Every sport-addicted is familiar with group stage, round robins and knockout stages. And each of us likes to forecast the result of a competition. That mean that we are all applying our knowledge (real or presumed), to guess how things will go. Forecasting is the holy grail for hazard management: if we know where and…
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Sometimes races are shortened, delayed, or even deleted due to bad weather or other reasons. It’s happening at the cycling UCI World Championships, where Under-23 road race will be shortened (see here and here). Just few months ago, a stage of the Giro d’Italia and another of the Tour de France had to be neutralized…
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Evento finale 17 12 2019, Sant’Abbondio, Aula SA1 ore 9-13 Il Progetto SCE.NA.RIO – SCienzE NAturali e RIschiO, organizzato da Ufficio Scolastico Regionale per la Lombardia (referente Dr.ssa Mariacira Veneruso) in collaborazione con Università dell’Insubria, si è svolto nei mesi scorsi (Figura 1) con la partecipazione di circa 30 docenti delle Scuole medie e medie…
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We are happy to announce that recently the Italian Space Agency (ASI) has granted us the access to Cosmo-SkyMed images over the city of Como (northern Italy) in order to investigate the effects of subsidence on the city centre using recent InSAR measurements. This project involves experts from four different research institutes: Nicoletta Nappo, Maria…
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Volcanoes are one of the most spectacular landforms and eruptions one of the most powerful natural events. Volcanologists recognize two different types of eruptions: effusive, in which lava steadily flows out of a volcano; and explosive, much more violent and rapid. Explosive eruptions are measured through the Volcanic Explosivity Index (VEI), which is based on…
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This time I’m gonna speak about… golf! I’m not an expert or fan of this sport, but I do love landscapes and how they form. I must admit I enjoy more the scenery rather than swings or golfer’s technical gestures! Since I’m not an English native speaker, I always double-check for slang. So, I just…
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It has been a busy end of July here at the Insubria Environmental Geology research group! The 20th Inqua congress has just been held in Dublin, with over 2500 delegates from 75 countries. This congress takes place every 4 years and is home of the Inqua (International Union for Quaternary Research). We presented a talk…
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Surface faulting is the rupture of the Earth’s surface caused by an earthquake. It occurs along the surface projection of faults and can involve different rocks and materials (loose soils, roads…). Surface faulting forms actual scarps on the topographic surface and (on geological timescales) is how mountain grow… here’s some example – and comparison with…
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On the 9th and 10th o July, we join to the CRUST workshop on structural geology and active tectonics, in memory of Prof. Giampaolo Pialli. Giampaolo Pialli was a brilliant structural and regional geologist of the University of Perugia suddenly died 20 years ago, at the age of 59. The “CRUST” meeting had the main…
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Pellice Valley lies in the SW Piedmont region (N Italy), in a structurally complex area where the Alps-Apennines junction is located. Piedmont is a region where a low seismic release rate is domiant, except for the so-called Pinerolese seismic zone and for some historical events, including the damaging 1808 Pellice Valley seismic sequence (Mw max…
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