How a millennium-long interplay of controlling climate factors over Southern Europe (1054–2020 CE) has driven the downward trend in Eastern Po Plain water reserves

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Titel: How a millennium-long interplay of controlling climate factors over Southern Europe (1054–2020 CE) has driven the downward trend in Eastern Po Plain water reserves
Autoren: Diodato, Nazzareno, Tomei, Fausto, Bellocchi, Gianni
Weitere Verfasser: BENEDIT, Laurence
Quelle: Water International. 50:560-582
Verlagsinformationen: Informa UK Limited, 2025.
Publikationsjahr: 2025
Schlagwörter: [SDE] Environmental Sciences, Southern Europe, reconstruction, groundwaterlong-term, Climate signals
Beschreibung: Groundwater can unveil climate signals and improve long-term reconstructions, but historical studies often overlook groundwater depth due to lack of data. This study presents the longest annual groundwater depth time series in southern Europe (1054-2020 CE) from a relatively deep aquifer in the Eastern Po Plain, northern Italy. The record links groundwater depth oscillations around its mean value (-147 cm +/- 19 standard deviation) to Atlantic climate patterns and water balance. A significant downward trend after about 1606 indicates a depletion of regional water reserves and underlines the need to strengthen groundwater management to address potentially worsening drought trends in southern Europe.
Publikationsart: Article
Dateibeschreibung: application/pdf
Sprache: English
ISSN: 1941-1707
0250-8060
DOI: 10.1080/02508060.2025.2497216
Rights: CC BY
Dokumentencode: edsair.doi.dedup.....b15b3991081ad633bd9c5b1ab938cff1
Datenbank: OpenAIRE
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Abstract:Groundwater can unveil climate signals and improve long-term reconstructions, but historical studies often overlook groundwater depth due to lack of data. This study presents the longest annual groundwater depth time series in southern Europe (1054-2020 CE) from a relatively deep aquifer in the Eastern Po Plain, northern Italy. The record links groundwater depth oscillations around its mean value (-147 cm +/- 19 standard deviation) to Atlantic climate patterns and water balance. A significant downward trend after about 1606 indicates a depletion of regional water reserves and underlines the need to strengthen groundwater management to address potentially worsening drought trends in southern Europe.
ISSN:19411707
02508060
DOI:10.1080/02508060.2025.2497216