At the Phlegraean Fields west of Naples, seismic activity, ground deformation and gas emission are phenomena that have gradually increased since 2007 due to bradyseism in the area's volcano. These movements and magma accumulations can be tracked. The monitoring of these events is among the goals of a team of international researchers led by the National Institute of Geophysics and Volcanology (INGV) in collaboration with the University of Roma Tre and the Université de Genève, as part of the INGV-funded "LOVE-CF" project for the multidisciplinary investigation of the Campi Flegrei. The research aims to define the dynamics and status of the volcano located in a populous area. In fact, the multidisciplinary approach is also essential for daily monitoring. Scientists have been able to map the movement of magma in the depths of the caldera over a time span from 2007 to 2016. Through state-of-the-art techniques (geodesy), numerical simulations and petrology, researchers were able to define the beginning of a new bradyseismic era of the volcano that is still ongoing today. The results obtained were published in the journal Nature - Communications of Earth and Environment, in the article "Tracking the 2007-2023 magma-driven unrest at Campi Flegrei caldera (Italy)". The rise of magma to depths below 8 kilometers is the main reason behind the ongoing bradyseismic activity. This results in a slow, but progressive, uplift of the ground. Ground uplift has reached about 1.3 meters at Pozzuoli's Rione Terra from 2006 to the present.
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