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Climate migrations
Climate migrations
Climate migrations
Climate migrations
Indoor pollution
The video deals with the topic of indoor pollution, i.e. in confined places
Indoor Pollution
Indoor pollution
Atmospheric Pollution
The video describes the impacts of air pollution on populations
Development of modeling systems using artificial intelligence and machine learning
Study of nitrogen dioxide
Nature-based solutions
Study of nitrogen dioxide
Satellite products of air pollutants
Study of nitrogen dioxide
Advanced sensors
Study of nitrogen dioxide
Airborne micro and nano-plastics
Study of nitrogen dioxide
emerging pollutions
Study of nitrogen dioxide
Indoor pollution
Study of nitrogen dioxide
Nitrogen dioxide
Study of nitrogen dioxide
Study of atmospheric particulate matter
Sampling methods and analysis of airborne particulate matter (PM)
Experience in negotiation and technical-scientific support
Past experiences of acute air pollution events
Past experience with air pollution
Past experiences of acute air pollution events
Air pollution
What is Air Pollution? Let's find out together
Is it really bad air in here?
Why is indoor air quality so concerning? We will describe the importance of indoor air pollution and demonstrate, through a short experiment, how we can improve indoor air quality in the presence of a polluting source.
Circular economy
The circular economy currently represents a valid alternative to the linear economy which has resulted in an unsustainable level of exploitation of natural resources and enormous environmental impacts. The circular economy is a model of regenerative production and consumption, aimed at extending the life cycle of products to favor the reduction of waste and a more sustainable exploitation of natural resources and raw materials.
Stories of Circular Economy - CNR
Fabio Trincardi, the director of the Department of Earth System Sciences and Technologies for the Environment of the CNR (CNR-DSSTA), describes on la 7 the ideas born within the RINASCE, RECEPIT and PLASMARE projects to move from the linear economy to circular economy with a view to reducing and re-using waste.
Smart nanotextiles from natural waste
The waste from industrial processes in the agri-food field can represent containers of bio-materials which, converted by means of electrospinning technology into intelligent nanotissues, become potential sensors to monitor the environment.
Drones for environmental research
How can drones help research? And in what contexts and how can we use them? The video presents some research areas of particular environmental interest in which satellite sensors, ground and air drones work in unison.
REBORN - The revenge of the butt
Cigarette filters are a type of waste that significantly contributes to the formation of microplastics in the environment. Their interior is made up of a polymeric material, cellulose acetate. In the RINASCE project, a method and prototype was developed to recycle cigarette filters, resulting in a clean polymer that can be reused.
I feel the smell of burning
A fire is a particular event that creates a more or less substantial change in the composition of the environmental matrix. How does a fire develop, and what does it emit?
Pandemic and climate change
Chief Researcher Antonello Pasini is the protagonist of a TED on pandemic and climate change available on Rayplay.
Shaping
The final video of the PLASMARE project - Plastics for new materials through an eco-sustainable recycling - describes the management of hard plastics and the eco-sustainable recycling potential of some parts. The project, financed by the Ministry of the Environment and the Protection of the Territory and the Sea, was born from the collaboration of the CNR-ISMN, the CNR-IIA and the company Esper srl.
Climate changes. Analysis of causes and impacts of global warming
The conference “Climate change. Analysis of the causes and impacts of global warming ”, held by Antonello Pasini, senior researcher and climate physicist at the CNR in Rome.
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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.
Territorial information in the environmental field: the EIA procedures
Elisa Zazzu and Claudia Cafaro, research fellow and technologist of the CNR IIA - Institute on Atmospheric Pollution, talk to us, in the magazine Rinnovabili.it, about territorial information in EIA procedures: a path that has seen an ever greater involvement of the population in pursuit of the dissemination objectives in the environmental field.
Activities in collaboration with the CNR-4 Elements project, with the Rivista Rinnovabili.it and with the IIA Divulgazione Working Group.
A new life for diapers, cigarette butts and hard plastics
On Rinnovabili.it the researchers of the CNR IIA - Institute on Atmospheric Pollution Marco Torre and Valerio Paolini, tell us about the three types of waste on which it is possible to intervene to increase the recycling of plastic: diapers, cigarette butts and hard plastics.
Activities in collaboration with the GDL dissemination.
Ecodesign through the recovery of agri-food waste
What is electrospinning? What role does it play in the new circular bioeconomy? And how can it contribute to the innovation of production and consumption cycles?
