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European Researchers' Night 2022

European Researchers' Night 2022

The 2022 edition of the European Night of Researchers is scheduled for Friday 30 September and Saturday 1 October: like every year, a festive invasion of science will crowd the streets and squares of many cities with events for all ages. The aim of the European Researchers' Night is to create opportunities for researchers and citizens to meet in order to spread scientific culture.

The colors of the desert, from the Sahara to the atmospheric observatory of Monte Curcio

The colors of the desert, from the Sahara to the atmospheric observatory of Monte Curcio

The measurements of particulate matter available at the atmospheric observatory of Monte Curcio, in the Sila plateau, have recently shown an important incidence, both in frequency and magnitude, of events associated with the transport of Saharan sand.
What causes this phenomenon and what implications does it entail?
Mariantonia Bencardino, Antonella Tassone and Valentino Mannarino together with the other colleagues involved in the management of the observation infrastructure of Monte Curcio, of the Rende (Cs) headquarters of the CNR IIA, in collaboration with the CNR-4 Elements project, with the Rivista Rinnovabili.it and with the IIA Divulgazione Working Group.