http://hdl.handle.net/2122/284 Thu, 20 Jun 2013 08:10:18 GMT 2013-06-20T08:10:18Z http://hdl.handle.net/2122/8705 Title: Rumors about the Po Valley earthquakes of 20th and 29th May 2012 Authors: La Longa, Federica; Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione AC, Roma, Italia; Crescimbene, Massimo; Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione AC, Roma, Italia; Camassi, Romano; Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione Bologna, Bologna, Italia; Nostro, Concetta; Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione CNT, Roma, Italia Abstract: The history of rumours is as old as human history. Even in remote antiquity, rumours, gossip and hoax were always in circulation - in good or bad faith – to influence human affairs. Today with the development of mass media, rise of the internet and social networks, rumours are ubiquitous. The earthquakes, because of their characteristics of strong emotional impact and unpredictability, are among the natural events that more cause the birth and the spread of rumours. For this reason earthquakes that occurred in the Po valley the 20th and 29th May 2012 generated and still continue to generate a wide variety of rumours regarding issues related to the earthquake, its effects, the possible causes, future predictions. For this reason, as occurred during the L'Aquila earthquake sequence in 2009, following the events of May 2012 in Emilia Romagna was created a complex initiative training and information that at various stages between May and September 2012, involved population, partly present in the camp, and then the school staff of the municipalities affected by the earthquake. This experience has been organized and managed by the Department of Civil Protection (DPC), the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV), the Emilia Romagna region in collaboration with the Network of University Laboratories for Earthquake Engineering (RELUIS), the Health Service Emilia Romagna Regional and voluntary organizations of civil protection in the area. Within this initiative, in the period June-September 2012 were collected and catalogued over 240 rumours. In this work rumours of the Po Valley are studied in their specific characteristics and strategies and methods to fight them are also discussed. This work of collection and discussion of the rumours was particularly important to promote good communication strategies and to fight the spreading of the rumours. Only in this way it was possible to create a full intervention able to supporting both the local institutions and the individuals involved to adequately address the emergence and management of organizational problems and social issues related to the earthquake. Mon, 08 Apr 2013 22:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2122/8705 2013-04-08T22:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2122/8703 Title: Ecomuseum itineraries, a path of rediscovery and enhancement of the territory Authors: La Longa, Federica; Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione AC, Roma, Italia; Lanza, Tiziana; Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione AC, Roma, Italia; Crescimbene, Massimo; Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione AC, Roma, Italia Abstract: Geoethics has among its objectives to promote the recognition and enhancement of geological culture, as a wealth of knowledge that can contribute to the construction of a proper social knowledge, strengthening the link between population and territory and offering the opportunity to teach, especially the young, good behavior towards the geosphere. The work here proposed is an example of how to promote knowledge, awareness and appreciation of its territory by use of innovative and multidisciplinary educational programs; paths that allow young people to redraw the places to returning them to the communities that live there as a common heritage to be lived and protect. The experience described refers to the realization of the pilot project "Towards an Eco Museum of the Castelli Romani". The project, proposed and implemented by a group of researchers of the Laboratory of Education and Science Communication of National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV) in collaboration with the Regional Park of the Castelli Romani, involved students of the Classic and Psycho-Pedagogical High School of the Mancinelli Falcone Institute of Velletri (RM). Educational activities carried out in the academic year 2009-2010, were structured on multidisciplinary training programs designed to create eco museum routes. These training programs have been grouped into three main areas (historical, archaeological and literary, geological and town planning, ecological and naturalistic) that are particularly representative of the complexity of geological and anthropological territory of the Nemi Lake. The eco-museum is a revolutionary concept compared to traditional museum because it adds to the traditional museum the social dimension. The environment is described through history, culture, landscapes, activities, society putting in relation to aspects of life, material and spiritual, and tying them to the places, territories and the culture that created them. Very often the age of globalization takes us to lose sight of the concept of place in favor of the non-place, an environment free of characteristics and boundaries. This trend, if on one hand helps to share problems and solutions related to environmental protection, other hand risks producing a variety of effects that lead communities