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

Alessia Matano and Francesco Avanzi August 23, 2023

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 …[Read More]

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Welcome to the blog of the Hydrological Sciences (HS) Division of the European Geosciences Union (EGU). This blog is a platform to communicate new ideas and old thoughts, a bit of history and future perspectives, as well as a glimpse at experimental and modelling studies. In other words, it is a platform to share news, research and opinions on hydrological processes and applications, including interactions between hydrology and other disciplines in geosciences. Everybody is invited to contribute to the blog and submit posts to the Editorial Team.