Aeroitalia is to take over three routes at Comiso on the island of Sicily after Ryanair announced plans to suspend flights to the airport Aeroitalia will launch domestic service to Milan Bergamo and Rome Fiumicino The planned operations include four flights per week to Milan daily service to Rome and three weekly round trips to Forli Boeing 737-700 aircraft will be used on each of the routes said Aeroitalia’s entry to the market would “guarantee the mobility of a large slice of Sicilians” and cater for the large tourist flows the destination expects to handle over the peak summer months Ryanair announced its intention to leave Comiso earlier this month following a spat with SAC The airline said it intended to hold a press conference on April 20 and 21 to unveil growth plans from Sicily but SAC “attempted to change the terms” of an agreement on the eve of the conference the ULCC said it was withdrawing all service from Comiso OAG Schedules Analyser data shows that Ryanair served seven destinations from the airport Alongside the planned launch of Aeroitalia’s flights from Comiso Wizz Air has offered "rescue fares" for passengers affected by Ryanair’s withdrawal The tactic of launching rescue fares is often used by Ryanair when a competitor exits a market or cancels flights Wizz said the fares would be available from Catania the airline’s sole base on Sicily located about 100 km (62 mi.) from Comiso the global route development community's trusted source for news and information insight and analysis from our award-winning editors delivered to your inbox daily Please select what you would like included for printing: Copy the text below and then paste that into your favorite email application Alfred “Fred” Comiso Salazar Jr 2022.   He was the eldest of four children.   He received his Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Far Eastern University Philippines.  He worked as an Electrical Engineer with the U.S Army Corp of Engineers and installed power grids in the Mariana Islands he was an engineer for Price Powell and a building inspector for the City of Little Rock until his retirement Alfred was one of the founders of the Arkansas Philippine Association and was an executive board member for several years.  1964.  They lived together in Okinawa Arkansas.  They were married for 57 years until her death on March 29th 2022.  Their zest for life and passion took them to traveling around the world and experienced many local cultures including volunteering in medical missions and peace flights with the Catholic Church.  He was a devoted father brother and uncle.  He garnered so many lifelong friends throughout his lifetime and never met a stranger.  Mia Salazar (Lisa Hall) and Jean Longworth (Jeff); son John Salazar (Lisa Barborek); his grandchildren Eddie Salazar (Rosario) and Beatriz Basso; nieces and nephews A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Wednesday at Our Lady of Good Counsel Catholic Church followed by burial at Roselawn 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Photobiological Sciences (2023) Sign up for the Nature Briefing: Anthropocene newsletter — what matters in anthropocene research the annual Peace Ceremony was held at the Comiso Peace Pagoda (Sicily Italy) by monks and nuns from all over the world of Nipponzan Myohoji The Temple and the Pagoda (Buddhist stupa) are unique monumental shrines in Italy The Peace Pagoda is one of the four currently built in Europe  The other locations are Milton Keynes & London in the UK and in Vienna The Comiso Peace Pagoda was opened in 1998 (this year celebrating the 25th year anniversary) by Rev who still tends the Temple and Pagoda to this day Morishita arrived in Italy in the early 80s to support the nonviolent protests against the NATO base in Comiso At that time the Comiso base was the largest NATO base in Southern Europe with nuclear-armed missiles on-site and drew a great deal of attention from anti-nuclear peace activists and protesters Today this holy Peace Pagoda place is a haven for many pilgrims from all over the world from many spiritual traditions At the ceremony were present representatives of local institutions as well as representatives of other religious orders (among them a Catholic priest) and many people from nearby towns from all over Italy and from all over the world nuns and volunteers had been working very hard for weeks so that this day could be felt in its deepest essence and to commemorate 25 years of this symbol of peace Reverend Morishita moved everyone with his speech inspired by Ashoka’s edict on giving up all weapons abandoned his bloody and ruthless policy of “conquest in all directions,” in favour of ‘the victory of Dharma’ (Dharma Vijaya) – the rule of nonviolence anyone who wished to share thoughts or say prayers was given the opportunity to participate the many gifts and offerings that graced the altar (fruits and beautiful flowers) were handed out by the monks and nuns to all in attendance  The celebration culminated with a lunch offered to all who came specially prepared for the occasion so all could enjoy together The aim of the Pagoda is to serve as a symbol and meeting place to serve the continued mission of building peace in the world through prayer In attendance at both Comiso’s celebration and the Vienna celebration this year was a senior monk of the order Poland from Japan in order to pray for the war raging on Poland’s border in Ukraine Every day he walked to the Russian embassy in Warsaw beating his drum and praying for an end to the conflict and for peace all over the world Reverend Sasamori led a Peace Pilgrimage from the Auschwitz Death Camp in Poland to Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan and vowed to return to Poland to erect a Peace Pagoda and Temple site (like the Comiso holy site) we will soon see