Scientific Diving Summer School: registrations are now open

From 24 to 29 September 2025 OGS, in partnership with the university La Sapienza of Rome and CO 2 GeoNet (the European Network of Excellence on CO₂ Geological Storage), will organize the 9^th edition of the Scientific Diving Summer School, held also this year in
the fantastic scenery of Panarea Island and its underwater hydrothermal vent system. The 9^th edition of the School is funded by ECCSEL-NAtLab Italy project and CO2GeoNet.

The school, organized in collaboration with National Institute of Geophisics and Vulcanology INGV (Palermo and Rome), will take place at the ECCSEL NatLab-Italy facility and it's open to graduate and postgraduate students, PhD and post-doc researchers in scientific disciplines and professionals engaged in study and management of the land and sea.

Participants will be trained in:

•  multi-parameter monitoring
•  underwater techniques for sampling CO ₂ -rich fluids
•  investigation of benthic communities
•  techniques to monitor the effects of oceanic acidification at organisms, communities, and ecosystem/habitat levels
•  scientific diving planning

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Minimal Application requirements.

To apply participants must have:

•  a diving license (issued by an Scuba Diving Association),
•  a minimum of 20 certified dives (also recreational)
•  a medical certificate valid for Scuba Diving
•  a personal diving insurance (i.e. DAN, Aquamed or equivalent).

Apply by sending the form, documentation and all completed other attachments to divingschoolpanarea@gmail.com.

Deadline for applications: 30 th June 2025.