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Venice wetlands to be “restored” with Green Deal funds

Ca' Foscari and the NGO We are here Venice are involved in WaterLANDS, a €23-million European project with 32 partners in 14 countries, seeking to benefit the environment and local communities.

G20 Climate Risk Atlas: a preview of future scenarios

GDP losses caused by climate change in G20 countries could reach 4% per year by 2050, and exceed 8% by 2100. The report was published by CMCC Foundation with the contribution of Ca' Foscari professors, PhD students and researchers. 

UCAMP: universities and citizens envision a resident-friendly future

Seven European cities join forces to envision a "resident-friendly" future: this is Urban Good Camp - UCAMP, an Erasmus+ KA2 project that over three years will involve universities and citizens who will co-design cities for residents, students and workers.  

Microenterprises and entrepreneurs from the Veneto region meet industry 4.0

The Department of Management and six European partners participate in the ECOS4IN project, financed by the Interreg Central Europe 2014-2020 programme. The goal is to contribute to the evolution of organisational and technological culture within micro, small and medium-sized enterprises.  

 

 

How the ozone hole influences Antarctic Ice

An international team of scientists has shown that ozone depletion has had a direct effect on the geochemical cycle of iodine trapped in Antarctic ice. The paper, published in Nature Communications, is a key to understanding the impact of this phenomenon on environmental chemical processes and future climate predictions.

Wrapping sea bass in its own cling film: new materials from fishery waste

A team of Ca' Foscari researchers supervised by professor Maurizio Selva has developed a process to produce cling film with the scales and skin of local fish, such as sea bass and mullet. This discovery marks a huge step forward in a field of research that aims to transform fishery waste into valuable products. 

Beyond Aquileia: the Roman conquest of the Karst

Federico Bernardini is one of the curators of the exhibition "Beyond Aquileia. The Roman conquest of the Karst (2nd - 1st century BC)", which has recently been inaugurated at Scientific Speleological Museum of the Grotta Gigante and at the Visitor Centre of Riserva Naturale Regionale della Val Rosandra.

Indoor contagion risk strongly reduced thanks to rules

Thanks to the use of face masks, social distancing, and ventilation, the risk of airborne transmission of Sars-Cov-2 in community indoor settings is lower than detection limits, according to a study conducted for the first time in Italy by CNR, Ca' Foscari and Istituto Zooprofilattico sperimentale della Puglia e della Basilicata.

Susanne Franco on ‘Dancing museums, the democracy of beings’

Dancing Museums is an international project which has analysed how dance can generate new ways of creating art and of transmitting and safeguarding cultural heritage. Susanne Franco and Gabriella Giannachi have curated a collection of essays related to the project.