Hello everyone!
As part of my ongoing project, Geoscientists' Voices (supported by the AGU Voices for Science program), I recently had the pleasure of sitting down with Dr. Umberto Fracassi, a Senior Researcher at the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV) in Rome, Italy. With nearly two decades of technical expertise mapping active fault systems and curating Italy's Database of Individual Seismogenic Sources (DISS), Umberto is a leading specialist bridging the gap between seismic data, multi-hazard risk, and global climate policy.
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In our conversation, Umberto shares his journey from mapping active faults in Italy to navigating macro-level multi-hazard climate policy. We dive into the compound geophysical stressors threatening sinking coastal megacities, the geopolitical fallout of thawing Arctic permafrost, and his passionate stance on why "natural disasters" do not exist-arguing that disasters are strictly human, engineering, and political failures. He also offers profound advice for early-career scientists on building resilient careers in volatile political climates, effectively pitching the public value of science, and integrating art and literature into scientific communication.
Aleksei Nelaev
AGU Voices for Science cohort member
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