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Happy Earth day

Today is Earth day, enjoy it and spend a thought for our beautiful planet. We’ll leave you with two citations: one about the beauty, one to remember we belong to Earth, not vice versa. “The wonders of nature are endless.”“Le meraviglie della natura sono infinite.“(Walt Disney) “We may brave human laws, not natural ones.”“Possiamo sfidareContinue reading “Happy Earth day”

Increasing forests

Despite the cuts and fires, good news for forests in Italy. The Ministry of Agricultural, Food and Forestry Policies has released the results of a ten-year census on Italian woods and forests, and the conclusion was that the forest area in Italy has grown by 587,000 hectares, bringing woods to cover 36.7% of the nationalContinue reading “Increasing forests”

Beaks and ears

In recent weeks, a news has spread about the changes that animals are making to their bodies to cope with climate change. Scientists at Deakin University (Australia) have shown how in recent decades many animals have changed the width of their appendages (wings, beaks, tails, ears) to better disperse heat. While this may seem aContinue reading “Beaks and ears”

Three trillion trees

There are three trillion trees left on our beautiful planet. Although it seems to be a cute pun and a gigantic number, it is not.Humans cut or burn about 15 billion trees per year and plant 3 billion: with this pace, parity will never be reached and the risk is to reach instead a pointContinue reading “Three trillion trees”

The quick brown foxes

Walking by a little grove near ricefields we saw two baby foxes. They weren’t red as you can expect, but dark brown, and they were very furry. They jumped everywhere exploring lands around their lair, and stared at us with no fear or prejudices about humans, before running away towards some bushes. We met theirContinue reading “The quick brown foxes”

When the frogs go marchin’ in

Living near ricefields, it’s normal to have tons of singing frogs at night. In these lands, in the north-west Italy, you can easily find small villages called “Cantarana” (singing frog) or a seasonal frog fair. So, in this froggin’ world, it may happen to ear frogs casually modulating their voices, and listen at a “whenContinue reading “When the frogs go marchin’ in”