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My presentation at the meeting "80 Years of Hydrology" (Salerno, 23-24 January 2024) titled "Civil protection in Italy: origin, evolution and future perspectives" (in Italian)

My invited presentation (together with Pierluigi Claps and Paola Pagliara) titled "Civil protection in Italy: origin, evolution and future perspectives" (in Italian)  at the meeting "80 Years of Hydrology" (Salerno, January 23-24, 2024) is available for download at the link below.

It is a celebration of the contributions by Fabio Rossi and Lino Versace to civil protection.

Thank you for your interest.

Ciao,
Alberto

Lecture notes for Climate Change Adaptation (Floods and Water Resources in a Changing Climate) 2024

Climate Change Adaptation (Floods and Water Resources in a Changing Climate for student of physics) is concentrating on strategies and actions to mitigate the impact of climate change on society, with a particular focus on water. The course will be taught with 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 designing climate resilient environmental systems in the presence of human impact.

My live interview (in Italian) at the TRC TV on megaflood predictability

On November 27 I have been live interviewed by the TV channel TRC. The discussion focused on predictability of megafloods, after the publication of the Nature Geoscience paper  "Megafloods in Europe can be anticipated from observations in hydrologically similar catchments", authored by Miriam Bertola with a large pool of co-authors.

The interview can be watched here. The video has been kindly provided by TRC Bologna.

Thank you for your interest.
Ciao,
Alberto

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Tutorials of Climate Change Adaptation - 2023

Climate Change Adaptation is concentrating on strategies and actions to mitigate the impact of climate change on society, with a particular focus on water. 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 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:

Article on Nature on the floods in the Emilia-Romagna region (in Italian and English)

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.

Here the version in Italian.

Scientific paper "Contribution of anthropogenic and hydroclimatic factors on the variation of surface water extent across the contiguous United States"

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 invited 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

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.

Thank you for your interest.

Best,
Alberto

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

Video on YouTube