The scientific paper "Historical rainfall data in northern Italy predict larger meteorological drought hazard than climate projections" has been just published in Hydrology and Earth System Sciences (HESS). The article is open access.
Nature published an article titled "Examining the role of climate change in the Emilia-Romagna floods", that makes considerations on the causes of the flood and presents a brief review of relevant scientific contributions. I was interviewed by the journalist, thus the article includes some statements by me. I believe it is an interesting reading for getting more details on what happened.
The paper "Contribution of anthropogenic and hydroclimatic factors on the variation of surface water extent across the contiguous United States" has been just published by Environmental Research Communications. The paper is open access and is available here.
Thank you very much for your interest!
Best,
Alberto
My presentation at the workshop "Mettiamoci in Riga" organised by the Italian Ministry of the Environment, titled "Solutions for climate change adaptation" (in Italian), June 2023, is available for donwload at the link below.
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Best,
Alberto
My presentation at the short course "Meet the Editor" during the General Assembly of the European Geosciences Union (Vienna, April 2023) is available for download at the link below.
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Ciao,
Alberto
My presentation titled "The major challenges for ensuring a sustainable use of freshwater under change" at the workshop "Geoscience information for teachers" (at the General Assembly of the European Geosciences Union), is available for download at the link below.
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Ciao,
Alberto
My presentation at the 2023 General Assembly of the European Geosciences Union titled "Everything still flows: achievements and future evolution of Panta Rhei" is available for download at the link below.
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Alberto
My invited presentation at the conference "Irrigation systems for the Senio Valley" (in Italian) is available for download at the link below.
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Alberto
My presentation "What water for the future? Engineering design under climate change" (in Italian) at the Hydrology Days of the Italian Hydrological Society (Genoa 9-11 November 2022).
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Alberto
In September 2022 I had the pleasure to be interviewed by Luisiana Gaita at InsolvenzFest 2022 in Bologna. The interview focused on water resources management in the presence of climate change. In particular our discussion adopted the unusual view of looking at current water issues as a form of "water debt" that we are passing to future generations.
Here below you can find the video and the presentation of the talk "How to write a paper on a high profile scientific journal" (in Italian), by Guenter Bloeschl. The talk was delivered at the University of Bologna on June 24, 2022. Thank you for your interest.
Ciao,
Alberto
My presentation at the EGU22 meeting titled "Uncertainty assessment with Bluecat: Recognising randomness as a fundamental component of physics" is available at the link below.
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Ciao,
Alberto
My presentation at the meeting "I Lincei per il clima", Genoa, March 15, 2022 is available for download at the link below. The title is "Climate change and frequency of hydrometeorological extremes. What solutions?", it is in Italian and addressed to students of the high school.
Thank you for your interest.
Best,
Alberto
The scientific paper "Influence of Urban Areas on Surface Water Loss in the Contiguous United States" has been just published on AGU Advances. It is available open access.
The paper got the AGU Advances Editor's highlight.
The paper "Bluecat: A Local Uncertainty Estimator for Deterministic Simulations and Predictions" has been accepted for publication in Water Resources Research.
The plain language abstract reads as:
At the link below my presentation at the meeting "Water that will be. Climate change: new challenges and solutions for water supply", held in Bologna on December 14th 2021, can be downloaded. The title is: "Climate change and water: New Scenarios, New engineering, New solutions" (in Italian).
The video of my contribution is available here (from time 33'28").
TV reports on the event are available below (in Italian):
The Workshop "Novel hydrological concepts for the engineering practice" has taken place in Bologna on September 29, 2021. It has been organised to celebrate the degree Honoris Causa in Environmental Engineering that has been awarded by the University of Bologna to Günter Blöschl. The emergency due to COVID19 imposed a severe restriction to the number of attendants and therefore the audience was not large.
My presentation at the IX Parmenides Conference, held in Bari on October 19-21, 2001 and titled "Circles of sustainability to promote a dynamic and sustainable governance model in the face of climate change" is available at the link below.
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Ciao,
Alberto
My presentation to the Hydrology Days 2021 (Naples, September 30 and October 1st, 2021) is available for download at the link below. The title is "Bluecat: Un metodo innovativo per studiare l’incertezza di previsioni di deflussi fluviali". It is the first presentation of Bluecat in the Italian language.
Thank you for your interest.
Ciao,
Alberto