Recent Advancements from Aquifers to Skies in Hydrogeology, Geoecology, and Atmospheric Sciences

This book is based on the accepted papers for presentation at the 2nd MedGU Annual Meeting, Marrakesh 2022. It presents a series of newest research studies that are nowadays relevant mainly to Middle East, Mediterranean region, and Africa. It includes major subjects related to hydrology, hydrogeology, hydrogeochemistry including, but not limited to, isotope hydrology, groundwater models, water resources and systems, and related subjects. It also includes research studies on biogeochemistry which mainly focus on the interactions between life and the chemical cycles in the Earth system. Some case studies on geobiology and geoecology investigate the structure and function of geoecosystems, their components, and their environment. The book also presents major subjects related to atmospheric, oceanic, meteorology and climatic science with recent developments in the field. By cutting across these traditional subject boundaries, this book brings together the major elements that are important for understanding the weather, climate, water systems, and geoecosystems in these regions.

Auteur

Haroun Chenchouni Higher National School of Forests, Khenchela, Algeria Dr. Haroun Chenchouni is an associate professor and research scientist (Ecologist) at the Higher National School of Forests (Khenchela, Algeria). He is a former associate professor at the University of Tebessa (Algeria). He holds a doctorate degree in Ecology and Environment from the University of Batna 2 (Algeria) and a M.Sc. (Magister) in Dryland Ecology from the University of Ouargla (Algeria). He graduated as an engineer in Plant Ecology and Forest Ecosystems from the Department of Biological Sciences (University of Batna, Algeria). His research interests are fairly broad; he uses statistical modeling approaches to understand how natural environments, mainly climatic and edaphic factors, and anthropogenic perturbations influence biological interactions, shape trends in population dynamics, and influence community diversity. He uses various biological models to investigate biological interactionsand community ecology of arid and semiarid ecosystems of North Africa.

Zhihua Zhang Shandong University, China, China Zhihua Zhang is a Taishan distinguished professor at Shandong University (China) and is leading an interdisciplinary big data mining research group. His long-standing researches focus on big earth data, climate change mechanisms, ocean dynamics, environmental evolution, and sustainability. Recently, Prof Zhang's researches have highlighted many times by New Scientist (UK), China Science Daily, and China Social Science Daily, and his four monographs published in Elsevier and Springer have been used widely in 60 countries around the world.

Deepak Singh Bisht National Institute of Hydrology, Roorkee, India Dr. DS Bisht is working as Scientist "B" in National Institute of Hydrology, an autonomous society under Ministry of Jal Shakti, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation, Government of India. He did his Ph.D. and Masters from Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur in the domain of hydrology and climate change. His research interests primarily include, but not limited to, hydrological modeling, urban drainage, flood modeling, climate change impact analysis, remote sensing applications, and springshed management.

Matteo Gentilucci University of Camerino, School of Science and Technology, Geology division, Camerino, Italy Matteo Gentilucci had his B.Sc. degree in "Geological Sciences" from University of Camerino, Italy, in 2009 and then earned M.Sc. degree in 2012 from University of Camerino, Italy, in "Geoenvironmental Resources and Risks." He earned a first-level master's degree in GIS for the governance of the territory in 2012 and a Ph.D. in "Sciences and technology: Earth Science" from the University of Camerino in 2017. From February 2017 to October 2018, he was a researcher at the Experimental Geophysical Observatory of Macerata and in 2018 he became honorary fellow in Advanced GIS. In 2018 and 2019, he was a contract professor of the University of Camerino. Since 2022, he has been a researcher at the University of Camerino and holds courses in meteorology, climatology, and GIS.

Mingjie Chen Sultan Qaboos University, Muscat, Oman Dr. Mingjie Chen holds a B.E. in Environmental Engineering (1997) from Tsinghua University (China), a M.Sc. in Environmental Sciences (2000) from Peking University (China), and a Ph.D degree in Environmental Sciences (2005) from University of California, Santa Barbara (USA). After over ten years of research experiences in prestigious institutions (Los Alamos National Laboratory, Tufts University, and Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory) in USA, Dr. Chen joined Water Research Center, Sultan Qaboos University (Oman) in 2014 as a senior hydrogeologist. His research focuses on using field data, laboratory experiment, and numerical models to study fluid flow and contaminant transport in subsurface area. He has conducted more than 20 research projects and published over 50 peer-reviewed journal papers on underground environment remediation, hydrocarbon reservoirs, CO2 utilization and sequestration, geothermal reservoir, groundwater modeling, and management.

Helder Chaminé School of Engineering of Porto (ISEP), Portugal Helder I. Chaminé is a skilled geologist (BSc, PhD, DSc) and professor of engineering geosciences at the School of Engineering (ISEP) of the Polytechnic of Porto, Portugal, with over 33 years of experience in multidisciplinary geosciences research and practice. Before joining the academy in 2001, he worked for over 13 years on international and national projects for mining hydrogeomechanics and geology, structural geology mapping, applied mineralogy, rock engineering, exploration geology, and groundwater. His major research interests are GIS mapping techniques for applied geology, geotechnics and natural hazards, engineering geosciences and hydrogeomechanics, hard-rock hydrogeology, urban groundwater, water resources and thermal waters management. He has interests in geomining heritage, geoethics, history of cartography, military geosciences, higher education dissemination, and geo-professional core values He has also been active in teaching and supervising many Ph.D., M.Sc., and undergraduate students.

Maurizio Barbieri University of Rome La Sapienza, Italy Maurizio Barbieri is a skilled geologist (B.Sc., Ph.D.) with over 27 years of experience and a full professor of Geochemistry at the Department of Chemical, Materials and Environmental Engineering (DICMA) of the Sapienza University of Rome, Italy. Presently, he is a fellow of the Association of Applied Geochemists and European Chair (Italy) of the Society for Environmental Geochemistry and Health. He has been on the editorial board of the Arabian Journal of Geosciences, Chemie der Erde, Environmental Geochemistry and Health, Euro-Mediterranean Journal for Environmental Integration, Water, Geofluids, and Discover Water. In addition, he is the editor-in-chief (hydrogeology section) for Geosciences MDPI.

Mahesh Kumar Jat Malaviya National Institute of Technology Jaipur, India Dr. Mahesh Kumar Jat is a professor of Water Resources at Malaviya National Institute of Technology (MNIT) Jaipur (India). He is teaching and doing research in the area of hydrological modeling, integrated water management, geo-spatial technologies, and land use land cover change modeling. He has published more than 100 research articles in ISI/Scopus journals and conferences (total citations: 2330; h-index - 21; i-index 30). He has completed 12 research projects amounting to more than 65 million Indian rupees. He is a member of many national and international professional bodies such as the European Geosciences Union (EGU), ASCE, IWRS, IAH, IRS, etc. Hesits as a member of the board of studies of many Institutes in India. He is the associate editor and editorial member in 2 ISI journals.…