CNR-ISAC researchers, have developed a method to identify the signal-emitted by hailstones inside the storms and monitor the evolution of hail clouds with high temporal rate. The study, carried with the collaboration of US research team of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the University of Maryland, will allow to better understand the distribution of frozen hydrometeors inside the thunderstorm improving the current knowledge on the formation mechanisms of hail clouds in a changing climate.

Prof. Dr. Hans Rudolf Pruppacher

23 March 1930 – 11 October 2020

il Venerdì, supplemento de La Repubblica, del 30 ottobre 2020 pubblica l'articolo "La Cina ecologica che surriscalda il Pianeta".

The Regional Councillor for Research, University and Education of the Calabria Region Sandra Savaglio visited the ISAC headquarter in Lamezia Terme.

The visit allowed the councillor, an internationally renowned scientist, to learn more about the research activities carried out in the institute: from the measurements of natural and anthropogenic sources, useful for the observation of polluting and climate-altering dynamics, to specific atmospheric studies related to intense weather events.

For the seasonal reopening of the Zucchelli base in Antarctica, among the 5 CNR researchers who took part in this year's expedition, there is Dr. Alessandro Bracci Cnr-Isac associate researcher, PhD student at the University of Bologna who works on multidisciplinary issues focused on the microphysics of precipitation.

Dr. Bracci was recently interviewed by the journal Green blue in an interesting article that highlights the role of Italian scientists in Antarctica: among penguin mummies, melting ice and anti-Covid measurements".