Adaptation of crops to climate change
A significant decline in crops is expected in the coming decades according to some studies for example for wheat and cereals due to global warming, but appropriate adaptation practices by farmers could make a difference, which could limit the spike in prices of all foods that have wheat and cereals as ingredients, the production of which is anyway destined to decrease even while trying to adapt to climate change. Among the strategies to adopt there is talk of planting different varieties with fertilizers and irrigation targeted to those specific varieties, then some argue that it is necessary to monitor plant health with specific tools so that they are not attacked by pests; indeed, a struggling crop becomes more susceptible to diseases and the yield tends to decrease drastically due to the self-defense mechanisms of the seedlings.
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Date: Jun 19, 2025
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Eruption of a volcano in Indonesia
Dozens of flights to Bali have reportedly been canceled due to the eruption of the Lewotobi Laki-Laki volcano located in a region of southern-central Indonesia, which is over one thousand seven hundred meters high, with a twin peak on the island of Flores; authorities have raised the alert level to maximum and expanded the danger area to eight kilometers from the crater. A high column of smoke and volcanic ash is rising into the air forming a vaguely reddish mushroom-shaped cloud, and residents have been warned to be cautious of volcanic material fallout (in November there were nine casualties and dozens of injuries). It is worth noting changing the subject entirely but staying on environmental issues the deterioration of air quality in the city of Toronto in Canada due to wildfires in the country, which are very far away but the fine particles carried by the wind can cause heart attacks.
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Date: Jun 18, 2025
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Still damage from bad weather in Italy
The disturbance that mainly affected the North causing damage that still causes inconveniences (the Alemagna road due to the landslide near Borca - Cancia di Cadore seems to be still impassable), has shifted towards the center-south with areas hit by torrential rain and hailstorms; for example, in Amatrice in Lazio region, the houses inhabited by earthquake victims were flooded and in Molise region there are reports of some crops devastated by hail, while in other areas the fields have been flooded by downpours, followed by alerts for various regions. Weather forecasts announce a new rise in temperatures after the brief passage of the bad weather wave and there are questions about the level of water reserves in regions affected by desertification like Sicily with basins that were already dry and the high temperatures causing strong evaporation, then the intense solar radiation tending to dry out vegetation.
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Date: Jun 17, 2025
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Downpours and hailstorms after the heatwave in Italy
As has become customary the peak of unusual temperatures caused by the African anticyclone was followed by downpours and hailstorms in some areas, especially in the North of Italy (with fallen trees, sometimes damage to cars, and inconveniences); in the Belluno Dolomites a large rockslide detached from a mountain and in Cadore a mudslide affected the little town of Cancia. In Liguria there were hospitalizations due to the high temperatures and humidity levels, then incidents in Genoa during a fencing competition with athletes struggling under unhealthy conditions. It is worth noting remaining in this case on the subject of sports the excessive emissions of carbon dioxide recently calculated for the World Cup; in fact, the matches will take place between Canada, the United States, and Mexico, with long distances that fans will have to cover often with polluting flights.
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Date: Jun 16, 2025
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Heat wave in Italy with heat islands
Due to the influence of an African high-pressure system temperatures in Italy are reported to be six to eight degrees above average leading to a heat wave and a red alert for several cities (eleven tomorrow). For example temperatures could reach thirty-eight degrees Celsius in parts of the North, while in the South in Puglia and Sardinia peaks above forty degrees are also expected. Complaints have arisen in large cities in the North about ozone formation due to the creation of scorching heat islands with a call for planting trees and suitable vegetation to try to mitigate temperatures and make the sweltering heat more bearable which is rendering entire neighborhoods unlivable. To report shifting the focus to Greece there has been a significant number of lightning strikes, almost six thousand, in mountainous areas of Epirus, central and western Greece, and the Peloponnese, raising the risk of wildfires.
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Date: Jun 14, 2025
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Proposals for justice against climate crimes
The proposal to add ecocide as an international crime among those recognized as the most serious was presented at the ocean conference in Nice in southern France, highlighting how little environmental damage has been taken seriously. There is an attempt to hold individuals accountable for specific environmental crimes. Some doubts arise about how to apply such legislation internationally when there are countries that do not scientifically acknowledge that climate change has been caused by human activities and particularly the reckless use of fossil fuels leading to the greenhouse effect and global warming. It is now a vicious cycle that feeds on itself and even if emissions were reduced to zero extreme climate effects that also impact populations that have not polluted would not cease.
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Date: Jun 13, 2025
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Considerations on May temperatures
The global average temperatures for the month of May would not have exceeded the threshold of one and a half degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels breaking a period of warming with twenty-one out of twenty-two months that exceeded it. However according to researchers this should not necessarily be interpreted as a positive value; in fact, these are global averages, and for example, in Iceland and Greenland, temperatures were three degrees above average due to an intense heatwave contributing to an increased rate of ice melting in Greenland. It has also happened that generally cold countries recorded unprecedented average temperature peaks. Considering the trend regarding greenhouse gas emissions, some researchers now find it unrealistic to try to maintain the one and a half degree threshold and believe that a greater commitment is necessary.
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Date: Jun 12, 2025
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Reducing underwater noise pollution
The underwater noises produced by ships and other human activities are growing at alarming rates considering, for example that whales and dolphins use clicks and whistles to communicate with their young, to navigate the oceans, to send danger signals, and to find food; therefore, many countries at a conference have raised the request to recognize the invisible but increasing threat posed by underwater noise pollution. A beluga whale can hear sounds produced by an icebreaker ship eighty-five kilometers away, causing stress and panic; in fact, underwater sounds can reach great distances and pose an obstacle to marine biodiversity, invisible but powerful. Under scrutiny for excessive noise pollution are propellers and marine thrusters, sonar, sounds produced by offshore industries and cargo ships.
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Date: Jun 11, 2025
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New record of CO2 concentration in the atmosphere
With over four hundred thirty parts per million at the Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii a new record of carbon dioxide concentration in the atmosphere has been reached, which is a very high value that fuels the greenhouse effect with marked warming effects on the planet. At the beginning of the industrial revolution the concentration was around two hundred ppm, then there has been a constant progression and since 1960 the increase monitored every twenty years has decisively risen with a curve in a graph that tends to spike. Global emissions would need to be cut by over fifty percent to try to stabilize CO2 levels in the atmosphere; this has been well known for decades but has generally not been done (except for some countries) and researchers argue that no new fossil fuel exploitation projects should be planned.
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Date: Jun 10, 2025
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Fragile Arctic collapsing due to maritime traffic
The new routes that are opening for maritime traffic in the Arctic due to melting ice are increasing environmental pressure on a very fragile ecosystem, causing it to collapse rapidly; in fact, Arctic warming is already four times faster than in other parts of the planet and the season for maritime transport is extending; moreover, the new routes that allow for shorter transportation of goods are more convenient thus increasing warming, environmental degradation, loss of biodiversity and pollution in a decidedly unhealthy vicious circle. For example soot left by the so-called black carbon emitted from diesel engines settles on Arctic ice increasing the rate of melting and being dark it attracts light rays causing surrounding air overheating contributing to climate change.
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Date: Jun 09, 2025
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