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OGS is the National Institute of Oceanography and Experimental Geophysics, a public research body with an international focus. Its research missions cover marine and ocean ecosystems, geological processes, disaster risk, polar areas and open science. It publishes real-time data on earthquakes, sea currents, ocean observation (ARGO-Italy) and the position of the research vessel Laura Bassi.

The institute carries out research projects, several of them EU-funded, including AMRIT, AQUARIUS and BioGeoSea, and takes part in Antarctic and international expeditions. Its users are the scientific community and those who use its scientific data. It is funded in part by public sources and invites citizens to direct the 5x1000 tax share to it.

The institute's activities include a coastal marine observatory in the Gulf of Trieste and the operation of the research ship Laura Bassi, which sailed from Italy to New Zealand and is involved in the PNRA Antarctic programme.

Product: Marine, geophysical and polar research programmes, the Laura Bassi research vessel, and public real-time environmental data.