NATURAL EVENTS
Water found in the plateau of Cariadeghe: incredible discovery of speleologists
Water is becoming a growing problem for our world. Its scarcity and the droughts caused by climate change make it necessary to find new accessible water sources even for communities living in isolated and hard-to-reach places such as mountains and plateaus.
The group of speleologists Underland announced that after four years of studies, they have found water sources under the plateau of Cariadeghe, in the province of Brescia (Italy). They have been exploring the caves and 'omber', the caves of the Serle underground for some time.
The result was achieved with an innovative method, studying the air variations that can be felt inside the caves. Now the hard work will be to locate the exact spot and figure out how to extract the precious 'blue gold'.
Water found in the plateau of Cariadeghe (Italy): incredible discovery of speleologists
Water is becoming a growing problem for our world. Its scarcity and the droughts caused by climate change make it necessary to find new accessible water sources even for communities living in isolated and hard-to-reach places such as mountains and plateaus. The group of speleologists Underland has announced that after four years of studies, they have found water sources under the Cariadeghe plateau in the province of Brescia (Italy). They have been exploring the caves and 'omber', the caves of the Serle underground for some time. The result was achieved with an innovative method, studying the air variations that can be felt inside the caves. Now the hard work will be to locate the exact spot and figure out how to extract the precious 'blue gold'.
Water found in the plateau of Cariadeghe (Italy): incredible discovery of speleologists
A water reservoir has been found in the caves of the Cariadeghe plateau in Serle (Brescia, Italy), a karstic area that, due to its difficult location, has always had problems with water reserves, forcing it to be pumped uphill from the lower municipalities.
Water found in the plateau of Cariadeghe (Italy): incredible discovery of speleologists
The plateau is also famous for its geomorphological features. Being a karstic terrain, it has many interesting caves, once used as iceboxes.
Water found in the plateau of Cariadeghe (Italy): incredible discovery of speleologists
The group of speleologists Underland, led by Massimo Pozzo (former discoverer of the caves of Bueno Fonteno on the Sebino bergamasco), has been exploring the 'omber', caves and underground cavities of Serle (Brescia, Italy) for four years, with a clear objective: to find water for future generations.
Water found in the plateau of Cariadeghe (Italy): incredible discovery of speleologists
This stupendous result was achieved thanks to an innovative study method, which makes it possible to find and locate the waterways by analysing the oscillations of the air flows that can be felt at the entrance to the cavities.
Water found in the plateau of Cariadeghe (Italy): incredible discovery of speleologists
Air is then studied in order to find water, with the help of a measuring device and mathematical formulas, which suggest which entrances are connected to the deepest reticles, and therefore on which caves to concentrate exploratory energies.
Water found in the plateau of Cariadeghe (Italy): incredible discovery of speleologists
However, mapping the entire area will take years of work and, once the reservoirs are found, we will have to figure out how to extract the water from underground and get it to where it is needed.
Water found in the plateau of Cariadeghe (Italy): incredible discovery of speleologists
Lions Clubs Brixia, Colli Morenici, Sirmione and Valsabbia, have already agreed to support the forthcoming study and research activities. An interest that also sees the municipality of Serle (Brescia, Italy) in the front row.
Water found in the plateau of Cariadeghe (Italy): incredible discovery of speleologists
The Cariadeghe plateau is a natural territory located between the Gobbia valley and the Sabbia valley in the province of Brescia. The hills that rise from the plateau are Mount Ucia, Corna de Caì, Dragone and Dragoncello. The plateau is thus delimited by these mountains, which reach an altitude of 1160 m.
Water found in the plateau of Cariadeghe (Italy): incredible discovery of speleologists
The pumping of this blue gold would not only solve the plateau's chronic water problems, but would also allow for a drop-in water source, which would result in significant savings in terms of both money and raw materials.
Water found in the plateau of Cariadeghe (Italy): incredible discovery of speleologists
A total of 120 caves have been found under the plateau, but only four of these have access to the 'deep system', which runs for more than 15 km of tunnels and underground passages: the maximum depth reached is 430 metres.
From the Road
18/06/2024
Prisons are one of the sad institutions on which, unfortunately, modern society is based. Removing individuals who are dangerous to the community, and enclosing them all together in one place for the purpose of surveillance and re-education, is one of the ways our ancestors found to ensure the safety of the population.
They remain places, albeit atrocious, that are nonetheless fascinating because of the peculiarity of their rules, the micro-world they inhabit, and also because of the many fictional works, films, books and many others, that have prisons as their main setting.
But which are the most famous prisons in the world? Among the largest, the most luxurious and the bloodiest, one can really find all possible and imaginable types.
Natural Events
08/06/2024
A meteorite crater (also called astroblem, impact crater or basin) is a circular-shaped depression formed by the impact of a meteorite, asteroid, and in general a celestial body, on the surface of a planet.
Evidence of many of these craters, which have impacted our planet over geological eras, can be found on planet Earth. One of the most famous, for example, is the one believed to have caused the extinction of the dinosaurs (called the Cretaceous-Paleogene mass extinction).
Some of these craters can be found underground today, or at least the traces they left behind. Others have become beautiful lakes, others are still desolate and remote places today. But which are the largest in the world by diameter?
Home page
07/06/2024
We are all realising that our way of life, the one our parents, who were born and raised especially after the Second World War, taught us, is no longer sustainable. There are too many of us in this world now, and nature can no longer provide us with everything we need.
Capitalism, or consumerism for short, is forcing us to submit to environmentally worn-out logics that would not be sustainable even in the long run, but are even less so in the short time we have left before everything falls apart. Our way of life must change radically if we are to allow the survival of mankind. For example, the introduction of the law in Europe allowing the sale of insect meal aims at exactly that, at sustainability.
Therefore, it is necessary for all of us, while there is still time, to change certain behaviours to help the world. Here, then, are some tips for leading a greener and more sustainable life.
From the Road
06/06/2024
According to theMain Streets Across the World 2022report, which analyzes the main shopping areas of 92 cities around the world, New York Fifth Avenue is the most expensive route in the world followed by Hong Kong's Tsim Sha Tsui. Post pandemic, the most expensive street in Hong Kong loses the top of the ranking and records the worst drop ever, -41%.
In detail, with an average annual fee of 14,547 euros per square meter, the Via Montenapoleone in Milan ranks ahead of New Bond Street in London and Avenue des Champs Élysées in Paris, respectively in fourth and fifth place in the global ranking of the most expensive streets in the world.
Via Montenapoleone in Milan, has earned the title of the most expensive shopping street in Europe and the third overall worldwide, with a jump of two positions compared to the last research of 2019.