Category Archives: environment&life
Chemical Weather Forecast
This is really cool: a forecasting system of Chemical Weather! CETEMPS center of University of Aquila (Italy) developed an integrated system that mounts a chemistry-transport model over a meteorological model (Chemical Weather Forecast). The result is the 48-h forecast of … Continue reading
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Atlas of Springs of the Veneto Region
Just a brief post, especially for (but not only) Venetian friends interested in water resources: ARPAV (Environmental Protection Agency of the Veneto Region) has published its Atlas of Springs of the Veneto Region (in Italian only), an interesting collection of … Continue reading
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Water level Forecast for Venice Safeguard Project
I have already posted on Oceanographic Modelling. My primary interest is in coupling meteorological and hydrodynamical mathematical models to forecast storm surges and wave conditions in near-shore areas. Venetian MOSE project involves knowledge, among others, of tides in Venice Lagoon … Continue reading
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Less corn, more soybean
Biofuels are good, they say, but how much? Quantification is a good habit, in general, and before lighting dogmatic flames on energetic-agricultural politics, in particular. Think about precisely accounting a Net Energetic Balance (NEB), economic benefits and environmental impacts of … Continue reading
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Pesticides, health, organic farming
Well, well, well. I tend to watch at environmentalism (the Italian one, at least) with some healthy suspicion, but in this case: honours to Legambiente! An association (here briefly described in English) that can proudly claim to be the “mother” … Continue reading
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