From earthquakes to tsunamis, through volcanic eruptions, supercomputers put their powerful ‘brains’ at the service of emergencies, to provide urgent calculation services, early warning and to assess the danger of relevant geological events. In fact, the second phase of the European ChEESE project has started, a center of excellence for the use of super-computing in […]
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Roscosmos, February 24 the launch of the emergency Soyuz
The launch of the Soyuz MS-23 emergency shuttle was rescheduled for Friday 24 February, destined to bring back to Earth from the International Space Station (ISS) the Russian astronauts Dimitri Petelin and Sergey Prokopyev and the American Frank Rubio, after the Soyuz MS-22 with which they were supposed to return was damaged (probably by a […]
Another Russian vehicle docked with the Space Station has been breached
For the second time in two months, a leak has opened on a Russian vehicle docked with the International Space Station (ISS): after that of December 2022 on the Soyuz, another coolant leak was recorded from the Progress MS-21 cargo /82S, which was launched in October 2022 with supplies and is now loaded with junk […]
Gas emergency and bills. Salvini: “Lega ready to vote on the measures. If prices do not fall, it will be necessary to ration electricity and gas”
On the bills emergency “the League asks the Draghi Government, which is in charge, to hurry. We asked months ago for a greater investment, a budget variance, they told us no. Now everyone realizes that September and October risk being devastating for families and businesses. If Draghi brings a bill of billions, tens of billions […]
Spain: ‘the damage caused by the fires is a severe psychological blow’
(ANSA) – MADRID, 22 AUGUST – The damage caused in recent weeks by the fires that have hit various provinces in Spain represent a severe “psychological blow” both for the inhabitants directly affected by the problem and for the rest of the country. This was stated by the premier, Pedro Sánchez, during a visit to […]
European swimming championships, 25 km canceled: Len “we apologize to the athletes”
(ANSA) – ROME, AUGUST 20 – “Due to an emergency resulting from the weather conditions, both the referees and security officials have decided to immediately stop the matches to safeguard the safety of the athletes and match officials on the course” . Thus begins the statement from Len on the cancellation of the men’s and […]
Climate: Legambiente, boom in extreme events in Italy, 132 in 6 months
Italy increasingly subject to extreme climatic events. From January to July 2022, 132 extreme climatic events were recorded in Italy, a number higher than the annual average of the last decade. This is what Legambiente denounces, which today disseminates the new updated data of the climate risk map, within the Cittàclima Observatory. The overall figure […]
Kiev, with Zaporizhzhia central emergency 400 thousand evacuated
(ANSA) – ROME, AUGUST 16 – In the event of an emergency at the Ukrainian nuclear power plant in Zaporizhzhia occupied by Russian forces, at least 400,000 people should be evacuated: the head of the military administration of the homonymous region told the broadcaster Apostrophe TV , Oleksandr Starukh, according to Ukrinform. Starukh explained that […]
4,960 Fire Brigade at work in mid-August
(ANSA) – ROME, AUGUST 15 – There are 4,960 firefighters in operational service today, on the day of August 15th, in addition to the personnel engaged in the 7 rural centers operational from this year in or near National Parks and / o Regional protected areas, in contexts characterized not only by a high incidence […]
Atalanta: Gasperini, market in a busy phase
(ANSA) – ZINGONIA, 12 AUGUST – “Sampdoria is an important place and always manages to set up a valuable team with good players. We are confident we can do well”. Gian Piero Gasperini introduced Atalanta on the eve of the first championship in this way: “We hope that Marassi’s playing field will be a little […]