[Bolincentret-at-su.se] Bolin RA3 Zoom Series - Lukas Gudmundsson (ETH Zurich) - Detecting and attributing global change in terrestrial water systems

[Fernando Jaramillo]

RA3 seminar series | Perspectives of Hydrology and Water Resources
EVENT
Date: 18 May 2021, 2.00 PM - 18 May 2021, 3.00 PM
Venue: https://stockholmuniversity.zoom.us/j/8295564699



Detecting and attributing global change in terrestrial water systems

Lukas Gudmundsson, Institute of Atmospheric and Climate Science, ETH Zurich, Switzerland.

One of the key concerns with anthropogenic climate change are its effects on the terrestrial water cycle. Model projections indicate that anthropogenic climate change can affect regional water availability and may trigger more floods and droughts. While there is mounting evidence showing human impacts in the atmospheric part of the water cycle, the limited availability of relevant observations has so far prevented an unambiguous detection and attribution of anthropogenic climate change in terrestrial water resources and hydrological extremes. Recent advances in mobilizing large quantities of river flow time series around the globe and breakthroughs in data-driven reconstructions of essential freshwater variables using machine learning allow now for an unprecedented assessment of global hydrological change. Causal drivers of observed change are investigated using climate change detection and attribution methods, that ingest both observational information and model based evidence. The analysis allows to conclude that it is very likely that anthropogenic climate change is already impacting water resources and hydrological extremes at the global scale.


Short bio
Lukas Gudmundsson is a climate scientist with a special interest in global freshwater dynamics. After finalizing his PhD on large-scale hydrology and the University of Oslo (Norway), he moved to the Institute of Atmospheric and Climate Science, ETH Zurich (Switzerland), where he explores the detection and attribution of climate change impacts and uses machine learning to reconstruct the dynamics of global water availability. In his most recent work, Lukas Gudmundsson did show that globally observed trends in mean and extreme river flow is attributable to climate change.

FERNANDO JARAMILLO
Assistant Professor and Docent
Hydrology, Water Resources and Permafrost Unit<https://www.natgeo.su.se/english/hydrology-water-resources-and-permafrost-unit>
Bolin Research Area 3 – Hydrosphere, Cryosphere and Climate<https://bolin.su.se/research/research-areas/research-area-3>
Department of Physical Geography/Baltic Sea Centre /Stockholm Resilience Center
Stockholm University, SE-106 91 Stockholm. Sweden
Personal website<https://www.su.se/english/profiles/fjara-1.188044>


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