Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia

VIDEAT, an Operational System for Rapid Assessment of the Macroseismic Intensity of Earthquakes in Italy, with Estimates of Fatalities and Economic Loss

Abstract We present Valutazione dell’Impatto e Degli Effetti Attesi del Terremoto—assessment of the impact and expected effects of the earthquake, a system that provides a time-evolving assessment of earthquake effects in Italy in terms of macroseismic intensity, by combining the...

Volcano–climate interactions: reframing the volcano–climate puzzle

Explosive volcanic eruptions are major natural perturbations of the Earth system. By increasing stratospheric aerosol loading, they exert a dual radiative forcing: enhanced scattering of incoming solar radiation induces global surface cooling, while absorption of terrestrial radi...

Mantle heterogeneity drives spreading center dynamics at Arctic Mid-Ocean Ridge

The Mohns and Knipovich mid-ocean ridges in the Arctic Ocean are ideal settings to investigate the dynamics of spreading centers, being the region affected by intricate interplays between oblique plate kinematics and curved plate boundary geometry. Furthermore, significant mantle...

Management of the volcanological data: an overview

Volcanological data are inherently diverse and heterogeneous. They originate from a broad spectrum of sources, including field observations, sample analyses, ground-based, airborne and satellite remote sensing instruments, permanent monitoring networks, and temporary field campai...

Researcher-Curated knowledge governance for trustworthy scientific AI in the geosciences: the rockGPT approach

Abstract Large Language Models (LLMs) are increasingly adopted in scientific research, yet their use raises important challenges related to transparency, provenance, reproducibility, and scientific knowledge governance. In the geosciences, where conclusions often depend on integr...