An all-Italian research infrastructure for the network of geological services
On the International Day for the Reduction of Natural Disasters 2022 the GeoSciencesIR project coordinated by ISPRA kicks off in Rome
What are the risks due to geological events such as landslides, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, are we exposed in the territory in which we live? What resources of the subsoil can be used to meet the increasingly urgent need for energy and raw materials? Again, what contribution do geological sciences make to the ecological transition and to the objectives set by the European Green Deal?
These and other questions can be answered by GeoSciencesIR, the new research infrastructure for the Italian Network of Geological Services (RISG) which will make available to regional geological services and beyond, data, services and tools necessary for carrying out the monitoring functions. and control in the various fields of the Earth sciences.
The GeoSciencesIR project - funded by the MUR as part of the PNRR - will be officially launched this afternoon in Rome, on the occasion of the International Day for the Reduction of Natural Disasters. Sixteen partners involved: 13 Universities (University of L'Aquila, University of Bari, University of Cagliari, University of Insubria, University of Milano Bicocca, University of Molise, University of Naples Federico II, University of Palermo, Sapienza University of Rome, University of Salerno, Polytechnic of Turin, University of Trieste, University of Tuscia) and 3 Research Institutes (Higher Institute for Research and Environmental Protection, National Institute of Oceanography and Experimental Geophysics, National Research Council).
GeoSciencesIR will focus on 12 priority themes: mining activities, soil protection, land use and consumption, sinkholes, landslides, active tectonics, geological heritage, marine geology, Copernicus and operational geology services, 3D geological modeling, geological and geothematic cartography , databases, metadata and services.
The works, which started on 1 October 2022, will have a duration of 30 months at the end of which the infrastructure will become operational.