The next full moon, in April, will determine the date of Easter. This has been the case for nearly two thousand years, since the First Council of Nicaea decided how to establish the date of this religious holiday.
Graduated in Geological Sciences and with a Master's degree in Applied Geology to Engineering and Risks at the University La Sapienza of Rome, Lorenzo Pasqualini also did periods of study at the University of Waterloo (Canada) and at the Faculty of Geology of the University of Oviedo (Spain), specializing in the field of Hydrogeology.
Since childhood, he has been passionate about natural phenomena, both geological and meteorological, and also about journalism. In 2009, he began collaborating with newspapers and magazines dealing with the environment, geology, meteorology and current affairs. In 2012, he attended the "Laura Conti" Euro-Mediterranean Course in environmental journalism at the University of Savona, and has been a member of the Lazio Order of Journalists since 2013.
Since 2014 he has lived permanently in Madrid, from where he collaborates as a freelancer for various Italian newspapers on current affairs from Spain, such as the daily "il manifesto". He spoke live as an expert journalist on Spanish current affairs on Italian radio and TV, such as RAI Radio3, Rai News, LA7 and GiornaleRadio.FM. He is the author of the information website "El Itagnol", which he founded in 2012, which has become a point of reference for the Italian-Spanish community and awarded in 2019 by the Committee of Italians Abroad (Comites Madrid).
In 2017, he was chosen by Meteored to launch the Italian-language website "Meteored Italia", of which he is editor-in-chief. In 2023, he supplemented his knowledge in meteorology after attending AMPRO's "Course for Meteorologist Technician".
Passionate about mountains and speleology, he continues to have a direct connection to his hometown, Rome, and to Italy, from where he realizes #MeteoredConnection to inform - together with his colleagues in the editorial team - about the weather forecasts and the meteorological situation in the country.
News by Lorenzo Pasqualini
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