The flora, and obviously the fauna, which has colonized the circum-Mediterranean territory, has had to face a very particular situation: rainfall concentrated only in a few months, with consequent long dry periods and a long annual photoperiod. These characteristics lead to consider the Mediterranean climate as subtropical. In fact, the […]
Anna Lacci
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The term “natural disaster” is used more and more frequently. The flooding of a river, an earthquake, a landslide, a tornado, a waterspout, or a tsunami are not disasters, they are natural phenomena, the causes of which we have known for some time and which we are able to predict […]
Kindness coupled with courage means taking responsibility for one’s actionsand one’s existence in the world,accepting the responsibility of being human. This month we recommend a reading that I would define as “human ethology”.In the current modes of communication, public and private, the latent aggressiveness in society often explodes in forms […]
We have done nothing to mitigate global warming. Between waits, delays and more excuses, one climate conference after another failed. Over the centuries, the seas have risen by 65 metres. Around the World in the Anthropocene tells the story of the world tour undertaken on a bet by the protagonist […]
The wood, a space that is from time to time scary, ambiguous and fascinating with which we have always measured ourselves. Strange and horrendous animals live in the woods, treasures and secrets are kept there; fairies show themselves in various forms and witches choose it for their sabbaths. The forest […]