May 4, 2019
environment
Did you know that the Center of the Earth is in Athens? The innovative Environmental Park extends over 25,000 square meter just 6 km away from the center of the Greek capital. Located in the suburb of Ilion in West Athens, the Center of Earth is an innovative park for …
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May 2, 2019
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The Greek Fire Service has announced the opening of the firefighting season 2019. The firefighting season that in fact forbids the setting of fires outdoors runs from May 1 until October 31. Calling on citizens to avoid anything that would start a fire, the Fire Service published a list of …
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April 22, 2019
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Fifty percent of waste found into Greek seas are plastic bags, plastic bottles and aluminum cans for beer and soft drinks, Professor Giorgos Papatheodorou of the Marine Geology and Natural Oceanography Laboratory at Patras University said over the weekend. “Our research has led us to an important conclusion. That 50 …
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April 10, 2019
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The Turkish Armed Forces defended itself against accusations from Greek Marine Conservation Institute Archipelagos that its naval exercises have been behind a recent spike in the number of dolphin deaths. On Tuesday, the military posted on Twitter a video and photographs of dolphins happily accompanying vessels during naval exercises. Extremely …
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April 9, 2019
environment
The island of Donousa will be the first in the Aegean Sea that will ban single use plastic in an effort to protect the marine environment and reduce marine pollution.. Under the initiative “Sea Change Greek Islands,” sponsored by the Athanasios K. Laskaridis Public Benefit Foundation and under the auspices …
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April 6, 2019
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Residents of Thessaloniki, North Greece, have started recycling their plastic waste transforming it into 3D printed street furniture with the help of new technologies. They use a new laboratory set up studio The New Raw and project Print Your City that makes furniture for the city from plastic waste. The Zero …
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April 2, 2019
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A huge wildfire has been burning down the forest of Strofilia, an amazing natural reserve under protection of Natura 2000 and the Ramsar Convention. The fire broke out early Tuesday afternoon the area area by Kounoupeli, Ilia, in West Peloponnese. The Fire Service speaks of a “dangerous wildfire due to …
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April 1, 2019
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The Municipality of Athens has launched an ambitious program to clean buildings of historical center from graffiti and illegal posters. An area of 20 acres will be cleansed and maintained by special teams in consultation with the local community of shopkeepers and entrepreneurs. “Combating visual vandalism was our first priority. …
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March 31, 2019
environment, Video GRID
A mysterious crater is located on a slope of Parnassos Mountain. With a diameter of 200 meters, it impresses and awes the few visitors who have seen it. Seen from above it looks mysterious like an extraterrestrial spectacle. The crater is located near the village Vasiliki and it dominates the …
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March 31, 2019
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It was a moment of magic to see Greece’s famous landmark sinking in the dark. At 8:30 sharp on Saturday night, lights went off in Acropolis as in many other buildings of the Greek capital as Greece joined the global initiative Earth Hour. The Acropolis was not the only building …
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March 30, 2019
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That’s the usual tradition over the last weekend of March: one hour less sleep, one hour longer day light. Clocks in Greece will need to be set one hour forward in the night from Saturday to Sunday, March 30th to 31st 2019. With or without human aid, clocks suddenly show …
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March 28, 2019
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Athens International Airport ‘Eleftherios Venizelos’ will ‘switch off the lights’ for the ‘Earth Hour’ between 20:30 and 21:30 on Saturday, March 30, 2019. The action is taking place in the context of the World Wildlife Fund WWF “Earth Hour” for the climate change. It is the eight time in a …
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March 22, 2019
environment
Fire fighters and volunteers from neighboring areas are struggling to take the wildfire of a pine forest on the island of Lesvos under control. The work to extinguish the fire is proven to be difficult due to the powerful north-east winds blowing in the area. Furthermore, the blaze burns down …
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March 15, 2019
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Greek school students of all education levels joined the global rally ClimateStrike on Friday urging governments to move towards the protection of the planet. The Climate Strike is an initiative of 15-year-old Swedish student Greta Thunberg. 12 o’ clock Friday noon, students gathered at Syntagma square in downtown Athens holding …
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February 23, 2019
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For the first time, the Greek Geodynamic Institute will install six seismological stations to monitor the volcano of Methana in the Saronic Gulf, just 50 km away from capital Athens. ” A source of concern is the volcano close distance to the [Greek] capital,” says a researcher at the Institute …
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February 18, 2019
environment
Finally, a very good reason to be lazy! Daily tasks like preparing a meal or even a simple toast or cleaning your home add to indoor pollution, a new study has found. Researchers from the University of Colorado, Boulder discovered that daily chores can leave indoor pollution levels on par …
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January 21, 2019
environment
Greece’s first vertical garden on a public building has been planted in Thessaloniki, the second biggest city in the country. The facade of the Urban Environment Directorate building on Kleanthous Street in the northern Greek city of Thessaloniki has been converted into Greece’s first vertical garden, covering an area of …
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November 9, 2018
environment
The seabed of the Aegean Sea between the islands of Skyros, Lesvos and Aghios Efstratios conceals 19 active seismic faults measuring over seven kilometres each, which can generate strong earthquakes from 6.1 to 7.4 Richter. Eight of them can also cause strong quakes over 7.0 on the Richter scale. According …
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October 29, 2018
environment
The 6.8R earthquake on 25. October shifted the island of Zakynthos at least three centimeters South-West. This is what Research Director at the Geological Institute of the National Observatory in Athens, Athanasios Ganas told state news agency amna and other media on Monday. Digital processing and analysis of radar images …
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October 27, 2018
environment
An impressive video shows how the tsunami waves triggered by the 6.8R earthquake in Zakynthos reached the shores of Italy in just 40 minutes. It reached the shores of South Peloponnese in just 25 minutes, with the waves reaching a height of 20 cm. The tsunami waves reached the sea …
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