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ISPRA participates at the Green Med Symposium

From 3 to 5 may, in the Stazione marittima of Napoli, it will be held the Green Med Symposium, 3 days to talk about circular economy, emissions, drought and instability, soil regeneration and protection, sustainable agriculture. During the event, for the year consecutively, ISPRA will propose training courses addressed to expert, officials of Public Administrations and companies.

A district will be set up in which the experts will meet the schools and transfer to the youngest all they need to know to live in harmony with the environment.

The Drizzagno and the dead bight of Spinaceto along the Tiber, geological features and river ecosystems compared

The geological walks of ISPRA
During the excursion, the geological and geomorphological characteristics of the territory and the changes both to the environment and to the ecosystem produced by human activities will be described. From the observation point of the monumental bridge of Mezzocammino, on the GRA, it is possible to see the work of cutting the Spinaceto bight of the Tiber, the so-called Drizzagno.

ISPRA joins the European Geosciences Union Congress

ISPRA has participated at the Congress of the European Geosciences Union in Vienna, a European meeting of researchers on earth sciences, in which the progress of two ongoing projects on soil was presented. 

General Assembly of the European Geosciences Union 2023

The EGU General Assembly 2023 will bring together geoscientists from around the world for a meeting on topics from the disciplines of the Earth, planetary and space sciences. The EGU aims to create a forum where scientists can present their work and discuss their ideas with experts in all fields of geoscience.

In this international context, ISPRA will present some statistics on the use of naturalistic engineering in projects aimed at mitigating hydro-geological risk in Italy. In particular, the following will be analysed: the types of works most used, the proportion between naturalistic and "traditional" engineering and the geographical location of the interventions with respect to the protected areas of the Natura 2000 network. The aforementioned study was carried out through the analysis and processing of the data available in the ReNDiS database, the ISPRA tool for monitoring interventions for hydro- geological instability.

Tor Caldara: an itinerary through geology, environment and history

Geological walks with ISPRA
The Tor Caldara Nature Reserve is located south of Rome, between Anzio and Lavinio, and represents a geological-environmental "diamond" of unique value. The area is a rare testimony of the ancient coastal forests along the coast of southern Lazio and until recently it was exploited for the mining of sulfur, the presence of which is linked to the secondary activity of the Lazio volcanic district.

The excursion will lead visitors to discover the geological and environmental characteristics of the Reserve, which is particularly suitable for educational purposes due to the spectacular secondary volcanic phenomena still active and the naturalistic importance of the habitats present

1st Workshop International RootS23 - "Soil-Plant-Atmosphere Interaction: mechanisms, processes and geotechnical engineering implications"

The Workshop  will focus on the current state of knowledge and research concerning the topic of soil-vegetation-atmosphere interaction. This is a very broad and multidisciplinary research theme, spanning several scientific fields, each contributing to the investigation and modeling of specific aspects of the soil and plant behavior, under variable climatic conditions. The Workshop is mainly addressed to researchers in geotechnical engineering, but the participation of researchers working in other fields (e.g., foresters, agronomists, soil physicians, ecologists, ….) is very welcome and considered fruitful for a constructive contamination of knowledge.

Land degradation and Healthy soils: towards a glossary and monitoring system

ISPRA, in cooperation with CREA and with Teagasc, in the context of the EJP SOIL Program and in particular of the WP8 dedicated to the interface between Science and Politics, will organize a webinar to discuss the topic of Land degradation. The event will be an opportunity to analyze how Europe is moving on this important challenge, which since the adoption of the 2030 Agenda, in line with the implementation of SDG 15, and following the recommendations of the Court of Auditors European, the European Commission has included in the EU Soil Strategy for 2030.

ISPRA and SNPA at the Rome Science Festival

The 18th edition of the Rome Science Festival will be held from 18 to 23 April 2023 at the Auditorium Parco della Musica "Ennio Morricone".

