms, primarily targeting the seniors, promoting fake government spending cards and healthcare payment, reaching tens of thousands of platform users and even using the U.S. faces of well-known personalities. The phenomenon of deepfakes is generally increasing worldwide and it appears that in the so-called dark web, these videos, created using generative artificial intelligence that was once very expensive can now be ordered at low cost. Another issue to highlight is the intent to use, for example, fake actors in videos driven by artificial intelligence with a high degree of realism, following a more or less successful series of presenters, then voices and music of artificial singers, in addition to texts of all kinds and from every cultural sector.
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Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: 03/10/2025
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Bad weather with heavy storms in Sicily

The remnants of the strong vortex that previously affected Spain and the Balearic Islands have caused heavy storms in Sicily, there is a report of a missing person in Favara in the province of Agrigento (a woman who, while trying to get out of her car was swept away by the force of the water on a street that had turned into a rushing stream); then people were trapped in their flooded homes. According to weather forecasts the vortex is moving towards Greece and heavy rainfall is expected, in a country already affected by severe drought with reserves for Athens reduced to a minimum. To report shifting the focus to Ukraine that nine people have died due to a wave of bad weather with heavy rains that caused flooding in the Odessa province, forcing rescuers to carry out many emergency rescues for people in distress.
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Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: 02/10/2025
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Strong earthquake in central Philippines

There are reportedly over sixty victims due to a shallow 6.9 magnitude earthquake with its epicenter near Palompon, close to the city of Bogo in Cebu province, but this is a preliminary figure and there are reports of collapsed buildings with people likely trapped under the rubble. Hundreds of aftershocks have been recorded by instruments. It is also reported that a commercial building and a school collapsed in Bantayan in Cebu province and power lines have fallen causing electricity outages, while authorities warned the population to stay calm and move to open areas. To report changing the subject but still on natural topics there have been disruptions in Spain for students in the Valencia region affected by recent heavy rains, then in the Balearic Islands, particularly in Ibiza, streets have been flooded.
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Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: 01/10/2025
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A storm lashes Vietnam

There are at least nineteen victims, thirteen missing, and eighty-two injured due to the passage of the storm called "Bualoi" accompanied by tunderstorms, strong winds, storm surges (with one ship lost), floods and landslides; is speak of a trail of destruction with over one hundred thousand damaged houses or roofs blown off, with Ha Tinh province particularly affected, followed by Nghe An. Nine thousand four hundred hectares of rice crops and one thousand eight hundred hectares of aquaculture were destroyed, and many structures along the coasts were eroded. Numerous roads are impassable due to landslides, in addition to uprooted trees and heavy rainfall still affecting provinces in the north-central part of the country. To report shifting the attention to Spain, floods caused by heavy rains have been reported, sometimes in the same areas that were hit by disastrous floods last year.
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Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: 30/09/2025
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Acidity in the seas above the safety level

Exceeding the safety level of acidity in the seas can weaken the ability to support life and human development itself, considering the billions of people who depend on them, at least according to a study by researchers who emphasize that acidification not only threatens fishing-related activities but also reduces the oceans' ability to absorb carbon dioxide and thus mitigate climate warming. For example the aragonite, a type of calcium carbonate, is used to build shells and protective coverings for a large number of marine creatures, and its deficiency means significant damage to life and the entire food chain. To report changing the subject but still on natural topics that the storm "Bualoi" is affecting central Vietnam, and many evacuations are being carried out as a precaution.
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Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: 29/09/2025
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New increasingly challenges to protect the health

The challenges in trying to protect health are becoming increasingly demanding; in fact, in addition to the usual pollution, with recent studies showing how an individual is exposed to the harmful effects of indiscriminate fossil fuel use from conception to death, there is also the increased risk to the cardiovascular system due to inhalation of fine particulate matter released by large fires that are often consuming forests around the world, then heatwaves further worsen the situation. The latest challenge is represented by artificial intelligence, but in this last case much depends on how it will be used although even just hearing about viruses designed using machine computing capabilities for "health" purposes (in cases of antibiotic resistance) or medicines formulated with artificial intelligence to address potential threats is concerning.
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Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: 27/09/2025
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China intends to reduce pollutant emissions

