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Scuba dives in the Gulf of Naples to comprehend the vulnerability of underwater cultural heritage

21.02.2023

WATERISKULT is a project funded by the EU that aims at investigating the effects of key-factors of climate change on the conservation of underwater cultural heritage. Luigi Germinario explains more about a recent mission in in the Gulf of Naples.

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Cement and Concrete: from the Romans to Mars

08.02.2023

The new issue of Elements, co-edited by Prof. Luca Valentini, highlights the role of mineralogy, geochemistry and petrology to the study of cement material

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Venice Lagoon: Ecosystem services provided by salt marshes

30.01.2023

Salt marshes have the ability to sequester carbon at an astonishingly high rate that is up to 50 times that of forests. Their contribution in terms of mitigating the effects of climate change is therefore fundamental but it can be put at risk by the degradation processes of these environments and the loss of surfaces.

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Hyperion: An update on the project in the pilot sites video

26.01.2023

Hyperion’s second video from the test sites of Rhodes, Venice, Granada & Tonsberg has been officially released. Let’s find out how is the work going.

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Claudia Fabiola Benvegnù awarded the CONI bronze medal for athletic value

13.12.2022

Claudia is a student of the Department of Geosciences and a successful canoeist. She was awarded during the cerimony for the sporting merits achieved in 2020

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