the erection of Europe’s fifth Nipponzan Myohoji Peace Pagoda Site in Poland and also see a reprise of the violence in Ukraine As the monks and nuns’ sole mission is to pray and work toward Peace for all practical day-to-day and bureaucratic matters the order relies on the good hearts and sound sense of the local men and women of peace supporting them the Committee for the Peace Pagoda* in Italy has been recently established to resolve issues related to the legal legitimacy of the monument and projects supporting the site such as legally buying the land the Pagoda and temple stand on build a road to allow free access to monks devotees and visitors as neighbouring local land owners have recently limited access to the site The feeling of union with the Eternal is shared by all those who visit this temple “placed beneath the open sky and accessible to the poorest of poor” Anna Luisa Leonardi and Angela Ricciardi (Italy) _________________________________________________________________ DHARMA TALK FOR THE 2023 EUROPEAN PEACE PAGODA ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATIONS [London Peace Pagoda – 38th anniversary]/ [Milton Keynes Peace Pagoda – 43rd anniversary]/ [Vienna Peace Pagoda – 40th anniversary]/ [Comiso Peace Pagoda – 25th anniversary] we are once again able to mark the 38-anniversary celebration of the London Peace Pagoda with you I would like to express my deepest gratitude to everyone joining us here As a result of the prolonged disruptions due to Covid-19 we have been unable to organise the annual anniversary celebrations since 2019 the annual ceremony is being revived this year all of you have been working hard to help maintain the Peace Pagoda and build up peace in the world I would like to say Thank You for all your efforts the Dhauli Peace Pagoda’s 50th anniversary celebration was held in India attended by many from all over the world This pagoda was built on Dhauli Giri i Odisha state the sacred site where King Ashoka in ancient India – following his conversion to Buddhism – abandoned the policy of ‘conquest in all directions’ (Digvijaya) in favour of the victory of Dharma (Dharma Vijaya)- rule by non-violence the Ukrainian war has gone on for close to a year and a half and 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The view of earth from space can still tingle its vulnerable beauty cast against the vast blackness beyond But orbit also offers a more hard-headed perspective of home NASA satellites have been measuring the reach of Arctic ice from the extent of its winter freeze into a contiguous mass to the low point of its annual summer retreat when warmer air and water melt part of the cap scientists said NASA’s data showed the smallest summer ice cover ever recorded by satellites Senior NASA scientist Joey Comiso was among the first observers to warn of an unusual shrinking of the summer ice cap In an interview with Policy Options editor Bruce Wallace Comiso describes how that process appears to be accelerating because less ice and blacker open seas result in less solar radiation being reflected back into space He also warns that the Arctic ice cap’s role in everything from global sea currents to keeping greenhouse gases trapped in the permafrost holds implications for the planet beyond the polar region Policy Options: What is this data telling us This year we have the lowest-ever perennial ice cover in the Arctic It used to be in the order of 7 million square kilometres in the 1980s In the last decade it has been dropping at a quite high rate Some scientists had postulated that we would lose perennial ice by the end of this century and actually it might be a lot earlier than that PO: Some scientists are now saying we could have ice-free summers in the Arctic within four years We still have some ice in the core that is very thick and this very thick ice will probably survive for some time And there have been periods when the winter was relatively cold This year we actually had quite a cold winter in the latter part What may have been different for 2012 is that there was a big storm in early August That separated quite a big chunk of ice — almost 400,000 square kilometres — from the core The chunk was broken up and drifted to the south where the water is warmer and it became vulnerable to being melted completely PO: Does that suggest some of the record melt this year was caused by natural causes But I don’t know that you would consider the storm to be completely natural causes and there are all these postulates about big storms being caused by warmer water And water becomes warmer in the Arctic because of what we call conditioning We have had a large area of open water in the Arctic Basin in summer over the last few years That large area of open water is basically black Much of the solar radiation is absorbed by the ice-free ocean and therefore causes a warming of the upper part of the ocean The storm might have been so strong because of this conditioning PO: Some people contend that we are looking at all this data in too short a time frame that we’ve become accustomed in this century to an ice cap of a certain size but that it was small 1,000 years ago and it saw big declines even as recently as 1940 Does the historical record tell us anything different about changes to the ice cap Comiso: We didn’t have satellite data in 1940 But we have studies that show there was indeed a drop in the Arctic ice cover in 1940 it went down to nearly 10 million square kilometres the average size was something like 11 million so there was drop of about a million square kilometres from the previous year That decline is not what we are observing now we have a minimum of less than 4 million square kilometres PO: You’ve described this reinforcing domino effect where less ice equals less reflectivity and therefore more solar absorption