The Chinese authorities have reportedly stated that they want to reduce pollutant emissions with a plan to enhance electric power production capacity, using wind technologies and solar panels, by six times compared to the levels of 2020 within the next ten years in order to support domestic energy demand by over thirty percent. These initiatives seem to be perhaps planned in response to denialist attitudes regarding climate change from other major global powers (which are not very environmentally friendly), but China alone accounts for about thirty-three percent of pollutant global emissions, and some have long argued that its renewable energy supply chain is not very sustainable; moreover, the initiatives taken to reduce pollution through industrial restructuring by relocating emissions to other countries are indeed questionable.
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Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: 26/09/2025
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Still bad weather in Italy with damages and inconveniences

A wave of bad weather characterized by heavy rainfall and sometimes hail has affected some regions of Italy shortly after the last extreme phenomenon that struck the peninsula. There are talks of requesting a state of emergency for the Piedmont and Liguria regions, with roads sometimes impassable. In Lombardy the province of Como has been particularly affected with for example dozens of evacuees in Brevio due to a landslide. Damages in Veneto with flooding and inundated activities, and in Piedmont hailstorms have damaged vineyards and the body of a missing tourist was found who was previously swept away by the flood of a stream at a campsite while trying to save her dog. On the island of Ischia some schools are still closed due to the recent violent downpour and in the Campania region there have been cases of flooded little towns after hours of intense rainfall.
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Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: 25/09/2025
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A strong typhoon lashes the Philippines and Taiwan

After causing three deaths, five missing and forcing the evacuation of seventeen thousand five hundred people in areas north of the Philippines (with the provinces of Basco and Batanes affected by flooding and landslides), the powerful typhoon named "Ragasa" has caused fourteen deaths in Taiwan; there are reports of flooding from a lake barrier in Hualien County, with torrents of water and mud collapsing a bridge and then flooding the streets of Guangfu, carrying away cars and large objects. Recently affected in its path was Hong Kong with thirteen injuries and damage, and southern China where over a million people have been evacuated in Guangdong. To report turning the attention to Italy a heavy rainstorm accompanied by many lightning strikes has flooded the streets of Ischia, Capri, and Procida, the famous tourist islands of Campania causing disruptions in addition to school closures, while the torrents of water make travel difficult, sometimes even with cars submerged.
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Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: 24/09/2025
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Bad weather with flooding in some regions in Italy

A disturbance characterized by heavy rainfall and downpours has affected some regions in Italy, with reports of a missing woman with her dog in the province of Alessandria in Piedmont region carried away by the overflowing of a stream that is a tributary of the Bormida river; then floods in Lombardy with entire neighborhoods of Milan flooded after the rapid filling of expansion basins, particularly affected by the flooding is the town of Meda where water pumps cannot even be used due to a power outage. In Liguria region some areas have been hit by heavy rains resulting in flooding, and then in Tuscany there was a waterspout in Versilia. A cold front coming from northern Europe met the much warmer air with temperatures above the average for the northern regions and the warm Mediterranean Sea favored the extreme weather phenomenon.
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Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: 23/09/2025
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Risk that Mediterranean may be invaded by toxic fish

It is possible to track marine species through accurate computational models that predict the risk, for example that two species in particular—one highly toxic silver type fish and the voracious lion fish—could lead to a concerning biological invasion in areas of the Mediterranean, at least according to a study developed in collaboration with researchers in Greece, Denmark, and Turkey, which emphasizes that this method is not limited to a local scale and thus applied to the entire Mediterranean and demonstrating the reality of climate change. This is a threat that is becoming increasingly immediate and linked to sea temperature and salinity, two critical factors that monitored like a sort of figurative radar can predict where invasive species will appear. It is worth noting that recently some have reported increasingly frequent marine heatwaves with unusual durations in the Mediterranean.
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Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: 22/09/2025
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Protection of marine biodiversity in the high seas

