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Climate change alters the distribution, diversity and composition of benthic species communities in the Mediterranean Sea. Some of the resulting effects include a reduction in distribution areas, migration, habitat fragmentation and the risk of extinction. The potential damage to food webs and key marine processes is severe.

From 10 to 13 February, 400 researchers from across Italy for the 44th National Conference on Solid Earth Geophysics

The updated results of the ASAP (Adriatic Sensitive Areas Protection mechanism) project were presented today in Trieste. The project is funded by the Interreg IPA ADRION programme, it is led by the Executive Secretariat of the Central European Initiative (CEI), and it involves - for Italy - the OGS.

New research by OGS, University of Southampton, and University of Liverpool has analyzed the long-term impact of the activity of these planktonic microorganisms

A research team from the University of Padua and OGS highlights how the ctenophore Mnemiopsis leidyi poses a threat to coastal and lagoon ecosystems.

An OGS study has identified a relationship between atmospheric activity and CO₂ absorption

The collaboration with the Autonomous Province of Trento is expanding to facilitate research, monitoring and support activities for civil protection in the fields of geology, seismology and land monitoring

From 29 December 2025 to 7 January 2026, the new oceanographic campaign of the research vessel R/V Gaia Blu of the National Research Council of Italy (CNR) will take place, with the aim of identifying the remains of the ancient landmass that once connected south-eastern Sicily with the island of Malta and the island of Gozo.

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from all the OGS staff. Please note that all offices of the Organization will be closed on December 24, 29, 30, and 31, and on January 2 and 5.

An international study, led by the University of Trieste and OGS, has unveiled a sophisticated digestive system in the jellyfish Cotylorhiza tuberculata, with specialised channels and distinct pores for ingestion and expulsion of food. The findings of the study were published in the scientific journal PLOS One.