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- Sicily hits record high temperature amid heatwave Fri, 13 Aug 21, 3:30amIn the latest extreme weather news, Europe has set a new record high temperature. Sicily hit 48.8 degrees Celsius this week, or 119.85 Fahrenheit, according to a reading at a Syracuse, Sicily monitoring station.[...]
- Green-roofed house blends beautifully into a Mediterranean landscape Fri, 16 Feb 18, 10:01pmGiuseppe Gurrieri Studio completed a beautiful new home for artists in Sicily complements its Mediterranean environment using natural materials and landscaping...
- Mount Etna eruption creates a display of fire, ash, and lightning over Sicily Sat, 5 Dec 15, 5:00amOn December 3, Mount Etna’s Voragine crater erupted for the first time in two years, turning Sicily’s east coast into a brilliant display of fire and ash...
- Climate Change Could Alter the World’s Wine List Wed, 27 Mar 13, 3:00amWhether it is a fruity Napa merlot or an oaky and acidic Chablis chardonnay, any wine lover will tell you that each variety of grape and the region in which it is grown gives each wine a unique character...
- Italy Getting First Solar-Powered Highway Tue, 16 Nov 10, 7:44amSpain and Germany may be the renewable energy darlings of Europe, but Italy is set to become the first country with a solar-powered highway. The A18 Catania-Siracusa highway, a 30 km addition to Sicily’s 600 km highway...
- Italian Mafia Gets in the Wind Farm Business Sat, 11 Sep 10, 2:23amNeed proof that green technology is a lucrative industry? Look no further than Italy, where the Mafia (AKA the “lords of the wind”) has infiltrated the wind power business...
- World’s First Molten Salt Solar Plant Produces Power at Night Fri, 23 Jul 10, 5:09amSicily has just announced the opening of the world’s first concentrated solar power (CSP) facility that uses molten salt as a heat collection medium...