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1 Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche (CNR) National Research Council of Italy The Italian Scientific Polar Activities: An Overview Enrico Brugnoli Department of Earth System Science and Envirornmental Technologies Canada-Italy: Arctic Science and Technology Collaboration Workshop October 22, Ottawa Convention Centre

2 Earth System Science and Environmental Technologies Main topics of investigation Climate research, environmental systems, marine research, terrestrial ecosystems, natural and anthropogenic risks Impacts and mitigation Polar Science 2

3 Italian Polar Science

4 Italian National Antarctic Program Mario Zucchelli Station and Concordia Station in Antarctica

5 The vessel ITALICA The ship acts as: Cargo: cmt Accomodation: 120 people (92 Expedition members) Tanker: lt Jet A1 Research: 250 sqmt of laboratories

6 Istituto Nazionale di Oceanografia e di Geofisica Sperimentale R/V OGS Explora a multidisciplinary vessel for sub-polar marine research 12 polar surveys: 10 Antarctic and 2 Arctic (up to over 83 N north) Fabrizio Zgur (fzgur@ogs.trieste.it)

7 Research in the Arctic Atmospheric and Climate change Studies Boundary Layer Turbulent fluxes Aerosols & air-snow interactions Radiative & energy budget Ozone & UV radiation Sun-Earth Interactions Earth Observation Auroral Observations Marine science Terrestrial ecosystems Microbial communities Biophysical coupling benthos Innovation and benefits for Arctic Indigenous People (Energy, sustainable buillding, ) Climate Change Tower

8 Dirigibile Italia Station Ny-Ålesund (Svalbard)

9 Amundsen-Nobile Climate Change Tower and Gruvebadet Aerosol Laboratory

10 SOME EUROPEAN AND INTERNATIONAL SIOS EMSO EUROFLEETS ECRA - ARCTIC ECRA HERMIONE PROJECT STRATEGIC ACTIONS SAON and ARCTIC COUNCIL WGs BELMONT FORUM (ARCTIC COLLABORATIVE RES. ACTION) INTERACT NySMAC - Ny-Ålesund Science Managers Committee IASC - International Arctic Science Committee FARO Forum of Arctic Research Operators

11 Seafloor Observation Marine Geophysics & Geology Geo-hazards (earthquakes & tsunamis) Physical & Chemical Oceanography Bio-acoustics Ocean Engineering MODUS GEOSTAR Climate change and energy budget in the Arctic. Sustainable building and energy efficient building in the Arctic region. improvement of the indoor environment, research finalized to new construction methods and technologies, building comfort, sustainable building, and assessment of performance and quality of construction products and systems. Environmental Impact of building

12 CNR and Earth Observation Number of scientists involved: 280 Number of man-month per year: 1800 Approx. 145 man-year TA4, Tecnologie per il trasporto Spaziale 7% Average man/month per year TA2, Elettronica, Sensori Integrati_comp. criogenici, Fotonica, Ottica 11% TA1, Termomeccanica, DA7, Osservazione Materiali, DA6, dell'universo_scienza Applicazioni Strutture, Integrate ed e Esplorazione Servizi, Meccanismi Sicurezza Robotica 7% 4% 0% TA3, Informatica, Elaborazione Dati e di Segnale 19% DA1, Earth Observation 45% 12 DA5, Esplorazione DA3, Sistemi DA4, di Sistemi di Umana, Stazione Telecomunicazione Trasporto Spaziale_Capsule 0% Spaziale_Lancio manned e Rientro 3% 4%

13 The COSMO-SkyMED system consists of a constellation of four satellites, operating as Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) e providing data and services for a wide number of applications, including: COSMO-SkyMED (CSK) risk and hazards assessment, early warning, infrastructure security, agriculture and forestry application and control, coastal and marine surveillance, Science applications

14 Italian contribution to Earth observation 14

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17 Research Results and Perspectives for collaboration Knowledge and prediction of climate change trends and impacts in polar regions Sustainable development for Arctic Communities Research Infrastructures and technology Sharing facilities Sea Floor exploration (EMSO) Decline of Arctic sea ice Increasing loads of Chromophoric Dissolved Organic Matter (CDOM) in the Arctic Ocean Ocean acidification Maritime transport in the polar regions Earth Observation and new developments Sustainable building in the Arctic Modelling Collaboration with industries is a priority for success

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19 Blue Growth:Unlocking the potential of Seas and Oceans Topic: European polar research cooperation BG 'Developing a European Union Policy towards the Arctic Region', the European Commission points out that the EU will 'support research and channel knowledge to address the challenges of environmental and climate changes in the Arctic'. INTERNATIONAL AND PAN-ARCTIC COOPERATION

20 Further Canada-Italy collaboration? Thank you for your attention

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