Reading Time: 4 minutes . . ARGOMENTO: EMERGENZE AMBIENTALI PERIODO: ODIERNO AREA: OVUNQUE parole chiave: Plastica, oceani, gyro vortex Dalla terraferma un mare di plastica negli oceani liberamente estratto da Science Magazine . Nel 2015 Science Magazine pubblicò una recensione di uno studio sulle plastiche presenti negli oceani che trasformai in questo articolo, uno tra i primi sull’argomento sui social…
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The Point of No Return. Climate Change Nightmares Are Already Here by Eric Holthaus
Reading Time: 12 minutes . . ARGOMENTO: EMERGENZE CLIMATICHE PERIODO: XXI SECOLO AREA: DIDATTICA parole chiave: cambiamenti climatici . articolo pubblicato in origine da http://www.rollingstone.com Aug 5, 2015 The worst predicted impacts of climate change are starting to happen and much faster than climate scientists expected Historians may look to 2015 as the year when shit really started hitting…
Read MoreWhy cigarette butts threaten to stub out marine life by Hannah Gould
Reading Time: 5 minutes . . ARGOMENTO: ECOLOGIA PERIODO: ODIERNO AREA: OVUNQUE parole chiave: plastiche, inquinamento . article originally published by The Guardian With cigarette filters made up of tiny pieces of plastic capable of causing untold damage to marine life, banning them could be one answer. Cigarette butts A torn up love letter, a wedding dress and…
Read MoreL’importanza economica degli Oceani, l’off-shore petrolifero
Reading Time: 9 minutes . . ARGOMENTO: ECONOMIA DEL MARE PERIODO: XXI SECOLO AREA: OFF SHORE parole chiave: risorse fossili, petrolio . Premessa La Terra vista dallo spazio appare come un “pianeta blu”: questo colore è dovuto alla presenza degli oceani che coprono circa il 71% della sua superficie. Gli oceani rappresentano quindi l’ambiente più diffuso sul pianeta. Nonostante ciò, si conosce…
Read MoreUnderstanding Ecology: the key of our survival
Reading Time: 4 minutes – . ARGOMENTO: ECOLOGIA PERIODO: XXI SECOLO AREA: DIDATTICA parole chiave: ecologia . After million of years of Evolution, countless varieties of beautiful animals, plants and microorganism populate our Planet. To reproduce and feed themselves, all living creatures need to survive in a proper environment characterized by chemical, physical and friendly conditions and to be…
Read MoreWatch humanity ruin the oceans: Nasa animation shows how vast ‘garbage islands’ have taken over the seas in the last 35 years by Ellie Zolfagharifard for Dailymail.com
Reading Time: 6 minutes . . ARGOMENTO: OCEAN POLLUTION PERIODO: XXI SECOLO AREA: OCEAN parole chiave: plastica abstract : World’s waste congregates into five ‘garbage islands’ that swirl around the planet’s major ocean gyres. These are in the Indian Ocean, the north and south of the Pacific, and north and south Atlantic Ocean. NASA’s created the animation using…
Read MoreBiomonitoring Climate Change and Pollution in Marine Ecosystems. A Review on Aulacomya ater
Reading Time: 26 minutes the ribbed mussel Aulacomya ater Abstract The sedentarism and wide global distribution of the blue mussel Mytilus edulis have made it a useful bioindicator to assess changes in the health status of the marine ecosystem in response to pollution and other environmental stresses. Effective biomonitoring of an ecosystem requires, however, that multiple biomarkers be used…
Read MoreNuclear Scars: The Lasting Legacies of Chernobyl and Fukushima
Reading Time: 3 minutes . .ARGOMENTO: EMERGENZE AMBIENTALIPERIODO: XXI SECOLOAREA: MONDOparole chiave: Chernobil, Fukushima. GREENPEACEAn interesting reading on lasting legacies of Chernobyl and Fukushima events … Publication – 9 March, 2016 It is 30 years since the beginning of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. It is also five years since the Fukushima disaster began. To mark these anniversaries, Greenpeace has…
Read MoreFukushima, what happened
Reading Time: 5 minutes . .ARGOMENTO: EMERGENZE AMBIENTALIPERIODO: XXI SECOLOAREA: GIAPPONEparole chiave: incidente nucleare. Fukushima, what happenedsource : http://fukushimaontheglobe.com/ The Nuclear AccidentThe “Great East” Earthquake occurred at 2:46pm on March 11th recorded magnitude 9.0, has given tremendous damage to the northern part of Japan, especially in the prefectures of Fukushima, Miyagi and Iwate. The earthquake and tsunami triggered the worst…
Read MoreHow Is Fukushima’s Fallout Affecting Marine Life? By David Pacchioli
Reading Time: 7 minutes .ARGOMENTO: EMERGENZE AMBIENTALIPERIODO: XXI SECOLOAREA: OCEANO PACIFICOparole chiave:Fukushima, impianti nucleari, sismicità The Fukushima nuclear disaster delivered an unprecedented amount of radioactivity into the sea over a relatively brief time. How did that pulse of cesium and other radioisotopes make its way through the marine food chain? Scott Fowler, who helped pioneer marine radioecology for more…
Read MoreOcean for future – il mare per il nostro futuro
Reading Time: 9 minutes . . ARGOMENTO: EMERGENZE AMBIENTALI PERIODO: XXI SECOLO AREA: OCEANI E MARI parole chiave: Sopravvivenza, lotta all’inquinamento, conservazione, protezione . Uomo libero, tu amerai sempre il mare! mare è il tuo specchio; contempli la tua anima nello svolgersi infinito della sua onda, e il tuo spirito non è un abisso meno amaro. Ti piace tuffarti…
Read MoreSHELL cuts losses, abandons Arctic drilling by WWF
Reading Time: 2 minutes . . ARGOMENTO: ECOLOGIA PERIODO: XXI SECOLO AREA: ARTICO parole chiave: perforazioni, petrolio, Artico – SHELL cuts losses, abandons Arctic drilling by WWF posted on 28 September 2015 WWF welcomed a decision today by Royal Dutch SHELL to abandon efforts to drill in the Chukchi Sea, off the coast of Alaska. WWF has long opposed…
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