The state and the future of the Earth, planetary and environmental sciences, especially in Italy

摘要

A critical review of the health state of the Earth sciences is carried out for the world and for Italy, with special regard to both their traditional branches and those recently developed to address the preservation of the Italian environ-ment and cultural heritage. Past and recent achievements by Lincei members who contributed to the progress of the Earth sciences vision to changing public opinion on the impact of natural and human actions on the environment are briefly discussed. The possible contribution of renovated "Rendiconti Lincei" to distributing internationally the present best achievements by Italian Earth scientists and by foreign scientists working on Italian soil is also analyzed.