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My presentation at the Hydrology Days of the Italian Hydrological Society "Pandemics, geopolitics, economic inflation and water resources management"" (in Italian)

My presentation "Pandemics, geopolitics, economic inflation and water resources management" (in Italian) at the Hydrology Days of the Italian Hydrological Society is available for download at the link below. It's a new interdisciplinary adventure stimulated by the awareness that water resources management is driven by forcings related to political economy.

Thank you for your interest.

Ciao,
Alberto 

My poster contribution "Why the 2022 drought in the Po River is the worst ever" (in Italian) at the Hydrology Days of the Italian Hydrological Society

My poster contribution titled "Why the 2022 drought in the Po River is the worst ever" (in Italian) presented at the Hydrology Days of the Italian Hydrological Society is available for download at the link below.

Thanks for your interest!

Best,
Alberto

Tutorials of Coastal Engineering - 2023-2024

The course on Coastal Engineering is included in the study plan of the master degree program in Off-shore Engineering at the University of Bologna. The part of course that I am teaching counts 12 hours of lectures. The teacher will make extensive use of interactivity, with the options illustrated below. Lectures include about 4 hours dedicated to solving exercises by using the personal computer, by collaborative work by students and teacher. Students will be kindly asked to bring their own personal computer to solve the exercises.

Article on Nature Italy and press coverage on the 2022 drought along the Po River

Nature Italy published an article by Ginevra Chelli titled "Po river drought in 2022 was the worst of the last two centuries", that comments on the results presented in the paper ""Why the 2022 Po River drought is the worst in the past two centuries" published in Science Advances, by myself, Hung Nguyen, Sara Rubinetti, Serena Ceola, Stefano Galelli, Angelo Rubino and Davide Zanchettin.

The paper was widely commented by the press. Please see:

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Tutorials of Coastal Engineering - 2022-2023

The course on Coastal Engineering is included in the study plan of the master degree program in Off-shore Engineering at the University of Bologna. The part of course that I am teaching counts 12 hours of lectures. The teacher will make extensive use of interactivity, with the options illustrated below. Lectures include about 4 hours dedicated to solving exercises by using the personal computer, by collaborative work by students and teacher. Students will be kindly asked to bring their own personal computer to solve the exercises.

Tutorials of Sustainable Design of Water Resources Systems - 2022

Sustainable Design of Water Resources Systems is concentrating on the management of water resources in the presence of increasing anthropogenic pressure and climate change. The course will be taught during 48 hours of frontal teaching, including lectures given by the teacher and exercises developed by collaborative work by students and the teacher. The purpose of the course is to provide an overview of modern techniques for estimating design variables for water resources systems in the presence of human impact.

Tutorials of Science of Climate Change and Climate Actions 2022

"Science of Climate Change and Climate Actions" is a soft skill course at the University of Bologna. It will be taught in English for a total of 24 hours (3 credits) in the second semester, by me and other expert colleagues from other Departments. Details are given here. Access is given to a maximum number of 200 students. The study plan is as follows:

Tutorials of Coastal Engineering - 2021

The course on Coastal Engineering is included in the study plan of the master degree program in Off-shore Engineering at the University of Bologna. The part of course that I am teaching counts 12 hours of lectures. The teacher will make extensive use of interactivity, with the options illustrated below. Lectures include about 4 hours dedicated to solving exercises by using the personal computer, by collaborative work by students and teacher. Students will be kindly asked to bring their own personal computer to solve the exercises.

Tutorials of Sustainable Design of Water Resources Systems - 2021

Sustainable Design of Water Resources Systems is concentrating on the management of water resources in the presence of increasing anthropogenic pressure and climate change. The course will be taught during 48 hours of frontal teaching, including lectures given by the teacher and exercises developed by collaborative work by students and the teacher. The purpose of the course is to provide an overview of modern techniques for estimating design variables for water resources systems in the presence of human impact.

Tutorials of Harbour Engineering - 2021

The course on Harbour Engineering focuses on design of harbors and coast management. The part of course that I am teaching counts 32 hours of lectures. The teacher will make extensive use of interactivity, with the options illustrated below. Lectures include about 6 hours dedicated to solving exercises by using the personal computer, by collaborative work by students and teacher. Students will be kindly asked to bring their own personal computer to solve the exercises. Students are kindly advised to speak with me if bringing their own personal computer turns out to be not possible.

Tutorials of Science of Climate Change and Climate Actions 2021

"Science of Climate Change and Climate Actions" is a new soft skill course at the University of Bologna. It will be taught in English for a total of 24 hours (3 credits) in the second semester, by me and other expert colleagues from other Departments. Details are given here. Access is given to a maximum number of 200 students. The study plan is as follows:

Research

My presentation at the workshop "Geoscience Information for Teachers", Vienna, April 2023

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.

Thank you for your interest.
Ciao,
Alberto

My presentation at the 2023 EGU General Assembly titled "Everything still flows: achievements and future evolution of Panta Rhei"

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.

Thank you vert much for your interest.
Ciao,
Alberto

My presentation at the "Hydrology Days" of the Italian Hydrological Society titled "What water for the future? Engineering design under climate change" (in Italian)

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).

Thank you for your interest.
Ciao,
Alberto

My interview at InsolvenzFest 2022 (in Italian) on "There's no water for everybody if the distribution is leaking: history of water debt...."

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.

How to write a paper on a high profile scientific journal (in Italian). Talk by Guenter Bloeschl

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

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My presentation at the EGU22 meeting "Uncertainty assessment with Bluecat: Recognising randomness as a fundamental component of physics"

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.
Thank you for your interest.
Ciao,
Alberto

My presentation "Climate change and frequency of hydrometeorological extremes. What solutions?" (in Italian) to the meeting "I Lincei per il clima", Genoa, March 15, 2022

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

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