After the adhesion of Morocco and Sierra Leone, it has been possible to reach the threshold of sixty ratifications of a treaty that provides for the protection of marine biodiversity in the high seas and is expected to become law in 2026. According to environmentalists achieving these protection goals for biodiversity areas in oceans around the world going beyond the exclusive economic zones as defined by various countries is crucial for the safeguarding of marine ecosystems. It is estimated that half of the world's oxygen is produced by the oceans and is therefore essential for facing climate change thanks to an ecosystem made up of aquatic plants and marine creatures threatened by pollution, overfishing, and mineral resources on the seabed.
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Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: 20/09/2025
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New estimates on recent heat victims in Europe

The high temperatures during the summer, with a series of heatwaves from Italy to Germany and France, where temperatures exceeded forty-six degrees Celsius in Spain and Portugal, may have caused sixteen thousand five hundred victims in Europe; researchers who focused on over eight hundred and fifty urban areas recorded temperatures 3.6 degrees higher from June to August due to climate change, but this represents only a third of the population so the death toll is certainly higher. With the heat the heart struggles to pump blood and the elderly sweat less with reduced ability to regulate their temperature; other studies estimate more than sixty thousand total deaths in 2022 and forty-seven thousand in 2023, emphasizing how Europe has become an example of the extreme effects of climate change with significant consequences on activities and especially in the tourist sector.
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Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: 19/09/2025
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Doubts about the impact of red fire retardants

Using red retardants from planes by spreading them over fires is considered a crucial strategy to fight fires, but some raise doubts about their real impact on the environment, especially concerning aquatic ecosystems; in fact, their exact chemical composition is not known although they effectively work by depriving oxygen that fuels the flames. Once spread their red liquid covers everything with a reddish haze, ground, trees, roofs, and if it reaches streams and rivers, the water turns red; it is generally thought that they may be safe for people and the environment even though there are not many studies on the subject, but for example there are restrictions on their use near waterways because they contain ammonia and phosphates that can be harmful to the aquatic ecosystem, affecting fish and amphibians, and algae can proliferate.
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Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: 18/09/2025
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Vaccinations in Congo to tackle an Ebola outbreak

In the Kasai province of the Democratic Republic of Congo vaccinations have begun for workers and individuals at higher risk to confront an Ebola outbreak that has caused at least sixteen deaths, with at least sixty-eight suspected cases; however the doses are scarce and funding is limited and international health organizations warn that the intervention is weak while the country is facing the dangerous virus for the sixteenth time. It is reported that only four hundred doses have been administered, with additional doses to be distributed later (two thousand may be found in the country and forty-five thousand will be provided then by an international coordinating group), but operations have been hindered by limited access and scarce available funds. Another issue is the conflicts especially in the eastern areas of the country which have damaged the healthcare system.
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Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: 17/09/2025
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The ozone hole may shrink in the coming decades

The ozone hole over Antarctica could decrease to the point of disappearing in the coming decades, demonstrating that international action regarding the important protective layer of the Earth is achieving its goals; in fact in 2024 the hole was smaller than in recent years. In 1975 a convention was followed by the Montreal Protocol which allowed for the banning of harmful gases to the ozone layer mainly found in household refrigeration, air conditioning, and aerosol sprays. To report changing the subject but still on natural topics that the Amazon rainforest has reduced by an area the size of Spain in about forty years perhaps approaching a point of no return, as the rain cycle is disrupted and a dry savanna is growing instead of forest.
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Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: 16/09/2025
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Study on emissions from oil and cement industries

The extreme effects of many heat waves could be directly linked to emissions from oil, coal, and cement industries; at least according to a study that highlights how a quarter of the more than two hundred heat waves that have occurred during this century would have been impossible without anthropogenic warming. It is estimated that the exploitation of fossil fuels by one hundred eighty major global polluters has contributed to about half of the increase in the intensity of heat waves since pre-industrial times. In areas of the Global South such as Africa and Latin America many heat waves are not recorded and are absent from the archives used for calculations, so the study results are likely underestimated and the real scale and consequences of these events are greater.
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Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: 15/09/2025
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Severe drought in Atlantic regions of Canada

