摘要：Given predictions of future climate, changes in rainfall and water resources seem certain to have important socio-economic and political impacts in the Mediterranean region (Giorgi, 2006). Understanding the variability of hydro-climate over different timescales is therefore essential for predicting future climate change and its possible impact on society. Because they vary directly with the physical processes of the hydrological cycle, oxygen isotope ratios provide an important hydro-climatic tracer on all timescales—instrumental, historical and geological. This workshop provided a timely opportunity to bring together members of the scientific community engaged in different aspects of stable isotope research around the Mediterranean basin. The meeting was held over three days in the University of Pisa’s Botanical Gardens, with oral and poster presentations by 56 participants.
