Oceanography

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

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.

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 network was developed within the framework of the PNRR ECCSELLENT project

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.

A five-year framework agreement to pool their competencies and establish a structured collaboration

Two days of discussion among research bodies, universities and businesses to illustrate the progress of the PNRR project area dedicated to environmental degradation

The award ceremony will take place on 11 November at the CNR headquarters in Rome