Antonella Macagnano, the first scientific researcher in charge of the advanced sensors laboratories of the CNR IIA, and Massimo Mari, technologist, deal with the topic.
Activities in collaboration with the CNR-4 Elements project, with the Rivista Rinnovabili.it and with the IIA Divulgazione Working Group.Activities in collaboration with the CNR-4 Elements project, with the Rivista Rinnovabili.it and with the WG IIA Divulgazione
Mobility and air quality in Italy: what progress and future developments?
The Director Francesco Petracchini and Laura Tomassetti of the CNR-IIA They address the issue of mobility and air quality in Italy in the magazine Rinnovabili.it.
Activities in collaboration with the CNR-4 Elements project, with the CNR-DSSTTA Department, with the Rivista Rinnovabili.it and with the WG IIA Divulgazione.
What role for biofuels in the ecological transition
Patrizio Tratzi and Valerio Paolini of CNR-IIA, address the issue of the role of biofuels in the ecological transition. For the decarbonisation of heavy transport, biofuels will play a key role, especially in the first phase. In Europe, currently the most mature technologies are mainly related to biodiesel and biomethane.
Activities in collaboration with the CNR-4 Elements project, with the Rivista Rinnovabili.it and with the WG IIA Divulgazione
Let's stop the climate crisis or this will be just a taste
The interview by Antonello Pasini, Senior Researcher CNR IIA - Institute on Atmospheric Pollution, for the Republic, about the great drought in northern Italy that sees the Po hit the historical lows of the period, with important consequences also for the crops.
There is no more snow for the Olympic Games: Beijing tries to change the climate
The considerations of the Chief Researcher of the CNR-IIA Antonello Pasini on la Repubblica regarding the critical situation for winter sports, due to climate change, so much so that in the future the Olympics may no longer take place in many locations where they took place in the past. Furthermore, the data on the increase in snow altitude, notes on the water balance and artificial snow are analyzed.
Podcasts, Interviews & Multimedia Products
Rainews and FUTURO24 at the CNR-IIA
RAI NEWS 24 – Futuro24 enters the laboratories of the Institute for Atmospheric Pollution of the CNR to talk about agriculture, nanotextiles and space.
Our freedom in the time of the climate crisis
What is freedom at the time of the climate crisis?
Over time we have always been convinced that our actions do not have an impact on seemingly inert nature. Antonello Pasini, a climatologist physicist of the CNR-IIA and professor of climate physics at Roma Tre, talks about it
Natural fluctuations in global temperature
“The natural fluctuations in global temperature from year to year start from an ever higher base due to anthropogenic global warming: there is an 'elevator effect'. The records of the individual years do not matter. We have to stop the elevator! " | Antonello Pasini for Linkiesta
Ep. 01: an air that smells of metal
Francesco Petracchini, Director of the CNR Institute on Atmospheric Pollution, makes an x-ray of the air we breathe: what are the pollutants, how they are measured, what can and must be done to breathe cleaner air.
Air pollution
VIDEO INTERVIEWS WITH EXPERTS
Francesco Petracchini (CNR-IIA Director)
#CNR answers: Mobility and air quality: what solutions in the city
Mobility and air quality: what solutions in the city?
What were the effects of the lockdown on citizens' movements, according to the MobilitAria2020 report drawn up by CNR-IIA and Kyoto Club?
Answers Francesco Petracchini, Director of the Institute on atmospheric pollution of the CNR-IIA
Air quality in Italy
Francesco Petracchini, Director of CNR-IIA, talks about the quality of the air we breathe and how to improve it
DOM project
The DOM - Digital Objects for Mobile learning - project has experimented with a library of multimedia products suitably accompanied by information and training contents. CNR-IIA took care of the information part of the project on issues relating to atmospheric pollution.
Training for Schools
Cycle of lessons "The language of research"
New cycle of lessons of "il Linguaggio della Ricerca (LdR)", a scientific dissemination project aimed at upper and lower secondary school students.
PCTO Indoor & Outdoor
The CNR-IIA undertook in 2022 a Path for Transversal Skills and Orientation (PCTO) in collaboration with the Higher Education Institute Piazza della Resistenza 1 in Monterotondo (Rome) for the training, dissemination and monitoring project "Pollution Indoor: general aspects and measures in the field ".
