Geosciences: not only landslides and earthquakes, a Degree to save the planet (and ourselves too)
An article by Prof. Massimiliano Zattin, published in Corriere della Sera, highlights the new role of geoscientists and how their expertise is central to achieving energy transition and sustainable development goals
Mass movements under climate change: characterisation and monitoring
a Summer School in the framework of MUR Excellence Project "Geosciences for Sustainable Development"
18th - 20th September, 2024 - Department of Geosciences
ECM Meeting 34: the event to be held in Padova from 26 to 30 August
The Department of Geosciences is among the organizers of the 34th European Crystallography Meeting: a four-day conference with a diverse range of topics presented by leading experts in the field
9th CrysAC workshop on “Bio-Apatite, humans, archaeology and environment"
organized within the activities of the Commission on Crystallography in Art and Cultural Heritage will take place on September 17, 2024 at the Department of Geosciences of University of Padova. It will be followed the next day by a short workshop on “Carbonates, humans, archaeology and environment”.
Studying Geosciences at the University of Padova
The Department of Geosciences offers a Bachelor's Degree in Geological Sciences, a Bachelor's Degree in Earth and Climate Dynamics (taught in English), a Master's Degree in Environmental Geology and Earth Dynamics (with a Study Track in English), and a Master's Degree in Geophysics for Natural Risks and Resources (taught in English)
Unveiling early life on our planet through the youngest lava tubes
The Department of Geosciences has conducted detailed analyses of materials from the lava tubes formed by the eruption of the Fagradalsfjall volcano in Iceland. Riccardo Pozzobon and Fabrizio Nestola of the Department of Geosciences were part of the research team.
NEWS AND EVENTS
Media and Events
More great sporting achievements for Claudia Fabiola Benvegnù
29.05.2024The athlete, a third-year student of the Bachelor’s Degree in Geological Sciences, triumphed at the Italian marathon canoe championships, taking the overall title in C1. Benvegnù also achieved excellent results at the national meeting in San Miniato.
Seminars - Workshops
Geothermal energy: a key resource for the energy transition
Professor Antonio Galgaro discussed the opportunities of geothermal energy at a conference held as part of the Festival of Sustainable Development 2024
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Seminar “Career Workshop” Presentation of the MASTER GEMS 2024-2025 Master of 2nd level in Geosciences for energy
28.05.2024GEMS is a post-lauream course of high formation organized by ENI and it is planned for young graduates interested in the future challenges related to energy and geosciences. The Master lasts for 9 months at the ENI Corporate University in San Donato Milanese (Milan, Italy) and it is in English
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Seminar "Career Workshop" - L’emergenza alluvionale in Emilia-Romagna: l’esperienza dal volontariato di protezione civile
21.05.2024Il seminario ha l’obiettivo di presentare la realtà associativa di LARES, che rappresenta e coinvolge studenti e laureati in corsi universitari, direttamente connessi o affini alla Protezione Civile, e condividere l’esperienza e le risonanze del volontariato in emergenza.
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Seminar - From outer space to domestic space: Detecting settlements of the Late Bronze Age of the Carpathian Basin
14.05.2024This seminar will present details on the discovery and analyses of the core network of settlements, the Tisza Site Group. Moreover it will present results of remote sensing, geophysical survey, pedestrian survey and general landscape characterisation work in this lecture.
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Seminar - A new look at an old landscape: the chronology of the Kalahari Group sediments
07.05.2024The Kalahari Basin, southern Africa, is one of the world’s largest cratonic basins. It is believed that the sediments filling it, the Kalahari Group Sediments (KGS), have been deposited at least since 65Ma.However, dating results are surprising, indicating that the entire depth of the KGS is general
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A cutting-edge tool for rapid and effective landslide detection
23.04.2024The tool is based on Deep Neural Networks (DNNs) and Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) backscatter data. Lorenzo Nava, Kushanav Bhuyan and Filippo Catani are among the contributors
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Quando e per quanto tempo? La variabile Tempo nelle Geoscienze. Dal Record Geologico alla Sfida Analitica
23.04.2024Società Geologica Italiana e Società Italiana di Mineralogia e Petrologia hanno il piacere di annunciare un’iniziativa congiunta che ha lo scopo di stimolare un critico dibattito interdisciplinare su tematiche delle Geoscienze. Le Distinguished Lectures sono una serie di conferenze itineranti, la cu
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Seminar (Career Workshop) - Burnt lime: mining our path to a sustainable economy
16.04.2024Nowadays, burnt lime plays a key role in many different processes, from steelmaking to flue gas treatment. We will guide you through the lime cycle and we will show you some of the most interesting and sustainable applications of lime products.
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Seminar - From roots to landscape: integrating bio-geophysics with remote sensing to better understand vegetation water stress in agro-ecosystems
09.04.2024During this talk, I'll demonstrate geophysical non-intrusive techniques like electrical resistivity tomography (ERT) and electromagnetic induction mapping (EMI). These methods are used for tracking subsurface water movements and soil characteristics.
