Researchers from the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology leave the scientific laboratories to offer the public the discoveries of geosciences and our planet, to get to know our 'home' better
Back to the European Researchers' Night, the initiative promoted by the European Commission in which science becomes entertainment with interactive workshops, engaging games, enlightening guided tours, exciting scientific treks, compelling seminars and conferences: for all interests and levels of knowledge, so that everyone can immerse themselves in the fascinating world of research.
L'National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV) offers a rich program of events both in person and online throughout Italy.
Thanks to the European Projects SCIENZA INSIEME-NET, SHARPER, SOCIETY, BRIGHT-NIGHT and STREETS, will be revealed the wonders of Earth Sciences in an extraordinary journey to discover our Planet!
The adventures proposed by INGV Geoscientists there are many throughout Italy.
Here is the entire INGV calendar divided by Region, from North to south
EMILIA ROMAGNA
Friday, September 29th | | Piazza Lucio Dalla
from 18: 00 | SOCIETY THINK again
Exhibit >> AN EXPLOSIVE PLANET
Volcanic rocks and confetti, ketchup and firecrackers, images and stories from the past, to set out to discover volcanoes and their eruptions.
from 18: 00 | SOCIETY THINK again
Exhibit >> OBSERVATION OF OUR PLANET
What information do we collect to better understand the planet we live on? What do the satellites orbiting the Earth look at? How do we use a thermal camera? What do seismometers tell us? What routes do plastics follow? How "warm" is the sea?
Discover how tools allow us to observe and improve knowledge.
from 18: 00 | SOCIETY THINK again
Exhibit >> TERRAE MOTUS - A PLANET IN MOTION
Our planet never stands still. Tectonic plates move continuously, creating oceans and mountains, continuously modifying our planet, causing earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. Play with us and test yourself with our Quizzz! In this stand, at 18 pm the children of the G. Galilei school of Sasso Marconi (BO) will present their research on Geological Time (as part of the 'Researchers for a day' activity promoted by SOCIETY riPENSAci).
LIGURIA
Friday 29 September - Sunday 1 October | | Marelibera, solidarity sailing festival, Passeggiata Morin
9am - 15pm | SCIENCE TOGETHER NET
Laboratory >>FISH EAT FISH
The marine food pyramid presented in a game to learn what relationships are created between marine animals in the fight for survival, without forgetting that we too are part of it and can play an important role to avoid damaging this fragile balance.
9am - 15pm | SCIENCE TOGETHER NET
Laboratories->LET'S PLAY WITH THE CLIMATE
Climate change will be addressed through a game with illustrated cards, offering participants the opportunity to reflect on the major causes and effects that regulate climate dynamics. In collaboration with CNR-ICMATE.
9am - 15pm | SCIENCE TOGETHER NET
Laboratory >>SOUNDS OF THE SEA
Sensory laboratory: children without the aid of sight will have to associate the shapes of marine mammals with the corresponding sound they emit. We will talk about communication systems in cetaceans and underwater pollution. In collaboration with the University of Pisa.
9am - 15pm | SCIENCE TOGETHER NET
Laboratory >>DISCOVER THE TSUNAMI
Sensory laboratory: earthquakes or underwater landslides can cause tsunamis or tidal waves. Through an interactive tank, children will be able to generate a small tsunami.
9am - 15pm | SCIENCE TOGETHER NET
Laboratory >>THE PHYSICS OF THE OCEAN
With fun experiments, it will be possible to understand which physical variables characterize the different masses of water (temperature, salinity, density and others) and what importance they have in determining the trend of ocean currents. In collaboration with CNR-ISMAR.
20.30pm - 23.00pm | SCIENCE TOGETHER NET
Citizen - Science stories and meetings.
Marine sciences become protagonists: conferences, meetings and stories to learn about Citizen Science projects, participatory science.
Conference ⟫⟫ Climate and ocean, with Alessandro Benedetti (CNR-ICMATE) and Sandro Carniel (STO CMRE)
Conference ⟫⟫ History and stories of forest animals, with Lorenzo Bramanti (Observatoire océanologique de Banyuls-sur-Mer) and Sara Garvani (UNIGE and INGV)
Conference ⟫⟫ Underwater volcanoes and seabed explorations, with Filippo Muccino (INGV) and Alessio Sanfilippo (UNIPV).
TUSCANY
Friday, September 29th | | Section of the INGV
8.30 pm | BRIGHT NIGHT
Path for students >>
The Pisa Section of the INGV will welcome lower secondary school classes to its headquarters for a multidisciplinary journey through earthquakes and volcanoes which will range from seismic monitoring systems to the discovery of the secrets of volcanic rocks.
