Freshwater in both natural and man-made stores is critical for socioeconomic development. Globally, cumulative reduction in terrestrial water storage from 1971 to 2020 is estimated to be of the order of 27,079 Bm3. Although insignificant in comparison to the total volume stored, the decrease in ‘operational’ water stored (i.e., the proportion of wa...
Published in Frontiers in Environmental Science
Published in Journal of Earth System Science
AbstractIn Northern Algeria, the Cheliff watershed has been severely affected by a decline in runoff since the 1970s due to a decrease in rainfall. However, the sensitivity of watersheds to this decline is variable and involves complex processes. This basin contains several dams that supply the population with water for drinking as well as for irri...
Today, many migrating fish stocks find it difficult to reach their breeding grounds. This is because there are different types of obstacles e.g., hydropower plants and dams. Such power plants need environmental adaptations and fish counters are becoming an increasingly common tool for such adaptations. This essay investigates, with the help of data...
Algeria is located in a region with an arid climate, which requires rational management of water resources. According to the current state of knowledge, the mobilisation of water through dams started with diversion works before the colonial period. During the colonial period (1830-1962), sixteen dams with a total capacity of one billion m3 were bui...
The paper describes the Italian technical regulations for dams and barrages issued in 2014 by the Minister of Infrastructure and Transport, where substantial changes in the existing rules are introduced by suggesting a design approach based on the semi-probabilistic method at limit states. The paper highlights the most innovative aspects as well as...
Published in Environmental Research: Infrastructure and Sustainability
Knowledge and modeling of the observed functionality of dams and reservoirs are desirable for better water resources management. In this study, we examine the functionality of dams and reservoirs over much of the globe through a hydroclimate assessment over 990 Global Runoff Data Center stations that have at least one dam/reservoir over the corresp...
Dams play a vital role in supplying fresh water to many cities all over the world. With increasing pressure and demand for natural resources, water supply remain a scarce resource worldwide. During times of uncertainty, predicting the future availability of water supply by considering various hydrometric and anthropogenic variables will provide a f...
Published in Gut Microbes
The Developmental Origins of Health and Disease (DOHaD) concept has been proposed to explain the influence of environmental conditions during critical developmental stages on the risk of diseases in adulthood. The aim of this study was to compare the impact of the prenatal vs. postnatal environment on the gut microbiota in dams during the preconcep...
Published in Frontiers for Young Minds
For over six million years, salmon and steelhead (known as salmonids) have returned to the California Central Valley. After swimming under the Golden Gate Bridge and through the San Francisco Bay, adult salmonids swim hundreds of miles up the Sacramento or San Joaquin Rivers. Before dams were built, three out of the five salmonid species swam from ...
