REACTIVE - The Research centEr for climAteChange due to natural dIsasters and extreme weather eVEnts

Period: 2022 - 2025
Project coordinator: University Politehnica of Bucharest
Partners: National Institute for Earth Physics (NIEP), Ovidius University of Constanta (UOC), Romanian Space Agency (ROSA), S.C. GREENSOFT S.R.L., Iasi

Climate change has the effect of increasing global temperatures as well as extreme weather events. These phenomena mainly affect the atmosphere, hydrosphere and cryosphere, but they also have a significant impact on the lithosphere. However, few studies focus on assessing the impact of climate change on the structure and dynamics of the lithosphere and how these systems react with each other. Some examples include redistribution of stresses within the lithosphere due to melting glaciers causing earthquake swarms, increased volcanic activity, increased intensity of microearthquakes, either due to post-Flood stress unloading or changes in groundwater levels.

This project focuses on developing a data monitoring system that provides an integrated view of how climate change may affect soil structure and movement in seismically vulnerable areas. This will help to gain a deeper understanding of the interactions between different Earth systems and to develop solutions to reduce the impact of climate change.

REACTIVE is a specific project of the Center of Competence - "Digital Twin Earth Intelligence for Climate Changes - DTEClimate", financed from the National Recovery and Resilience Plan - PNRR of Romania and is fully consistent with the EU mission "Adaptation to climate changes" within the program Horizon Europe.

EENSANE - Noise versus signal: Border seismic imaging in Eastern Europe

Period: 2021-2024
Project coordinator: National Institute for Earth Physics (NIEP)
Project director: Laura Petrescu

The EENSANE project (East EuropeaN Seismic Ambient NoisE) aims to transform seismic stations into virtual earthquakes using complex seismic noise processing techniques. These virtual earthquakes, built exclusively from noise, will be used to create high-resolution tomographic images of the Eastern European platform, the Precambrian continental core of Europe. 3D images contain key information on how continents formed in the Precambrian period, when modern subduction processes were still in their infancy, as well as their evolution throughout the geological history of Europe and Earth.

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