The national institute of geophysic and vulcanology of Rome (INGV), which carries out a precius work regarding sysmic research and vulvanology is also involved in the study of underwater telluric phenomena. It manages among others a large band Mediterranean MedNet sysmic net which continuously monitors in deep water, arriving to depths of 6 thousand metres.
Also INGV turns to Resinex technology to have reliable and sure deep water syntactic foam modules which is by now able to produce floats which can support pressures of up to 1.100 bars.