Geosciences Annual Meeting 2025: Connecting Research and People
The event will take place on Thursday, 19 June from 2:15 pm onward. The goal is to foster the integration of research activities and the sharing of knowledge
Unveiling River Dynamics: Fluvial Biogeomorphology Summer School 2025 in the Dolomites
A unique multidisciplinary training experience integrating geomorphology, hydraulics, and vegetation dynamics. The Summer School, from 9 to 13 June 2025, is jointly organized by the University of Padova and the University of Trento
1st Archaeological Micromorphology Summer School - Padova
Course designed for both beginners and more experienced micromorphologists. It includes an introduction to soil micromorphological description, followed by in-depth discussion on current archaeological topics in micromorphology and the analysis of archaeological thin sections
Water and Geological Risks in a Warming Climate: International Summer School in Venice 2025
The Summer School, scheduled for July 14-19, 2025, is a collaborative effort between the Department of Geosciences at the University of Padova and PE3-RETURN
Unveiling Etna's Hidden Plumbing: New Study Maps Volcano's Magma Network
A new study led by the Department of Geosciences maps Mount Etna's interior, revealing a network of magma-filled fractures 6-16 km deep. This system explains Etna's eruption patterns andacts as a magma distribution network.
Professor Gilberto Artioli Awarded Max Perutz Prize
The European Crystallographic Association bestows this annual award to recognize outstanding figures in the crystallographic scientific community
Seeds of Civilisation: Dr. Dal Corso Leads Special Issue on Domestication in Philosophical Transactions B in an international team
On May 15 the journal Philosophical Transactions B of the Royal Society published a volume about domestication. Within this volume, there are 17 contributions by authors from different countries and backgrounds. Dr. Marta Dal Corso is among the editors
"Our Concept of the Earth": the planet, chapter by chapter
With this book, Prof. Lapo Boschi guides readers on a historical and scientific journey into the heart of the planet.
Climate history recorded in Martian sediments
A new study led by Beatrice Baschetti, PhD candidate at the Department of Geosciences of the University of Padua and researcher at the Italian National Institute for Astrophysics (INAF), sheds light on the past climatic evolution of Mars
NEWS AND EVENTS
Media and Events
Claudia Benvegnù wins the Italian Canoe Marathon Championships
28.05.2025More 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).
Media and Events
GeoTalk, Book presentation: Our Concept of the Earth
23.05.2025How do we 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 profess
Media and Events
Francesco Marra wins the Jim Dooge Award for research on sub-hourly precipitation extremes
12.05.2025The 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).
Media and Events
Can you create an AI model to identify landslides? Join the Landslide Detection Challenge
Dal 21.05.2025 al 04.08.2025The "Landslide Detection Challenge", hosted on the Zindi platform, invites innovators to develop cutting-edge models for identifying landslides. The Department of Geosciences is among the partners of this initiative.
Seminars - Workshops
Seminar - Do we need to reevaluate the oxygen isotope fractionation equations between biogenic aragonite and water?
20.05.2025Reconstructing 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
Media and Events
Exploring Urban Geology: a walking tour with Prof. Paolo Mozzi
15.05.2025The Geological Walk, led by Professor Paolo Mozzi, geologist and faculty member of the Department of Geosciences at the University of Padua, offers a walking itinerary that reveals the city’s hidden landscape and its deep connection with watercourses.
Seminars - Workshops
Seminar – LARES Italia in the Civil Protection System
13.05.2025Technical-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
Media and Events
An Italian Geophysicist in the World. Let's Meet Luca Dal Zilio
06.05.2025Luca Dal Zilio, a geophysics alumnus and now a researcher at the Earth Observatory in Singapore, returns ‘home’ to share his scientific and human journey in the world of geophysics accompanying us on a journey that starts from the underground and reaches the frontiers of international research
Seminars - Workshops
Seminar - The Rock Art of Serranía del Chiribiquete: a geoarchaeological and geomorphological heritage in the heart of the Amazon
29.04.2025In December 2024, a expedition led by Castaño Uribe together with the Italian speleological association La Venta Esplorazioni Geografiche brought to light new discoveries: mural paintings depicting jaguar-men mythological figures and the source of the iron hydroxide pigments
Media and Events
A Roman Ostriarium in the Venetian Lagoon: the Discovery at Lio Piccolo Reveals an Ancient Landscape
17.04.2025Lio Piccolo reveals Italy’s first Roman ostriarium. The results of the discovery are now on display at the Giancarlo Ligabue Museum of Natural History in Venice, in the exhibition "A Roman Ostriarium in the Venetian Lagoon", open until 2 November 2025. Prof. Paolo Mozzi part of the team.
