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Discovering Riposto and “Mt Etna’s beaches”

Posted on 02/08/2021 (09/09/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

For a long time the main tourist “gates” to Mount Etna were Catania – with its airport and station – and Taormina. The large tourist crowds settled in these two locations so to discover Etna by excursions. It has been twenty years, now, since also Riposto has joined them as a tourist gate to Etna, […]

How do people live near an active volcano?

Posted on 26/07/2021 (09/09/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

They ask us, all the time. Out relatives from abroad, our friends who never came to visit us, those who look at our photos or read the news. Mount Etna erupts, Stromboli explodes, Vulcano has sulfur steams, Vesuvius sometimes makes the ground shake. How can we do that? How can we live near an active […]

How to recognize fake news about volcanoes

Posted on 05/07/2021 (09/09/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

Watch out, tourists! The world of web is as useful as it is fake. Fake news bring success and attention to their authors, plus a lot of advertisement. They can be about any aspect of our life and the world around us. When they are about volcanoes and their phenomena, it is a problem. If […]

Double eruption and new vents, Mount Etna never stops

Posted on 24/06/2021 (09/09/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

June 23rd, 2021, is a day not to be forgotten. Under the hood of yellow sirocco fog that almost completely hides it from view, the great Mount Etna unleashes a double eruption at the beginning and end of the day. Sudden spikes in values ??announce, in both cases at a short distance, the onset of […]

Etna’s Urban Wild Parks: Monte Ceraulo

Posted on 21/06/2021 (09/09/2024) by Grazia Musumeci

This article starts a new trip through the urban wild parks at the foot of Mount Etna. They are wild natural areas closed with walls or fences, with paths and comforts, for the people to enjoy them. So this will allow humans to walk in the green, go for picnics close to home, and allow […]