The map of the water situation in many Atlantic regions of Canada provided by Canadian authorities shows areas where drought reaches extreme values, particularly affecting almost the entire province of Prince Edward Island, while in parts of Labrador conditions are said to be normal; but again for areas of Newfoundland values range from abnormal drought to extreme, especially in parts of the Avalon Peninsula affected by wildfires during the summer, then New Brunswick and Nova Scotia from moderate to severe. In the Annapolis Valley some areas suffered through the worst August in terms of rainfall with a record low of less than fifteen millimeters, followed by drought for Charlottetown and Saint John. Bans on lighting fires, access to land, and measures to save and appropriately manage water reserves have been issued.
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Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: 13/09/2025
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Sea rise threatens many Philippine islands

It could reach thirteen millimeters of sea rise each year, at least according to calculations made by a department on environmental resources which underscores how in the Philippines sea rise is occurring at a rate three times higher than the global average. The seven-hectare island of Manila Bay is already running out of land and risks being completely submerged, then there is also the problem that the land tends to sink as happens along the coasts of Bulacan due to the phenomenon of subsidence and the lives of the people who live there have changed radically. To report changing the subject but remaining on natural issues that has risen to nineteen the death toll in Bali and East Nusa Tenggara in Indonesia due to torrential rainfall and subsequent flooding, with five people reported missing and five hundred evacuated.
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Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: 12/09/2025
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Floods on the island of Bali in Indonesia

There would be at least nine victims this week on the island of Bali in Indonesia with about six hundred people affected by intense rainfall lasting for days, it seems that major street reportedly inaccessible in the capital Denpasar and famous tourist locations difficult to reach. Two hundred people have been evacuated and accommodated in schools and religious facilities, then hardships for the population forced to move through water, not to mention the goods in flooded businesses. Four victims have also been reported in East Nusa Tenggara due to the heavy rains and subsequent flooding. To report changing the subject but staying on natural topics that it is estimated that wildfires in Canada have caused five thousand four hundred deaths worldwide due to related causes (the mortality rate varies depending on the calculation method used) and about eighty-two thousand premature deaths.
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Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: 11/09/2025
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Severe drought in southeastern Europe in August

Armenia, Georgia, Bulgaria and Kosovo faced a severe drought in mid-August, at least according to satellite data that highlighted the extreme phenomenon across almost all the soil; then fifty-two percent of Europe experienced drought, more during this period than in any year since recording began in 2012. On the Atlantic coast over three-quarters of Portugal have been affected by drought (a country that also suffered from devastating fires) and rainfall has been scarce for about seventy percent of France. To report changing the subject but remaining on natural themes the floods on the island of Elba due to a cloudburst; this is the third time in a year that torrents of water have flooded Portoferraio causing inundations, then there was severe bad weather in various areas of Tuscany and Lazio region.
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Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: 10/09/2025
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A large dam in Ethiopia worries Egypt

The largest dam in Africa built on a tributary of the Nile in Ethiopia risks further reducing the flow of the second longest river in the world in Egypt, especially during periods of drought; the flow has already decreased for years due to climate change, although the authorities in Addis Ababa assure that water resources will be shared fairly. This dam construction of which began in 2011 will provide electricity to millions of homes, but Egypt relies on Nile waters for ninety percent of its needs and fears it could lead to the construction of additional dams. To report shifting the attention to other scenarios the suffering of glaciers in the Alps with many Swiss villages threatened by their melting, and the alarming situation of the Marmolada glacier in Italy, then the migrations due to flooding in Punjab in India.
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Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: 09/09/2025
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Low storage capacity for CCS plants

It is estimated that globally that if carbon capture and storage (CCS) plants were used at full capacity they could store around one thousand four hundred tons of carbon dioxide much less than previously thought (twelve thousand billion tons), at least according to researchers who point out that it could only slightly reduce global temperatures compared to what was believed. The use of these plants was suggested because merely reducing emissions was not enough to meet the set goals and that other technologies needed to be utilized, but CCS evidently functions inadequately without considering that they consume an enormous amount of energy in addition to being very expensive; then they could be an excuse to continue exploiting fossil fuels instead of investing in renewables and sustainable.
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Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: 08/09/2025
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Wildfires have global health consequences