Friday, September 29th | | Gambacorti Palace
15 hours: 00 | BRIGHT NIGHT
Scientific trekking >>
INGV researcher Antonio Cascella will propose the "Geowalk" in which the geological history of the Pisan territory will be illustrated through the rocks that make up some of the city's monuments.
Friday, September 29th | | University
16 hours: 00 | BRIGHT NIGHT
Experiments and demonstrations >>
In the Cortile della Sapienza of the University of Pisa, meeting with researchers for "The Earth in evolution: risks and sustainability": experiments, quizzes and demonstrations on volcanological and environmental issues, with a particular focus on Stromboli (event in collaboration with the Department University Earth Sciences).
Friday, September 29th | | University of Siena
16 hours: 00 | BRIGHT NIGHT
Scientific talk >>
Cultural heritage is strongly undermined by atmospheric particulate matter (fine dust), which creates dark layers, abrasion and deterioration of surfaces, resulting in artistic loss. The use of chemical and magnetic biomonitoring techniques for the preventive conservation of cultural heritage has recently been introduced, using leaves and lichens as bioaccumulators of atmospheric particulates, whose magnetic properties derive from ferrimagnetic particles similar to magnetite, often associated with trace metals. , of which motor vehicles, and particularly braking systems, represent the main source. Furthermore, the methodology was enriched by the monitoring of rubber microparticles, mostly deriving from tire abrasion. Our results show that green areas provide important ecosystem services, limiting the spread and harmful impact of pollution on cultural heritage located in urban contexts, and that lichens are excellent bioindicators for assessing the extent of pollution.
LAZIO
Friday, September 29th | Rome | Talenti Park, entrance via Arrigo Cajumi
17 hours: 45 | SCIENCE TOGETHER NET
A short geological walk on the top of the hill overlooking the Talenti Park, from where we will be able to observe different elements that characterize the geology and geomorphology of the Roman landscape. These will be the starting point to tell how the "Eternal City" arose in a territory shaped by the activity of the great volcanoes that surround it and by the waterways that run through it, in interaction with the tectonic processes that led to the lifting of the chain Apennines and to the climatic variations occurred in the last half million years. All these elements have contributed to creating a unique landscape rich in natural resources. We will be accompanied by a geologist, an INGV researcher who will tell us this story that spans millions of years. Duration, approximately 2 hours.
Friday, September 29 - Saturday, September 30 | Rome | City of the Other Economy
18:30 - 23:00 | SCIENCE TOGETHER NET
A game with which the public is told the reasons that led them to choose their career and information on the research activities carried out in a fun and slightly mocking way.
We will follow the seismic monitoring of the INGV operations room in Rome in real time and discover the dynamics of the Planet. How and why do earthquakes and volcanoes originate? How is seismic and volcanic monitoring and surveillance carried out on the national territory? How do seismic waves propagate? Thanks to a seismic station, visitors will be able to see the 'earthquake' produced by their jump. A puzzle will test you: do you know the distribution of plates on the Earth's surface?
(September 29th only)
A fantastic adventure to discover volcanoes. A volcanic laboratory to discover the secrets of the Mountains of Fire, understand the mechanisms and dynamics that are at the origin of these spectacular phenomena, how they grow and evolve, how eruptions occur and with what characteristics. Activities by reservation.
The invisible path of water pushed by gravity. The proposed activity aims to raise awareness on the topic of water, understood as a resource for man and a driver of natural processes. In particular, it aims to raise awareness, through an interactive laboratory, of the meteorological and geological mechanisms that guide its movement and storage. Participants will be involved in an experiential journey enriched by quizzes and riddles, and will discover that this precious resource is also capable of cooling the heart of the mountains and pressing on its fractures, generating natural tremors. Activities by reservation.
An interactive game with the public in which, using their mobile phones, participants answer questions about risks. The score is awarded based on the correctness of the answers and the speed with which they are entered. A ranking is drawn up and the winners are declared. Up to 100 contestants can play at a time. At the debriefing a brief explanation of the answers is given, with some scientific details but always in an informative style.
Interactive scientific café in which the talk will be the introduction to a digital competition done with smartphones to reflect together on the causes and effects of climate change. To win it will be necessary to find solutions by implementing virtuous behaviors to mitigate the related phenomena.
