Archive for February, 2010
“Issues Science and Technology” available the new article as PDF file
February 20th, 2010 | 
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The prestigiuous american magazine “Issues in Science and Technology” published, in the winter issue, an article regarding the project “On the Trails of the Glaciers”. Published quarterly all over the world, especially in USA by the University of Texas at Dallas , “Issues” is an academic publication that deals with science e technology.
In the article Fabiano Ventura briefly retraces the steps of the first historical expeditions in Karakorum and then focuses on the motivations that drove him to plan the first expedition of the project and on the technical equipment.
Moreover, in the numerous pages of the article, ample space was given to the comparative photographs, that follow one after the other together with detailed captions.
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PHOTOGRAPHIC EXHIBITION “On the Trails of the Glaciers, 1909-2009”
From February, 25th to April, 1th 2010, the photographic exhibition “On the Trails of the Glaciers: 1909-2009: one hundred years of climate change on Karakoram’s glaciers” will be held at the Sala S. Rita of Rome.
The vernissage is on February, 24th 2010 at 18.00, at the Sala S. Rita of the Municipality of Rome, via Montanara 8, close to Piazza Venezia.
The exhibition, organized by Associazione Macromicro in collaboration with Enel Green Power and Zètema Progetto Cultura, promoted by the Assessorato alle Politiche Culturali e della Comunicazione del Comune di Roma, shows a comparison between historical and modern images of Karakorum’s glaciers, to study the changes in glaciers occurred during the past one hundred years to glaciers, significant environmental indicators of climate change on our planet.