Comiso: What would be needed is some sustained cooling so the ice gets a chance to get thicker in the winter and is able to survive during the summer the Arctic warming is three times steeper than the rest of the globe PO: Are there policy steps we could take that would diminish the rate of decline that would not require getting a global agreement on reducing carbon emissions that is Comiso: Are you talking about human steps like geo-engineering You could try to inject a lot more aerosol into the atmosphere and that would have a cooling effect But that would be very expensive and sustaining it would be quite expensive And if all of a sudden we don’t have the money any more we don’t know the consequences of stopping The warming might bounce back in an even stronger manner I would still favour the minimizing the emission of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases PO: Why does a smaller polar ice cap matter From the perspective of developing new energy sources this satellite imagery might convey an opportunity rather than a crisis Comiso: The impact could be bigger than what people realize and as you get more and more absorption from the sun that water is going to get warmer and warmer A warmer ocean means warmer land around it and the land around the Arctic Ocean is permafrost and glaciers There are also signs that parts of Greenland will be unstable One of the concerns is a thawing of the permafrost The permafrost is storing a very large fraction of methane and other greenhouse gases and if you release whatever is stored in the permafrost you would accelerate the warming in a way that we cannot project right now It also affects the circulation of the ocean You have currents and there is a general pattern of circulation around the globe If you change the coverage of ice in the Arctic we probably would alter that pattern And if you change the circulation pattern of the ocean which occupies 70 percent of the surface of the earth So that impact could reverberate around the world PO: You were one of the first scientists to draw attention to the shrinking Arctic ice cap Did your projections ever anticipate that you’d be seeing imagery like you released this week Comiso: When we started looking at the Arctic ice back in the late 1970s we saw a seasonal cover that melts to about 7 million square kilometres in the summer and expands to 16 million square kilometres in the winter and we thought this would go on for a long We didn’t think the ice cover would retreat so much I published a paper in 2002 analyzing data from 2000 and recognized that the ice cover was declining I was estimating a trend then for the ice minimum [shrinking] at a rate of nine percent a decade I thought at the time that was relatively high But now if you do a similar trend analysis you would be getting something like 17 percent per decade I make predictions on the future of the Arctic ice based on statistics But people have compared global models of sea ice with actual data and noted that even when this modelling incorporates the increase in greenhouse gases the decline they [predict] is significantly less than what we observe from satellite data The reason may be that our existing models don’t incorporate all of what’s going on in the Arctic but I don’t think the models incorporate the storm effect [The storm] happened at the time when the ice was most vulnerable If the models incorporate other phenomenon then they might be able to reconstruct what we’re observing from satellites PO: The beauty of the satellite is that you get to believe your own eyes And the other thing is that our record is becoming longer and longer we wouldn’t believe it was a trend at all it’s becoming more and more believable that something is happening You are welcome to republish this Policy Options article online or in print periodicals, under a Creative Commons/No Derivatives licence. Originally published on Policy Options October 1 This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License Il sole siciliano le ha cotto il mio cervello Has the beating sun created this mirage—part “Robocop,” part Goodwood Revival—or is it real as in decommissioned cruise-missile launch site real built by Mussolini for the usual nefarious purposes then seized in 1943 by the Allies and turned into a commercial airport in the 1950s NATO set up a cruise missile facility on the south side of what’s now the Comiso Air Base runway and housed 112 missiles there but in the late 1990s some 5,000 Kosovar people took refuge in the dormant neighborhood still standing Now trees and vines have taken up light housekeeping as people have moved on everyday subdivision installations like a school and a post office since the 2022 Bentley Continental GT leaps from point to point like a frog with a rocket strapped to its ass This car’s even painted in a sort of amphibian green-gold It’s a vibrant hue that stands out in relief against the terra-cotta-toned terra firma among the Medusa heads of aloe and palm trees bursting in full fruit among thin-bladed palms the Conti GT Speed stands out in sharp relief It’s stunning in its current iteration and detailed exquisitely The muscularity barely shows in photos: it evaporates the more formal proportions of the last-generation car tapers every line to a perfect horizon line It slims and trims the looks of the stock Continental GT Speed versions don an exclusive darkened grille and lower bumper grille Chrome or black underliner draws out those sills and draws forward along the body of the car like an arrowhead Like Range Rovers and BMWs with similar cues it’s a bit of overkill that works exquisitely to some (me) and not to others (unwashed heathens the four-seat grand tourer takes on more sporty cues to distance itself from more plebeian Continentals—cars driven by people who have to