to disown the values of their territory. Instead the experience realized takes us in an opposite direction. We believe that educational projects structured on eco museum itineraries can promote in young people an experiential path of rediscovery and enhancement of the territory (genius loci). The active techniques used in the project (dramatization, creative writing, music, etc.) favored boys in the acquisition of knowledge and skills that allow enhance of territorial resources and sharing it with the community. Mon, 08 Apr 2013 22:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2122/8703 2013-04-08T22:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2122/8699 Title: On the Divergenceless Property of the Magnetic Induction Field Authors: Severini, S.; Centro Interforze Studi per le Applicazioni Militari (CISAM), Via Bigattiera Lato Monte 10, San Piero a Grado, 56122 Pisa, Italy; Settimi, A.; Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione Roma2, Roma, Italia Abstract: Maxwell’s equations beautifully describe the electromagnetic fields properties. In what follows we will be interested in giving a new perspective to divergence-free Maxwell’s equations regarding the magnetic induction field: divB=0. To this end we will consider some physical aspects of a system consisting of massive nonrelativistic charged articles, as sources of an electromagnetic field (e.m.) propagating in free space. In particular the link between conservation of total momentum and divergence-free condition for the magnetic induction B field will be deeply investigated.This study presents a new context in which the necessary condition for the divergence-free property of the magnetic induction field in the whole space, known as solenoidality condition, directly comes from the conservation of total momentum for the system, that is, sources and field. This work, in general, leads to results that leave some open questions on the existence, or at least the bservability, of magnetic monopoles, theoretically plausible only under suitable symmetry assumptions as we will show. Thu, 28 Feb 2013 23:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2122/8699 2013-02-28T23:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2122/8678 Title: STORIA DEL SITO WEB DELL'OSSERVATORIO VESUVIANO E ATTUALE VERSIONE REALIZZATA CON IL CMS JOOMLA! Authors: Giudicepietro, F.; Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione OV, Napoli, Italia; Scarpato, G.; Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione OV, Napoli, Italia; Peluso, R.; Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione OV, Napoli, Italia; D'Auria, L.; Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione OV, Napoli, Italia; Esposito, A.; Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione OV, Napoli, Italia; Macedonio, G.; Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione OV, Napoli, Italia; Orazi, M.; Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione OV, Napoli, Italia; Ricciolino, P.; Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione OV, Napoli, Italia; Sansivero, F.; Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione OV, Napoli, Italia Mon, 31 Dec 2012 23:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2122/8678 2012-12-31T23:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2122/8659 Title: The INGVterremoti channel on YouTube Authors: Amato, A.; Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione CNT, Roma, Italia; Arcoraci, L.; Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione CNT, Roma, Italia; Casarotti, E.; Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione Roma1, Roma, Italia; Di Stefano, R.; Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione CNT, Roma, Italia; Nostro, C.; Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione CNT, Roma, Italia; Castellano, C.; Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione CNT, Roma, Italia; Margheriti, L.; Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione CNT, Roma, Italia; Cultrera, G.; Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione Roma1, Roma, Italia; Pignone, M.; Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione CNT, Roma, Italia; Selvaggi, G.; Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione CNT, Roma, Italia Abstract: In February 2010, we launched an experimental scientific video channel on YouTube (http://www.youtube.com/ingvterremoti), to improve our communication strategy for earthquake risk and preparedness. The main goals of this initiative were to inform people of the ongoing seismic activity in Italy and around the World, to communicate the results of scientific research in seismology, and to increase the knowledge of seismic hazard of the people. To date, after almost two years from the start, we have published 52 original videos on YouTube, through the collaboration of many researchers at the Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia (INGV). The videos are organized into eight play lists: (i) earthquakes in Italy; (ii) earthquakes worldwide; (iii) the 2009 L’Aquila, Italy, earthquake; (iv) ongoing seismic activity; (v) tsunami; (vi) earthquake prediction; (vii) seismic hazard; and (viii) May 11 2011 (when a major earthquake was predicted to hit Rome). To date, the total number of views is over 466,000, with two peaks of more than 20,000/day after the Tohoku, Japan, earthquake (March 2011) and before the presumed prediction of a major earthquake to hit Rome on May 11, 2011. The most popular videos (6) have been viewed more than 20,000 times, with a maximum