Science-based
journalism
for democracy
FACTA is a nonprofit center
applying the scientific method
to investigative and data journalism.
Focusing on the Mediterranean region,
we experiment with innovative formats.
Aboutapplying the scientific method
to investigative and data journalism.
Focusing on the Mediterranean region,
we experiment with innovative formats.
Latest stories
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
