Oceanography

The SIOS ARiS project team led by the OGS contributed to the document by taking stock of the influence of Atlantic waters in the polar regions

OGS is the only research organisation in Italy to have this state-of-the-art underwater robot

A study published in the journal Science, in which OGS and ICTP were involved, shows how the loss of biodiversity can accelerate the destabilisation of ecosystems

New research involving OGS and CMCC simulates scenarios with high-resolution data for the first time. The models suggest a more acidic sea and more oxygen, nutrients and plankton, but also show the potential impact of reducing CO2 emissions

The characteristics of the sea change with depth, in terms of temperature, availability of nutrients, and also the intensity and color of the water. This results in different niches being more or less suitable for different phytoplankton species. In a recent study, a group of OGS researchers

The OGS is among the organizations that participated in the compilation of the new version of the International Bathymetric Chart of the Southern Ocean (IBCSO), a digital database containing information on the depth of the Southern Ocean. The missions on the research vessel OGS Explora in 2003, 2006

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.

Changes in the geographic distribution of Posidonia oceanica and Cymodocea nodosa affect the communities hosted by these two species.

Using state-of-the-art instruments such as Saildrones, the research was led by OGS in collaboration with CNR-ISMAR, CNR-IAS, Ca’ Foscari University, and other European institutes. It provided new insights into the variability of air–sea CO₂ exchanges in the eastern Atlantic and the Mediterranean

The study, titled "A multi-observation analysis of the 2017 dense water formation events: climate change, bottom density currents and Adriatic-Ionian Sea circulation (Mediterranean Sea)", provides a detailed reconstruction of the 2017 dense water formation event which occurred in the Adriatic Sea.