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A cutting-edge tool for rapid and effective landslide detection

The 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

23.04.2024

The 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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Geophysical methods for the study of the Earth Critical Zone

11.03.2024

Matteo Censini has just started a PhD project focused on the characterization of the soil-plant-atmosphere continuum (SPAC), in the framework of the Excellence Project

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Investigating the integration of CO2 mineralization with mining

28.02.2024

The Department of Geosciences of the University of Padua is among the academic departments selected and funded by the Italian Ministry of University and Research (MUR) in the framework of Excellence Project (2023-2027). In the 2022 call, the Department of Geosciences competed and succeeded with a

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The reuse of abandoned wells to boost geothermal energy production

23.02.2024

Geothermal energy is a form of renewable energy that uses the heat from the underground. In general, the drilling part of a geothermal project is one of the most expensive. In Italy there are more than 5000 wells that are now abandoned or mineral closed and the data collected during the exploration

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