San José. The University of Modena and Reggio Emilia (Unimore) will send a team of researchers and specialists to Costa Rica to take part in a scientific expedition that will take them to the research station “Italy-Costa Rica” situated in the Karen Mogensen forests, in the Nicoya Peninsula. Here a a study on the tropical fauna aimed at investigating the effects of climate change on biodiversity is currently underway. The team – which includes Professor Dario Sonetti, former Unimore professor and expedition coordinator, doctors Matteo Dal Zotto, Maurizio Carnevali and Giuseppe Romeo, Department of Life Sciences fellows and Luca Lombroso, one of the first meteorologists certified in Italy from the “Enzo Ferrari” Engineering Department (DIEF) – will depart on Wednesday, November 9. (9colonne)