Milan captured the spotlight on March 21, 2023, but not for the right reasons. It was exposed as the pollution capital of the European Union and one of the world’s top three most polluted cities. This revelation has triggered widespread concern about the alarming impact of air pollution on public health and the environment, especially […]
Read More →Did you know Earth Day was born in the same years America had President Kennedy, the Beatles were rocking, and Jim Hendrix was climbing the charts worldwide?In the 1960s, it was realized how important it was to celebrate the environment, natural resources, and the preservation of planet Earth. Why this day came into being more […]
Read More →The Italian olive sector generates a turnover of over 1.2 billion Euros (source ISMEA 2016), with around 820,000 olive farms and over 1 million hectares of olive groves under cultivation. Puglia region produces over 50% of the Italian production, followed by Calabria and Sicily. The olive sector is threatened today by the presence of the […]
Read More →Infrastructure aging is becoming a popular topic since new disasters are reported on the news every day. Consequently, special attention goes to maintenance: reactive or proactive? Quite surprisingly U.S. has been ranked with a C- on the status of its infrastructures by the American Society of Civil Engineers. Only considering roads and bridges, 1 out […]
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