Air quality has deteriorated for millions of people due to wildfires in the Amazon, Canada, and Siberia, at least according to statements from international organizations that emphasize how fine particulate matter with a diameter of less than two and a half micrometers (PM2.5) is considered particularly harmful as it can penetrate deep into the lungs and cardiovascular system. Moreover air quality is also related to climate change and both factors should be considered together. The wildfire seasons are getting longer and releasing large amounts of smoke that knows no boundaries; for example, wildfires in Canada worsen air quality even in Europe. It is worth noting changing the subject but remaining on health-related themes that the health emergency of mpox (caused by the monkeypox virus) is no longer an emergency in Africa.
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Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: 06/09/2025
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Plasticized and overheated Mediterranean

It is estimated that the equivalent of thirty-four thousand plastic bottles ends up in the Mediterranean Sea every minute, making it possibly the most polluted sea in the world. This plastic which becomes microplastic is said to resemble a soup with unprecedented levels of pollution (it seems that Corsica is particularly polluted) devastating both human and marine life. Another issue is the overheating with tropical fish having crossed through the Suez Canal which are now increasingly spotted and marine heatwaves becoming more frequent with temperatures four degrees Celsius above the averages and with unusual durations. Changing the subject but still on natural topics it is noteworthy that the death toll of the recent earthquake in Afghanistan has risen to two thousand two hundred with over three thousand six hundred injured, particularly affecting Kunar province.
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Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: 05/09/2025
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Unstable equilibrium with artificial intelligence

It was said that the AI sector needed to be regulated and brought under control, but apparently it continues to grow at a rapid pace with models that some even define as "Machiavellian" in their ability to manipulate minds, and with a future that seems increasingly difficult to balance with artificial intelligence. The machine is able to simulate having a sort of consciousness or perhaps it is the person who tends to give it a personality, posing a danger to society that these artificial models could have emotions; then one might think that they need rights attributed to humans and animals, even to have emotional dependencies. For example one must be careful not to be deceived by persuasive language that simulates a varied personality, which recalls giving a sense of reality while also exploiting artistic abilities.
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Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: 04/09/2025
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Earthquake in Afghanistan and floods in Punjab

A 6.0 magnitude earthquake struck an area in Kunar province near the city of Jalalabad in Nangarhar causing one thousand four thousand casualties and more than three thousand injuries according to provisional reports as many affected areas are not easily reachable also due to previous floods that have damaged the roads. There are reports of great difficulties for entire communities, with many people missing and requests for international aid while digging through the rubble of collapsed houses. It's noteworthy that shifting the attention to Pakistan that authorities are using drones to locate people who have taken refuge on rooftops in Punjab due to the floods affecting the country for days; nine hundred thousand have been evacuated since last week from over three thousand one hundred flooded villages, and more than six hundred thousand livestock have been rescued.
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Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: 02/09/2025
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Food shortages in the Gaza Strip and Darfur

According to international organizations the evacuation of the population from the city of Gaza due to the conflict that has affected the area for decades could cause severe food shortages as well as shortages of shelter and medical support more so than evacuations that took place in other parts of the Gaza Strip. Previously there had been protests regarding how the distribution of food and humanitarian aid was organized with people including children killed while trying to obtain some food and in the case of the evacuation of Gaza City the situation can only be much worse. As for Darfur in Sudan also due to military conflicts there have been reports of severe food and water shortages for a year particularly in the city of El-Fasher (the largest inhabited center in western Darfur) with people dying of hunger, then there are fears of cholera outbreaks.
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Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: 01/09/2025
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Weather alerts for bad weather in Greece and Italy