fly commercial The GT Speed wears two-tone leather and Alcantara upholstery in a choice of 15 colors with diamond-in-diamond quilted leather upholstery and Speed logos embroidered on the headrests Piano black trim can be replaced by six other wood veneers and dark aluminum trim can adorn the center console If you can’t be pleased by its tightrope balance of glitz and substance I spent the morning in a GT Speed coupe getting to Comiso with the singular task of hurtling between Fiat Pandas and dump trucks filled with dirt Sicily’s morning commute sucks like the morning commute everywhere but at least it’s baked under a cerulean sky tBentley calls the GT Speed coupe its most dynamically capable car in its 101-year history the car it believes is the best grand tourer on any road starting with the familiar 6.0-liter twin-turbo W-12 that conjures up 650 hp and 664 lb-ft of torque Mated to an 8-speed dual-clutch transmission and rear-biased all-wheel drive the powertrain hustles the Conti GT Speed from 0-60 mph in 3.5 seconds in hardtop form and takes one-tenth of a second more to do so with the convertible Both sport a dream-sequence top speed of 208 mph; there’s no way with cluttered and busted Sicilian roads that we’ll see anything above 150 mph or so The combination of W-12 and 8-speed has depth and distinction up to about 5,000 rpm where horsepower starts to drop off and the torque curve bends more gently The GT Speed’s quartet of drive modes—Comfort and Dynamic—give it the range of an EGOT winner and Sport mode for threading along the thinnest lines on the map the transmission shifts twice as quickly e as it does in other W-12-powered Continentals Flip its paddles around and it generates an almost digital beat with exhaust overrun like the kick drum on a “mastered for iTunes” copy of T-Rex It’s a passing machine on the order of the quickest electric cars time-warping the road ahead to enable six-car passes in the very short stretches where solid double lines go briefly broken: Whumpf At 190.9 inches long, with a 112.2-inch wheelbase, and a curb weight of 5,011 lb, the Conti GT Speed drives with a cross-country skier’s endurance, but it’s by no means lithe. Convertibles weigh 5,388 lb, and that’s before adding in all the bomboloni I’ve had.  It’s stable because this Continental GT wasn’t developed off of other architectures from its parent group, says spokesperson Mike Sayer. It’s rock-solid because it was developed alongside those other cars—including the Panamera—and thus Bentley had a say in key dimensions, like axle-to-dash and track. Engineers from the British luxury brand threw every chassis and suspension system they could at the Conti GT Speed so the car could live up to that origin story. The GT Speed rides on a standard three-chamber air suspension with adaptive dampers, and also comes standard with all-wheel drive with an electronic limited-slip differential, rear-wheel steering, and 48-volt active anti-roll bars. The AWD system is tuned with more rear-drive bias for a sportier driving experience. The rear-wheel steering makes the car quicker to turn at lower speeds and more stable at higher speeds. The limited-slip differential puts the power down more effectively when exiting turns, and the active anti-roll bars keep the barrel-chested two-door more level in corners. The proof of that theory comes after a wake-up espresso in one of Comiso’s disused warehouses. (Caterers, we walk in your grace.) Slewing through decrepit neighborhoods at 11/10ths, I worry a tricycle will push out into the street like some edge-case “self-driving” test, or worse, that some sewer-grade clown will spring out. Also I wonder why Bentley didn’t include a baseball bat for gratuitous swings at all these dead-letter mailboxes. For some of us, high school never ended.  Credit’s due also to the GT Speed’s powerful carbon-ceramic brake rotors with their 10-piston front and 4-piston rear calipers. They save 73 pounds of unsprung weight, and in at least one instance, put the car’s Pirelli 275/35ZR front and 315/30ZR rear tires to near-maximum use, saving the car from wandering trash cans on the road back to the hotel.  2022 Bentley Continental GT Speed at Comiso The 2022 Conti GT Speed has more power and sharper handling, but Bentley says comfort doesn't suffer. It’s hard to tell, while my back’s being massaged and cooled by its fabulous driver seat and while my ears are being soothed by 2,200 watts of 18-speaker Naim audio sound with active bass that vibrates the seat bottom to the beat of Italian disco. I skirt looming downpours in a top-down Breeze-tinted convertible with a navy suede cabin. The roof takes just 19 seconds to deploy or stow; it’s lined with enough soundproofing to render said Italian disco listenable. I give a pass to the neck warmer integrated into the heated and cooled seat; I have the sun at my back.  The top, by the way, can be ordered in one of seven colors, including a tweed option. Tweed? In a car that can do this? Weird British flex, but OK, I guess. This is definitely a car for people who wear two watches and think virtue signaling is what a rally co-driver does to earn his keep. It’s ungodly comfortable and that’s all that matters.  Safety’s not given a slip. The GT Speed has automatic emergency braking, adaptive cruise control, a surround-view camera system, and traffic-sign recognition that I felt empowered to ignore. It’s a loosely guarded secret here that the posted limits are half what you should be driving. Is there anything this car doesn’t do well? The answer is no, unless you’re talking about weighing less or costing less. A few hours of driving and both of us, the car and I, are hungry for more. Bomboloni, yes, but driving, too. If you’re willing to let the Sicilian sun simmer your skull, few skillets can do it like the 2022 Bentley Continental GT Speed. Flip the lid, and hear nothing but echoes of the Conti GT’s whuffling W-12, and the occasional slip of grip and skip of tires. Whether you’re cruising a ghostly missile base or just the ghosts of other pasts, the GT Speed’s fast and quick enough to pass through a portal in time. It passes every test in flying color. Bentley flew me to Sicily and steered me around unheard-of rains so that Motor Authority could bring you this first drive review. 