The important days of scientific discussion aimed at researchers to take stock of the results of the main research projects of the INGV Departments continue.
Following the meeting in Bagnoli (NA) on November 18th, the days of scientific study aimed at comparing notes between researchers from the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV) continue.
The initiatives, promoted by the Institute, are dedicated to the presentation and discussion of the results achieved by the main INGV departmental research projects in the fields of seismology, volcanology, and environmental issues.
The numerous sessions scheduled throughout the day will be coordinated by project leaders and INGV experts who will provide colleagues with an updated overview of the developments in the Departments' research lines and activities.
Below is the schedule for the upcoming study days.
November 24 | AMUSED Project (A Multidisciplinary Study of Past Global Climate Changes from Continental and Marine Archives in the Mediterranean Region), coordinated by Patrizia Macrì.
Taking a multidisciplinary approach to the study of past global climate change, the project's main objective was to reconstruct climate variability in the central Mediterranean region during the Middle-Late Quaternary, with a focus on the Holocene, integrating paleoclimatic data acquired in different paleoenvironmental contexts.
November 24 | MACMAP Project (A Multidisciplinary Analysis of Climate Change Indicators in the Mediterranean and Polar Regions), coordinated by Antonio Guarnieri.
The primary objective of MACMAP was to study climate evolution in the polar and Mediterranean regions through the analysis and integration of new and existing data from models, observations, and qualitative historical information. The period of interest ranged from the recent past to the near future.
November 24 | TROPOMAG project (Influence of geomagnetic storms on the TROPOsphere dynamics: Can the Earth's MAGnetic field be considered a proxy of climate changes?), coordinated by Paolo Madonia.
The project studied the effects of variations in Earth's magnetic field on the atmosphere and meteorological conditions to verify whether, as indicated by some preliminary studies, increases in rainfall and anomalies in the near-ground pressure field could occur in conjunction with geomagnetic storms, or disturbances in Earth's magnetic field caused by increased interactions between the solar wind, the magnetosphere, and the ionosphere.
November 26 | FURTHER Project (The role of fluids in the pReparaTory pHase of Earthquakes in the Southern Apennines), coordinated by Francesca di Luccio.
The aim of FURTHER was to establish the role of fluids in the preparatory phase of earthquakes in the Southern Apennines by studying their entire pathway, from their source to the upper crust where the largest earthquakes occur, and using an interdisciplinary approach that included seismological, geochemical, geodetic and geospatial data.
November 26 | MUSE project (Multiparametric and mUltiscale Study of Earthquake preparatory phase in the central and northern Apennines), coordinated by Enrico Serpelloni.
This project aimed to investigate faulting processes and the evolution of seismicity patterns during multi-scale seismic sequences, based on high-resolution earthquake catalogues, cross-referenced with multidisciplinary time series (geodetic and geochemical).
December 1 | IMPACT project (a multidisciplinary Insight on the kinematics and dynamics of Magmatic Processes at Mt. Etna Aimed at identifying preCursor phenomena and developing early warning sysTems), coordinated by Eugenio Privitera.
The project aimed to improve knowledge of the intermediate and deep parts of Etna's fuel system and to detect and characterize anomalies in monitoring data time series, identify precursor phenomena to eruptions, and develop early warning systems.
December 2 | FIRST project (Forecasting eRuptive activity at Stromboli volcano: Timing, eruptive style, size, intensity, and duration), coordinated by Sonia Calvari.
FIRST represented the natural continuation of several previous projects aimed at studying Stromboli to improve the scientific community's ability to predict the volcano's eruptive activity in terms of variations in eruptive style and the scale of expected future eruptions based on monitoring data and other geophysical and geochemical observations.
December 3 | Project UNO (UNderstanding the Ordinary to predict the extraordinary: An integrated approach for studying and interpreting the explosive activity at Stromboli volcano), coordinated by Piergiorgio Scarlato.
The main goal of UNO was to broaden our understanding of Stromboli's ordinary activity (characterized by explosions that launch ballistic eruptions up to a few hundred meters high) and its relationship with more dangerous eruptive styles (including lava flows and major or paroxysmal explosions with eruptive plumes that can reach several kilometers in height).
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