Publications

The eiLab led a study in collaboration with colleagues from the University of Padova and Macquarie University, for the development of a new dynamic sediment (dis)connectivity model, and its application for river basin study and management. The result is the basin-scale, dynamic sediment connectivity model D-CASCADE, which combines concepts of Read more…

Unintended consequences of climate change mitigation for African river basins The eiLab led a study in collaboration with colleagues from Tufts University, Cornell University, and Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, which shows how the adoption of coordinated global policies to mitigate climate change could reduce any harmful and unwanted impacts on Read more…

EiLab just published a paper on Earth Surface Processes and Landforms (ESPL), which showcases the potential of the CASCADE toolbox to estimate basin-scale river sediment (dis)connectivity, in terms of distributed outputs on sediment delivery and composition. The model was applied on the Vjosa river, one of the last wild river Read more…

eiLab contributed to a recent publication on the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS), which demonstrates an approach to identify planning levers that can increase the resilience of river deltas under a wide range of future conditions for the Mekong Delta. Globally, Read more…

eiLab led research just published on Nature discovered that more than 1 million EU rivers are broken by small to large barriers. The highest barrier densities occur in the heavily modified rivers of central Europe and the lowest barrier densities occur in the most remote, sparsely populated alpine areas. Across Read more…

eiLab research in the Red River basin as part of the IMRR project contributed a chapter in the new book Innovations in Land, Water and Energy for Vietnam’s Sustainable Development edited by M. Anderle (Embassy of Italy to Vietnam, Hanoi, Vietnam). This book presents recent innovative trends in land, water Read more…

Climate change is expected to reshape the distribution of irrigated lands. Using climatic projections from three global climate models, we investigate global patterns of irrigation water demand and availability in 1.5°C and 3°C warmer climates. We find that in up to 35% of currently rain-fed croplands, irrigation could be expanded Read more…

Deep uncertainty in future climate, socio-economic and technological conditions poses a great challenge to medium-long term decision making. Recently, several approaches have been proposed to identify solutions that are robust with respect to a large ensemble of deeply uncertain future scenarios. In this paper, we introduce ROSS (Robust Optimal Scenario Read more…