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The OGS has approved the Gender equality plan (GEP): a programmatic document to reduce gender asymmetries within the institution. The GEP will be presented today, 11 February at 5 pm, during the public meeting "Donne e Scienza: quando le parole fanno la differenza" organized on the occasion of the

The European Consortium for Ocean Research Drilling - ECORD has chosen the National Institute of Oceanography and Applied Geophysics - OGS to coordinate the activities of its Scientific Committee - ESSAC for the next three years. ESSAC has recently moved to the OGS headquarters in Trieste to ensure

The data of the new meteorological observatory installed by the National Institute of Oceanography and Applied Geophysics - OGS on the Island of Panarea - Aeolian Islands are now online. The detection system will provide, in real time with updates every 15 minutes, meteorological data (temperature

The icebreaker Laura Bassi, the only Italian oceanographic research vessel capable of navigating in the polar seas, has left the port of Lyttelton in Christchurch, New Zealand. Her arrival at the Italian Mario Zucchelli Station in Antarctica is scheduled for 16 December. This marks the start of the

The National Institute of Oceanography and Applied Geophysics (OGS) has appointed 12 new staff with permanent contracts. This morning, at the headquarters in Borgo Grotta Gigante, four researchers and eight technologists signed the contract making them permanent members of the Institute's staff

The icebreaker Laura Bassi, owned by the National Institute of Oceanography and Applied Geophysics - OGS, left Ravenna yesterday afternoon, where it completed the loading of scientific instruments and materials for the new scientific campaign of the National Research Program in the Antarctic (PNRA)

The icebreaker Laura Bassi begins its first scientific expedition to the Arctic today, to carry out three research projects proposed by researchers from the National Institute of Oceanography and Applied Geophysics - OGS and the National Research Council - CNR, funded by the Arctic Research

On occasion of the "World Maritime Day" (Day of the Seafarer), promoted by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) on 25 June, a new travelling library will be set up on board the Laura Bassi, the only Italian oceanographic research icebreaker, owned by the National Institute of Oceanography

The research vessel Laura Bassi, at the end of the tests carried out by afloat ship in the port of Trieste (HAT Harbour Test), left yesterday for the second phase of testing the on-board instrumentation along the Adriatic route that will take her to Catania. From here, it will begin the long journey

Part of Warehouse 26 in Trieste's Porto Vecchio will house the Section of Oceanography of the National Institute of Oceanography and Applied Geophysics - OGS.