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Episode 3

Maristanis, the incomplete: the park that never was, between wind farms and pesticides  

7.10.2024
However, pollution and energy projects threaten the health of this territory, putting what remains after a century of land reclamation and the expansion of industrial agriculture at risk.
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Episode 2

Wasted Wetlands. Cervia, the salt pan submerged by the 2023 flood in Romagna

19.07.2024
In 2023, a violent flood hit Emilia-Romagna. The damage was extensive, but the Cervia salt pan mitigated some of the consequences.
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Episode 2

Who pays the price when there's no water or when there's too much?

13.07.2024
The relationship between productive activities, environmental protection, and conservation is always somewhat problematic.
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Episode 1

The Po River water crisis and the future it faces

5.07.2024
We now constantly oscillate between two extremes: very intense, short-lived events that bring a large amount of water, followed by increasingly longer periods of historic drought.
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Editorial

Under the Surface: the state of Europe's underground water reservoirs

18.05.2024
Water is not a commercial product like any other, but a heritage that must be protected, defended, and treated as such.
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