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Damage on the Reunion island hit by a cyclone

The island of La Reunion in the Indian Ocean in French overseas territory was recently lashed by cyclone "Garance" which caused damage, uncovering roofs, uprooting trees and leaving tens of thousands of users without electricity and water; then there is talk of at least two victims and inconvenience for the population. Torrential rainfall turned the streets into torrents of flooding water that swept over cars and dragged debris, some people said they were frightened by the force of the cyclone. It should be noted, changing the subject but remaining on naturalistic issues, that the melting of the Antarctic ice could slow down the circumpolar current, at least from the results of a study that simulated a scenario with high greenhouse gas emissions over the next twenty-five years with an Australian supercomputer.

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Tel: +39 338 1809310 Date: Mar 04, 2025 n°: 5889
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   Forecast on the increase in egg prices in the U.S.

It is expected that the price of eggs in the United States could increase by over forty percent, and the price has already risen significantly on supermarket shelves. Sometimes it happens that they are hard to find, which is due to the fact that thirty million laying hens have been culled to limit the spread of avian influenza in the country. With the approach of the Easter holidays, a significant increase in the demand for eggs is expected, but prices are already high and availability is low, so it is thought that the market may reach price peaks. There have also been reports of thefts of entire pallets full of egg cartons and smuggling of eggs from neighboring countries; some say that the desire to eat them diminishes because they are so expensive. It is worth noting that cereals combined with legumes and a little grated cheese are an excellent complete and economical protein source.

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Tel:    +39 338 1809310          Date:   Mar 03, 2025                  n°:   5888
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   Biodiversity loss often hidden

At a recent conference in Rome that allocated funds to stop the increasing unstoppable destruction of nature it was also discussed how biodiversity loss is often hidden and ignored, and the real costs of this destruction largely due to farmers who want to exploit the land for intensive cultivation are difficult to quantify. The agreement reached by many countries (but the United States did not participate in the conference) to finance initiatives aimed at protecting nature is in the opinion of some crucial to succeeding in protecting thirty percent of the land and seas, a goal that had previously been outlined without being able to reach full agreement; then it will be necessary to monitor the progress made by the countries that will use the funds allocated to protect biodiversity.

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Tel:    +39 338 1809310          Date:   Mar 01, 2025                  n°:   5887
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   A cyclone threatens Mauritius and La Reunion

After the authorities warned the residents of the Indian Ocean islands Mauritius and La Reunion (famous tourist destinations) of the danger posed by the arrival of the cyclone called "Garance" category three characterized by wind gusts of over two hundred kilometers per hour, the alert level would have been raised, especially for the island of La Reunion in French overseas territory. Airports and schools have been closed and the population is invited to stay indoors, many inhabitants have stockpiled food and reinforced their homes, fishermen have brought boats to port. It should be noted changing the subject but remaining on naturalistic issues that a conference was held in Rome to allocate resources for a nature protection project given that there would only be five years left to try to stem the continuous loss of biodiversity.

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Tel:    +39 338 1809310          Date:   Feb 28, 2025                  n°:   5886
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   Measles cases in the United States and Canada

Health authorities report a decrease in measles vaccinations due to some epidemic outbreaks; in fact, this viral disease can also be very dangerous, especially in children under the age of five. This virus can easily spread through the air, causing cough, fever, reddish and pink spots on the skin, and can lead to respiratory and neurological complications, pneumonia, and brain damage. For children meningitis and encephalitis can cause health issues that last a lifetime, so it is undoubtedly healthy to vaccinate them with two doses, generally the first at twelve to fifteen months of age and the second before starting school, which helps protect the entire body. Ten days is the incubation period for the measles virus, and spots (rash) often appear on the face and mouth.

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Tel:    +39 338 1809310          Date:   Feb 27, 2025                  n°:   5885
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   The so-called third pole in considerable suffering

After the Arctic and Antarctica, the largest volumes of ice would be found among the peaks of the Hindu Kush in the Himalayas and for this reason it can be considered a kind of third pole of the planet that extends for three thousand five hundred kilometers and eight countries, from Afghanistan to Myanmar; but climate change is causing an accelerated melting of the ice with warming about three times compared to global averages and therefore considerable suffering for the entire vast area affected and serious consequences on biodiversity as well as a decrease in water, energy and food resources. Given the situation, international organizations propose 2025 as the year for the preservation of glaciers, much depends on how intense warming will be in the coming decades with estimates generally not very comforting due to human lifestyles that are decidedly not very ecological.

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Tel:    +39 338 1809310          Date:   Feb 26, 2025                  n°:   5884
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   Warning for avalanches and icy roads in Japan

Snowfall of unusual intensity in several cities in Japan has caused inconvenience and accidents, the authorities warn of the risk of avalanches, icy roads and that the pipes may freeze, particularly affected by snowfall according to forecasts the prefectures of Niigata, Ishikawa and Nagano, then maybe also in western regions such as in Hiroshima and Shimane prefectures. In the regions overlooking the Sea of Japan where a thick snow cover usually forms every year and there are many tourist facilities for the ski industry, but this time it seems that the heavy snowfall is causing problems. Shifting attention to Spain, the anomalous flowering of almond trees early (with bees foraging) while it is still winter with the danger of a possible drop in temperatures for the buds.

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Tel:    +39 338 1809310          Date:   Feb 25, 2025                  n°:   5883
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   Influence of the fossil industry on teaching

The resources used for teaching in schools would be wholly or partially based on companies in industries that exploit fossil fuels, at least according to some researchers who point to the conflicts of interest of these companies being responsible for three-quarters of global greenhouse gas emissions. For decades it has been known about the strategies put in place to deny and minimize human-caused global warming, how to reduce the climate crisis that is causing extreme effects on the planet; so we should pay attention to how the funds for the training of students are disbursed and that the companies related to fossil fuels do not produce the material related to environmental science, then another relevant point concerns the impact on the teaching of artificial intelligence.

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Tel:    +39 338 1809310          Date:   Feb 24, 2025                  n°:   5882
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   A new coronavirus under study

The new coronavirus discovered by researchers belonging to the merbecovirus subvariant has been called Hku5-Cov-2 and like the SARS-CoV-2 virus it exploits the same infection mechanism (the spike protein) to infect cells and therefore able to infect humans. It is potentially pandemic but it seems that it is less virulent than risky variants of SARS-CoV-2 even if it is necessary to maintain high attention and continue to monitor the situation. It should be noted changing the subject but remaining on health issues that Canada would have purchased five hundred thousand doses of vaccines to protect the people most at risk from avian flu in the event of exposure and even indirect contact with infected animals such as saliva, mucus and feces; then there are cases in the United States in which humans have infected domestic cats with avian flu.

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Tel:    +39 338 1809310          Date:   Feb 22, 2025                  n°:   5881
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   Some timid initiatives against PFAS

Perfluoroalkyl (PFAS) are very persistent pollutants whose molecule is almost indestructible and tends to accumulate in the body, a danger for every living organism; so they try to regulate their use and it seems that France has decided to partially ban their use, but excluding from the law the famous pans that are usually used as an example of how PFAS can be ingested with food especially if the pans are striped (in this case they should be thrown away). Another area that would require urgent regulation is that relating to plastic pollution after the discovery that microplastic particles tend to accumulate in greater concentration in the brain than in other organs, decisive action should be taken in cases where plastic residues can reach rivers and streams.

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Tel:    +39 338 1809310          Date:   Feb 21, 2025                  n°:   5880
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