The recent alert given from Canada on the effects of traffic-related air pollution on dementia (The Lancet, 4-1-2017) well matches the rationale of the CARE experiment (Carbonaceous Aerosol in Rome and Environs) starting in Rome on February 2017, led by ISAC-CNR.
An ice block, one of the largest on record, with a size near that of the Italian region Liguria, is ready to detach from the Antarctic Penninsula. The fracture rapidly grew last December and now only an ice strip, 20 km long, keeps attached this giant: a block of some 5,000 square km
Levizzani, Sabbioni, Buzzi: three ISAC-CNR researchers will contribute to the commemoration of the meteo-hydrological event of November 4th, 1966
NEWS on the CNR website (ITALIAN only)
This article talks about our Environmental Observatory "O.Vittori" Mt. Cimone, and its importance in providing accurate and updated information on the composition of the atmosphere at national and global level.
The institute ISAC in Rome participated in the European Researchers' Night taking place on September 30th.
The ISAC-ROME unit was active in the event organized at the Tor Vergata research Area with four tasks: three visits to the experimental field and its instrumentation, and an educational workshop "playing with the atmosphere".
The headquarter of ISAC in Bologna participate in the European Researchers' Night taking place on September 30th
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Coming soon: a book on the planetary boundary layer by F. Tampieri
On RAI Scuola (DT channel 146 and Sky channel 806) from 7 to 11 March: a focus on climate dedicated to climate changes and their impact on the environment and human health, from global warming to pollution. Federico Fierli (CNR-ISAC) leads the broadcasts, with colleagues Stefano Decesari (8 March) and Susanna Corti (March 9) as guests.
An international team of researchers including Dr Alessandra S. Lanotte, Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate, Professors Roberto Benzi and Luca Biferale, from University of Rome Tor Vergata, together with Professor Federico Toschi from Technical University of Eindhoven and Dr. Shiva K. Malapaka from IIIT Bangalore, has found that turbulent flows might eventually loose their wild and intermittent character, when they are confined on a fractal.
The Fulbright Program, the international exchange for scholars and scientists participating in research projects of particular international importance, brings the collaboration of Dr. Lynn R. Mazzoleni in the Institute of Atmospheric Sciences and Climate.
