A Hybrid Modelling Approach for Detecting Seasonal Variations in Inland Green-Blue Ecosystems [poster]

Abstract

Deforestation, environmental pollution, and the overexploitation of resources, in addition to the Earth's natural cycles, are scaling up the impacts of climate change in the provision of Ecosystem Services (ES). Green-Blue Ecosystems (GBE) are impacted by climatic conditions, topography, and water presence. In the context of climate change, Portugal is recognized as a hotspot among the most vulnerable European countries. Recent studies have shown evidence of climatic changes, such as the long periods of drought recorded in 1990, 2004/2005 and2012. The more frequent occurrence of these events is increasing the severity of seasonality effects on GBE and compromising the provision of services such as freshwater supply, and consequently crop and wood production, and carbon storage and sequestration.