Video. Italy is stepping up efforts to clear thick algae from the River Po in Turin after weeks of high temperatures accelerated its spread along the country’s longest river.
The high temperatures of June extended in July (35.6°C to 16.30 Tuesday) and, without rain, the largest Italian river fell to about 50% of its average flow. At the feet of the baroque city centre of Turin, dozens of species of plants have increased since May. On his motorboat, Roberto Romanini, 60 years old, has "never seen this". A meadow "It looks like a meadow", observes this rowing coach. "The river changes, the climate changes: I don't like…