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Waikele resident Laurie Nakagawa has been named home care services director for ALTRES Medical “I’m thrilled to join ALTRES Medical and help establish this new service for local families in need of trusted care,” stated Nakagawa Prior to joining ALTRES Medical she was program supervisor at Central Oahu Senior Day Care Centers for six years where she was responsible for dayto-day operations Nakagawa currently is attending UH Manoa to complete a master’s degree in advanced studies in gerontology The USS Missouri Memorial Association has promoted Paul Dyson to chief operating officer Dyson is responsible for directing several departments tied to the enjoyment of the visitor experience at Battleship Missouri Memorial Dyson joined Battleship Missouri Memorial in 2006 He previously served as vice president of sales and marketing Comiso has been promoted to the rank of chief petty officer in the U.S Comiso currently is leading chief petty officer with Directorate For Branch Clinics at Naval Medical Center San Diego and has served in the military for 11 years Elizabeth Agustin of Ewa Beach has been promoted to the newly created position of business development manager and travel agent sales with Outrigger Enterprises Group she is responsible for managing and enhancing the company’s travel agent incentive program and implementing strategies to enhance the company’s presence in the travel agent community Jennifer Cabasag of Pearl City has been named senior sales managers-multi-property group with Outrigger Enterprises Group She is responsible for generating group business and will handle small to large group-related opportunities for Outrigger Resorts OHANA Hotels and Resorts and Outrigger-managed properties Christine Kanemaru has been hired as director of nursing for The Plaza Assisted Living’s newest location Kanemaru will provide supervision and guidance for the community’s nursing department and will assess and oversee care programs for each resident Robin Estrada of Aiea has been named director of sales and marketing for Outrigger Reef Waikiki Beach Resort She is responsible for planning and implementing sales and marketing strategies across all market segments to increase brand recognition and meet revenue goals for their respective Outrigger beachfront properties Zachary Mantyla of Kapolei has been named to the President’s List at Berkeley College for the summer 2014 quarter He is pursuing his degree through Berkeley College Online Mantyla maintained a 4.0 GPA (or higher) while taking 12 academic credits has been named a representative of the Core Member Management Board Oceania by the International Association of Movers She will represent the Pacific Rim (which includes Hawaii gathering industry information from movers and communicating issues to the association and government leaders Army Reserves will join basketball fans from across the country this month at the prestigious EA SPORTS Maui Invitational Wong was chosen as this year’s representative of the Hawaii Wounded Warriors program to receive an all-expenses-paid trip to Maui to attend the nation’s premier early season tournament and participate in special events including attending team practices to meet participating head coaches and student-athletes By RYAN MORRISON FOR MAILONLINE NASA has released a series of shocking satellite images that appear to reveal the devastating impact of climate change and how it is transforming our planet the series of photographs taken from space show changes from a combination of climate change This includes shrinking glaciers in New Zealand, snow in the Sahara Desert, Melting ice in Canada and travel reduction in Wuhan, China due to coronavirus restrictions including before and after shots taken weeks to decades apart the collection shows the reality of climate change on the Earth Images of Arctic sea ice captured in 1984 and 2020 show the noticeable change in the extent of the frozen region - showing just how much has melted in 36 years 'At the rate we're observing this decline,' said NASA scientist Joey Comiso 'it's very likely that the Arctic's summer sea ice will completely disappear within this century.'  Arctic sea ice extent in 2012 (right) was the lowest on record and is seen compared to the level in 1984 (left) “At the rate we’re observing this decline,” said NASA scientist Joey Comiso “it’s very likely that the Arctic’s summer sea ice will completely disappear within this century” These false-color images show a portion of the Sindh province in southeastern Pakistan before and after flooding from monsoon rains in 2020 One set of photos appear to show Iceland's Ok Glacier completely melted away wildfires scorching Argentina and a monsoon flooding in Pakistan Half of the images are taken before an event happened - in some cases up to four decades ago - and half show the same location after a major incident The image of the left was taken in 1941 and shows the Muir Glacier in Alaska alongside its tributary Riggs Glacier By the time the 2004 image (right) was taken Riggs had retreated 0.4 miles and both glaciers had thinned considerably  These images taken in 2016 show rare snowfall at the edge of the Sahara Desert - taken with the Landsat 7 satellite The snow had almost disappeared by the time the right image was taken on December 27 National