Society


Every weather forecast begins long before an icon appears on your phone. Behind each prediction lies a vast global system of satellites, sensors, data centers, supercomputers, and decades of scientific research working together to observe our living planet.

ALLATRA presents an interview podcast with Sean M. Wiswesser, a former CIA senior operations officer and Chief of Station with nearly thirty years of experience in intelligence, foreign service, defense, and national security.

In this exclusive interview with ALLATRA Italy, Professor Luigi Montano – uro-andrologist at the Salerno Local Health Authority (ASL), Head of the Environmental Pathology and Lifestyle Medicine Unit in Uro-Andrology at the San Francesco d'Assisi Hospital, Coordinator of...

The atmosphere is one of Earth's most dynamic and least visible systems. Alongside gases that sustain life, it carries microscopic particles that affect air quality and transport pollutants, including micro- and nanoplastics.

In Kumamoto Prefecture, Japan, a magnitude 7.1 earthquake destroyed residential areas and industrial facilities, claiming the lives of dozens of people. In Italy, a record-breaking magnitude 4.7 earthquake shook the caldera of the Campi Flegrei supervolcano. In Europe,...

In this interview, Serhii Pozniak — a veteran, financier, head of the Association of Entrepreneurs and Veterans of Ukraine, and founder of FinStream and Cronvest projects — shares his vision of the role of veterans in Ukraine's post-war recovery and the development of a...

In Europe, megafires have swept across tens of thousands of hectares, forcing the evacuation of hundreds of thousands of people. In France, the flames generated a rare pyrocumulonimbus cloud that affected the outskirts of Bordeaux.

SB64 — the 64th session of the subsidiary bodies of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) — brought together representatives of governments, the scientific community, international organizations, and civil society in Bonn. As an important st...

In Hubei Province, China, a rare EF2 tornado destroyed residential neighborhoods and industrial areas, claiming the lives of eleven people. In the south of the country, torrential rains exceeded the monthly precipitation norm by more than two times. In Spain’s Andalusia...

Microplastics are most commonly associated with oceans, rivers, and marine ecosystems. But what happens indoors — where people spend most of their lives?

The heat dome over the United States affected more than 200 million residents during the celebrations of the 250th anniversary of independence, with the heat index reaching 46°C in some areas. In New Jersey, the heat wave claimed 25 lives. Belarus recorded a national te...

At the OSCE Supplementary Human Dimension Meeting III, held in Vienna on 29–30 June 2026 under the theme “Preventing Torture and Ill-Treatment: Strengthening Co-operation and Implementation,” ALLATRA Global Research Center contributed to the discussion on torture preven...

The magnitude 7.2 and 7.5 earthquakes that struck less than a minute apart in Venezuela marked the country's most severe seismic episode in the past 125 years. In Japan, a powerful magnitude 7.2 earthquake was recorded off the coast of Iwate Prefecture, followed by a ma...

How does modern disinformation work? Why are democratic societies vulnerable to information warfare? And can a nation be weakened without a single shot being fired?

What happens to plastic waste when it becomes invisible?

One-and-a-half-meter hail drifts in Armenia and an outbreak of 42 tornadoes across the U.S. Midwest were the week's most significant events. While utility crews were clearing massive accumulations of hail and ice in Gyumri, EF-3 tornadoes in Illinois and Indiana destroy...

The discussion explored how coordinated labeling, stigmatization, and repeated narrative framing can influence public perception, contribute to social exclusion, and, in some cases, precede restrictions affecting fundamental rights and civic participation.

Earthquakes and volcanic activity were observed in various regions of the world over the past week. A deep-focus magnitude 6.1 earthquake in Italy with a focal depth of 259 km, a series of tremors on the Greek island of Evia, and a destructive magnitude 7.8 earthquake i...

Professor Antonio Ragusa is an obstetrician-gynecologist and one of the pioneering researchers to detect micro- and nanoplastics in the human placenta and breast milk.