Environment

Climate Change

Rinnovabili • Sea level rise: Antarctic melting could push oceans up 2.2 meters
Climate Change
Sea level rise: Antarctic melting could push oceans up 2.2 meters

The latest report from the IPCC estimates that by 2300, global sea levels could rise between 0.5 and 1 meter. But a new climate model, which includes…

Rinnovabili • Climate change Europe: record-breaking heat and drought in 2024
Climate Change
Europe under heat stress: all the…

Around 60% of Europe experienced more days than average with at least…

Rinnovabili • Wildfire insurance: premiums cut by 39% for prevention efforts
Climate Change
A new wildfire insurance model rewards…

On the California insurance market—battered by wildfires that have slashed coverage and…


Rinnovabili • sea ice in Antarctica
Environment
Never so little sea ice in Antarctica: how will it affect the…

The ice sheet gap is so pronounced that it exceeds the 6 standard deviations: it is…

Rinnovabili • Overshoot Day 2023
Environment
We’re out of Earth’s resources: August 2nd is Overshoot Day 2023

From today we begin to consume the supplyes of resources of 2024. This year, the Planet’s…

Rinnovabili • Permafrost virus
Environment
Permafrost virus: how dangerous are they?

A JRC study computer simulates the evolution of microorganism communities once in contact with the "digital…

Rinnovabili • Hot record of July 2023
Environment
Hot record of July 2023: we lived our first month at about…

In days, July will become the hottest month ever (not only compared to the months of…

Rinnovabili • Mines on the ocean floor
Policy and Affairs
Mines on the ocean floor: at this time no to the deep…

The dreaded green light to the exploitation of the "offshore" mines has not been there. But…

Rinnovabili • global warming
Environment
July (and 2023) to global warming record

Since the beginning of the month, the global average temperature has been stable at values never…

Rinnovabili • coral reefs
Environment
Fishing pollutes coral reefs with plastic

If for coral reefs within 30 meters a cleaning activity is more feasible, for those deeper…

Rinnovabili • El Niño
Environment
El Niño 2023, there’s a 1 in 5 chance it’s “historic”

The most probable scenario (81%) is that the Child progressively strengthens up to the peak in…

Rinnovabili • cooling energy
Environment
Europe is most exposed to increased demand for cooling energy

In a world of 2 degrees warmer, 8 of the 10 countries that will suffer the…

Rinnovabili • Oceans are changing color
Environment
Oceans are changing color: more and more green for climate change

The shift from blue to green reflects changes in phytoplankton populations, which are only possible with…

Rinnovabili • Ecosystem collapse
Scientific Reports
The domino effect that anticipates the Ecosystem collapse

The degradation of an ecosystem triggers a cascade of effects, some of which also affect other…

Rinnovabili • hottest day
Environment
July 4, 2023 was the hottest day ever recorded on Earth

The global thermometer has for the first time ever exceeded the threshold of 17 ºC mean…