Unraveling interactions between WATER and carbon cycles during drought and their impact on water resources and forest and grassland ecosySTEMs in the Mediterranean climate
ROLE: PI
REF: MUR Prot. 20202WF53Z
Period: 2022-2024 (36 months)
Partners:
- Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche – Istituto di Ricerca per la Protezione Idrogeologica (CNR-IRPI)
- University of Florence
- University of Trento
- University of Campania (Luigi Vanvitelli)
- University of Basilicata
- CNR-IBE
Description: Mediterranean mountainous basins provide critical water supply and ecosystem services, yet these environments are increasingly at risk due to anthropogenic stressors and competition for water across urban, agricultural and environmental demands. In Waterstem we study the interactions between carbon and water cycles and their role in the propagation of meteorological droughts into eco-hydrological systems. Waterstem aims at increasing water and ecosystem security in a warmer and drier Mediterranean.
Website: https://www.waterstem.org/
