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Bologna: host city for ECMWF’s new data centre

The 22 Member States of the Centre approved the high-level agreement proposed by Italy. The building is to be delivered to ECMWF by 2019. [...]

Forests and land use from Tropics to Siberia: how they affect temperature

Forests can make the difference. An international team, a study realized by CMCC researchers focused on how land cover changes impact on regional temperatures and precipitation [...]

PhD in Geophysics: the new call is open

The CMCC Foundation funds a grant on oceanography, numerical ocean modelling and ocean circulation dynamics. The beneficiary will carry part of the doctoral activities at CMCC premises in Lecce. The deadline of submission is on May 29th, 2017 [...]

Xylella fastidiosa: how science tries to save olive trees

A problem in Apulia starting to become a reason of concern in Europe too. Research and innovation together to find solutions. The CMCC is at the forefront to provide measures against the infection [...]

The water of the future: learning how to manage it

Two regions - Sardinia and Apulia - two stories to tell the World Water Day [...]

How to find money to improve our cities (and protect them from climate change)

How much does climate change cost to our cities? It depends, but there are innovative opportunities and mechanisms to find adequate financial resources and invest them efficiently. All the details and key messages in the new report of the European Environment Agency (EEA) [...]

ENGINEERING AND CLIMATE An engineering approach to climate change: international and national experiences
How translate mitigation and adaptation objectives in specific planning criteria? Tools and methodologies in a seminar focused on water engineering: water resources, urban drainage, floods and the implications for climate adaptation plans. With the participation of CMCC researcher Paola Mercogliano [...]
ENERGY INNOPATHS: Building a shared vision for the EU energy transition
What are the major challenges that emission intensive sectors face in order to transition towards decarbonization? Six workshops, focused on six sectors of particular importance to the low-carbon transition – power, buildings, transport, agriculture, industry and Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) - to foster the exchange and discussion of views [...]

OCEAN MODELLING How rivers influence the Mediterranean dynamics?
Estuaries, deltas and lagoons: how do they influence the ocean dynamics? Three different approaches tested while developing an interface between estuarine dynamics and regional ocean models. The Ofanto and Po rivers: two case studies to explore riverine freshwater role on the coastal and basin wide processes [...]
World Oceans Day Climate change: oceans at risk as never before
The increasing rate of ice melting, sea level rise, sea water temperatures. The recent revolution occured in the study of the deep ocean with the use of Argo floats. Simona Masina, oceanographer at the CMCC Foundation, illustrates the current state of the global ocean while highlighting the future challenges due to climate change in an interview at Radio3 Scienza [...]

World Oceans Day Discovering applications and new technologies for the sea
The CMCC Foundation and Links Management and Technology S. p. A. in collaboration with the Ocean Literacy Italia initiative, presents 4 online tools for the sea situational awareness: SeaConditions, Visir®, OCEAN-SAR and WITOIL. Participate to the free web meeting on June 8th, 2017, from 2:00 to 6:00 p.m. [...]
anomalies 2014: an unusual, wet, Italian summer
Heavy rainfall that damaged agriculture, affected tourism and overall economy of Italy and the surrounding Mediterranean countries. A study recently published reconstructed those events while trying to understand the physical mechanisms responsible for such abnormal weather [...]