PCTO Environmental Path The language of research
In 2022, the Institutes of the CNR IIA, ISM, IGAG and ISPC launched a Path for Transversal Skills and Orientation (PCTO) in collaboration with the "Lorenzo Rocci" Scientific High School of Passo Corese (Rieti), on environmental issues of great topicality.
This initiative was born as part of the "Language of Research", a shared science dissemination project on a national scale, aimed at secondary school students.
Dissemination projects
The Language of Research
CNR-IIA collaborates in the realization of the Research Language, a scientific dissemination project promoted by CNR researchers aimed at first and second grade secondary school students.
4 elements
The 4 Elements Project promotes the ecological transition through the creation of audiovisual projects and events with the aim of promoting the protection of our planet. The CNR-IIA together with other institutes participates in the project coordinated by the CNR-IAS.
Virtual tours in the laboratories
CNR-IIA: Organic instrumental analysis laboratory
CNR-IIA: Advanced sensors laboratory
Events
Anniversary – IIA: 55 years of research
The Institute celebrated its 30th anniversary on 2023 October 55.
European Night of Researchers 2023
The event, held on 29 and 30 September 2023, saw great public involvement
Scientific Trekking – 2nd ed.
New nature walk in the Defense Grande wood in Gravina in Puglia
National event "Chemical tales of circular economy"
Between 8 and 10 March 2023 in 14 Italian cities a cycle of meetings for schools on the occasion of the centenary of the National Research Council
We are the air we breathe
The awareness event on environmental sustainability stopped at the Primary School classes of the Comprehensive Institute of Aprigliano
Virtual tour of the Monte Curcio Observatory and visit to the labs of the Rende site
The scientific dissemination activity was aimed at the first classes of the "Marconi-Guarasci" Higher Education Institute of Rogliano
Scientific Trekking in the Difesa Grande wood
The scientific trekking took place on the morning of Sunday 23 October 2022 on a ring route of about 4 km in the Bosco Difesa Grande, in Gravina in Puglia. Participation was good, even some children were present.
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.
ScienzEstate2022 - "50 shades of snow"
Roberto Salzano and Lorenzo Bigagli, researchers of the CNR IIA - Institute on Atmospheric Pollution, took part in the ScienzEstate2022 event with “180 seconds of Science”. Roberto was ranked third for the topic dealt with "50 shades of snow" in which he presented the activities carried out within the PNRA on the study of the evolution processes of snow coverings in polar areas. The researchers tried their hand at presenting their activities in 3 minutes, having only one object available.
European Researchers' Night 2021
The aim of the European Researchers' Night is to create opportunities for researchers and citizens to meet in order to spread scientific culture and knowledge of the research professions in a stimulating context.
CNR-IIA participated in 2021, as a partner, in the scientific dissemination project "NET-SCIENZA INSIEME" which involved various research institutions and bodies, creating a scientific trekking and virtual laboratories
IIA: History & results
ANNIVERSARY – IIA: 55 YEARS OF RESEARCH
To celebrate the 55th anniversary, the CNR Institute on Air Pollution organized an event entitled "IIA: 30 years for research" on 2023 October 55, in the Sala Marconi of the Institution's Headquarters.
During the day, after the institutional greetings, the author, writer and screenwriter Luca Manzi performed in an artistic-musical performance on the theme "The sacredness of air and nature through the glories of the past", accompanied by jazz music.
Subsequently, directors, researchers and technicians retraced the history of the Institute which, founded in 1968 by Prof. Arnaldo Liberti, has as its main objective the development of innovative methods and technologies for determining the concentrations of pollutants present in the atmosphere.
Finally, the photobook and 15 digital panels were presented, specifically developed for the event thanks to the collaboration and contribution provided by many colleagues. Both works retrace the main stages reached and the results achieved by the Institute in 55 years of research activity. The posters were installed in the "Digital Corridor" of the CNR where it was possible to enjoy the reconstruction of the long and interesting activity of the IIA in a highly effective context!
PANELS – PHOTO BOOK
The digital panels and the photographic book arise from the activity that the Institute on Air Pollution has carried out over the last 55 years and describe, in thematic and temporal contexts, the main scientific stages.
We thank our colleagues who, with their precious contributions, the result of their work and passion, made the realization of these works possible. Special thanks to those who externally provided important support to their creation and, with their competence and enthusiasm, contributed to the growth of the Institute.
TIME PANELS FROM 1970 TO 2023
THEMATIC PANELS
