Enhancing Resilience of Hot Spring Ecosystems Towards a Model of Sustainable Management of SPA Territories, Driving Innovation and Energy transition [Poster]

ABSTRACT: The climate observation systems have classified 2020, 2022, 2019, 2015, and 2014 as the five hottest years in Europe over the past four decades. In the SUDOE region, 2022 was the warmest year since 1950. The projected long-term decline in precipitation in the SUDOE region may alter the natural properties of thermal springs, by changes in of shallow and deep groundwater mixing, impacting their anthropogenic ecosystem. Currently, there is no data assessing the impact of climate change, nor is there any adaptation strategy in place to anticipate its socio-economic consequences. Data on groundwater quality, climate change vulnerability, and territorial adaptive capacity are heterogeneous, exacerbating the economic divide. Migration movements and indirect impacts of climate change, as such as pandemic crises, may further intensify stress on water resources and the economy.

Keywords

Thermal springs Climate change

URI

http://hdl.handle.net/10400.9/4459

Citation

Bertin, C., Iasio, C., Herms, I., Arnó, G., Carvalho, J., Ramalho, E., Becerra, S., Roussel, M. & Brut, E. (2024) Enhancing Resilience of Hot Spring Ecosystems Towards a Model of Sustainable Management of SPA Territories, Driving Innovation and Energy transition. In: World Groundwater Congress, Davos, Switzerland, 8-13 September, 2024