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Guglielmina Diolaiuti

Guglielmina Diolaiuti

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Earth Science

D-Index
42
Citations
5881
World Ranking
5325
National Ranking
149

Overview

Guglielmina Diolaiuti is affiliated with the University of Milan in Italy. Their research primarily spans Environmental Science and Earth and Planetary Sciences, with a focus on several subfields such as Atmospheric Science, Ecology, Environmental Engineering, Geology, and Global and Planetary Change.

Their work covers a range of topics related to cryospheric processes, climate impacts, microbial ecology, and environmental monitoring. Key areas of study include:

  • Cryospheric studies and observations
  • Climate change and permafrost
  • Microbial Community Ecology and Physiology
  • Polar Research and Ecology
  • Environmental DNA in Biodiversity Studies
  • Arctic and Antarctic ice dynamics
  • Microplastics and Plastic Pollution

Some of the frequent venues where Diolaiuti has published include:

  • Remote Sensing
  • Sustainability
  • Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
  • The Science of The Total Environment
  • Cold Regions Science and Technology

Frequent co-authors collaborating with Diolaiuti are:

  • Antonella Senese (24 publications)
  • Davide Fugazza (21 publications)
  • Roberto Ambrosini (17 publications)
  • Maurizio Maugeri (15 publications)
  • Veronica Manara (12 publications)

Significant recent papers authored or co-authored by Diolaiuti include:

  • Glacier shrinkage in the Alps continues unabated as revealed by a new glacier inventory from Sentinel-2, 2020, Earth System Science Data
  • Early ecological succession patterns of bacterial, fungal and plant communities along a chronosequence in a recently deglaciated area of the Italian Alps, 2020, FEMS Microbiology Ecology
  • The development of terrestrial ecosystems emerging after glacier retreat, 2024, Nature
  • The Retreat of Mountain Glaciers since the Little Ice Age: A Spatially Explicit Database, 2021, Data
  • Local cooling and drying induced by Himalayan glaciers under global warming, 2023, Nature Geoscience

Best Publications

  • First evidence of microplastic contamination in the supraglacial debris of an alpine glacier

    Roberto Ambrosini;Roberto Sergio Azzoni;Francesca Pittino;Guglielmina Diolaiuti

  • Ice ablation and meteorological conditions on the debris-covered area of Baltoro glacier, Karakoram, Pakistan

    Claudia Mihalcea;Christoph Mayer;Guglielmina Diolaiuti;Astrid Lambrecht

  • Accelerating climate change impacts on alpine glacier forefield ecosystems in the European Alps.

    Nicoletta Cannone;Guglielmina Diolaiuti;Mauro Guglielmin;Claudio Smiraglia

  • Meteorology and surface energy fluxes in the 2005–2007 ablation seasons at the Miage debris-covered glacier, Mont Blanc Massif, Italian Alps

    Ben W. Brock;Claudia Mihalcea;Martin P. Kirkbride;Guglielmina Diolaiuti

  • Spatial distribution of debris thickness and melting from remote-sensing and meteorological data, at debris-covered Baltoro glacier, Karakoram, Pakistan

    C.E. Mihalcea;C. Mayer;G. Diolaiuti;C. D'Agata

  • Glaciological characteristics of the ablation zone of Baltoro glacier, Karakoram, Pakistan

    C. Mayer;A. Lambrecht;M. Belò;C. Smiraglia

  • Glacier shrinkage in the Alps continues unabated as revealed by a new glacier inventory from Sentinel-2

    Frank Paul;Philipp Rastner;Roberto Sergio Azzoni;Guglielmina Diolaiuti

  • Using ASTER satellite and ground-based surface temperature measurements to derive supraglacial debris cover and thickness patterns on Miage Glacier (Mont Blanc Massif, Italy)

    Claudia Mihalcea;Benjamin Brock;Guglielmina Diolaiuti;Carlo D'Agata

  • Recent (1980–2009) evidence of climate change in the upper Karakoram, Pakistan

    Daniele Bocchiola;Guglielmina Diolaiuti

  • Prediction of future hydrological regimes in poorly gauged high altitude basins: the case study of the upper Indus, Pakistan

    D. Bocchiola;G. Diolaiuti;A. Soncini;C. Mihalcea

  • Future Hydrological Regimes in the Upper Indus Basin: A Case Study from a High-Altitude Glacierized Catchment

    Andrea Soncini;Daniele Bocchiola;Gabriele Confortola;Alberto Bianchi

  • Combination of UAV and terrestrial photogrammetry to assess rapid glacier evolution and map glacier hazards

    Davide Fugazza;Marco Scaioni;Manuel Corti;Carlo D'Agata

  • The fluctuations of Italian glaciers during the last century : a contribution to knowledge about Alpine glacier changes

    Michele Citterio;Guglielmina Diolaiuti;Claudio Smiraglia;Carlo D'agata

  • Evidence of climate change within the Adamello Glacier of Italy

    Daniele Bocchiola;Guglielmina Diolaiuti

  • Changing glaciers in a changing climate: how vanishing geomorphosites have been driving deep changes in mountain landscapes and environments

    Guglielmina Diolaiuti;Claudio Smiraglia

  • 2001-2010 glacier changes in the Central Karakoram National Park: a contribution to evaluate the magnitude and rate of the "Karakoram anomaly"

    U. Minora;D. Bocchiola;C. D'Agata;D. Maragno

  • Glacier shrinkage and modeled uplift of the Alps

    Valentina Roberta Barletta;C. Ferrari;G. Diolaiuti;T. Carnielli

  • Evidence of climate change impact upon glaciers’ recession within the Italian Alps

    G. Diolaiuti;D. Bocchiola;C. D’agata;C. Smiraglia

  • Glacier area stability in the Central Karakoram National Park (Pakistan) in 2001–2010: The “Karakoram Anomaly” in the spotlight

    Umberto Filippo Minora;Daniele Bocchiola;Carlo D’Agata;Davide Maragno

  • Glacier retreat and climate change: Documenting the last 50 years of Alpine glacier history from area and geometry changes of Dosdè Piazzi glaciers (Lombardy Alps, Italy):

    Guglielmina Adele Diolaiuti;Davide Maragno;Carlo D'Agata;Claudio Smiraglia

  • Future hydrological regimes and glacier cover in the Everest region: The case study of the upper Dudh Koshi basin

    Andrea Soncini;Daniele Bocchiola;Gabriele Confortola;Umberto Filippo Minora

  • The evolution of the Italian glaciers from the previous data base to the New Italian Inventory. Preliminary considerations and results

    C. Smiraglia;R. S. Azzoni;C. D’Agata;D. Maragno

Frequent Co-Authors

Claudio Smiraglia
Claudio Smiraglia University of Milan
Daniele Bocchiola
Daniele Bocchiola Polytechnic University of Milan
Roberto Ambrosini
Roberto Ambrosini University of Milan
Andrea Franzetti
Andrea Franzetti University of Milano-Bicocca
Christoph Mayer
Christoph Mayer Bavarian Academy of Sciences and Humanities
Martin P. Kirkbride
Martin P. Kirkbride University of Dundee
Maurizio Maugeri
Maurizio Maugeri University of Milan
Andrea Zerboni
Andrea Zerboni University of Milan
Renzo Rosso
Renzo Rosso Polytechnic University of Milan
Antoine Rabatel
Antoine Rabatel Grenoble Alpes University

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