From green to grey. Every second 2.3 square meters of Italy lose color. 20 hectares per day are fading. In all of 2023, 72.5 square kilometers went from looking natural to the drab shade of concrete. The march of roads, roofs, car parks, construction sites and warehouses has proceeded inexorably since, in 2006, Ispra began regular monitoring of land consumption in Italy.
Two square meters disappeared per second, Italy devoured by concrete
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