Dal 03.07.2025 al 26.09.2025
The Department of Geosciences announces a competition for the assignment of two study prizes, worth € 2,500.00 each. The awards are announced as part of the Project of Excellence "Geosciences for Sustainable Development", funded by the Ministry of Education and Merit.The awards are intended to
30.06.2025
The project is called Trail Geo and introduces virtual geological field trips to complement traditional on-site excursions. The first case-study was the Santerno Valley
28.05.2025
More great sporting achievements for Claudia Fabiola Benvegnù, a canoe athlete and student at our Department, where she is currently in her first year of the Master's degree in Environmental Geology and Earth Dynamics (Earth Dynamics curriculum).At the Italian Canoe Marathon Championships, held in
Dr. Mathieu G. Lapotre - Stanford University, USA | Tuesday 2025 | 4,30 pm - Classroom Arduino
27.05.2025
Landforms, shaped by interactions between environmental fluids and geologic surfaces, encode information about hydrology, climate, and the overall environment that may be preserved over geologic timescales. Thus, understanding the mechanics of geomorphic and sedimentary processes that shape the
Dal 21.05.2025 al 04.08.2025
Landslides, triggered by natural events like heavy rainfall and earthquakes, pose significant risks to lives, infrastructure, and the environment. Effective monitoring and mapping of landslides are crucial for mitigating these risks, guiding emergency responses, and supporting resilient
Prof. Dr. Christophe Lécuyer - University Claude Bernard Lyon, CNRS, Institut Universitaire de France | Tuesday 2025 | 4,30 pm - Classroom Arduino
20.05.2025
Reconstructing past ocean temperatures has major scientific implications, including insights into Earth’s radiation balance, the CO₂ cycle, and climate-driven limits on biodiversity and biomass. Surface temperature patterns also influence ocean circulation, oxygen levels, and sea level changes. This
Library of Department of Geosciences | Friday, May, 23 - 2025 - 2,30 pm
23.05.2025
How do we truly know our planet? What tools, insights, mistakes and hypotheses have shaped the scientific image of the Earth we rely on today? These questions will be at the heart of the GeoTalk event on Thursday, May 23, at the Geoscience Library of the University of Padua, where geophysicist and
12.05.2025
The European Geosciences Union has awarded Francesco Marra, researcher at the Department of Geosciences of the University of Padua, the Jim Dooge Award 2024 for the best article published during the year in Hydrology and Earth System Sciences (HESS). The award was presented during the EGU General
Thursday, May 15, 2025 – 5:00 PM - Historical centre of Padova
15.05.2025
Over the centuries, the historic center of Padua has taken shape as a true urban relief — an artificial hill, layered with three thousand years of history, environmental change, and human activity. The Geological Walk, led by Professor Paolo Mozzi, geologist and faculty member of the Department of
Eleonora Benà, Sara Franzè and Elisa Saler - Lares Veneto Operational Section | Tuesday 13 May 2025 | 16.30 - Aula Arduino
13.05.2025
Technical-scientific skills and specialized volunteering for risk and emergency managementThe role of trained graduates within the national Civil Protection system will be the focus of the seminar “LARES Italia in the Civil Protection System”, scheduled for Tuesday, May 13, 2025, at 4:30 PM in Aula
29.04.2025
New discoveries in Amazonian rock art: paintings, pigments, and some of the oldest traces in South America. Deep in the Colombian Amazon lies the Chiribiquete Massif, a chain of table mountains with steep quartz-sandstone cliffs. It was in this remote and dramatic setting that anthropologist Carlos
17.04.2025
In the northern Venetian lagoon, at Lio Piccolo, archaeologists have uncovered a Roman ostriarium dating to the 1st century CE—the first ever found in Italy. The structure is a rectangular basin built with bricks and wooden planks, buried in the lagoon sediment, and used to keep oysters alive before
Speaker: Dr. Fabio Arzilli - University of Camerino | Tuesday 15 April 2025 | 4.30 PM - Arduino Classroom
15.04.2025
Hidden dynamics shaping magma mobility and eruptive styleOn Tuesday, April 15, 2025, at 4:30 PM in Aula Arduino, the Department will host Fabio Arzilli from the University of Camerino for a seminar exploring the magmatic processes that precede and influence basaltic eruptions.Basaltic eruptions are
11.04.2025
On Friday 11 April at 6 p.m., the Auditorium of the Museum of Nature and Humankind, located in Corso Giuseppe Garibaldi 39, Padua, will host the presentation of Auyán-tepui, Caves at the Origins of Time (Edizioni La Venta), curated by Francesco Sauro, researcher at the Department of Geosciences of
The researcher talks about his expeditions among the tepui and his new book Auyán-tepui
30.03.2025
On Sunday, March 30, Francesco Sauro, researcher at the Department of Geosciences, was a guest on the TV program Kilimangiaro, airing on Rai 3 from 5:15 to 7:00 PM. During the interview, he talked about his explorations of the Amazonian mountains — a remote and largely unknown landscape where