Snow and Ice Data Centre (NSIDC) researchers say 2020 saw the second lowest Arctic sea ice extent in the 42 year history of satellite records It's a double whammy,' said Director of the NSIDC Mark Serreze when figures were released in September 2020 The record low for Arctic sea ice was in 2012 - the lowest since satellite records began in 1979 - the 2013 minimum was larger but continued the long-term downward trend of about 12 per cent sea-ice loss per decade since the late 1970s A volcano erupted in the Red Sea in December 2011 apparently creating a new island - as seen in the difference between the 2007 (left) and the 2011 (right) pictures NASA recorded images of rare snow fall at the edge of the Sahara Desert in December 2016 NASA also captured images of human events - showing a dramatic reduction in traffic levels in Wuhan early in 2020 - at the start of the coronavirus pandemic The city of Dubai is situated along the Persian Gulf in the United Arab Emirates work began to create artificial archipelagos along Dubai's shoreline Wildfires fanned by wind gusts of 50 mph (80 kph) broke out on October 8 burning more than 100,000 acres of California wine country by the time of the October 11 image (right) The images have been shared as an interactive gallery on the NASA website where you can compare them side-by-side or by sliding across There are pictures from locations across the globe at various points in time and split into different categories covering ice 'Some of these effects are related to climate change adding some show the impact of humanity itself on the planet we call home 'Some document the effects of urbanization or the ravage of natural hazards such as fires and floods The full NASA Images of Change interactive gallery is on the NASA website Roughly two dozen wildfires consumed about 2.5 million acres in the Pampas region of Argentina The first fires started southwest of the city of Bahía Blanca as shown by small red burn scars in the December 22 image (left) dramatic imagery of larger red burn scars across Argentina’s La Pampa and Rio Negro provinces had been captured Carbon dioxide (CO2) is one of the biggest contributors to global warming After the gas is released into the atmosphere it stays there making it difficult for heat to escape - and warming up the planet in the process It is primarily released from burning fossil fuels such as coal The average monthly concentration of CO2 in the Earth's atmosphere CO2 concentration has fluctuated over the last 800,000 years between 180 to 280ppm but has been vastly accelerated by pollution caused by humans The gas nitrogen dioxide (NO2) comes from burning fossil fuels car exhaust emissions and the use of nitrogen-based fertilisers used in agriculture Although there is far less NO2 in the atmosphere than CO2 it is between 200 and 300 times more effective at trapping heat Sulfur dioxide (SO2) also primarily comes from fossil fuel burning but can also be released from car exhausts oxygen and other chemicals in the atmosphere to cause acid rain Carbon monoxide (CO) is an indirect greenhouse gas as it reacts with hydroxyl radicals Hydroxyl radicals reduce the lifetime of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases Particulate matter refers to tiny parts of solids or liquid materials in the air whereas others cannot be seen by the naked eye soil and chemicals can be in particulate matter Particulate matter (or PM) is described in micrometres The two main ones mentioned in reports and studies are PM10 (less than 10 micrometres) and PM2.5 (less than 2.5 micrometres) Air pollution comes from burning fossil fuels Scientists measure the rate of particulates in the air by cubic metre Particulate matter is sent into the air by a number of processes including burning fossil fuels Particulates are dangerous because those less than 10 micrometres in diameter can get deep into your lungs Particulates are found in higher concentrations in urban areas What sort of health problems can pollution cause According to the World Health Organization lung cancer and heart disease can be linked to air pollution Some of the effects of air pollution on the body are not understood but pollution may increase inflammation which narrows the arteries leading to heart attacks or strokes almost one in 10 lung cancer cases in the UK are caused by air pollution Particulates find their way into the lungs and get lodged there some chemicals in particulates that make their way into the body can cause cancer Around seven million people die prematurely because of air pollution every year Pollution can cause a number of issues including asthma attacks various cancers and cardiovascular problems Air pollution can cause problems for asthma sufferers for a number of reasons Pollutants in traffic fumes can irritate the airways and particulates can get into your lungs and throat and make these areas inflamed Women exposed to air pollution before getting pregnant are nearly 20 per cent more likely to have babies with birth defects Living within 3.1 miles (5km) of a highly-polluted area one month before conceiving makes women more likely to give birth to babies with defects such as cleft palates or lips For every 0.01mg/m3 increase in fine air particles Previous research suggests this causes birth defects as a result of women suffering inflammation and 'internal stress' What is being done to tackle air pollution is an international agreement to control and limit climate change It hopes to hold the increase in the global average temperature to below 2°C (3.6ºF) 'and to pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5°C (2.7°F)' The UK government has announced plans to make the country carbon neutral by 2050 They plan to do this by planting more trees and by installing 'carbon capture' technology at the source of the pollution