Groundwater is a hidden global keystone ecosystem

M Saccò, S Mammola, F Altermatt, R Alther… - Global Change …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Groundwater is a vital ecosystem of the global water cycle, hosting unique biodiversity and
providing essential services to societies. Despite being the largest unfrozen freshwater …

[HTML][HTML] Unprecedented warmth: A look at Spain's exceptional summer of 2022

R Serrano-Notivoli, E Tejedor, P Sarricolea… - Atmospheric …, 2023 - Elsevier
The warming of the global climate system is expected to result in significant socio-economic
stress, primarily through the occurrence of extreme weather and climate events, with the …

Why the 2022 Po River drought is the worst in the past two centuries

A Montanari, H Nguyen, S Rubinetti, S Ceola… - Science …, 2023 - science.org
The causes of recent hydrological droughts and their future evolution under a changing
climate are still poorly understood. Banking on a 216-year river flow time series at the Po …

[HTML][HTML] Climate change-induced aridity is affecting agriculture in Northeast Italy

E Straffelini, P Tarolli - Agricultural Systems, 2023 - Elsevier
CONTEXT The Mediterranean basin and specifically Northeast Italy are recognised as
climate change hotspots. The latter is a key socio-economic area in Europe among the most …

Direct and lagged climate change effects intensified the 2022 European drought

E Bevacqua, O Rakovec, DL Schumacher… - Nature …, 2024 - nature.com
In 2022, Europe faced an extensive summer drought with severe socioeconomic
consequences. Quantifying the influence of human-induced climate change on such an …

Insights into Global Water Reuse Opportunities

VA Tzanakakis, AG Capodaglio, AN Angelakis - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
The growing population, intensified anthropogenic pressures and climate variability have
increased the demands on available water resources, and water reuse has become a high …

High temperature accelerates onset speed of the 2022 unprecedented flash drought over the Yangtze River Basin

Y Wang, X Yuan - Geophysical Research Letters, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Abstract The Yangtze River Basin experienced one of the worst flash droughts on record
during 2022 summer, but the relative contributions of precipitation deficit and high …

[HTML][HTML] Socio-psychological factors explaining public engagement and support for drought disaster risk management

NP Areia, MD Sequeira, AO Tavares - International Journal of Disaster Risk …, 2024 - Elsevier
Droughts have become a critical high-impact hydro-meteorological disaster and are
projected to become more extreme in the near future. The Iberian Peninsula is unarguably …

[HTML][HTML] Irrigation practices affect relationship between reduced nitrogen fertilizer use and improvement of river and groundwater chemistry

E Severini, M Magri, E Soana, M Bartoli… - Agricultural Water …, 2023 - Elsevier
In the last decades, the intensification of agricultural practices has deeply altered nitrogen
(N) and water cycles. Climate change and drought events are expected to further increase …

[HTML][HTML] Climate change is threatening mountain grasslands and their cultural ecosystem services

E Straffelini, J Luo, P Tarolli - Catena, 2024 - Elsevier
Mountain grasslands are widespread ecosystems worldwide that provide economic and
cultural ecosystem services. They serve as a source of food, carbon sequestration, clean …