Accordo CNR - RS (Regno Unito) Biennio 2023-2024 Progetto CIGNA/RAYNE - Vanishing archaeological landscapes under anthropogenic and climate change threats
The proposed project puts together archaeologists, satellite image analysts and climate/environmental scientists from CNR-ISAC and UNEW, and the Iraqi academic community, to develop an approach combining satellite and on-the-ground observation to investigate anthropogenic and climate change-related processes impacting ancient buildings, tells and water systems.
The area of interest encompasses the sites and hinterlands of Eridu and Basra, recorded as part of a pilot study by Drs Rayne and Jotheri (UNEW team) using remote sensing and fieldwork. It also covers an area including Wasit governorate, where Drs Cigna and Tapete (CNR-ISAC team) conducted pilot satellite studies.
Iraq is a dense heritage landscape of monuments, mounds (‘tells’), ancient roads and canals, and other remains dating back to different ages that are spread across the country. Archaeological datasets including the Endangered Archaeology database provide case studies for analysis of changes. Much shorter may be the time scale by when these sites - and those yet to be inventoried - could disappear. As increasingly being witnessed by international consortia and the academic community of Iraq, heritage is threatened by urbanisation, agriculture, looting, land use/change of destination and conflict-related cascading hazards (e.g. destruction, fires, pollution), as well as by climate change-related problems. Documentation achieved in this project will have the impact of providing the local stakeholders with a set of digital thematic maps that can be used to expedite, in a context of limited resources, the survey and identification of threatened areas and inform the design of mitigation measures.
Presentation of the building "ECO-CASA" in Padua
The Padua Research Area hosted a series of events in celebration of the centenary of the founding of the National Research Council, offering CNR researchers the opportunity to present the institutes' research projects and activities on energy to the public. The focus of our institute was on recent advances in the application of geothermal energy for the energy efficiency of buildings, on which the Bernardi-Bortolin-Cadelano working team has been working.
Welcome to the space
The Italian crew (Pantaleone Carlucci CNR-ISAC Walter Villadei and Angelo Landolfi, Aeronautica militare italiana) will fly aboard the first commercial spaceflight - Galactic 01 mission, taken off today from Virgin Galactic's Spaceport America in New Mexico. The suborbital flight lasts long enough to grant the Galactic 01 crew members a few minutes of weightlessness, and a chance to perform their research experiments.
See the flight on Virgin Galactic
affidamento diretto della fornitura di n. 1 campionatore sequenziale doppia linea modello gemini bc1versione in cabinet da esterni
Decisione di contrattare: affidamento diretto della fornitura di n. 1 campionatore sequenziale doppia linea modello gemini bc1versione in cabinet da esterni nell’ambito del piano nazionale di ripresa e resilienza – missione 4 componente 2 investimento 3.1 fondo per la realizzazione di un sistema integrato di infrastrutture di ricerca e innovazione - avviso n. 3264 del 28 dicembre 2021 – progetto ir0000032 “itineris - italian integrated environmental research infrastructures system” - CUP B53C22002150006