LifeWatch Italy Training Platform

Background 

In recent years, one of the major challenges in the Environmental and Earth Science has been managing and searching larger volumes of complex data, collected across multiple disciplines. Many different standards, technologies and common practices have been developed to support each phase of the Data Lifecycle. This course focuses on the creation and reuse of FAIR data and services in the Environmental and Earth sciences.

Learning Objectives

It is expected that, by the end of the course, participants will be better positioned to:

1. Discuss basic concepts of semantics presenting how they can enrich data resources, enhance FAIRness and foster discoverability of data resources

2. Examine the full life cycle of an 'on demand' model run and results visualization for the creation of a new data product.

3. Illustrate how resources (datasets, services, workflows) can be created, published and accessed on a metadata catalogue (LifeWatch ERIC Metadata Catalogue).

4. Demonstrate the basic steps to run a legacy application in cloud, develop native cloud applications, automate application deployment and auto-scale a runtime application.

Content and Structure

Training Sessions:

1. Semantics

2. VREs, Data analysis and Visualization

3. Resource Access Tools

4. Cloud computing for developing and operating data management services 

Target Audience

The resource is aimed at data centres staff, RIs representatives, IT experts and individuals interested in data access and discoverability.

SCUOLA PRIMARIA

La tematica è un approfondimento sull’Artico, una regione che circonda il Polo Nord fatta di terre, mari e ghiacciai sia terrestri che marini. L'Artico, pur essendo ricoperto da ghiacciai, ospita una varietà di organismi adattati a vivere in questo habitat. Testi a cura di Cecilia Noce - Istituto di Geoscienze e Georisorse CNR. 

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Alvar is a Google Earth Engine cloud application for early reconnaissance of Ailanthus altissima. Alvar is based on Copernicus Sentinel-2 optical imagery at 10m ground pixel resolution. The service rationale is that each plant species shows peculiar signals in the optical range and, possibly, time-series signatures. Hence, recognising the invasive alien species A. altissima is in principle feasible, given a characteristic optical spatiotemporal signature. However, even if we can have physiological clues, we do not know such a signature. Alvar supports the search and reconnaissance of A. altissima optical signature exploiting the cloud computing capability of fast time series search of the images and the vegetation-related associated optical indices, without the need for local data download. Alvar exploits the machine learning algorithms exposed by the Google Earth Engine APIs and trains them by means of a user-provided training/control set of empirical observations. The user interface is GUI-based and the intervention on the code consists only in importing the appropriate training set and tuning the area of interest bounding box accordingly.

SCUOLA PRIMARIA

La tematica è una riscrittura creativa della fiaba Pollicino. Essa vuole invitare i più piccoli a riflettere sull'importanza di madre natura, sui tanti comportamenti errati dell'essere umano e sulla possibilità di una convivenza pacifica tra gli esseri umani e gli ecosistemi naturali. 

Realizzata nell'ambito del Laboratorio di Letteratura per l'infanzia - Scienze della Formazione Primaria (Università del Salento) da Agrosì Sandra, Blasi Pamela, Chiffi Luca, De Giorgi Manuela. La tematica include anche una UDA 'Contemplare attraverso la natura e coltivare l'empatia per madre natura' realizzata ispirandosi anche a concetti di Biofilia.

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La tematica descrive e approfondisce le wetlands, zone umide come lagune, laghi costieri, stagni.  Sono ecosistemi dalle caratteristiche peculiari e con particolari proprietà molto importanti anche per gli esseri umani. CLICCA SUL TITOLO PER VISUALIZZARE I CONTENUTI.

This topic describes and explores wetlands, such as lagoons, coastal lakes, and ponds. These ecosystems have unique characteristics and unique properties that are also important for humans. CLICK ON THE TITLE TO VIEW THE CONTENTS.

THIS TOPIC IS FOR FOR SCHOOLS IN SOUTH AFRICA

FOR THE ECOLOGICACUP 2026 FINAL COMPETITION, IT IS NOT NECESSARY to study the section WETLANDS IN ACTION: SCIENTIFIC CASE STUDIES, Page 9.

To test your skills in the field of Scientific Research and Biodiversity play this Scientific game.

If you are a middle school student and want test your knowledge on the management and conservation of resources at the Presidential Estate of Castelporziano, play here. This Scientific game has been created in collaboration with Castelporziano Presidential Estate, National Academy of Sciences.

Your travel in the Presidential Estate of Castelporziano starts here. If you want explore the artistic and cultural aspects of Castelporziano, traveling into its past and its history, play this Scientific game. This Scientific game has been created in collaboration with Castelporziano Presidential Estate, National Academy of Sciences.

Are you interested in the impacts about the Mediterranean Sea? Do you want contribute to its protection? Play this Scientific game.

Are you curious about the marine biodiversity and the resources of the marine ecosystems? Play here.

To test your knowledge about the major European wetlands, their geography and ecology, play here.

If your interests are on the fascinating world of e-Infrastructures for supporting advanced research, play here.

Are you curious in ecological thems such as biodiversity and ecosystems, natural risks, computing environment, marine science? ENVRIplus can answere to your curiosity. It is driven by three overarching goals: 1) favouring cross-fertilization between Research Infrastructures, 2) implementing innovative concepts and devices across Infrastructures, and 3) facilitating research and innovation in the field of environment to an increasing number of users outside the Research Infrastructures.

SCUOLA SECONDARIA

La tematica descrive le origini dell'Ecologia e approfondisce le tematiche oggetto di studio dell'Ecologia anche in relazione agli impatti sugli ecosistemi, facendo alcune riflessioni sulle prospettive future. 

