Venezia
Bologna
Trieste
Lerici
Roma
Napoli
Milano
Firenze
Mission
ISMAR conducts research in mediterranean, oceanic and polar regions, focusing on the following themes:
- The evolution of oceans and their continental margins, studying submarine volcanoes, faults and slides and their potential impacts onshore;
- The influence of climate change on oceanic circulation, acidification, bio-geochemical cycles and marine productivity;
- Submarine habitats and ecology, and the increasing pollution of coastal and deep-sea environments;
- The evolution of fish stocks with a view to keeping commercial fishing within sustainable limits and improving mariculture and aquaculture practices;
- Natural and anthropogenic factors impacting economically and socially on coastal systems from pre-history to the industrial epoch.