With the first issue of 2020 of the "INGVNewsletter" our Institute also celebrates the beginning of a new year: after the events open to citizens organized last 12 and 13 January on the occasion of the Seismic Literacy Day established with the Lazio Region, Also this year we will face the new scientific challenges, we will push ourselves towards new frontiers of research and we will organize new moments of meeting with the public to continue our story of the fascinating dynamics of the Earth.
A living planet, which hosts us and makes us passionate spectators of all those natural phenomena in which it is the protagonist. Phenomena which, if described through suitable physical quantities and read by rigorously applying the scientific method, provide us with models and schemes for their better understanding.
In this issue of INGVNewsletter we have the pleasure of hosting Prof. Luisa Cifarelli, former President of the Enrico Fermi Study and Research Center and of the SIF, to discover physics and the excellences which, in Italy and abroad, combine the most advanced with the promotion of scientific culture among young people.
Let's continue the journey to retrace together with Maurizio Pignone, geologist of the National Earthquake Observatory, what were the main seismic events that affected Italy during 2019 and, together with the volcanologist Guido Ventura, we will draw a detailed map of the Italian volcanoes, from the most famous ones to those less known to the local chronicles.
We will also talk about innovative study and analysis techniques with Aldo Winkler, head of the Institute's Paleomagnetism Laboratory, leading a team that uses leaves and lichens to monitor the presence of fine particles in our cities, and with Enrica Marotta, volcanologist of the Vesuvius Observatory which uses drones to contribute to thermal and volcanic gas monitoring.
Fabrizio Galadini, research manager of the Institute, tells us how the seismic history of our peninsula has significantly changed the profile of imperial Rome over the centuries, reconstructed even in its earthquake damage thanks to archeoseismology techniques that combine, precisely, the work of archaeologists to that of geology.
The manager of the Research and Development Project Services Center of INGV, the geologist Sofia Mariano, will also tell us about her experience as Project Manager of the Institution to underline the strategic importance of this sector and of national and European projects in progress of research.
Finally, we will visit the Micropaleontology Laboratory in the new Pisa branch with the manager Antonio Cascella. There, researchers study fossils ranging in size from a few microns to a few centimeters to indirectly date the sediments and reconstruct the climate of the past.