Paleoclimatology in Arctic Caves: The Scientific Adventure of Gina Moseley
British paleoclimatologist and speleologist Gina Moseley visited the Department of Geosciences to deliver a seminar on her groundbreaking explorations in northern Greenland. The event, organized by the Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee, was followed by our exclusive interview with her
Field work on the Grand Combin Glacier for the Ice Memory Project
A team from the Department of Geosciences used GPR (Ground Penetrating Radar) technology to map the Grand Combin glacier in Switzerland. The aim is to identify ideal sites for extracting ice cores for paleoclimatic reconstruction
The University of Padua is among the partners of the BRIDGE Africa project, funded by MUR within the Mattei Plan
The project aims to strengthen ties with Africa, promoting scientific and economic cooperation as a driver of sustainable development. Unipd participates with the Department of Geosciences
The Department of Geosciences shines in the ranking of the world's most influential scientists
Ten researchers from the Department of Geosciences at the University of Padua among the most cited worldwide in 2024, according to the new edition of the database compiled by Stanford University in partnership with Elsevier
The Department of Geosciences hosts a new series of seminars for the I semester of the a.y. 2025/2026
Here the calendar of the seminars and workshops
Claudia Benvegnù gets two medals at the 2025 National University Championships in canoeing and rowing
The Cus Padova athlete and master's student at the Department of Geosciences won two bronze medals at the CNU in Sabaudia, which took place on October 4th and 5th.
The diet of Sicilian dwarf elephants was predominantly herbivorous
The Department of Geosciences, with professors Gilberto Artioli and Claudio Mazzoli and the contribution of Stefano Castelli, participated in a study, published in Papers in Palaeontology, which revealed the diet of two extinct Pleistocene species
Our department has experienced a great tragedy: Riccardo Pozzobon passed away on 2 September 2025
The Department of Geosciences is close to Riccardo Pozzobon's family after the tragic accident that occurred during a mission in Alaska. A talented, passionate and generous researcher, Riccardo leaves an everlasting memory in all his colleagues who had the good fortune to work with him.
NEWS AND EVENTS
Seminars - Workshops
Seminar - UrbanClimate: Assessing the Impact of Traditional Buildings on UHIs in Historical Urban Centres Under Current and Future Climate Conditions
06.11.2025The UrbanClimate project investigates how traditional Mediterranean architecture can mitigate urban heat stress under a changing climate. This project - funded by Xjenza Malta’s Space Research Fund - builds on prior research into the thermal performance of traditional versus modern roofs in Malta.
Media and Events
National Geographic, October 2025: Prof. Luca Valentini on Sustainable Lunar Habitats
17.10.2025The October 2025 issue of National Geographic is titled "The Great Race to the Moon". This edition focuses on new space missions and the preparations to return humans to the Moon and build permanent settlements.
Media and Events
An overview on the first Archaeological Micromorphology Summer School
01.10.2025The Archaeological Micromorphology Summer School, recently held at the Department of Geosciences, offered cutting-edge training in this specialized field. Participants engaged in intensive, hands-on learning using cutting-edge equipment and a rare thin section collection
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Seminar - Cyclone-Driven Sediment Pulses and River Morphodynamic Response in Tairāwhiti, Aotearoa New Zealand
28.10.2025In this talk we review the magnitude of change resulting from the passage of cyclones Gabrielle and Hale in 2023 and consider potential monitoring and modelling frameworks for evaluating future multi-decadal bedload transfers
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Seminar - Drilling Down the Data: A Deep Learning Dive into IODP Cores
23.10.2025The Integrated Ocean Drilling Program (IODP) has generated an extraordinary archive of core data essential for understanding Earth’s geological history, yet interpreting this information remains challenging due to data complexity, scale, and subjectivity.My research group addresses these challenges—
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From foreshock to mainshock: transient sliding velocity sets nucleation timestyle
16.10.2025When nucleation onset is associated with a foreshock, its size reliably constrains the transient sliding velocity between the foreshock and the ensuing mainshock
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Seminar - Asbestos and man-made vitreous fibres: regulations, methods and analytical techniques
10.10.2025The seminar, held in italian language, aims to provide information on the analytical methods used in asbestos research in materials, environmental matrices and in the classification of the hazardousness of man-made vitreous fibres, on the requirements for an analysis laboratory and on the role of th
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Garnet: not quite as cubic as one might think
02.10.2025This presentation will report the state-of-the-art about non-cubic common garnets, discuss some new results and describe the new research avenues, suggesting that the anisotropy of garnet in low-T metamorphic rocks may be the rule rather than the exception.
Media and Events
In memory of Riccardo Pozzobon: the ceremony at the SIMP-SGI Congress
17.09.2025Science, exploration and friendship are woven in this touching tribute to Riccardo Pozzobon, a brilliant planetary geologist from the Department of Geosciences at the University of Padua, who passed away on 2 September during a mission in Alaska.
Seminars - Workshops
Delete your shapefile, share your maps: beyond static maps
23.09.2025Why keep our maps in our computers when we can easily share them? We often represent the result of our analyses as geospatial data in maps. Today, we can publish and share spatial data in just a few steps, without needing to be IT experts or write any code.
