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Claudia Benvegnù wins the Italian Canoe Marathon Championships

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

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Seminar - The Power of Comparative Planetology to Decipher the History of Planetary Surfaces

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

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Can you create an AI model to identify landslides? Join the Landslide Detection Challenge

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

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Seminar - Do we need to reevaluate the oxygen isotope fractionation equations between biogenic aragonite and water?

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

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GeoTalk, Book presentation: Our Concept of the Earth

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

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