LTER-Italy is one of the twenty-six Long-Term Ecological Research networks (Long-Term Ecological Research) that make up the European Network (LTER-Europe) and is part of the LTER International (ILTER) Network.. It aims to monitor, analyse and understand changes and changes in ecosystems, both natural and human-induced, at local and global scales.

DANUBIUS-RI is a distributed pan-European research infrastructure that aims to support interdisciplinary research on large river-delta-sea systems, based on existing European excellence. Italy coordinates one of the 4 thematic Nodes of the infrastructure, the Modelling Node, and the Supersite ‘Po Delta and North Adriatic Lagoons’, concerning integrated in-situ, satellite and modelling data, providing services related to Tools 4 MSP, Models codes, Training material.

ACTRIS (Aerosol, Clouds and Trace Gases Research Infrastructure) is a pan-European research infrastructure studying aerosols, clouds and trace gases for the understanding of atmospheric processes. ACTRIS is a distributed IR, with 8 facilities coordinating activities and services provided by a vast network of national observatories and facilities, including ACTRIS-Italy [https://actris .it /]

ECORD (European Consortium for Ocean Research Drilling) is a distributed European research infrastructure aimed at the geological exploration of the oceanic subsurface for the reconstruction of the Planet’s history and dynamics, to which 14 European countries and Canada, including Italy, belong[https://www .iodp-italia.cnr.it /]. ECORD is a core member of the International Ocean Drilling Programme IODP3 [https://iodp3 .org /]

is a European carbon observation network. Present in 16 countries with 170 stations, it monitors greenhouse gas concentrations in the atmosphere and carbon fluxes between the atmosphere, land and oceans for climate change mitigation. The ICOS Italy Network[https://www .icos-italy.it /] consists of 25 stations, of which 15 for the ecosystem, 5 for the ocean and 5 for the atmosphere.

LifeWatch ERIC is a digital infrastructure that aims to support the sharing and aggregation of open data on biodiversity and ecosystems, and their integration and analysis with advanced models, providing ICT tools, services and virtual research environments.