CNR - Istituto di Scienze Marine (ISMAR)

The Institute of Marine Science was established on 12/10/2001, for amendments to the bylaws of the CNR. ISMAR conducts research in polar regions, oceans and the Mediterranean in order to study:
> Changes in the oceans and in the continental edges to define the activity of volcanoes, faults and submarine landslides, and scenarios for coastal impact > The influence of climate change on ocean circulation, acidification, bio-geochemical cycles and productivity of the seas
> Habitats and marine ecology, the increasing pollution of coastal and deep areas
> Fisheries resources, in order to maintain their exploitation within sustainable limits and improve the practices of aquaculture and mariculture
> The natural and anthropogenic factors that impact economically and socially on the coasts and lagoons from prehistory to the industrial age.

http://www.ismar.cnr.it/

http://www.cnr.it/istituti/DatiGenerali.html?cds=080

On the research tower "Acqua Alta", installed on January 1970 off the Gulf of Venice, a station for monitoring meteorological and hydrological data has been set up.