Escape Volcano aims to convey basic knowledge about volcanoes and its types of eruption. Starting from the magma chamber, follow the path that winds through 10 small chambers, through the conduit to the crater. Try to reach the EXIT before the volcano eruption, overcoming all the tests that arise. By playing you will discover everything about volcanoes and the various types of eruption. Activities by reservation
A journey into the fantastic world of Earth! The planet explained to the little ones through fairy tales and geo-myths. There are dragons, children, fishermen and princesses. Kings, divinities, crowns that are thrown into the sea, nymphs that dissolve in endless tears and divinities that are unable to console them. Lentils that emerge from the depths of the sea and fishermen who never resurface. And then there are little girls who jump rope and help underground dragons. And finally there is the she-wolf, the one from Rome with the twins Romulus and Remus. And yes, but what does it have to do with volcanoes? And what would happen if two volcanoes fell in love? Come and discover it and color or draw your favorite character! Activities by reservation.
In the event of an earthquake, in the event of a tsunami... A team game to understand and know the behavior to adopt in the event of an earthquake or tsunami. Prevention and preparation for seismic emergencies also involves 'permanent' learning of each specific aspect of seismic risk and the behaviors to adopt in the event of a seismic event, together with planning if you live in an area with high seismic danger. Activities by reservation.
(September 29th only)
A team game to discover the marine environment. The Octopus game takes inspiration from the Goose game by adding scientific content on marine environmental issues in the form of questions. Players will immerse themselves in the water column that characterizes the ocean with KIDS different physical and chemical properties. They will discover that these properties vary vertically and horizontally allowing the life of numerous animal and plant species. However, the survival of life on the Ocean Planet is affected by climate change and man. Come and take a dive into the ocean depths to discover the Blue Planet. Activities by reservation.
(September 29th only, 22pm)
Vesuvius is on stage at CAE! In a dominant position over the Gulf of Naples, Vesuvius, although in a resting phase, is one of Italy's active volcanoes.
Through a show that exploits the power of images, videos and music, an unusual 'doctor in geophysics', with a great passion for music, and a well-known 'master' musician, with a great passion for science... they will tell us the gripping story of one of the most impressive volcanoes in Italy! A journey, but also a fun show with live music, which mixes ancient and modern, lost and rediscovered. And then history, identity and tradition. Until today, where science and new technologies allow us to look to the future, considering Vesuvius as a "precious resource" of our territory. Organized by CNR-IREA with the participation of INGV
(only on September 30th, 22 pm)
A short history of almost everything, from its genesis to today's world
Born 4,5 billion years ago, the Earth has undergone important changes, transforming from inhospitable to an ideal place for life. Videos, stories and live music to discover the main events that have happened up to the present day and to question ourselves about a future that seems marked by the impact of man.
Friday, September 29th | | INGV Geosciences Museum
16:30 - 22:00 | SCIENCE TOGETHER NET
MEETINGS WITH RESEARCHERS AND GUIDED VISITS TO THE MUSEUM
A photographic exhibition between science and beauty will be the backdrop to the visit to the Museum where it will be possible to explore the interior of the Earth, retracing a fascinating journey to discover the mechanisms at the origin of earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. Seminars and meetings with INGV researchers will accompany us in discovering these phenomena, how they are constantly studied and monitored, and how to be prepared in the event of an event.
ABRUZZO
Friday, September 29th | | Hemicycle Palace
9: 00 | SHARPER
Conference >>
With a virtual journey that starts from the Italian volcanoes, each of which has a distinct character and its own very precise and constantly evolving "personality", you follow the traces of the "Grand Tour", a compulsory route for young aristocrats Europe in the 700th and 800th centuries: from the Neapolitan volcanoes to those of the splendid Aeolian Islands, ending the journey with the great "Mamma Etna", the most versatile and perhaps also the most fascinating volcano on Earth.
Friday, September 29th | | Piazza Duomo
16: 00 | SHARPER
Exhibit >>
The relationships between the geological structure and the occurrence of earthquakes and eruptions on Italian territory will be illustrated with explanatory panels and touch-screen monitors.
16: 00 | SHARPER
Game >>
Reach the crater before the volcano erupts, passing all the tests that arise: drawing, taboo, multiple choice or miming. The game focuses on basic knowledge about volcanoes, mitigating associated risks and protecting the environment.
16: 00 | SHARPER
Piazza Duomo
Game >>
Explore the effects of mitigation and adaptation choices to extreme climate events at local, regional and global levels. This is the purpose of the game accessible via electronic device. To win, you need to make decisions on a continental scale and see the impact of these decisions on the economy, politics and the environment.
16: 00 | SHARPER
Game >>
Multiple choice quiz game on geophysical issues and natural risks. Accessible via a Web Browser or through the Kahoot App via a personal electronic device.
16: 00 | SHARPER
Game >>
As in the game of the goose, players will virtually immerse themselves in the column of water that characterizes the ocean with different physical and chemical properties, discovering that these properties vary vertically and horizontally, allowing for extraordinary marine biodiversity. Themes of the marine environment will be posed to the players in the form of questions.
