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 | Giacomo Pozzi is among the winners of the ERC Starting Grants 2024 call The researcher will join the Department of Geosciences of the University of Padua to conduct his project on earthquake nucleation. Let’s meet him better through our interview | |
 | A new oceanic anoxic event unveiled by a study led by Prof. Manuel Rigo The research results were recently published in Scientific Reports and are the result of analyses conducted in different parts of the world such as Italy, New Zealand and Japan. The event dates back some 206 million years and is associated with significant extinctions of several groups of organisms | |
 | Taking advantage of a few billionths of a gram of uranium to date important geological processes A study led by Prof. Omar Bartoli of the Department of Geosciences together with his colleague Bruna Borges Carvalho and conducted in collaboration with the University of Frankfurt, demonstrated the possibility of dating the garnet despite the small amounts of uranium it contains | |
 | Reading our past in a fistful of soil: the Micromorphology Laboratory The Geodap project, coordinated by Prof. Cristiano Nicosia, aims to reconstruct daily life in the Bronze Age and for the data analysis part it uses of a modern laboratory built thanks to ERC Grant Consolidator funds | |
 | Ten researchers from the Department of Geosciences among “The world’s 2% top scientists” The list was published by Elsevier and it is based upon the fifth study led by Stanford University | |
 | Tessina and Lamosano landslides (Alpago, Italy): how to mitigate the risks The two historical landslides were the destination of the field trip in the framework of the three day Summer School “Mass Movements Under Climate Change” which took place from 18 to 20 September at the Department of Geosciences | |
 | Annual Meeting: a glance at this first edition The first annual meeting was a day of sharing among all the Department’s staff and an opportunity to learn more about the research interests of newly hired personnel. Let’s meet the ten speakers of the event | |
 | In Greenland, a 200m tsunami shook seismometers around the world for nine days An international research team has elucidated the origin of a global seismic signal that has puzzled scientists globally. In September 2023, an enormous landslide in the Arctic generated a tsunami that rocked the waters for days. Piero Poli from the Department of Geosciences participated in the finding | |
 | Summer storms are generally more frequent and intense over urban areas A recent study published in Earth's Future found that thunderstorm activity is more intense and frequent in cities compared to rural areas. The study, which covered eight cities in Europe and the United States, was conducted by the University of Lausanne, with the participation of the Department of Geosciences. | |
 | A new model to predict the future frequency of short-duration extreme rainfall events The model, called TENAX, is the result of a study led by Francesco Marra, a researcher at the Department of Geosciences, published in Hydrology and Earth System Sciences | |
 | Professor Nereo Preto was one of the promoters of this important geological site in the Dolomites. It is an ancient carbonate platform from the Middle Triassic. | |
 | European Crystallographic Meeting: a look back at the 34th edition held in Padua The event was organized by the European Crystallographic Association in close collaboration with the Italian Association of Crystallography, the Department of Geosciences and the Department of Biomedical Sciences | |
 | 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” | |
 | A Cave Conduit on the Moon, below the Mare Tranquillitatis Pit A recent study published in Nature Astronomy shed new light on the presence of huge cave conduits below the surface of the Moon. Riccardo Pozzobon, a researcher of the Department of Geosciences, is among the authors | |
 | 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 five-day conference with a diverse range of topics presented by leading experts in the field | |
 | 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. | |
 | How vegetation influences the evolution of meandering rivers A recent study published in Nature Communications analyzed 54 meandering rivers worldwide. The study revealed that a direct control of vegetation on meander shape can not be inferred. | |
 | The application of geophysics in agriculture has opened up a new world of possibilities Geophysical methods hold the key to transforming agriculture and overcoming the challenges it faces, paving the way for a sustainable future | |
 | Workshop on Landslide Hazard Assessment Event organized by Università degli Studi di Padova, Alma Mater Studiorum – Università di Bologna, and Sejong University, Seoul | |
 | The intrinsic complexity of earthquake preparation A review article, recently published in Communications Earth & Environment, produced a new summary of the physical processes leading to earthquakes. Piero Poli, researcher of the Department of Geosciences, is the co-author of the study | |
 | A first survey mission in northeastern China, aiming to study the lava tubes The activities have been carried out in the framework of collaboration with the Chinese Academy of Sciences and the China University of Geosciences of Beijing. Lava tubes are a promising subject for future planetary exploration | |
 | Radon: a new perspective in the risk assessment A study, led by the Department of Geosciences and recently published in the journal Science of the Total Environment, proposed the first geological-based method to define the radon risk | |
 | A pseudotachylyte as a key to quantify the energy dissipated on fault during an earthquake An international study, led by Giovanni Toffol of the Department of Geosciences and recently published in Science Advances, shed new light on the energy dissipated on fault during an earthquake | |
 | The flux of copper metal through the Late Neolithic and Eneolithic in Italy A study led by Prof. Gilberto Artioli revealed with a high level of precision the different phases of production and use of copper in Italy during the 4th and 3rd millennium BC | |
 | Here the calendar of the seminars and workshops | |
 | The enhancement of Italian raw materials resources A project led by Prof. Paolo Nimis aims to get a better idea of the distribution of critical raw materials in some key areas of an important alkaline magmatic province in Central Italy | |
 | The honorary title of Geochemistry Fellow is bestowed upon outstanding scientists who have, over some years, made a major contribution to the field of geochemistry | |
 | International Day of Women and Girls in Science - 11 February 2024 The social media campaign of Department of Geosciences based on "joint interviews" with male and female researchers and Ph.D. students. | |
 | River delta evolution: autogenic dynamics and allogenic forcings In the fourth episode of the mini-series dedicated to the experiments conducted with the ReMoD instrument we delve into some self-guided and allogeneic processes that influence the evolution of the delta | |
 | Changes at the India-Eurasia convergence triggered repeated hot spot volcanism in the Indian Ocean Prof. Meyzen is among the authors of a study, recently published in JGR - Solid Earth, that shed new light on the Conrad Rise, a large oceanic volcanic plateau in the Indian Ocean | |
 | Studying earthquakes: the multidisciplinary approach carried out at the Department of Geosciences Obtaining a better knowledge of seismic events, both past and present, including the ones that can be induced by human activities, is fundamental | |
 | Geological exploratory mission in southern Morocco The aim of this project, led by the University of Florence with the principal investigator being Professor Marco Benvenuti, in collaboration with the Department of Geosciences of the University of Padua and the National Council Research, is to study the Cenomanian succession of south-eastern Morocco. | |
 | Geology & Planetary Mapping Winter School - 2024 From 22 to 26 January 2024 and asynchronously on the Streavent platform for the following month (February 2024). The school is focused on the production of planetary geological maps of a range of Solar System bodies |