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SCUOLA PRIMARIA

La tematica descrive le caratteristiche generali della biodiversità, mettendo in luce le cause di perdita della biodiversità tra cui l'inquinamento da plastica. 

Da un'idea e proposta di Raffaella Madaro (Scienze della Formazione Primaria - Università del Salento).

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La tematica approfondisce il concetto di 'Beni e servizi ecosistemici' in termini di processi e funzioni degli ecosistemi che permetto la persistenza della vita sul pianeta Terra. Il mantenimento della biodiversità , ad esempio, un elemento essenziale per la conservazione degli ecosistemi e dei beni e servizi da essi forniti.

Il VIDEO è stato prodotto nell'ambito del Progetto CUIS - GIovani AMbasciatori di SOStenibilità (GI.AM.SOS.) finanziato dal Consorzio Universitario Interprovinciale Salentino. CLICCA SUL TITOLO PER VISUALIZZARE I CONTENUTI.

SCUOLA SECONDARIA

Nella tematica viene affrontata la importante questione dei cambiamenti climatici con uno sguardo anche al passato. Ci si sofferma, successivamente, sull'atmosfera e sue caratteristiche con particolare riferimento all'anidride carbonica.  Infine, si riporta un breve cenno all'Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change l'organizzazione intergovernativa che si occupa di studiare il riscaldamento globale. CLICCA SUL TITOLO PER VISUALIZZARE I CONTENUTI.

SCUOLA SECONDARIA

La tematica è dedicata  e ai beni e servizi ecosistemici che offrono alle nostre società. Ci si sofferma sull'Obiettivo 14 dell'Agenda 2030 "La vita sott'acqua" e si fa un approfondimento della Direttiva sulla strategia per l’ambiente marino per la la tutela e la protezione del Mar Mediterraneo. CLICCA SUL TITOLO PER VISUALIZZARE I CONTENUTI.

SCUOLA SECONDARIA DI PRIMO GRADO

La tematica descrive e approfondisce un particolare tipo di ecosistema rappresentato dalle spiagge sabbiose.  Molte specie animali vivono in questo habitat e si muovono anche a seconda della marea e dell'azione delle onde. I contenuti sono tratti da un lavoro scientifico di TÖPKE, Katrien e Kotwicki, Lech (2023) disponibile su Coastal Wiki. CLICCA SUL TITOLO PER VISUALIZZARE I CONTENUTI.

SCUOLA SECONDARIA

La tematica costituisce un  momento di approfondimento sullo sviluppo sostenibile e sostenibilità anche in relazione a servizi e funzioni ecosistemiche. Si fa, inoltre, cenno all'impronta ecologica e all'assioma Malthusiano sulla crescita delle popolazioni. CLICCA SUL TITOLO PER VISUALIZZARE I CONTENUTI.

Test the skills of your students in the field of Mediterranean marine ecosystem with ‘CASCADE Scientific Game’, an online game for students (age between 10 and 14 years) coming from Croatian and Italian schools, developed within the European research project CASCADE.

CASCADE Scientific Game will allow your students to study and apply ecological topics applied to the monitoring of ecological and environmental status of the ecosystems in an entertaining way through a serious game.

The CASCADE project is financed by Cooperation Program Interreg V-A Italia-Croazia 2014/2020 and aims to the protection and the recovery of biodiversity in the marine and coastal environments both in Italy and Croatia. More information about the CASCADE project is available on the website:  https://www.italy-croatia.eu/web/cascade.

Test the skills of your students in the field of Mediterranean marine ecosystem with ‘CASCADE Scientific Game’, an online game for students (age between 10 and 14 years) coming from Croatian and Italian schools, developed within the European research project CASCADE.

The CASCADE project is financed by Cooperation Program Interreg V-A Italia-Croazia 2014/2020 and aims to the protection and the recovery of biodiversity in the marine and coastal environments both in Italy and Croatia. More information about the CASCADE project is available on the website:  https://www.italy-croatia.eu/web/cascade.

This tutorial is a practial guide for Species Distribution Modelling (SDM). The tutorial will use the "dismo" package of "R" and will show the guidelines on how to model species distribution starting from occorency data (got from internet, or users ones) and a set of bioclimatic variables.
After a brief introduction of SDM, with some examples of biological application, this tutorial will show a guide (split in 5 main sections or modules) that leads the user step by step how to obtain a distribution map. Afterwards there will be some suggestions on how to deal with common issues and statistical errors that may affect the analysis and to evaluate properly the output. 

Background

This fourth edition of the ENVRI FAIR School represents another unmissable opportunity to learn about FAIRness in the framework of Research Infrastructures. After dealing with Data FAIRness and Data Management during previous editions, this edition of the school focuses on Services for FAIRness, from their design to their development and publication.

Learning Objectives

It is expected that, by the end of the course, participants will be better positioned to:

1. Examine approaches and methodologies to webservices for data

2. Map tools and their related characteristics

3. Illustrate potential security threats and related solutions

4. Design (step by step) data services 

5. Develop and publish a data service

Contents and Structure

Training Sessions:

1. Overview on the ENVRI project and goals

2. Design webservices for data

3. Develop webservices for data

4. Publish and secure data services by means of APIs

5. Best practices and lessons learned (experts panel)

Target Audience

The resource is aimed at ENVRI data centres staff, RIs representatives, IT experts, researchers and PhD candidates and individuals interested in developing webservices.

Authors: Colangelo, Oggioni, Tagliolato 

Coordinator: Colangelo