Strong thunderstorms accompanied by lightning and hail are expected in the northwestern regions of Greece, at least according to weather forecasts that warn that after a drop in temperatures due to the bad weather, there will be a quick return to strong solar radiation and temperatures could even reach forty degrees Celsius. In Italy the alert seems to be especially for Lombardy region where they are still dealing with the damage caused by a tornadoes (such as roofs torn off, a collapsed house, a devastated solar field, some cases of flooding, hailstorms); there is also a warning for areas in Tuscany region. To report changing the subject but still on natural issues the warning from international organizations regarding the insufficient progress in ensuring universal access to water, with over two million people lacking access to drinking water.
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Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: 30/08/2025
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Floods in Kashmir between Pakistan and India

There would be at least thirty-four victims in Kashmir in an area controlled by India in Jammu due to heavy rainfall and resulting floods, it is reported that a famous tourist route used by pilgrims to reach Guru Nanak has been flooded, overwhelming people with landslides and debris; rescuers have transported the injured to hospitals and are searching for the missing; then weather forecasts predict more heavy monsoon rains with downpours. to report shifting the attention to Italy the wave of bad weather especially in the northern regions of the country with strong thunderstorms, gusts of wind and even a waterspout causing disruptions and some roads closed (two victims due to a car accident); while in Sicily temperatures exceeding also forty degrees Celsius are fueling multiple wildfires.
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Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: 29/08/2025
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Floods in Pakistan and Yemen

Due to unusually intense monsoon rains in Pakistan over two hundred thousand people are reported to be evacuated in vast areas of Punjab affected by torrential rainfall and resulting landslides and floods. Some buildings have collapsed due to overflowing rivers and authorities have sent aid to monitor the situation. Hundreds of victims were reported in August due to a particularly severe monsoon season, and some observed that climate change is making these weather events less controllable and manageable. Regarding Yemen severe floods are affecting hundreds of thousands of people, including the city of Aden in the south of the country, with some suburbs partially submerged due to torrential rains, houses and shops inundated with water, causing significant hardships for the population.
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Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: 28/08/2025
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Over a million hectares burned in Europe

It is estimated that over a million hectares of vegetation-covered land have gone up in smoke in Europe this year due to wildfires, an area figuratively larger than Cyprus and the largest since monitoring of such data began in 2006. Spain and Portugal have been the most affected countries accounting for about two-thirds of the total, with ongoing wildfires still reported in Spain; the country also recorded sixteen days of record temperatures that fueled the blazes. To report shifting focus to Japan that with ten days of temperatures of thirty-five degrees Celsius and above in Tokyo have marked an unhealthy record for the great metropolis, while a heat wave is also affecting British Columbia in Canada and particularly the town of Lytton and the community of Fraser Canyon with record temperatures.
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Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: 27/08/2025
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A typhoon causes flooding in Vietnam

There would be three victims and ten injured in Vietnam due to the typhoon called "Kajiki" which also flooded the streets of Hanoi, it is reported that seven thousand houses were damaged, many rice crops were flooded and tens of thousands of trees fell, many the areas left without electricity supply. Before the strong vortex arrived authorities had evacuated hundreds of thousands of people and residents for example in the central northern regions of the country had prepared for the impact of strong winds and heavy rains by reinforcing the security of doors and windows of their homes. This typhoon is the fifth storm to affect the East Vietnam Sea this year and before reaching the country it had battered the coasts south of Hainan Island in China forcing the closure of businesses and the suspension of public transport in the city of Sanya on the island.
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Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: 26/08/2025
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Multiple uncontrolled fires in Canada

Authorities are said to have planned extensive evacuation orders for residents of Nova Scotia affected by the Long Lake fire in Annapolis County, which continues to strengthen due to strong winds and high temperatures. This is described as an extreme event affecting roads and other communities; firefighters' efforts are thwarted by gusts of wind that fuel the flames. Evacuation orders are also in place for residents of New Brunswick with twenty active fires three of which are out of control. Shifting the focus to Italy to report that along the coast between Cervia and Rimini in Emilia Romagna region a type of hurricane (supercell) has uprooted many maritime pines and damaged beach establishments, causing flooding and various inconveniences, such as trees falling on cars and blocking roads.
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Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: 25/08/2025
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A storm lashes the Cape Verde Islands in the Atlantic

