Other · March 14, 2026
The Lessini Mountains volcanic district (Venetian Prealps, Italy), belonging to the Veneto Volcanic Province, is mainly composed of Paleogene basaltic volcanics in complex stratigraphic and tectonic relationships with a Meso-Cenozoic sedimentary su ...
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Other · March 14, 2026
Coastal dune systems play a key role in coastal environments, acting both as natural barriers against marine processes and as freshwater storage reservoirs. These systems are dynamic, making assessment and long-term monitoring of geomorphological c ...
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Other · March 14, 2026
Estuarine systems are crucial in deciphering coastal ocean dynamics and biogeochemistry, including the vital role they play as ecological sequesters of greenhouse gases. We present a modelling framework that combines the Estuary Box Model (EBM) wit ...
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Other · May 15, 2025
Forecasting the temporal and spatial evolution of coastal wetlands is a complex and challenging endeavour, further complicated by shifting climatic conditions. From a coastal management perspective, however, it remains essential to anticipate local ...
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Other · January 20, 2025
As an ecosystem of high socioeconomic and ecological importance, global loss and degradation of salt-marshes has multifaceted detrimental impacts. Salt-marshes are recognised as blue carbon ecosystems and play a notable role in the global carbon cy ...
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Other · January 20, 2025
The increase in spectral and spatial resolution offered by satellite imagery opens new opportunities in ecosystem monitoring over broader scales. Combined with advances in machine learning algorithms, like the spectral unmixing methods, it is possi ...
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Other · January 20, 2025
While we are aware that the Italian Alps host thousands of small peatlands, the precise estimate remains uncertain due to the absence of a comprehensive map. These ecosystems are extremely valuable because, in addition to storing large amounts of o ...
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Other · January 20, 2025
Coastal wetlands are geomorphic systems highly sensitive to shifts in environmental forcings such as variations in fluvial sediment transport rates, sea level rise, subsidence rates, nutrient concentrations, temperature, and atmospheric CO2 levels. ...
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Other · January 20, 2025
Estuaries are known as transition zones which modulate the freshwater inputs into the sea, with ocean salt water entering the river mouth and merging with the zero-salinity river streamflow. Understanding their dynamics is important for several pur ...
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Other · May 15, 2023
Geomorphic and vegetation patterns within peatlands are strictly related, and reflect the interactions among topography, hydrogeology, and climate. Vegetation patterns are closely related to soil moisture, drainage patterns, bulk density and carbon ...
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Other · May 15, 2023
Salt marshes provide a multitude of ecosystem services while simultaneously being susceptible to habitat loss and degradation in response to climatic and anthropogenic disturbances. Thus, the spatially explicit characterisation, monitoring and sust ...
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Other · May 15, 2023
Coastal dunes are important habitats that provide a variety of ecosystem services (ecological, economic, coastal protection, etc.) and, as such, their monitoring is a priority for environmental protection (i.e., EU Directives). Eco-geomorphologic f ...
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Other · March 28, 2022
<p>Salt marshes are coastal ecosystems of high importance from ecological and geomorphological perspectives which have been disappearing fastin thelast centuries. Halophytic vegetation can support marsh survival through complex ecomor ...
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Other · March 28, 2022
<p>Seagrass meadows are a famously productive habitat found globally in intertidal and shallow subtidal shelves, hosting a rich biodiversity and efficiently sequestering carbon. They also exert an influence on coastal morphodynamics b ...
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Other · March 27, 2022
<p>Coastal salt marshes are unique and complex geomorphological systems, which must accrete to keep pace with sea-level rise. Even though we know the importance of vegetation and organic matter accumulation in the marsh accretion proc ...
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Other · March 27, 2022
<p>Alpine peatlands occur in alpine, sub-alpine and mountain regions of the world and can be frequently found on the Alps as well as on the Andes, on the Tibetan Plateau, on the Australian Alps and in other regions of the world. Itali ...
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Other · March 27, 2022
<p>Coastal wetlands play a strategic role in the context of mitigating climate-change thanks to their ability of sequestering large amounts of organic carbon (C) and store it in the ground. However, methane (CH4) may form in the sedim ...
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Other · March 4, 2021
<p>Storing up to 70 kg of carbon per cubic meter, peatlands are among the most carbon-dense environments in the world. If in pristine conditions, peatlands support a number of ecosystem services as for example water retention and miti ...
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Other · March 4, 2021
<p>Seagrass meadows are globally distributed ecosystems found on coastal shelves, where they typically occupy the intertidal and shallow subtidal zones. Their sensitivity to environmental changes and proximity to human activities puts ...
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Other · March 4, 2021
<p>Coastal salt-marshes are important eco-geomorphic features of coastal landscapes providing valuable ecosystem services, but unfortunately, they are among the most vulnerable ecosystems around the world. Their survival is mainly thr ...
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Other · March 23, 2020
<p>The precise quantification of peat deposits at local to global scale is of key importance for the implementation of adequate conservation policies of peatlands. To this end, new remote sensing applications are needed, that ...
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