Ground-based Synthetic Aperture Radar (GBSAR) is a powerful terrestrial radar-based technique able to measure and monitor surface deformation. The GBSAR has been used in the last years in a variety of application fields including the monitoring of landslides, rock falls, subsidence phenomena, mining sites, etc. The increasing interest in this technique has lead a wide…

After the positive experience of the Summer School held in 2017 in the area of Monte Bianco, the initiative is also proposed for 2018. The topic chosen this year is "Multi risk assessment of alpine environment," i.e., the synoptic characterization of natural risks in the mountain environment. More info »

Crossing Southern Italy… a travelling meeting from Taranto to Siracusa Third Annual Meeting More information » The Scienze della Terra e Geoambientali Department of the University of Bari, ENEA, INGV and the PhD School of Geosciences of the University of Bari, Italy, under the auspices of the Coastal Morphodynamics AIGeo Working Group, invite coastal  esearchers…

EMSEV (Electro-Magnetic Studies of Earthquakes and Volcanoes) is an Interdisciplinary IUGG Working Group supported by IASPEI, IAGA,  and IAVCEI. The next biennial symposium “EMSEV 2018” will be held in Potenza (Italy) 17-21 September 2018 (http://web.unibas.it/emsev2018/). The workshop will focus on the observation and understanding of various kinds of electromagnetic phenomena associated with earthquakes and volcanic eruptions particularly from a multidisciplinary point…

Mark your calendar to join us for the 61st AEG Annual Meeting/13th IAEG Congress in San Francisco, California on September 15-23, 2018! AEG is partnering with the International Association of Engineering Geology and the Environment (IAEG) to host the first ever Congress in the United States in IAEG’s 54-year history. The 2018 meeting will have…

IAPG events to celebrate the International Geoethics Day 2018: First Nigeria Geoethics Conference (NGC1) The IAPG will celebrate the 2nd International Geoethics Day on 18 October 2018 . As you know, this initiative was born in 2017 with the aim to raise the awareness of the geoscience community and society about the importance of geoethics. The…

Le geoscienze sono fondamentali per la conoscenza dei rischi naturali, la loro modellazione e mitigazione, ma sono anche indispensabili per lo sviluppo di una cultura geologica finora trascurata. Lo sviluppo sociale, economico, culturale e tecnologico è basato sulla ricerca applicata e di base, ma nell’ambito delle geoscienze grandi temi fondamentali come l’interno della Terra (sfida…

This workshop will be organized at the same period with another workshop named“Symposium on Silk Roads Disaster Mitigation”. The Silk Road Economic Belt and the 21st Century Maritime Silk Road (simply called “the Belt and Road” or “Silk roads”) covers more than 70 countries and 4.4 billion people (63% of the world). The frequently occurring…

La undicesima conferenza italo-giapponese sulla mitigazione del dissesto idrogeologico, organizzata dall’IRPI, si terrà dal 11 al 14 novembre in Italia e si articolerà in diversi momenti: visite tecniche, incontri programmatici, sessioni scientifiche. Quest’anno la sede secondaria che ospiterà l’evento sarà quella di Bari, ma ci saranno visite e incontri a Trento e Roma. La collaborazione…

Scientific results and future scenarios anticipating COP24 in Katowice in December 2018 Fausto Guzzetti - Director of the CNR Research institute for Geo-Hydrological Protection - will speak in the session titled "New Research Insights on Global Climate Change "   More info »