IMMAGINARI is the theme of this edition dedicated to the imagination, one of the most powerful tools that allows us to conceive works of art, new technologies and allows us to find solutions to everyday problems.

ISPRA is scientific partner of the event and this year organizes the SNPA conference entitled "Communicate the environment" within the event: a morning of discussion (Wednesday 19 April 9.30-14) with some protagonists of the world information and environmental divulgation to analyze how we are reporting the environment through the media and how we will be called to do in the future.

Together with this appointment, ISPRA promotes a series of initiatives during the week of the Festival.

Signed Framework Agreement of the Italian Network of Geological Services

The Italian Network of Geological Services (RISG) is a coordination network between Ispra and the Regions, Autonomous Provinces and ARPA having competence in the geological field at regional level.

The RISG was born in 2018 starting from the reorganization of the Geological Coordination Committee between the State and the Regions, established in 2000 (Law 365/2000); the reorganization envisaged a Network structure divided into two levels: a strategic level represented by the Board of Directors and a technical level represented by the Thematic Tables, both supported by a Technical Secretariat.

Presented today the Rome Science Festival 2023

From 18 to 23 April 2023, the Rome Science Festival returns to the "Ennio Morricone" Auditorium Parco della Musica with its 18th edition.
Over 100 meetings, over 100 educational activities, over 10 weekend activities for families, 4 exhibits, 16 scientific and cultural partners.
IMMAGINARI is the theme of this edition dedicated to the imagination, one of the most powerful tools that allows us to conceive works of art, new technologies and allows us to find solutions to everyday problems

Contrasting soil consumption

Agri-environmental measures for the mitigation and adaptation to climate change

When we talk about adaptation to climate change, we talk about how to reduce the negative effects by taking appropriate actions to prevent or minimize the damage they can cause. In this context it is important to enhance the role that agricultural and forestry activities can play in soil protection.
As part of Aida2.0, the agricultural dissemination and information project, created for the Tuscany Region with the aim of giving a new response to the increasingly specialized needs of the agricultural and forestry world, there will be a seminar on land consumption.

HydroQuakes: pre-seismic hydrogeochemical anomalies

On 23 March, at the Rome office of INGV, the workshop on the relationship between earthquakes and fluids will be held, with particular regard to pre-seismic hydrogeochemical, hydrogeophysical and seismohydrological signals.

Lakes, mirror of climate change

Emerging phenomena, dynamics, potential and tools for the management and care of the Castelli Romani Park

The anthropic impact, emerging pollutants, senseless use put a strain on the quantity and quality of water almost everywhere on the planet, the safety of the territory and the health of citizens risk being endangered.

Innovation and circular economy: new opportunities for sustainable cereal production

The conference is organized as part of the activities of the "RICREA - Cereal waste for bioremediation" project, co-financed by the Ministry of the Environment and Energy Security, Directorate General for the Circular Economy. The aim of the RICREA project is to develop a technological solution that allows both the recycling of waste generated by the transformation of cereals and the recovery of waste generated by the remediation of contaminated land.

Geological cartography at the service of the landscape

The Conference will be an opportunity for experts in the sector and institutional representatives to discuss the critical issues of the territory, highlighting that modern geological cartography and that derived from it are to be considered indispensable tools for understanding and managing the same territory.
The conference is organized by the National Council of Geologists (CNG) and the CNG Study Center Foundation, in collaboration with ISPRA.

National event on the EU Soil Mission - Towards the establishment of 100 living labs and lighthouses

The national events organized by the Horizon Europe NATI00NS project aim to promote the EU Mission “A Soil Deal for Europe” in national and regional contexts, providing access to quality materials and information, stimulating discussions on the best configurations of Living Labs (LL ) to address specific soil needs in various local contexts. Ultimately, the aim is to support regional and national bodies and organizations to apply for calls from the European Commission on the theme "Living Labs for soil health".

The participation of an ISPRA expert is expected.

