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Hydrological Sciences

Francesco Avanzi

researcher at the CIMA Research Foundation, where he works on the cryosphere & hydrology portfolio. His research activities focus on mountain hydrology and the cryosphere, with a particular interest in developing operational models to manage floods and droughts. He tweets as @WorldOfChecco.

Floods and droughts: two sides of the same hydrological coin

Floods and droughts: two sides of the same hydrological coin

This is not (only) a flood. Inspired by Magritte’s painting: ‘Ceci n’est pas une pipe’ After an alarming dry winter, the European continent has been enduring weeks of a record-breaking heatwave across the southern regions, while coping with scattered, intense precipitation and flash floods. In Zaragoza (Spain), recent flash floods swiftly transformed the previously dry landscape into raging rivers ...[Read More]