INQUA - International Union for Quaternary Research
The Quaternary Period covers roughly the last two million years of Earth's history, a period dominated by frequent changes in the global climate that led to glacial and interglacial age succession. The Quaternary scientists study the complex environmental changes of the ice ages and interpret them, comparing them with the processes and existing environments. One of the main goals of this research is to document the manner and timing of climate change in order to understand the reasons of climate change in various time scales. Such research is of primary importance: the Earth, under the influence of human activities, is entering a time of unusually warm climate in which significant and potentially fast environmental changes could represent important challenges for human habitat. Since the study of environmental changes is highly interdisciplinary, research on Quaternary involves a wide range of specialists in fields such as anthropology, climatology, geochronology, geography, geology, glaciology, isotope geochemistry, the paleo-oceanography, paleoecology, paleontology, palynology, and the science of soils.
Working jointly, Quaternary scholars bring their expertise and experience to read the ice age's unstable world and its impact on the environments and on the surface of our planet, as well as their possible role in human evolution. The paleo-climatic researches on the Quaternary play a key role in helping to assess the likely future course of climate change on our planet.
Info
Delegate
dott. GIOVANNI MONEGATO
CNR - Istituto di Geoscienze e Georisorse
Sede Secondaria di Padova
Via G. Gradenigo, 6 - 35131 Padova
Phone number: +39 049 827 9177
Email: giovanni.monegato@igg.cnr.it
Substitute delegate
dott.ssa ILARIA MAZZINI
CNR
Istituto di Geologia Ambientale e Geoingegneria
Via Salaria km 29,300 - 00015 Montelibretti (RM)
Email: ilaria.mazzini@igag.cnr.it
Reports INQUA
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2023
Sostit. rappres. supplente in INQUA
Provvedimento Presidente CNR n. 72/2023 (prot. 018454 del 16.6.2023)
Author: Maria Chiara Carrozza -
2023
Relazione XXI Congresso INQUA
Relazione sul XXI° Congresso INQUA, 13-20 luglio 2023, Roma
Author: Giovanni Monegato -
2023
Report on INQUA activities
Annual Report 2022 (English)
Author: Giovanni Monegato -
2023
Relazione sull'attività INQUA
Relazione annuale 2022 (Italiano)
Author: Giovanni Monegato -
2022
Report on INQUA activities
Annual Report 2021 (English)
Author: Giovanni Monegato -
2022
Relazione sull'attività INQUA
Relazione annuale 2021 (Italiano)
Author: Giovanni Monegato -
2021
Report on INQUA activities
Annual Report 2020 (English)
Author: Giovanni Monegato -
2021
Relazione sull'attività INQUA
Relazione annuale 2020 (Italiano)
Author: Giovanni Monegato -
2020
Report on INQUA activities
Annual Report 2019 (English)
Author: Giovanni Monegato -
2020
Relazione sull'attività INQUA
Relazione annuale 2019 (Italiano)
Author: Giovanni Monegato -
2019
Relazione sull'attività INQUA
Relazione annuale 2018 (Italiano)
Author: Francesco Latino Chiocci -
2018
Relazione sull'attività INQUA
Relazione annuale 2017 (Italiano)
Author: Francesco Latino Chiocci -
2017
Relazione sull'attività INQUA
Relazione annuale 2016 (Italiano)
Author: Francesco Latino Chiocci -
2016
Relazione sull'attività INQUA
Relazione annuale 2015
Author: Francesco Latino Chiocci -
2011
Rapporto XVIII INQUA
Author: Cesare Ravazzi
Last update: 28/03/2024