Desertification in karst areas: A review

US D'Ettorre, IS Liso, M Parise - Earth-Science Reviews, 2024 - Elsevier
Desertification in karst is an effect of climate change and not sustainable anthropogenic
activities, the combination of which, however, causes the gradual loss of karst natural …

Structural classification, discharge statistics, and recession analysis from the springs of the Gran Sasso (Italy) carbonate aquifer; comparison with selected analogues …

G Medici, V Lorenzi, C Sbarbati, M Manetta, M Petitta - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
The relative importance of karst conduits and fractures in driving groundwater flow affects
the discharge of springs and the long-term availability of water resources. Applying statistics …

[HTML][HTML] Changing Water Cycle under a Warming Climate: Tendencies in the Carpathian Basin

IM Jánosi, T Bíró, BO Lakatos, JAC Gallas… - Climate, 2023 - mdpi.com
In this mini-review, we present evidence from the vast literature that one essential part of the
coupled atmosphere–ocean system that makes life on Earth possible, the water cycle, is …

Hydrological drought generation processes and severity are changing in the Alps

MI Brunner, J Götte, C Schlemper… - Geophysical Research …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Streamflow droughts are governed by different hydro‐meteorological processes, whose
relative importance may change over time, with potential impacts on drought severity. Here …

Continental-scale evaluation of a fully distributed coupled land surface and groundwater model, ParFlow-CLM (v3. 6.0), over Europe

BS Naz, W Sharples, Y Ma, K Goergen… - Geoscientific Model …, 2023 - gmd.copernicus.org
High-resolution large-scale predictions of hydrologic states and fluxes are important for
many multi-scale applications, including water resource management. However, many of the …

Multi-decadal groundwater observations reveal surprisingly stable levels in southwestern Europe

R Chávez García Silva, R Reinecke, NK Copty… - … Earth & Environment, 2024 - nature.com
Climate change and human activity are leading to water scarcity in southwestern Europe.
Groundwater use is thought to be unsustainable in the region, yet regional assessments …

Winter snow deficit was a harbinger of summer 2022 socio-hydrologic drought in the Po Basin, Italy

F Avanzi, F Munerol, M Milelli, S Gabellani… - … Earth & Environment, 2024 - nature.com
Snow in mountainous regions is a key water resource from local to continental scales.
However, the link between increasingly frequent snow droughts and socio-hydrologic …

[HTML][HTML] Groundwater Quality Assessment and Irrigation Water Quality Index Prediction Using Machine Learning Algorithms

EE Hussein, A Derdour, B Zerouali, A Almaliki… - Water, 2024 - mdpi.com
The evaluation of groundwater quality is crucial for irrigation purposes; however, due to
financial constraints in developing countries, such evaluations suffer from insufficient …

Evolution of freshwater availability in a climate‐changing Mediterranean context: The case of Umbria region, central Italy

J Dari, A Flammini, R Morbidelli, A Rahi… - Hydrological …, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
Freshwater availability is the litmus test of the ongoing global warming, but local effects in
relation to larger scale behaviours are often ambiguous. In this study, 19 indicators derived …

[HTML][HTML] Recharge assessment of the Gran Sasso aquifer (Central Italy): Time-variable infiltration and influence of snow cover extension

V Lorenzi, C Sbarbati, F Banzato, A Lacchini… - Journal of Hydrology …, 2022 - Elsevier
Study region Carbonate karstified aquifers represent one of the most important groundwater
reservoirs for both drinking purposes and environmental preservation. Currently, the …