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”
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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”
4 SHADES OF EARTH 