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A Year in Geosciences: the 2025 Yearbook is now online

The new edition of the Yearbook of the Department of Geosciences at the University of Padua is now available. The publication offers a comprehensive overview of 2025, highlighting the people, events and research areas that shaped the Department’s activities.

From quarry to research: A Cretaceous sea turtle fossil from Lessinia Stone set for scientific study

An exceptionally well-preserved fossil was discovered in March 2025 during the processing of Lessinia Stone. Following restoration, the specimen will be studied by Riccardo Guerra, a PhD student at the Department of Geosciences.

Manuel Rigo awarded the Pander Society Medal for his contributions to conodont research

At the European Conodont Symposium, Prof. Rigo received the highest international recognition for scientific contributions to the study of conodonts and their applications in stratigraphy

Pathway launched towards a double degree Master’s programme with the China University of Geosciences

The signing of a Letter of Intent paves the way for a double degree Master’s programme between the University of Padua and the China University of Geosciences, Beijing.

More Geosciences Researchers Among the World’s Most Influential Scientists

The global ranking of the world’s most influential scientists, compiled annually by Stanford University and Elsevier, includes twelve researchers from the Department of Geosciences, two more than in the previous edition. Seven are also included in the career-long ranking

Climate change at high altitudes: geophysical field measurement campaigns

The activities were carried out across six Alpine sites in Italy and Switzerland, using two complementary geophysical methods: electrical resistivity surveys and active seismic surveys

The Department of Geosciences hosts a new series of seminars for the I semester of the a.y. 2026/2027

Here the calendar of the seminars and workshops

Professor Claudia Agnini is the new Director of the Department of Geosciences

Professor Claudia Agnini is the new Director of the Department of Geosciences. Her four-year term began on October 1, following the end of the term of her predecessor, Professor Nicola Surian.

The ESA PANGAEA 2026 course dedicated to the memory of Riccardo Pozzobon

The ESA PANGAEA geological training course for astronauts unfolded over three intensive weeks of theoretical and field activities. In the 2026 edition, the contribution of the Department of Geosciences was once again particularly significant

Looking beneath the surface: how geophysics could reveal lava tubes on the Moon and Mars

Researchers from the Department of Geosciences contributed to a study of a lava tube in Lanzarote as a planetary analogue, using an integrated geophysical approach. The findings open new possibilities for future planetary exploration.

Call for applications for the award of the study prize "Geosciences for Sustainable Development" 2nd Edition 2026

Seminar "Career Workshop" - Beyond the outcrop: applied mineralogy from limestone quarries to steelmaking

Seminar "Career Workshop" - Il ruolo del geologo nell’ambito delle acque minerali

Seminar - Where the sky meets the sea: Observation-based air-water exchange processes

The Microworld of the Karst: a photography award for the image of the large backlit panel

Seminar - The Great American Biotic Interchange and the Origin of the South American Mammal Fauna

Seminar - White mica(-chlorite) alteration in the Gaby porphyry copper district, northern Chile

Professor Omar Bartoli receives the Marco Beltrando Award

Seminar - A Decade in the Arctic Sky: Clouds, Water Vapor, and Precipitation at Ny-Ålesund, Svalbard

Arqus Alliance: Researcher’s Networking Programme strengthens collaboration between Padua and Wrocław