Freshwater Ecology, Hydrology and Management (FEHM-Lab), Departament de Biologia Evolutiva, Ecologia i Ciències Ambientals, Facultat de Biologia, Universitat de Barcelona (UB), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Institut de Recerca de la Biodiversitat (IRBio), Universitat de Barcelona (UB), Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
Zoltán Csabai
Department of Hydrobiology, University of Pécs, Pécs, Hungary
HUN-REN Balaton Limnological Research Institute, Tihany, Hungary
HUN-REN Centre for Ecological Research, Institute of Aquatic Ecology, Debrecen, Hungary
Heikki Mykrä
Finnish Environment Institute, Nature Solutions, Oulu, Finland
Our study projects how climate change will affect the drying of river segments and stream networks in Europe, using advanced modelling techniques to assess changes in six river networks across diverse ecoregions. We found that drying events will become more frequent and intense and will start earlier or last longer, potentially turning some river sections from perennial to intermittent. The results are valuable for river ecologists for evaluating the ecological health of river ecosystem.
Our study projects how climate change will affect the drying of river segments and stream...