Cnr-Istituto di Scienze Marine

L’Istituto di Scienze Marine del Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche svolge attività di ricerca fondamentale e applicata in oceanografia fisica, chimica e biologica e in geologia marina.

L’obiettivo è contribuire allo studio dei processi oceanici e della variabilità climatica, allo sviluppo di sistemi/servizi per l’osservazione, la protezione e la gestione sostenibile dell’ambiente marino e delle coste.

                               L’Istituto di Scienze Marine del Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR-ISMAR) svolge attività di

Ricerca Fondamentale e Applicata

in oceanografia fisica, chimica e biologica e in geologia marina con l’obiettivo di contribuire sia allo studio dei processi oceanici e della variabilità climatica che allo sviluppo di sistemi/servizi per l’osservazione, la protezione e la gestione sostenibile dell’ambiente marino e delle coste

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Optical identification of complex marine particle types for biogeochemical observation from estuarine and coastal waters to the open ocean

Particles in the marine environment not only affect the marine optical properties, but also play a key role in the biogeochemical cycles. However, the different particle types and their optical properties are both complex but also poorly observed, from the open ocean to turbid estuarine and coastal waters. I will mainly focus on the material and structural properties of marine particles from estuarine and coastal waters, on their inherent optical properties and how these observations help improving our understanding of biological carbon pump. Two case studies will be presented: (i) the multi-platform detection of atmospheric particle deposition and marine biological responses in an extreme event, and (ii) particulate organic carbon estimation based on optical identification of particle types in turbid estuarine and coastal areas.

During my year at ISMAR as visiting PhD student, my plans are (i) to investigate more on the optical properties of phytoplankton and organic detritus using complex optical models for marine particles, and (ii) develop a multi-platform approach based on satellite and autonomous in situ BGC-Argo observations to monitor the response of marine ecosystems to extreme events such as Marine Heat Waves.

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Il gruppo seminari CNR-ISMAR, Alessandra Conversi (Lerici), Filomena Loreto (Bologna), Gianluigi Liberti (Roma) e Camilla Palmiotto (Bologna).

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Dr Helena I. Gomes, Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Nottingham, in visita a Ismar

ISMAR CNR Bologna will host Dr Helena I. Gomes, Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Engineering at the University of Nottingham (UoN), from the 26th March to the 9th April!

This mobility is in the context of a bilateral International Exchange IEC\R2\222015 named “Biomining precious metals” between Faculty of Engineering of UoN and ISMAR-CNR.

Project’s lay summary

Metals are essential in our daily lives and have a finite supply. For example, smartphones are pocket-sized vaults of precious metals. An iPhone contains 0.034 g gold, 0.34 g silver, and less than one-thousandth of a gram platinum. The current CO2 emissions and environmental impact of mining those metals are untenable. We pursue reclaiming mineral resources from waste to meet the present needs of raw materials and metals without compromising future generations to meet their own needs. Platinum-group elements (PGE), in particular platinum, palladium, and rhodium, are precious metals we need to secure supply, as they are essential for catalysts, electronics, and medical therapies/diagnostics. One of the primary uses of PGE is in cars to reduce the harmful substances in exhaust fumes from gasoline burning. Recycling car catalysts has huge environmental benefits, enabling the recovery of up to 95% of platinum and saving high amounts of energy compared to mining the primary ores. Current recycling technologies are expensive, energy-intensive, and can generate pollution. In this project, we will study nature-inspired processes for recovering PGE from waste materials to counteract traditional mining of natural resources, which is often inefficient under the new circularity requirements. Acid-producing bacteria and bacteria that grow in contaminated land and under extreme conditions will be tested. Collaborating with Italy will enable us to compare different microbes and whether they can be used to upcycle critical metals. The goal is to develop a new and cleaner method to recover precious metals from wastes, avoiding overmining and its pollution.

Helena will give a seminar on the 4th April at ISMAR-CNR terzo piano sala riunioni (more info will follow, also a remote link will be available). If you are curious or want to chat and network, please feel free to email us (Helena.Gomes1@nottingham.ac.uk; valerio.funari@cnr.it).

Next seminar

Giovedì 15 maggio ore 11:00    –    ON LINE LINK

Prof. Andrea Fildani (Università Federico II, Napoli – DiSTAR)
“The building blocks of submarine fans: insights for high-resolution imagery of modern systems”

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Il Prof. Andrea Fildani è docente di geologia stratigrafica e sedimentologia, presso il Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, dell’Ambiente e Risorse dell’Università Federico II di Napoli

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