Unveiling the Ocean’s influence on future climate change impacts

Speaker: Dr. Katinka Bellomo - Dip. di Ingegneria dell’Ambiente, del Territorio e delle Infrastrutture - Politecnico di Torino | Thursday, October, 5, 2023 – 4.30 PM | 1F Classroom

05.10.2023

This seminar will offer a comprehensive understanding of the Atlantic Meridional Overturning Circulation (AMOC)'s significance, contributing to our knowledge of climate dynamics and future climate change scenarios. Join me as we delve into the intricate coupling between the Atlantic Ocean and the atmosphere, which influences the jet-stream, weather patterns, and precipitation, and discover the crucial role of the ocean in our evolving climate.

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Research period abroad: our PhD student Lorenzo Nava talks of his experience in Australia

05.07.2023

Lorenzo Nava spent more than four months at the University of Melbourne to develop an early warning system for landslides.

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Seminar - Smithsonian Gems: Stories Behind the Jewels

Speaker: Dr. Jeffrey Post - Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of Natural History, Washington | Thursday 22 June 2023 – 4,30 PM | Arduino Classroom

22.06.2023

Of all the objects in the Smithsonian Institution’s National Museum of Natural History, its magnificent gems perhaps best, and uniquely, provide an intersection of natural science, human history, culture, romance, and artistic skill and creativity—set against the allure of immense value and awesome beauty.

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Field Trip in the Ivrea-Verbano area as part of Unipd's Metamorphic Petrology course

01.06.2023

The Ivrea-Verbano Zone (Piedmont region - Italy) is known and studied by geologists from all over the world because it literally allows you to travel in the medium-deep continental crust. For these reasons, the multi-day field trip in the Ivrea-Verbano area has become an integral part of the "Metamorphic Petrology" course of the Master's Degree in Environmental Geology and Earth Dynamics (Degree Study Track in Earth Dynamics) of the Department of Geosciences of the University of Padova.

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Seminar (Career Workshop) - Il tempo nella pratica idrogeologica quantitativa

Speaker: Dr. Geol. Andrea Sottani, Sinergeo, Vicenza | Tuesday 23 May 2023 – 4.30 PM | Arduino Classroom

23.05.2023

A partire da una breve rassegna evolutiva degli strumenti diagnostici di cui l’idrogeologo può attualmente disporre e focalizzando l’attenzione su metodiche operative di ieri e tecnologie di oggi, vengono discussi il significato, il ruolo ed il valore del tempo nella pratica professionale, traguardando verso gli scenari occupazionali che questo settore concretamente offre nel mercato del lavoro

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