Work has begun on the Summer School organized by the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV) as part of the European project EUROVOLC - European Network of Observatories and Research Infrastructures for Volcanology. Until 6 September in Linguaglossa (CT), a town on the north-eastern side of Etna, over thirty students from universities and research institutes from all over the world will participate in courses held by teachers from INGV, the Dublin Insitute of Advanced Studies, from the University of Iceland and the University of Manchester. The goal of the school is to provide advanced knowledge on geophysical, geochemical, petrological monitoring methods of active volcanoes, on techniques and strategies for analyzing and modeling monitoring data and on their use for the purpose of assessing volcanic hazards.
Excursions to Etna will also take place in the Summer School, bringing students to learn about the salient volcanic-tectonic elements of the volcano and the multi-parameter stations of the volcano monitoring system, one of the most advanced in the world.