There would be at least nine victims and hundreds of people forced to leave their homes in Cape Verde (islands located off the west coast of Africa) due to a tropical storm and subsequent flooding that have turned roads into rivers; there are also reports of landslides that have destroyed important infrastructure. Restoration operations are underway, but hundreds of families have lost their homes and livelihoods, so there are concerns about how they will survive. To report changing the subject but remaining on environmental issues that international organizations report that heatwaves are increasingly threatening work, especially in agriculture, construction, and fishing; it is said that two billion four hundred thousand people are affected, then injuries linked to high temperatures and a decline in production capacities.
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Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: 23/08/2025
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Excessive demand for tropical wood in Indonesia

To manufacture recreational vehicles especially in the United States woods are used that cause deforestation in Kalimantan in Indonesia, at least according to an environmentalist investigation into this type of entertainment industry. In Kalimantan there are orangutans, long-nosed monkeys, leopards, macaques, flying foxes-bats and the smallest rhinos on the planet; thus, their habitat is threatened. Indonesia is a country that besides suffering from the problem of deforestation, apparently plans to allocate more funds for fossil fuels and coal than for renewable energy in its 2026 budget. It is worth mentioning changing the subject but remaining on nature-related themes the demonstrations in Spain in Ourense for forest protection since many devastating wildfires are still active in the country.
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Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: 22/08/2025
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Excessive tourist presence in Antarctica

It is estimated that the number of tourists visiting Antarctica each year has increased from twenty thousand to one hundred twenty thousand over two decades, but this has significantly raised the pollutants released into the environment from the combustion of petroleum derivatives that power ships, airplanes, vehicles, and support infrastructures; the concentration of fine particles containing heavy metals (such as nickel, zinc, copper, and lead) would be ten times higher than it was forty years ago. Snow melts on the white continent much faster due to the fine polluting particles, to the extent that a single tourist can contribute to the melting of up to one hundred tons of snow, and this could lead to potentially irreversible climate changes driven by climate change, with ocean levels rising by meters, resulting in consequences deemed truly disastrous for generations.
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Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: 21/08/2025
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Unprecedented situation in Spain regarding wildfires

According to Spanish authorities the situation concerning wildfires is unprecedented in the last twenty years, this is attributed to a combination of factors such as the heatwave that has been affecting the country for some time (with peaks of up to forty-five degrees Celsius) and strong winds, all exacerbated by climate change. It is estimated that almost three hundred and fifty thousand hectares of vegetation have gone up in smoke, an area figuratively comparable to the size of the island of Mallorca, with casualties, damage, and complaints from some about the disruption of part of the Camino de Santiago while high flames in some areas continue to engage firefighters. For many European countries it has been quite a disastrous wildfire season; in Portugal around two hundred and sixteen thousand hectares of vegetation have been affected by the blazes, and in France following a major fire in Aude new intervention planning is being proposed for such cases.
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Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: 20/08/2025
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A hurricane strikes Puerto Rico

The category four hurricane called "Erin" has battered Puerto Rico with torrential rainfall and strong wind gusts causing flooding and disruptions, it is then quickly approaching the Bahamas in the Caribbean (which has already been affected by heavy rain and wind along with a wide area in the North Atlantic) and the trajectory of the strong vortex according to weather forecasts, could get closer to the coasts of the United States up to Canada, possibly strengthening slightly at first but gradually weakening afterwards. It is worth mentioning changing the subject but remaining on natural themes that a violent storm in southern Spain at a beach near Granada has damaged structures, uprooted trees and required the rescue of five people on boats pushed offshore, while devastating wildfires continue to ravage the country fueled by climate change.
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Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: 19/08/2025
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Torrential rainfalls in Pakistan

There would be at least three hundred and forty-four victims and over one hundred and fifty missing in northwestern Pakistan due to intense monsoon rains and subsequent floods and landslides, the authorities have sent thousands of rescuers who are searching for the missing by digging through houses buried by large masses of landslide debris; streams of water and mud have also swept away cars and much debris. To report changing the subject but remaining on naturalistic themes the significant damage to vegetation in Spain in the vast areas affected by fires fueled by gusts of wind and one of the longest heat waves ever recorded in Europe since monitoring this type of data began, there are reports of victims and injuries, with firefighters severely burned while trying to tackle the flames near Ourense in the northwestern region of Galicia.
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Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: 18/08/2025
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Accelerated plasticization of the planet

