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Prof. Ugo Bardi
Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra
Università di Firenze
c/o Dipartimento di Chimica - Polo Scientifico di Sesto Fiorentino
Via Della Lastruccia 3 - 50019 Sesto Fiorentino (Fi) - Italy
Tel/fax +39055 457-3118/20







Ugo Bardi teaches physical chemistry at the University of Florence. He is active in research on environmental issues such as resource depletion, renewable energy, system dynamics applied to economics and more. He is member of the scientific committee of the ASPO association for the study of peak oil. Founder and former president of the Italian section of ASPO. Fellow of the International Centre of the Club of Rome in Winthertur, Switzerland, He is member of the scientific committee of the "Climalteranti" group active in climate science. His articles have appeared on "The Oil Drum," "Energy Bulletin", "Financial Sense on line" and on Risorse, economia e ambiente (in Italian)

Ugo Bardi's curriculum vitae and personal notes 



 Blogs:

Cassandra's Legacy 

Effetto Cassandra   (in Italian)

Nuove Tecnologie Energetiche (in Italian)  

Risorse, economia e ambiente (in Italian)



Recent books:


The Limits to Growth Revisited (Springer, 2011) 

La Terra Svuotata (Editori Riuniti, 2011 - in Italian)

"Depleting the Earth" - 2012, in preparation



Other pages by Ugo Bardi

The page of the Chimera myth

Ugo Bardi's page on ancient florentine cuisine

A collection of Scientific Humour

A page on Soviet Humour


 Page last updated June 2012