Extreme Hydrological Events Under Climate Change
A special issue of Water (ISSN 2073-4441). This special issue belongs to the section "Water and Climate Change".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: 20 January 2026 | Viewed by 1638
Special Issue Editors
Interests: climate change’s impact on water bodies; anthropogenic impact on hydrological processes; hydrological extremes; thermal regime of water bodies
Interests: river runoff modeling according to climate scenarios, uncertainty and sensitivity analysis of hydrological processes; anthropogenic impact on water bodies; water balance; hydroenergy
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Global climate change is one of the most significant and pressing challenges facing modern society today. By altering precipitation patterns and increasing the instability of the hydrological cycle, climate change significantly affects river discharge dynamics, leading to more frequent and intense floods and droughts. The most comprehensive analysis of climate change, presented in the sixth assessment report published by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, warns that further global warming will lead to increasingly frequent extreme events, the likes of which have never been recorded in history. There is a growing need to understand these extreme weather-induced hydrological phenomena and their potential impacts in order to reduce or mitigate the threats they pose.
This Special Issue will explore the broad topic of extreme hydrological events. We invite you to publish and share research that contributes to a better understanding of
- River runoff responses to climate variability;
- River flood processes;
- Hydrological droughts;
- The monitoring, modeling, and forecasting of extreme hydrological events in a changing environment;
- The sustainable use of water resources;
- Flood and drought risk management solutions, etc.
Dr. Diana Šarauskienė
Dr. Darius Jakimavičius
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- climate change
- extreme hydrological phenomena
- floods
- droughts
- hydrological variability
- river runoff
- hydrological cycle
- water resources
- mitigation strategies
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