Given that at a recent conference in Geneva in Switzerland where a plan was to be decided to reduce plastic production there was widespread confusion among the participants and the plan was adrift it is clear that the direction towards a "plasticization of the planet" appears to be increasingly accelerated. It is estimated that with the current trend of plastic production based on fossil fuel consumption production will triple by 2060 reaching about one billion two hundred million tons per year, with one billion tons dumped into the environment risking entering the food chain. It is evident that if we consume microplastics and even breathe them the organic tissues will be exposed to inflammation as has long been shown in animals along with a whole series of side effects for which there are now even studies.
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Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: 16/08/2025
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Alert for record floods in Alaska

Authorities in Alaska have declared a maximum level alert for the danger of flooding in the capital Juneau due to the sudden thermal collapse of the Mendenhall Glacier, located about nineteen kilometers from the city and a popular tourist destination, resulting in the release of large amounts of water. The flooding has already begun due to heavy rainfall and melted snow accumulating in the basin flowing into Mendenhall Lake and River; it is reported that this phenomenon has been occurring every year since 2011 due to climate change, with records set in 2023 and 2024, but last year the flooding reached almost five meters, damaging around three hundred homes. To report changing the subject but remaining on environmental themes the local state of emergency for the community of Vancouver Island in Canada due to a rapidly advancing of a fire.
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Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: 14/08/2025
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Fires in Spain, Portugal and Turkey

A fire not far from Madrid, partially under control has burned vegetation in a park and gardens, then other fires in Castile, León, Castile-La Mancha, Andalusia, Galicia and Estremadura are engaging many firefighting teams, there is mention of two victim and thousands of people have been evacuated from homes, hotels and even tourists at beaches affected by the fires. In Portugal a large fire is ravaging the vegetation in the municipality of Trancoso, three hundred and fifty kilometers northeast of Lisbon. In Turkey a large fire in the province of Canakkale is under control, but causing evacuations and hospitalizations of people exposed to smoke from the fires. To report changing the subject but remaining on natural themes the temporary halt of reactors at Gravelines in France, the largest plant in Europe, due to a proliferation of jellyfish.
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Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: 13/08/2025
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Earthquake in Turkey and fires in Portugal

A quake of magnitude 6.1 shook the north-west of the Balikesir province and was felt in several provinces and also in the country's largest city Istanbul (sixteen million inhabitants). There is talk of one fatality, at least two missing persons and around a dozen collapsed buildings. The epicenter was located in the town of Sindirgi where several structures collapsed, then in the village of Golcuk a minaret and a mosque gave way in addition to several houses; there were aftershocks, one of magnitude 4.6, with warnings for citizens not to return to damaged buildings. To report changing the subject but staying on environmental issues there are dozens of fires harming vegetation in Portugal [.. and in Spain with one victim], while investigations are ongoing into potential arson causes for the large fire that is consuming the valuable pine forest at the foot of Mount Vesuvius.
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Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: 12/08/2025
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Landslide in a village of Darfur in Sudan

There would be over a thousand victims from a landslide that swept through a village in western Sudan in the Darfur region, being described as one of the most severe disasters in terms of casualties in the recent history of this African country. It seems that only one person survived after the landslide following days of intense rainfall virtually demolishing the village of Tarasin in the Marrah mountains and international aid is being requested for an extreme event deemed unusual in scale. The volcanic area where the village is located is a world heritage site, with the mountain reaching three thousand meters characterized by a climate marked by low temperatures and heavy rainfall in the surrounding areas, more than nine hundred kilometers west of the capital Khartoum. The landslide occurred in an area accessible only on foot or by animals.
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Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: 03/08/2025
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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).
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Telephone: +39 338 1809310 Date: 19/01/2007
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