Impacts of global change on Mediterranean forests and their services

J Peñuelas, J Sardans, I Filella, M Estiarte, J Llusià… - Forests, 2017 - mdpi.com
The increase in aridity, mainly by decreases in precipitation but also by higher temperatures,
is likely the main threat to the diversity and survival of Mediterranean forests. Changes in …

Impacts of climate change on reservoir water availability, quality and irrigation needs in a water scarce Mediterranean region (southern Portugal)

J Rocha, C Carvalho-Santos, P Diogo, P Beça… - Science of the Total …, 2020 - Elsevier
Future climate for the Mediterranean climatic region is expected to bring an increase in
temperatures, decrease in the precipitation quantity and shifts in the seasonal precipitation …

[HTML][HTML] Driver detection of water quality trends in three large European river basins

E Diamantini, SR Lutz, S Mallucci, B Majone… - Science of the Total …, 2018 - Elsevier
This study analyses how indicators of water quality (thirteen physico-chemical variables)
and drivers of change (ie, monthly aggregated air temperature and streamflow, population …

Multidecadal water quality deterioration in the largest freshwater lake in China (Poyang Lake): Implications on eutrophication management

B Li, G Yang, R Wan - Environmental Pollution, 2020 - Elsevier
Poyang Lake is the largest freshwater lake in China and a globally important wetland with
various functions. Exploring the multidecadal trend of water quality and hydroclimatic …

Contamination sources and distribution patterns of pharmaceuticals and personal care products in Alpine rivers strongly affected by tourism

L Mandaric, E Diamantini, E Stella, K Cano-Paoli… - Science of the Total …, 2017 - Elsevier
Abstract Knowledge regarding the impact of tourism on the emergence of pharmaceuticals
and personal care products (PPCPs) in Alpine river waters is limited and scarce. Therefore …

Exploring controls on rainfall‐runoff events: 1. Time series‐based event separation and temporal dynamics of event runoff response in Germany

L Tarasova, S Basso, M Zink… - Water Resources …, 2018 - Wiley Online Library
Analyzing a response of catchments to rainfall inputs allows for deeper insights on the
mechanisms of runoff generation at catchment scale. In this study an automated time series …

Sorption of heavy metal ions onto crayfish shell biochar: effect of pyrolysis temperature, pH and ionic strength

Y Xiao, Y Xue, F Gao, A Mosa - Journal of the Taiwan Institute of Chemical …, 2017 - Elsevier
In this study, crayfish shell was pyrolyzed at 300 (CS300), 450 (CS450) and 600° C (CS600)
to identify the optimum temperature for improving the binding capacity of the produced …

Water-quality trends in US rivers: Exploring effects from streamflow trends and changes in watershed management

J Murphy, L Sprague - Science of the Total Environment, 2019 - Elsevier
We present a conceptual model that explores the relationship of streamflow trends to 15
water-quality parameters at 370 sites across the contiguous United States (US). Our …

[HTML][HTML] Short-term hydropower optimization driven by innovative time-adapting econometric model

D Avesani, A Zanfei, N Di Marco, A Galletti… - Applied Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
The ongoing transformation of the electricity market has reshaped the hydropower
production paradigm for storage reservoir systems, with a shift from strategies oriented …

Analysis of high streamflow extremes in climate change studies: how do we calibrate hydrological models?

B Majone, D Avesani, P Zulian, A Fiori… - Hydrology and Earth …, 2022 - hess.copernicus.org
Climate change impact studies on hydrological extremes often rely on hydrological models
with parameters inferred through calibration procedures using observed meteorological data …