GeoSguardi: Geosciences in the Spotlight with a Series of Seminars in Padua
A series of four seminars addressing the scientific and social challenges of our time through the lens of Earth Sciences. From January 18 to April 12, 2025, at the Centro Culturale San Gaetano (Spazio 35) in Padua, starting at 5:30 PM with free admission.
A Sand Island and a Sea of Doubts: The Effects of the Mo.S.E. on the Venice Lagoon
The recent news of the formation of a new "island" (or rather, a thin strip of intertidal deposits) near Bacàn has reignited the debate about the effects of the Mo.S.E. system on the morphology and ecosystem of the Venice Lagoon. A comment by Andrea D'Alpas, Full Professor of Department of Geosciences
Seminars for students in the framework of the Excellence Project
The Department of Geosciences has organized a special series of seminars focused on key research issues of the Excellence Project. Each session will feature two speakers. The foutrh seminars will take place on Thursday, January 16th, 2025
Water and Earthquakes: New Insights into the Connection Between Hydrology and Seismicity
A recent study published in Nature Communications has opened new horizons in understanding seismic phenomena. The research is the result of collaboration between the University of Padua, the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV), the University of Naples Federico II, and Acquedotto Pugliese. For the Department of Geosciences, researcher Piero Poli participated.
Venice Lagoon: salt marshes between carbon conservation and coastal management challenges
A research conducted by Alice Puppin, together with Davide Tognin, Massimiliano Ghinassi, Chiara D'Alpaos, Marco Marani and Andrea D'Alpaos of the Department of Geosciences, University of Padua (research group Estuarine & Fluvial Hydrology, Ecomorphodynamics & Sedimentology).
Raw Materials and Geomaterials: Challenges and Industrial Applications at the Heart of the National Workshop held at La Sapienza University on December 9 and 10
Speakers included Prof. Paolo Nimis, full professor in the Department of Geosciences, who presented the lecture “An introduction to critical mineral resources and raw materials: where, how, how many.”
The Department of Geosciences hosts a series of seminars for the first semester of the a.y. 2024/2025
Here the calendar of the seminars and workshops
Journey to the center of the Earth: secrets of the mantle beneath the Azores
A recent study led by Andrea Marzoli (Department TESAF) and by Christine M. Meyzen (Department of Geosciences), published in the Journal of Petrology, opens new horizons in understanding the mantle beneath the Azores archipelago
Earth Sciences: Unipd first in Italy in the Shanghai Ranking by subject
On Monday 11 November, the Shanghai Ranking Consultancy agency published the Global Ranking of Academic Subjects 2024, confirming the University of Padua as the best in Italy for the subject ‘Earth Sciences’.
NEWS AND EVENTS
Seminars - Workshops
Seminars Excellence Project - January, 16, 2025
16.01.2025The fourth event of the cycle of seminars focused on the research issues of the Excellence Project will be held on January, 16, 2025 from 4.30 pm in Arduino Lecture Hall. The speakers are Dott. Francesco Marra and Dott. Andrea Brenna
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Seminar "Career Workshop" - Carriere Professionali Dopo la Laurea
09.01.2025The seminar aims to illustrate some of the main job opportunities in the field of geology and related fields of study for geologists
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Seminars Excellence Project - December, 19
19.12.2024The third event of the cycle of seminars focused on the research issues of the Excellence Project will be held on December, 19 from 4.30 pm in Arduino Room. The speakers are Dott. Lukas Rettig and Dott. Alvise Finotello
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Seminar - Rainfall induced landslides in a changing climate: data, tools, challenges and perspectives for regional scale prediction
12.12.2024The seminar delves into the critical steps in developing reliable regional‐scale prediction models for rainfall‐induced landslides, starting with the data collection and analysis. Then, an overview of quantitative and reproducible methods, models and tools is presented
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Workshop on Raw Materials and Geomaterials: Challenges and Industrial Applications
Dal 09.12.2024 al 10.12.2024Prof. Paolo Nimis, Full Professor at the Dept. of Geosciences, delivers the lecture ‘An introduction to mineral resources and critical raw materials: where, how, how many’ at the workshop ‘Raw Materials and Geomaterials: Challenges and industrial applications’, 9 and 10 December 2024, at the Dept. o
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Seminar "Career Workshop" Variazione temporale delle concentrazioni di prodotti fitosanitari nell'alta pianura Pordenonese
05.12.2024The seminar explores the role of the geologist in a vulnerable context such as the Pordenone area, characterised by the bi-regional management of the SII Livenza Tagliamento Acque S.p.A., which adopts an integrated approach to the management of water resources, investing in the study of the territor
Media and Events
Presentation of the book “La pianura del Friuli Venezia Giulia” edited by Prof. Alessandro Fontana
28.11.2024The book “La pianura del Friuli Venezia Giulia - Geomorfologia e Geologia del Quaternario”, edited by Prof. Alessandro Fontana from the Department of Geosciences at the University of Padua, will be presented on November 28 in the Parliament Hall of Udine Castle.
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Science as Story: Special Lecture by Science Writer Terri Cook
28.11.2024Titled Science as Story - Communicating Science in Unexpected (and Effective) Ways, this lecture is part of the Distinguished Lecture Series of the European Geosciences Union, hosted by the Department of Biology, the Department of Geosciences, and the University Museums Centre (CAM).
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Seminars Excellence Project - November, 7
07.11.2024The second event of the cycle of seminars focused on the research issues of the Excellence Project will be held on November, 7 from 4.30 pm in Arduino Room. The speakers are Dott.ssa Elisa Bozzolan and Dott.ssa Francesca Uguagliati
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Burnt lime: the role of an industrial mineral in steelmaking
27.11.2024The seminar will explore the role of lime in steel production, with a specific focus on the practice of slag foaming, crucial in modern steelworks. Following an overview of the history and production methods of lime, strategies to reduce its environmental impact will be discussed