Some critics are worried that this first option will be used by the government to export its carbon offsetting to other countries International carbon credits let nations continue emitting carbon while paying for trees to be planted elsewhere the UK government announced the sale of new petrol and diesel cars would be banned by 2040  MPs on the climate change committee have urged the government to bring the ban forward to 2030 as by then they will have an equivalent range and price Pictured: air pollution over Paris in 2019 The speedy electrification of Norway's automotive fleet is attributed mainly to generous state subsidies Electric cars are almost entirely exempt from the heavy taxes imposed on petrol and diesel cars A VW Golf with a standard combustion engine costs nearly 334,000 kroner (34,500 euros while its electric cousin the e-Golf costs 326,000 kroner thanks to a lower tax quotient The Committee on Climate Change (CCC) has said there is a 'shocking' lack of Government preparation for the risks to the country from climate change The committee assessed 33 areas where the risks of climate change had to be addressed – from flood resilience of properties to impacts on farmland and supply chains – and found no real progress in any of them the level at which countries have pledged to curb temperature rises which is possible if greenhouse gases are not cut globally It added that cities need more green spaces to stop the urban 'heat island' effect and to prevent floods by soaking up heavy rainfall The comments below have not been moderated We are no longer accepting comments on this article The Mail on Sunday & Metro Media Group L'Comiso-Vincenzo Magliocco Airport (CIY/LICB) is the main airport serving the city of Comiso Located about 5 km north of the city center is named after Italian Air Force General Vincenzo Magliocco the airport was converted to civilian use in 2013 it serves several domestic and international destinations connecting Comiso with major cities in Italy and Europe offering a variety of travel options at competitive prices offering travelers a range of services for a comfortable travel experience with adequate infrastructure to support the growth of air traffic in the region With its strategic location and wide range of services Comiso-Vincenzo Magliocco Airport continues to be a key gateway to Sicily connecting the region with the rest of the world Please enable JS and disable any ad blocker Sign in to listen to groundbreaking journalism Philippines – Two alleged leaders of the communist New People’s Army (NPA) were arrested by police and soldiers in Butuan City on Thursday The Philippine Army announced the arrest on Saturday Colonel Maurito Licudine, commander of the Philippine Army’s 402nd Infantry Brigade, identified the suspects as Melissa Comiso, alias Meli, allegedly the acting finance officer and education/propaganda staffer of Komisyong Mindanao, and Nore Torregosa, alias Johnny, reportedly the liaison and intel staffer of the North Central Mindanao Regional Committee Licudine said the arrest was a result of “months of thorough case buildup” by the military and police Comiso and Torregosa were arrested while authorities were serving a search warrant at the Stanley Apartment in Barangay 14 The Rural Missionaries of the Philippines (RMP) saying that Comiso is not an NPA leader but the head of RMP Northern Mindanao’s Literacy and Numeracy (LitNum) Program “Melissa has been a longtime member of RMP. As a Lumad herself, she has been the head of RMP-NMR LitNum Program and has managed a number of these schools. She has tirelessly sought to bring education to Lumad communities and work with her fellow Lumad and other advocates to achieve this goal,” the RMP said in a statement she has been repeatedly tagged by state forces as an “NPA supporter.” The group also said Torregosa is Comiso’s fellow Lumad teacher But Licudine said the arrest of Comiso and Torregosa was a result of the information gathered from a community where Comiso and her group reportedly spearheaded organization and financial collection activities to support NPA rebels in the mountains The RMP is demanding the immediate release of Comiso and Torregosa whom the group said are both detained at the police’s Criminal Investigation and Detection Office in Butuan City A 53-year-old man died in the nearby town of Modica due to the bad weather conditions Please use Chrome browser for a more accessible video player Air Malta will start operating a twice weekly evening scheduled service to Sicily’s Comiso airport The airline said its Go-Light fares will apply on the route making it possible to fly for €39 per way including taxes and charges In summer the Maltese airline restarted scheduled services to Palermo Tourism Minister Konrad Mizzi said Air Malta's growth strategy was gaining momentum.  "Air Malta will be strengthening its operations in Sicily with a view to better serveSicilian tourists and business passengers who can connect to other destinations via Malta,” he said. The flights will go on sale on Monday please register for free or log in to your account Вы используете блокировщик рекламы в вашем браузере В этом случае Вы не сможете пользоваться всеми функциональными возможностями нашего сайта и его отдельными страницами который мы используем для отображения видеоконтента активированный блокировщик рекламы может вызывать проблемы с загрузкой сайта и корректным его отображением чтобы получить возможность использовать наш сайт в полной мере внесите Dynamo.kiev.ua в «белый список» вашего блокировщика что любые попытки обсуждения этого и других решений редакции сайта немедленно влекут за собой ограничение по п.2.9 правил сайта Fiorentina president Rocco Comiso has commented on the behaviour of West Ham fans at the Conference League Final But there were episodes in