Earth Day 2016

International Mother Earth Day

    Message of the Secretary-General for 2016 International Mother Earth Day is an opportunity to highlight the interdependence between people and the astonishing variety of species with which we share this planet. This year’s observance brings hope of a better future for all. On this day, representatives of more than 170 countries are gathering at
...leggi tutto

Saharan Dust Granitola

March 22-23, 2016: exceptional Saharan sandstorm over the Mediterranean.

A Saharan sandstorm developed in the deserts of Libya and Tunisia has mobilized considerable sand content transporting them over the Mediterranean, Italy and Southern Europe. In particular, on March 22 the Observatory of Granitola recorded a daily concentration that exceeded 110 micrograms / m3 as shown in the graph below. The intense event was recorded
...leggi tutto

Air Sea Lab

AIR –SEA LAB ground campaign: Climate-air pollution interaction in coastal environment. April 2016

The AIR-SEA LAB projects aims to study the interactions between air pollution and climate in the coastal environment, with particular focus on aerosol physicochemical properties, aerosol-cloud interactions and near coastal boundary layer structure and dynamics. To achieve this objective, contrasting North Atlantic and Mediterranean sea environments will be compared providing distinct ranges of natural and
...leggi tutto

2015 T WMO2

WMO: 2015 is hottest year on record

WMO: 2015 is hottest year on record Press Release N° 2  25 January 2016 Geneva 25 January 2016 (WMO) – The global average surface temperature in 2015 broke all previous records by a strikingly wide margin, at 0.76±0.1° Celsius above the 1961-1990 average. For the first time on record, temperatures in 2015 were about 1°C
...leggi tutto

Paris Agreement

COP 21: ADOPTION OF THE PARIS AGREEMENT

ADOPTION OF THE PARIS AGREEMENT Proposal by the President Draft decision -/CP.21 The Conference of the Parties, Recalling decision 1/CP.17 on the establishment of the Ad Hoc Working Group on the Durban Platform for Enhanced Action, Also recalling Articles 2, 3 and 4 of the Convention, Further recalling relevant decisions of the Conference of the Parties, including decisions 1/CP.16,
...leggi tutto