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Registration open for the UN-Water Summit on Groundwater 7-8 December 2022, at UNESCO HQ in Paris.

by mmikos@fgg.uni-lj.si | May 23, 2022 | Sustainable Development News, Water-related News

The UN-Water Summit is the culminating event of the 2022 campaign “Groundwater: making the invisible visible”, implemented by the dedicated UN-Water Task Force and co-coordinated by UNESCO and the International Groundwater Resources Assessment Centre (IGRAC), on...

EU project BORIS Deliverable D4.2 “State of the art of tools for seismic risk, flood risk and multi-risk assessment” published online.

by mmikos@fgg.uni-lj.si | May 23, 2022 | Publications, Water-related News

The EU project BORIS, we are a project partner of, published online its first deliverable D4.1 entitled “State of the art of tools for seismic risk, flood risk and multi-risk assessment“.

EU project BORIS Deliverable D4.1 “Guidelines for cross-border risk assessment: Shared framework for single and multi-risk assessment at cross-border sites” published online.

by mmikos@fgg.uni-lj.si | May 23, 2022 | Publications, Water-related News

The EU project BORIS, we are a project partner of, published online its first deliverable D4.1 entitled “Guidelines for cross-border risk assessment: Shared framework for single and multi-risk assessment at cross-border sites“.

Paper published in journal Sensors on “A Dynamic Calibration of Optical Fiber DTS Measurements Using PEST and Reference Thermometers”.

by mmikos@fgg.uni-lj.si | May 21, 2022 | Publications

Link to a published open-access paper in journal Sensors, 2022, 22(10), 3890, https://doi.org/10.3390/s22103890. Open access publication, pdf is available here.

Abstract published for EGU 2022 on “Effect of coarse gravel and cobble size particles’ shape on their dynamic image analysis results”.

by mmikos@fgg.uni-lj.si | May 21, 2022 | Publications

Link to an open-access abstract published for the European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2022, Vienna, Austria, 23–27 May 2022, EGU22-4865, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu22-4865, 2022.

Abstract published for EGU 2022 on “Characteristics of the drop size distribution and rainfall erosivity of throughfall beneath a deciduous tree canopy”.

by mmikos@fgg.uni-lj.si | May 21, 2022 | Publications

Link to an open-access abstract published for the European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2022, Vienna, Austria, 23–27 May 2022, EGU22-3433, https://doi.org/10.5194/egusphere-egu22-3433, 2022.

BBC Future Planet: Can gravity batteries solve our energy storage problems?

by mmikos@fgg.uni-lj.si | May 19, 2022 | Sustainable Development News

On the BBC Future Planet web pages, there is an interesting article on gravity batteries published on May 17, 2022. The article is available here. Could a cutting-edge technology that harnesses one of the universe’s fundamental forces help solve our energy...

UNESCO Chair Mid-term Progress Report May 2020 – April 2022 submitted.

by mmikos@fgg.uni-lj.si | May 15, 2022 | Higher Education News, Water-related News

We have today submitted our UNESCO Chair on Water-related Disaster Risk Reduction Mid-term Progress Report for the period May 2020 – April 2022 to the UNITWIN Secretariat. Here you can see a list of all UNESCO Chairs and UNITWIN Networks.

LARAM School 2022, September 5-16, registration deadline approaching.

by mmikos@fgg.uni-lj.si | May 15, 2022 | Higher Education News, Water-related News

The LARAM School 2022 (www.laram.unisa.it) will be held from Monday 5 to Friday 16 September (in hybrid mode, with some students and teachers connected online) in Salerno. We will also host the 3rd LARAM Honour Lecture. The next LARAM Lecturer will be announced in the...

Bled Water Festival June 16-17, 2022.

by mmikos@fgg.uni-lj.si | May 15, 2022 | Water-related News

The Bled Water Festival will take place on 16 and 17 June 2022. Detailed information about this two-day event is available here. In 2021, UNESCO WRDRR signed a partnership with Bled Water Festival which is recognized as the leading platform for water innovation in...
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