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The colors of the desert, from the Sahara to the atmospheric observatory of Monte Curcio

The colors of the desert, from the Sahara to the atmospheric observatory of Monte Curcio

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The measurements of particulate matter available at the atmospheric observatory of Monte Curcio, in the Sila plateau, have recently shown an important incidence, both in frequency and magnitude, of events associated with the transport of Saharan sand.
What causes this phenomenon and what implications does it entail?
Mariantonia Bencardino, Antonella Tassone and Valentino Mannarino together with the other colleagues involved in the management of the observation infrastructure of Monte Curcio, of the Rende (Cs) headquarters of the CNR IIA, in collaboration with the CNR-4 Elements project, with the Rivista Rinnovabili.it and with the IIA Divulgazione Working Group.

Territorial information in the environmental field: the EIA procedures

Territorial information in the environmental field: the EIA procedures

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Elisa Zazzu and Claudia Cafaro, research fellow and technologist of the CNR IIA - Institute on Atmospheric Pollution, talk to us, in the magazine Rinnovabili.it, about territorial information in EIA procedures: a path that has seen an ever greater involvement of the population in pursuit of the dissemination objectives in the environmental field.
Activities in collaboration with the CNR-4 Elements project, with the Rivista Rinnovabili.it and with the IIA Divulgazione Working Group.

A new life for diapers, cigarette butts and hard plastics

A new life for diapers, cigarette butts and hard plastics

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On Rinnovabili.it the researchers of the CNR IIA - Institute on Atmospheric Pollution Marco Torre and Valerio Paolini, tell us about the three types of waste on which it is possible to intervene to increase the recycling of plastic: diapers, cigarette butts and hard plastics.
Activities in collaboration with the GDL dissemination.

Ecodesign through the recovery of agri-food waste

Ecodesign through the recovery of agri-food waste

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What is electrospinning? What role does it play in the new circular bioeconomy? And how can it contribute to the innovation of production and consumption cycles?
Antonella Macagnano, the first scientific researcher in charge of the advanced sensors laboratories of the CNR IIA, and Massimo Mari, technologist, deal with the topic.
Activities in collaboration with the CNR-4 Elements project, with the Rivista Rinnovabili.it and with the IIA Divulgazione Working Group.Activities in collaboration with the CNR-4 Elements project, with the Rivista Rinnovabili.it and with the WG IIA Divulgazione

What role for biofuels in the ecological transition

What role for biofuels in the ecological transition

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Patrizio Tratzi and Valerio Paolini of CNR-IIA, address the issue of the role of biofuels in the ecological transition. For the decarbonisation of heavy transport, biofuels will play a key role, especially in the first phase. In Europe, currently the most mature technologies are mainly related to biodiesel and biomethane.
Activities in collaboration with the CNR-4 Elements project, with the Rivista Rinnovabili.it and with the WG IIA Divulgazione

There is no more snow for the Olympic Games: Beijing tries to change the climate

There is no more snow for the Olympic Games: Beijing tries to change the climate

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The considerations of the Chief Researcher of the CNR-IIA Antonello Pasini on la Repubblica regarding the critical situation for winter sports, due to climate change, so much so that in the future the Olympics may no longer take place in many locations where they took place in the past. Furthermore, the data on the increase in snow altitude, notes on the water balance and artificial snow are analyzed.