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Fostering Ethical Research: Innovative Course for Ph.D. Students at the Department of Geosciences

Dal 16.06.2025 al 17.06.2025

Empowering the next generation of researchers with essential publication ethics skills is crucial, especially in an era of growing AI influence. The Department of Geosciences of the University of Padova launched a new course for our Ph.D. students, focusing on identifying and addressing ethical

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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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Francesco Marra wins the Jim Dooge Award for research on sub-hourly precipitation extremes

12.05.2025

The 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). The award was presented during the EGU General

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