Scientific Results

This catalogue is obtained by conducting a systematic literature review of scientific studies and reviews related to monitoring, forecasting, and simulating the inland water cycle. The analysis maps scientific expertise across research groups and classifies findings by the type of inland water studied, application focus, and geographical scope. A gap analysis will identify missing research areas and assess their relevance to policymaking.

ID â–² Type Year Authors Title Venue/Journal DOI Research type Water System Technical Focus Abstract Link with Projects Link with Tools Related policies ID
publications-2751 Peer reviewed articles 2017 Isabelle Weindl, Benjamin Leon Bodirsky, Susanne Rolinski, Anne Biewald, Hermann Lotze-Campen, Christoph Müller, Jan Philipp Dietrich, Florian Humpenöder, Miodrag Stevanović, Sibyll Schaphoff, Alexander Popp Livestock production and the water challenge of future food supply: Implications of agricultural management and dietary choices Global Environmental Change 10.1016/j.gloenvcha.2017.09.010 Simulation & Modeling Water Distribution Networks No abstract available 689150
publications-2752 Peer reviewed articles 2018 J.-F. Mercure, H. Pollitt, J. E. Viñuales, N. R. Edwards, P. B. Holden, U. Chewpreecha, P. Salas, I. Sognnaes, A. Lam, F. Knobloch Macroeconomic impact of stranded fossil fuel assets Nature Climate Change 10.1038/s41558-018-0182-1 Simulation & Modeling Water Distribution Networks No abstract available 689150
publications-2753 Peer reviewed articles 2018 Florian Humpenöder, Alexander Popp, Benjamin Leon Bodirsky, Isabelle Weindl, Anne Biewald, Hermann Lotze-Campen, Jan Philipp Dietrich, David Klein, Ulrich Kreidenweis, Christoph Müller, Susanne Rolinski, Miodrag Stevanovic Large-scale bioenergy production: how to resolve sustainability trade-offs? Environmental Research Letters 10.1088/1748-9326/aa9e3b Simulation & Modeling Water Distribution Networks No abstract available 689150
publications-2754 Peer reviewed articles 2018 Jean-Francois Mercure, Hector Pollitt, Neil R. Edwards, Philip B. Holden, Unnada Chewpreecha, Pablo Salas, Aileen Lam, Florian Knobloch, Jorge E. Vinuales Environmental impact assessment for climate change policy with the simulation-based integrated assessment model E3ME-FTT-GENIE Energy Strategy Reviews 10.1016/j.esr.2018.03.003 Data Management & Analytics Natural Water Bodies No abstract available 689150
publications-2755 Peer reviewed articles 2018 Janez Sušnik Data-driven quantification of the global water-energy-food system Resources, Conservation and Recycling 10.1016/j.resconrec.2018.02.023 Data Management & Analytics Natural Water Bodies No abstract available 689150
publications-2756 Peer reviewed articles 2018 Sara Masia, Janez Sušnik, Serena Marras, Simone Mereu, Donatella Spano, Antonio Trabucco Assessment of Irrigated Agriculture Vulnerability under Climate Change in Southern Italy Water 10.3390/w10020209 Simulation & Modeling Precipitation & Ecological Systems Climate change in Mediterranean countries is anticipated to have a strong impact on water availability by exacerbating drought conditions and water scarcity. In this context, efficient irrigation practices are becoming essential for sustaining crop production. This work assesses vulnerability of irrigated agriculture for six irrigation districts and their associated reservoirs in Mediterranean areas across Italy under climate change (1976–2005 versus 2036–2065; RCP 4.5 and 8.5), evaluating changes in irrigation requirements, evaporation from reservoirs, and the availability of freshwater supplies. Irrigation requirements are estimated through a crop water model (SIMETAW_R) integrated into a GIS platform, while inflows to reservoirs are hydrologically modelled as partitioning of precipitation contributing to runoff. Results are aggregated into indicators that show the general decreasing resilience and increasing vulnerability of irrigated agriculture under climate change conditions in each case study. The highest percentage of allowable water losses for irrigation is estimated in the Cuga-Alto Temo system, during the prolonged drought period, to be able to satisfy irrigation demand for less than a year. Climate change may only partially affect irrigation in resilient systems, in which storage capacity and the water level entering into the reservoir are considerably higher than the water distribution volumes. 689150
publications-2757 Peer reviewed articles 2018 Janez Sušnik, Chengzi Chew, Xavier Domingo, Simone Mereu, Antonio Trabucco, Barry Evans, Lydia Vamvakeridou-Lyroudia, Dragan Savić, Chrysi Laspidou, Floor Brouwer Multi-Stakeholder Development of a Serious Game to Explore the Water-Energy-Food-Land-Climate Nexus: The SIM4NEXUS Approach Water 10.3390/w10020139 Simulation & Modeling Precipitation & Ecological Systems Water, energy, food, land and climate form a tightly-connected nexus in which actions on one sector impact other sectors, creating feedbacks and unanticipated consequences. This is especially because at present, much scientific research and many policies are constrained to single discipline/sector silos that are often not interacting (e.g., water-related research/policy). However, experimenting with the interaction and determining how a change in one sector could impact another may require unreasonable time frames, be very difficult in practice and may be potentially dangerous, triggering any one of a number of unanticipated side-effects. Current modelling often neglects knowledge from practice. Therefore, a safe environment is required to test the potential cross-sectoral implications of policy decisions in one sector on other sectors. Serious games offer such an environment by creating realistic ‘simulations’, where long-term impacts of policies may be tested and rated. This paper describes how the ongoing (2016–2020) Horizon2020 project SIM4NEXUS will develop serious games investigating potential plausible cross-nexus implications and synergies due to policy interventions for 12 multi-scale case studies ranging from regional to global. What sets these games apart is that stakeholders and partners are involved in all aspects of the modelling definition and process, from case study conceptualisation, quantitative model development including the implementation and validation of each serious game. Learning from playing a serious game is justified by adopting a proof-of-concept for a specific regional case study in Sardinia (Italy). The value of multi-stakeholder involvement is demonstrated, and critical lessons learned for serious game development in general are presented. 689150
publications-2758 Peer reviewed articles 2017 Isabelle Weindl, Alexander Popp, Benjamin Leon Bodirsky, Susanne Rolinski, Hermann Lotze-Campen, Anne Biewald, Florian Humpenöder, Jan Philipp Dietrich, Miodrag Stevanović Livestock and human use of land: Productivity trends and dietary choices as drivers of future land and carbon dynamics Global and Planetary Change 10.1016/j.gloplacha.2017.10.002 Simulation & Modeling Precipitation & Ecological Systems No abstract available 689150
publications-2759 Peer reviewed articles 2018 Sara Fernández, Saúl Rodríguez, Jose L. Martínez, Yaisel J. Borrell, Alba Ardura, Eva García-Vázquez Evaluating freshwater macroinvertebrates from eDNA metabarcoding: A river Nalón case study PLOS ONE 10.1371/journal.pone.0201741 Uncategorized Precipitation & Ecological Systems No abstract available 689682
publications-2760 Peer reviewed articles 2018 Laura Clusa, Laura Miralles, Sara Fernández, Eva García-Vázquez, Eduardo Dopico Public knowledge of alien species: a case study on aquatic biodiversity in North Iberian rivers Journal for Nature Conservation 10.1016/j.jnc.2018.01.001 Data Management & Analytics River Basins No abstract available 689682