Fingerprint of climate change in precipitation aggressiveness across the central Mediterranean (Italian) area

Abstract Rainfall erosivity and its derivative, erosivity density (ED, i.e., the erosivity per unit of rain), is a main driver of considerable environmental damages and economic losses worldwide. This study is the first to investigate the interannual variability, and return periods, of both rainfall...

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Autores principales:	Nazzareno Diodato, Fredrik Charpentier Ljungqvist, Gianni Bellocchi
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Publicado:	Nature Portfolio 2020
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spelling	oai:doaj.org-article:14fc213a095944ceb30e0dfd9411fa9e2021-12-02T12:42:18ZFingerprint of climate change in precipitation aggressiveness across the central Mediterranean (Italian) area10.1038/s41598-020-78857-32045-2322https://doaj.org/article/14fc213a095944ceb30e0dfd9411fa9e2020-12-01T00:00:00Zhttps://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-78857-3https://doaj.org/toc/2045-2322Abstract Rainfall erosivity and its derivative, erosivity density (ED, i.e., the erosivity per unit of rain), is a main driver of considerable environmental damages and economic losses worldwide. This study is the first to investigate the interannual variability, and return periods, of both rainfall erosivity and ED over the Mediterranean for the period 1680–2019. By capturing the relationship between seasonal rainfall, its variability, and recorded hydrological extremes in documentary data consistent with a sample (1981–2015) of detailed Revised Universal Soil Loss Erosion-based data, we show a noticeable decreasing trend of rainfall erosivity since about 1838. However, the 30-year return period of ED values indicates a positive long-term trend, in tandem with the resurgence of very wet days (> 95th percentile) and the erosive activity of rains during the past two decades. A possible fingerprint of recent warming is the occurrence of prolonged wet spells in apparently more erratic and unexpected ways.Nazzareno DiodatoFredrik Charpentier LjungqvistGianni BellocchiNature PortfolioarticleMedicineRScienceQENScientific Reports, Vol 10, Iss 1, Pp 1-13 (2020)
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description	Abstract Rainfall erosivity and its derivative, erosivity density (ED, i.e., the erosivity per unit of rain), is a main driver of considerable environmental damages and economic losses worldwide. This study is the first to investigate the interannual variability, and return periods, of both rainfall erosivity and ED over the Mediterranean for the period 1680–2019. By capturing the relationship between seasonal rainfall, its variability, and recorded hydrological extremes in documentary data consistent with a sample (1981–2015) of detailed Revised Universal Soil Loss Erosion-based data, we show a noticeable decreasing trend of rainfall erosivity since about 1838. However, the 30-year return period of ED values indicates a positive long-term trend, in tandem with the resurgence of very wet days (> 95th percentile) and the erosive activity of rains during the past two decades. A possible fingerprint of recent warming is the occurrence of prolonged wet spells in apparently more erratic and unexpected ways.
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title	Fingerprint of climate change in precipitation aggressiveness across the central Mediterranean (Italian) area
title_short	Fingerprint of climate change in precipitation aggressiveness across the central Mediterranean (Italian) area
title_full	Fingerprint of climate change in precipitation aggressiveness across the central Mediterranean (Italian) area
title_fullStr	Fingerprint of climate change in precipitation aggressiveness across the central Mediterranean (Italian) area
title_full_unstemmed	Fingerprint of climate change in precipitation aggressiveness across the central Mediterranean (Italian) area
title_sort	fingerprint of climate change in precipitation aggressiveness across the central mediterranean (italian) area
publisher	Nature Portfolio
publishDate	2020
url	https://doaj.org/article/14fc213a095944ceb30e0dfd9411fa9e
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Fingerprint of climate change in precipitation aggressiveness across the central Mediterranean (Italian) area

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