Hydrogeological instability

On February 23, the Ezio Tarantelli Foundation Study Research and Training Center is organizing the webinar "Hydrogeological instability" with the participation of the ISPRA president, Stefano Laporta.

Climate change: soil and urban regeneration

Combating soil consumption remains a central objective for the fight against climate change. From this point of view, urban regeneration assumes a fundamental role as the only alternative to the model of expansive urban planning, whose disastrous effects, due to the loss of ecosystem services provided by the precious resource "soil", are made evident by increasingly frequent extreme climatic events. Regeneration can contribute through a network of skills and relationships between local realities to contrast the social, economic and demographic fragility of metropolitan areas.

Presentation of the third edition of Earth Technology Expo

The third edition of ETE will be held from 15 to 18 November 2023, on 21 February in Rome at the Civil Protection there will be the official presentation of the new edition. The participation of the ISPRA president, Stefano Laporta, is expected.

Award for the ISPRA video 'What flows under our feet? - Monitoring of Rome's groundwater"

On 15 February, as part of the seminar The design of water wells - Water resources: is availability changing? A comparison between universities, designers and companies”, which will be held at the Department of Geosciences of the University of Padua, the video produced by ISPRA "What flows under our feet? - The monitoring activities of Rome's groundwater" will receive an acknowledgment in the Out of Competition section of the XVIII edition “Elio Botti – Come Acqua Saliente” Award.

Conference "RaStEM: a support tool for the planning of soil protection interventions"

RaStEM - Standardized Representation of Mitigation Effects is a WEB GIS tool developed by ISPRA with the dual purpose of guiding planners to a homogeneous representation of the significant elements of a hydrogeological risk mitigation intervention and supporting them in drawing up projects consistent with the established criteria by current legislation (DPCM 09/27/2021) for their funding by the Ministry of the Environment and Energy Security - MASE.

ISPRA has organized a conference, which will be held face-to-face, in which the Guidelines containing the methodological criteria and some exemplifying cases of use of RaStEM will be presented. Further implementations of the RaStEM application will be carried out with PNRR resources of the GeoScienceIR project funded by the MUR

Registration is required to participate in the conference.

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RaStEM: a tool to support planning and design of hydrogeological risk mitigation measures

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Marine Geology in Italy

On 14 and 15 February, at the headquarters of the Cnr and the Department of Earth Sciences of the Sapienza University of Rome, the 5th Conference of Italian Marine Geologists takes place.
The biennial event represents an opportunity for the entire community of marine geologists to meet and discuss their research activities.

A step forward, present and future of Italian women geologists

On the occasion of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, on 11 February 2023, the Equity, Diversity, Inclusion Division - Pangea - of the Italian Geological Society organizes a face-to-face and online workshop in Rome entitled: "One step forward, present and future of Italian women geologists".

Earthquake event in Turkey, February 6, 2023

An earthquake of magnitude M 7.9 was localized at 02:17 Italian time on 6 February 2023 in the south-eastern part of Turkey, on the border with Syria. The earthquake had a hypocenter about 20 km deep and was strongly felt throughout the southern area of ​​Turkey and also in Syria.

Due to the high magnitude and relative proximity to the sea, the Tsunami Alert Center-INGV had issued a tsunami alert for the Mediterranean, the alert returned at 7.15 am Italian time.

ISPRA has the task of providing real-time sea level data detected by the tide gauge network to the INGV Tsunami Warning Centre, which verifies the possibility that a specific seismic event with an epicenter in the sea, or near areas coasts, can generate a tsunami, estimating the arrival times of the waves and the potentially affected coastal stretches. INGV avails itself of the collaboration of ISPRA for the confirmation of a possible tsunami and rapidly informs the DPC which is responsible for launching the alert throughout the national territory, mobilizing all the components of the civil protection system.