which the referee should have acted better and the situation with Biraghi when fans smashed his head with an object thrown from the stands.. I spoke to the APL president and told him they were animals We could have won 3-0," FiorentinaNews quoted Comisso as saying Стать участником фан-зоны Нажимая на кнопку, вы соглашаетесь с условиями членства в фан-зоне конвертировать карму в шурики Устанавливайте наше приложение и всегда оставайтесь в курсе футбольных новостей A Maltese-registered Tecnam P2002JF light aircraft made an emergency landing in a field near Comiso The incident took place during a training flight by the European Pilot Academy shortly after 9am It is understood that the pilot was on his first solo flight and was approaching Comiso Airport The academy said arrangements were being made for the pilot and the aircraft to be brought to Malta It would not say what damage was suffered by the aircraft Transport Malta said it was investigating the incident together with the Italian authorities Its summer 2017 programme features exclusive flights from £35 one-way to Comiso in Sicily and from £49 one-way to the Greek island of Lesbos also opens this week in Sicily with seven-night packages starting from £486pp based on two people sharing Also this week there are new flights starting to Naples (£39) and Malta (£49) and the immensely popular James Martin meals are relaunched with an amazing summer menu featuring mouth-watering treats like slow-braised balsamic beef and roast chicken breast available on board said: “This is a really exciting year for us at Birmingham with exciting new routes for both independent travellers and package holiday customers “Together with Birmingham International Airport we’re going to more and more great holiday destinations to give our customers the choice they deserve for their hard-earned holidays.” Aviation Director of Birmingham Airport said: “We are delighted that Thomas Cook has launched these new flights from Birmingham Airport.  The airline is not only offering more capacity on popular leisure routes but also introducing a brand new destination from Birmingham  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Here Website: Visit Our Website The plan was announced three years ago, during the Obama administration, when Pentagon officials declared: "In front of Russian aggression, the United States is considering the deployment of ground-based missiles in Europe" [1] In the 2018 fiscal year the Congress of the United States authorized the financing of "a program of research and development of a ground-based mobile Cruise missile" It is a nuclear missile with an intermediate range (between 500 and 5500 km) similar to the 112 Cruise nuclear missiles deployed by the US in Comiso in the 1980s along with the Pershing 2 ballistic missiles deployed by the US in Germany and the Soviet SS-20 deployed in the USSR by the Treaty on Intermediate Nuclear Forces (INF) It prohibits the deployment of ground-based missiles with a range between 500 and 5500 km Washington now accuses Moscow of deploying missiles of this category and declares that "if Russia continues to violate the INF Treaty the United States will no longer be bound by this treaty" ie the United States will be free to deploy ground-based intermediate-range nuclear missiles in Europe a decisive fact is ignored: the Russian missiles (assuming their range is intermediate) are deployed in a defensive position in the Russian territory while the US intermediate-range missiles would be deployed in an offensive position in Europe close to the Russian territory It is as if Russia deployed nuclear missiles pointed at the United States in Mexico the deployment of such missiles in Europe is increasingly likely Ukraine tested a ground-based intermediate-range missile which was certainly produced with US assistance one of the four on a world scale (2 in the US 1 in Australia and 1 in Sicily) of the satellite communications system that connects all US forces a satellite reception and transmission station for the US «anti-missile shield» which is about to become operational in Sigonella It is one of five worldwide (the others are in the United States is used not only for anti-missile defense but also for attack operations launched from forward-deployed bases such as those in Italy In the “Nuclear Posture Review 2018" the Pentagon declares: "The United States commit nuclear weapons forward-deployed to Europe These forces provide an essential political and military link between Euro-pe and North America" By linking us to their strategy not only militarily but politically the United States increasingly transform our country into a forward-deployed base of their nuclear weapons pointed at Russia therefore into a forward-deployed target at which Russian nuclear weapons are pointed [1] “Ritornano i missili a Comiso?” Major War Maneuvers in Europe Under US Command United States-Ukraine Reconstruction Investment Fund unable to cope with the shock of Donald Trump US-Russian peace talks against the backdrop of Ukrainian attack on US interests in Russia Negotiations between Iran and the United States are progressing in Oman; a nuclear Tlatelolco Treaty for the Middle East Statement by the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs on the Zaporozhskaya nuclear power plant Iran denies non-compliance with JCPoA and Resolution 2231 Russia Prepares to Respond to the Armageddon Wanted by the Biden Administration Source: “A recurring nightmare: U.S. missiles again in Comiso”, by Manlio Dinucci , Il Manifesto (Italy) , Voltaire Network, 27 February 2018, www.voltairenet.org/article199892.html Comiso - A causa del forte vento che soffia sugli Iblei il volo Milano Malpensa di oggi da Comiso è stato dirottato su Catania Le condizioni meteo hanno sconsigliato infatti l'atterraggio al Magliocco.