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EGU General Assembly 2026 – A Hydrological Wrap Up

EGU General Assembly 2026 – A Hydrological Wrap Up

The EGU General Assembly (GA) 2026 was an amazing success! Over the course of five sunny days in Vienna, 20,173 presentations were given across 1,014 sessions by the 20,027 on-site participants and 2,470 online attendees. There were plenty of events to choose from for the hydrologists attending. Across sessions, networking events, short courses, posters and medal lectures, we have put together som ...[Read More]

Reclaiming scientific publishing: Our duty to make science freely accessible to all

Reclaiming scientific publishing: Our duty to make science freely accessible to all

When we (Camille Thomas and Romain Vaucher speaking) entered academia as graduate students in France and Switzerland, we were enthusiastic about the vast amount of research available with a simple click on our university computers. However, we also quickly felt disheartened by the significant amount of research work we couldn’t access when wrapping up our theses from home. Luckily, pirates existed ...[Read More]

Regarding Flowing Waters – The Science and Art of Hydrology

Regarding Flowing Waters – The Science and Art of Hydrology

About a decade ago, I formally retired from Lancaster University (albeit retaining an emeritus position and still producing the occasional paper).   In that time, I have been able to pursue my interests in the history of hydrology but also devote more time to my other passion which is landscape photography, especially images of water. As a hydrologist, I do understand that to spend my spare time p ...[Read More]

HydroTalks: Prof. Laura Richards and Ajmal Roshan on groundwater quality, arsenic, and citizen science

HydroTalks: Prof. Laura Richards and Ajmal Roshan on groundwater quality, arsenic, and citizen science

For this month’s episode of HydroTalks, we’re thrilled to welcome Prof. Laura Richards and Ajmal Roshan. Laura is a UKRI Future Leaders Fellow and Professor of Water Resources and Environmental Geochemistry at the University of Manchester. Laura is also the project lead of the AQUAROAD Programme on groundwater quality in the Global South. Ajmal is a Cookson Awardee PhD scholar, and he’s work ...[Read More]