Sinkholes and underground cavities: perspectives of scientific research towards the drafting of Guidelines

The conference entitled: "Sinkholes and underground cavities: perspectives of scientific research towards the drafting of Guidelines" will be held in Rome on 2 February. The topic of the study day are the sinkholes, both natural and anthropogenic, which suddenly open up in urban areas but also in rural environments. The problems still connected to the study of these phenomena will be exposed, as well as the difficulties in carrying out an effective territorial analysis in order to estimate the danger and the risk induced by the phenomenon.

The results relating to the three-year  project Moscas (Models and tools for the characterization of underground cavities) will be presented (funded by MITE, implemented by ISPRA, the University of Florence and the Federico II University of Naples) and will focus study areas investigated within the project.

Tenth Anniversary of the History of Geosciences Section of the Italian Geological Society

Italy is considered one of the founding countries of modern geology thanks to the work of excellent geoscientists who have contributed to the development of scientific thought. After the unification of the Kingdom, many of these were called to hold public offices due to both patriotic virtues and technical skills. The recovery of the roots is a fundamental basis on which the Italian geological community can found a renewal of the propulsive role it has played in the history of the nation.

Past, present and future: Antonio Cederna's integrated and current vision of the city

The model of development and uncontrolled growth of the cities of the last century appears inadequate to face the new problems and new challenges: from the deterioration of the quality of life and of the urban environment, to the advance of the climate crisis, to the impairment of natural capital , together with the protracted crisis of local development. In this scenario it becomes important to start afresh, as amply testified by Cederna's thought, from the recovery and enhancement of the cultural, historical, archaeological heritage but also, especially in the suburbs, from the heritage offered by the natural landscape, from the environmental redevelopment of buildings

IV Scientific Conference LIFE Perdix

Si terrà il 16 dicembre la IV Conferenza scientifica del Project LIFE Perdix che ha come obiettivo principale il recupero e alla conservazione della Starna italica (Perdix perdix italica), dichiarata estinta in natura. Le principali azioni del progetto sono: l’analisi genetica, l’allevamento in cattività e la reintroduzione di popolazioni vitali all’interno del sito Natura 2000 Valle del Mezzano, Zona di Protezione Speciale (ZPS IT4060008) nel Delta del Po.

Days of Geology and History

The Department for the Geological Service of Italy - ISPRA, the Italian Geographic Society and SIGEA Asp propose a study day, divided into two sessions. The first session is entitled "The biggest natural phenomena that changed history" and the second session "Seas, coasts, maritime infrastructures: landscape evolution and historical transformations"

Inauguration of the exhibition "Animals, Plants, Rocks, Minerals: The ISPRA Collections > Towards a Multispecies Museum"

Exhibition with free admission for the opening day only

A new exhibition, created in the Hall of Honor of the Palazzo delle Scienze, dedicated to the Geological and Historical Collections of the Geological Survey of Italy, ISPRA.
The exhibition, which constitutes the launch of the project for the overall musealisation of the ISPRA collections at the Museo delle Civiltà, is the result of a collaboration agreement between the General Directorate of Museums of the Ministry of Culture, through the Museo delle Civiltà, and ISPRA.

The exhibition project involves the construction of an entire exhibition wing, as the definitive museum venue for the collections, and will be completed by 2024. The ISPRA Collections, a heritage of over 150,000 fossils, animals and plants, rock and mineral samples, geological surveys , scientific instruments, busts, portraits and memorabilia, which constitute a unique documentation of the geological history of our country, will finally be returned to public use.

In the Science Hall – thanks to a new museographic lighting project – the marble inlay that Mario Tozzi created in the early 1940s as part of the decorative program of the Science Palace, designed to house the scientific exhibition of the Universal Exposition, will also be visible of Rome in 1942.

On the occasion of the opening day of the Exhibition, guided tours, presentations and performances by three contemporary artists, Adriana Bustos, Marzia Migliora and Otobong Nkanga, can be followed starting at 14.00.

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