Geoenvironmental records of Global Change and Georisks

The group’s research focuses on Earth surface changes and the underlying geological processes with the aim of anticipating impacts and to propose adaption strategies to diminish the socio-economic losses. The impacts of climate variability, geological processes, and the human effects on the territory (e.g. Sea level, magnitude and frequency of floods, erosion and river fluvial motion of sediments, carbon cycle and greenhouse gas dynamics, natural and induced seismicity) are studied at different spatial (local, regional, continental, global) and temporal (daily, yearly, secular, millennial) scales. The resulting scientific knowledge is applied to the protection of the cultural and natural resources of the studied areas through the prevention and mitigation of natural risks, especially those related to the reduction of seismic risk and the occurrence of extreme hydrological events.