Recent Advancements from Aquifers to Skies in Hydrogeology, Geoecology, and Atmospheric Sciences Proceedings of the 2nd MedGU, Marrakesh 2022 (Volume 1)

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.

Section 1.  Hydrology, Groundwater and Water Resource Management.- Section 2. Biogeochemistry, Geobiology and Geoecology.- Section 3. Atmospheric and Oceanographic Sciences.- Section 4.  Global Change: Its Causes and Impacts.

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.