A5029599395- Coastal and Marine Dynamics
- Oceanographic and Atmospheric Processes
- Groundwater and Isotope Geochemistry
- Coastal wetland ecosystem dynamics
- Heavy metals in environment
- Geological formations and processes
- Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing
- Water Quality and Pollution Assessment
- Tropical and Extratropical Cyclones Research
- Marine and coastal ecosystems
- Maritime and Coastal Archaeology
- Coastal and Marine Management
- Geology and Paleoclimatology Research
- Methane Hydrates and Related Phenomena
- Marine and fisheries research
- Hydrological Forecasting Using AI
- Marine and environmental studies
- Flood Risk Assessment and Management
- Geochemistry and Elemental Analysis
- Mercury impact and mitigation studies
- Geochemistry and Geologic Mapping
- Mine drainage and remediation techniques
- Fecal contamination and water quality
- Toxic Organic Pollutants Impact
- Radioactivity and Radon Measurements
National Research Council
2015-2024
Institute of Geosciences and Earth Resources
2018-2024
Istituto di Scienze Marine del Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche
2011-2020
Institute of Structure of Matter
2016
National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
1992-2009
Institute for the Dynamics of Environmental Processes
1993-2000
Ospedale Civile di Venezia
1995
The lagoon of Venice has always been affected by the regional geomorphological evolution, anthropogenic stressors and global changes. Different morphological settings variable biogeophysical conditions characterize this continuously evolving system that rapidly responds to anthropic impacts. When lockdown measures were enforced in Italy control spread SARS-CoV-2 infection on March 10th 2020, ordinary urban water traffic around Venice, one major pressures lagoon, came a halt. This provided...
Abstract We analyse the impact of ship traffic in vicinity navigation channels a wide shallow waterbody. The crucial hydrodynamic driver this situation is depression (Bernoulli) wake that may be transferred into long-living solitary wave over shoals. analysis considers Venice Lagoon using new large dataset approximately 600 measured events associated to specific ships whose data are provided by AIS system. Since development modern industrial port and opening Malamocco–Marghera channel late...
Abstract Saltwater intrusion (SWI) in deltas, estuaries, and other coastal areas represents a pressing problem affecting the sustainability of freshwater resources. Observations numerical experiments are used to investigate SWI surface waters Italian's largest river delta (the Po Delta) under low discharge conditions. The model successfully reproduced observed salinity variations along main branches lagoons investigated fresh saltwater dynamics during entire summer 2017. is explore...
Abstract. Sea surface temperature (SST) and turbidity (T) derived from Landsat 8 (L8) imagery were used to characterize river plumes in the northern Adriatic (NAS) during a significant flood event November 2014. Circulation patterns sea salinity (SSS) an operational coupled ocean-wave model supported interpretation of plumes' interaction with receiving waters among them. There was good agreement SSS, T, SST fields at sub-mesoscale mesoscale delineation major plumes. L8 30 m resolution also...
The oceanographic forecast capability in coastal seas is often limited by the capacity of numerical models correctly reproducing complex morphology coastline and exchange processes between shelf open seas. In marginal Adriatic Sea this task uppermost importance due to presence several water bodies rivers. We present here a new operational system, called Tiresias, based on unstructured grid model SHYFEM representing whole together with lagoons Marano-Grado, Venice Po Delta. novelty system...
An investigation based on in-situ surveys combined with remote sensing and GIS analysis revealed fast shoreline retreat the side of a major waterway, Malamocco Marghera Channel, in Lagoon Venice, Italy. Monthly long-term regression rates caused by ship wakes reclaimed industrial area were considered. The short-term analysis, field carried out between April 2014 January 2015, that speed was insignificantly dependent distance from navigation channel, but not constant through time. Periods high...
Abstract. The hydrological consequences of historical, contemporary and future human activities on a coastal system were investigated by means numerical models. changes in the morphology Lagoon Venice during last century result from sedimentological response to combined effects interventions environment global changes. This study focuses 1927 2012 includes planned for protection city storm surges exceptional tides under sea level rise scenarios. application hydrodynamic model allowed...
Delta plains are crucial landscapes in many respects. They serve as hotspots for biodiversity, provide fertile land agricultural practices, and act natural buffers against coastal storms. However, they face greatly increased risks due to climate change anthropogenic activities. Previous human interventions based on hard engineering solutions remediate these systems have largely failed the long run. Besides being expensive, measures disrupted land-building processes of wetlands, compromising...
Delta plains are vulnerable environments, chiefly due to their low elevation, occurrence of highly dynamic depositional processes, high population density and anthropogenic pressure, threats coming from climate change, more extreme weather events accelerating rates relative sea-level rise. Anthropic activities interventions, typically aimed at reclaiming deltaic lands for agricultural, urban, industrial purposes, have significantly modified the hydro-morphodynamic behavior fluvio-deltaic...
Saltwater intrusion is a growing threat for coastal aquifers and agricultural practices in low-lying plains. Most of the farmlands located between margin Southern Venice lagoon Northern Po delta, Italy, lie few meters below mean sea level are drained by large network artificial channels hydraulic infrastructures to avoid frequent flooding allow practices. This work proposes an assessment vulnerability saltwater intrusion, following new concept hazard status, resulting combining depth...