CAMPANIA
Thursday, September 28th | | Victory Square
18: 00 | NET
Information path >>
The researchers of the Irpinia Section of the INGV organize La Scienza itinerant, with the opening of the educational path "Ricordo Conosco Riduco". The path is divided into three activities:
● Walking among earthquakes: a scientific walk in the square, guided by expert seismologists, to understand more about the earthquake phenomenon with the help of informative panels and interactive exhibits on the memory of earthquakes, to increase knowledge of this natural phenomenon.
● Let's make an earthquake! Panels, interactive exhibits and games that help, while entertaining, to acquire the perception of the seismic risk to which we are exposed and the first fundamental elements useful for reducing it.
● The SismoQuiz: quizzes dedicated to children and young people aged between 6 and 14 for a fun moment of discussion on what they have learned by interacting and playing with seismologists.
Friday, September 29th | |Piazza del Gesù
17:00 - 22:00 | STREETS
Interactive lab>>
Researchers from the INGV Vesuvian Observatory will be present with the “Dynamic Earth: Neapolitan volcanoes” station. Focus on the Campi Flegrei caldera”. Topics such as the dynamics of the Earth will be proposed, with its incessant movement that causes earthquakes and volcanic eruptions. The focus of the activities will concern the Neapolitan volcanoes and in particular the Campi Flegrei caldera, among the few volcanic areas in the world characterized by the phenomenon of bradyseism.
Friday, September 29th | |Piazza XVI March 1978
18: 00 | NET
Information path ->
The researchers of the Irpinia Section of the INGV organize La Scienza itinerant, with the opening of the educational path "Ricordo Conosco Riduco". The path is divided into three activities:
● Walking among earthquakes: a scientific walk in the square, guided by expert seismologists, to understand more about the earthquake phenomenon with the help of informative panels and interactive exhibits on the memory of the landsemotions, to increase knowledge of this natural phenomenon.
● Let's make an earthquake! Panels, interactive exhibits and games that help, while entertaining, to acquire the perception of the seismic risk to which we are exposed and the first fundamental elements useful for reducing it.
● The SismoQuiz: quizzes dedicated to children and young people aged between 6 and 14 for a fun moment of discussion on what they have learned by interacting and playing with seismologists.
SICILY
Friday, September 29th | | University Square
18 hours: 00 | SHARPER
Exhibit >>
INGV researchers, in collaboration with the University of Catania, will show the results of recent research which highlight how through seismic signals it is possible to monitor the state of the sea in terms of wave motion and obtain information on extreme meteorological-marine events.
19 hours: 45 | SHARPER
Mini-talk >> GNSS TO INVESTIGATE CLIMATE CHANGE
In the Rector's Room, a mini-talk is scheduled with Valentina Bruno, researcher at the INGV Etna Observatory, who will talk about a new technique for studying the atmosphere and climate changes through the GNSS positioning system, which includes GPS.
Friday, September 29th | | University Campus
18:30 - 23:59 | Sharper
OpenLab >>
INGV researchers will describe, through models, instruments and videos, the scientific topics covered by their studies on the main active phenomena on planet Earth such as earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, monitoring of the sea and the atmosphere.
Information materials will be available to visitors and some videos on seismicity and volcanism will be shown with underwater and drone footage.
SARDINIA
Monday, September 25th | | archaeological Museum
17: 30 | SHARPER
Conference >> MEET THE DEEP: THE SILENCE OF SOS ENATTOS SPEAKS TO US
Seismologist Marco Olivieri of the INGV in Pisa will talk about the absolute silence of the Earth in a historic and fascinating site, Sos Enattos, a candidate to become a unique European technological hub in the world.
Tuesday, September 26th | |archaeological Museum
9: 00 | SHARPER
Meeting with students >> EINSTEIN TELESCOPE AND SOS ENATTOS
The team of researchers involved in the Italian candidacy of the Einstein Telescope and in research activities at the Sos Enattos mine in Lula, will meet the students of the "Fabrizio De Andrè" Art and Music High School and the "Attilio Deffenu" Technical Institute.
Friday, September 29th | Lula (NU) | SOS Enattos mine
18: 00 | BRIGHT-NIGHT
Talks and Stands >>
Sardinia FABER – Far fAult oBsERvatory is a project for the construction of a multidisciplinary geophysical observatory at the Sos Enattos mine (Lula, NU), financed under the PNRR projects. Thanks to its geological conformation, this area of Barbagia is the ideal place to host the sophisticated instruments of the observatory. The data collected will allow us to study geophysical signals on a global scale: for example oscillations after large earthquakes or long-term variations in gravity. It will also be possible to observe the earthquakes of the Apennine chain and the deep structure of the Tyrrhenian Sea.