of over 67,000. We think that this initiative has increased people’s Sat, 30 Jun 2012 22:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2122/8659 2012-06-30T22:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2122/8656 Title: If Space is Material, What Inertia Should Be? - Rediscovering a Dismissed Awareness of Ernst Mach Authors: Scalera, G.; Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione Roma1, Roma, Italia Editors: Scalera, Giancarlo; Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione Roma1, Roma, Italia; Boschi, Enzo; University of Bologna; Cwojdzinski, Stefan; Polish Geological Survey Abstract: The ”Mach’s Principle” has beenconsidered for more than a century as the highest expression of the philosophical rationality of the western world, but it is possible to proof that it is built on a unstable ground and with uncomplete assumptions. With a great intellectual honesty, Ernst Mach showed in his works some awareness of the incompleteness of his reasoning about inertia. Moreover the Mach Principle is often misinterpreted by scientific community with an illegitimate extrapolation of the Mach words. Fri, 30 Nov 2012 23:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2122/8656 2012-11-30T23:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2122/8653 Title: The Earth Expansion Evidence – A Challenge for Geology, Geophysics, Astronomy and General Knowledge Authors: Scalera, G.; Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione Roma1, Roma, Italia; Boschi, E.; University of Bologna; Cwojdzinski, S.; Polish Geological Survey Editors: Scalera, Giancarlo; Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione Roma1, Roma, Italia; Boschi, Enzo; University of Bologna; Cwojdzinski, Stefan; Polish Geological Survey Abstract: The 37th Workshop of the International School of Geophysics held on 4-9 October 2011 in Erice (Sicily, Italy), was a long awaited occasion which allowed to gather the small scientific community of expansionists. Aims, results, discussions and varia umanità of this important event are presented thereafter. Fri, 30 Nov 2012 23:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2122/8653 2012-11-30T23:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2122/8595 Title: Seismic Waves and Sound Waves: From Earthquakes to Music Authors: Hunstad, I.; Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione CNT, Roma, Italia; Marsili, A.; Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione AC, Roma, Italia; Casale, P.; Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione CNT, Roma, Italia; Vallocchia, M.; Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione CNT, Roma, Italia; Burrato, P.; Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione Roma1, Roma, Italia Abstract: In many seismically active regions a consciousness in seismic hazard still must be acquired at the same level as Japan, California and New Zealand. The consequences of scientific illiteracy in the field of earth science has dramatic consequences in terms of loss of lives. The aim of the project we describe is to increase preparedness to earthquake by linking the physical science and the humanistic culture in the form of music. The workshop built for this project provides a holistic view of waves that knits together seismic and sound waves. It ends up with a concert held by the young musicians of the Youth Orchestras in seismically active countries. We believe that science must be at the service of society and through the Youth Orchestras we will give to the young generations the skills to improve resilience to earthquakes in their own countries. Tue, 30 Apr 2013 22:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2122/8595 2013-04-30T22:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2122/8589 Title: The concept of geological time Authors: Ricciardi, G. P.; Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione OV, Napoli, Italia Editors: Varadinis, M.; Kunsthaus Zurich; Barba, R. Abstract: From the remote past, with the transition from an existence as nomadic hunters to one farming the land,humankind felt the need to find a systematic way to measure time,prompted by the necessity to arrange the events that occurred in his life into an orderly sequence... Mon, 31 Dec 2012 23:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2122/8589 2012-12-31T23:00:00Z http://hdl.handle.net/2122/8565 Title: VULCANOLOGIA E SISMOLOGIA: IL GIAPPONE E NAPOLI Authors: Cubellis, E.; Istituto Nazionale di Geofisica e Vulcanologia, Sezione OV, Napoli, Italia Editors: Tamburello, Adolfo Abstract: Il Giappone dista da Napoli 10.000 km ma l’arcipelago giapponese ha in comune con il Golfo di Napoli e la Campania Felix dei Romani la genesi geologica, in quanto sono stati formati da processi geodinamici del tutto simili, come la natura vulcanica dei suoli, il morbido paesaggio dei coni e dei crateri vulcanici, le manifestazioni fumaroliche delle «solfatare» ed il termalismo quali spie della presenza di masse di magma intrappolate nella crosta a piccola profondità, la sismicità, chiara manifestazione della non sopita dinamica di questi territori. Due terre con tali caratteristiche non potevano non incontrarsi per i comuni interessi nella crescita della conoscenza dei fenomeni vulcanici e sismici e per la mitigazione dei loro effetti sulle popolazioni esposte. Non a caso Italia e Giappone saranno nella seconda metà dell’Ottocento i paesi più avanzati nello studio dei terremoti e dei vulcani. Sat, 31 Dec 2011 23:00:00 GMT http://hdl.handle.net/2122/8565 2011-12-31T23:00:00Z