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Venice Lagoon. The salt marshes and what they need to survive

21.11.2022

In the second episode of the mini-series on the Venice Lagoon we begin to discover the salt marshes, one of the most characteristic morphological structures of this humid environment. We will be discovering which depositional dynamics guarantee their survival in the face of rising sea levels.We will

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Leave Your Mark: the awards cerimony of the student contest

11.11.2022

The awards ceremony for the murales contest "Leave Your Mark" took place on Friday 11 November at the Library of the Department of Geosciences. Lorenzo Doppiu, winner of the contest with a project titled “What comes next”, was awarded together with Rebecca Rajesh Peter who collaborated on the graphic design.

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Venice Lagoon: the morphology of the largest tidal basin in the Mediterranean

19.10.2022

The first episode of the mini-series about the Venice Lagoon is dedicated to the typical morphological structures of this peculiar environment: the salt marshes, the tidal flats and the channel networks.

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HYPERION's video among the nominees of the UNESCO Earth Futures Festival 2022

05.09.2022

The video, produced by Eurisy, talks about the activities of protection and monitoring of the cultural heritage on the island of Rhodes. Voting ends in the 15th of September.The Greek island of Rhodes is subject to soil movements and is situated in a seismic area.

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Convective and Volcanic Clouds School: the 7th edition will be held in September in Nicolosi (Sicily), on the slopes of the Etna volcano

Dal 05.09.2022 al 13.09.2022

The Convective and Volcanic Clouds (CVC) School is a great opportunity to get an overview of the state of the art of these fields: the purpose is to train students with outstanding research interest in the techniques allowing to detect, monitor, and model convective and volcanic clouds, to gain knowledge of the instruments and satellite missions (present and future) and to be able to support such kind of studies.

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