Friday, February 26, 2010

How To Build Sleeper Walls

Irrigation Climate change antifreeze in Alto Adige River Lambro


Why irrigate the orchards in the winter? To avoid freezing. Many in fact believe that the apple orchards are irrigated to ensure that shoots around to form an insulating layer of ice, but in reality is very different reasons.
Water has a heat content above the ice, which means that when it turns into ice sells part of its heat to the environment. The result is that by continuing to shed water, and consequently cause continuandoa heat release, the temperature of the whole valley of the Adige is mitigated by as much as 2-3 ° C.

Source: Site Alto Adige - Südtirol

Wednesday, February 24, 2010

120 Inch Plastic Tablecloths

: the black wave frightens


the morning of Tuesday, February 23, 2010, a large spill from the former refinery "Lombarda oil" Villasanta severely disrupted the river Lambro, a tributary the Po 'was declared a state of emergency by the President Formigoni of the region, hoping to be able to get the funds to contain the environmental damage. Meanwhile, ten million liters of diesel have arrived in the Po, with dangerous consequences for flora and fauna.

are served to no containment works improvised by the Civil Protection, a spill of this size will leave marks on the territory for decades to come.

The quality of the area, already subject to environmental restoration works, was slowly improving over the past decades, this disaster, unfortunately, undermined all the progress that had been made.

authorities have no doubts, it is a criminal act.