Hydrological Sciences

Ready for EGU GA 2026?

Bettina Schaefli April 24, 2026

Generated with ChatGPT.com on 24 april 2026, with the prompt "can you generate an image around the theme hydrology including this logo?"

Most of us are almost ready to go to EGU General Assembly 2026. It will take place on 3–8 May 2026, with more than 21,000 submitted abstracts (presented as orals, posters, and PICOs, onsite and virtual). The EGU-Programme App is ready to be downloaded. Speakers can already upload their material and of course, all of us can start preparing our personal programme (which can be synchronized with the ...[Read More]

Low-cost equipment keeps urban waterway greenhouse gas emissions research afloat

Liz Flint April 22, 2026

Shaking wine bags to collect methane gas within a scrubbed headspace

Greenhouse gas emissions from urban waterways Every field scientist knows to never go to the field without ample supplies of duct tape and cable ties. We utilised this notion daily within the University of Bristol’s Watershed Carbon Lab team, as we undertook a 2-year long field campaign across the UK, Europe and China collecting data for our FLF funded ‘Urban Waterways’ project. Rivers are known t ...[Read More]

Podcast Launch: History of Hydrology Interviews

Pau Wiersma April 16, 2026

“The number one piece of advice I would give anybody is to pick a problem and go after that problem. Ideally, you should pick a problem that requires a lifetime to solve.” Prof. Siva Sivapalan, episode 1 “A lot of greybeards telling us what we should be doing is absolutely the wrong way to do science. Science is anarchic, it’s bottom-up.” Prof. Mike Kirkby, episode 2 “I wr ...[Read More]

Close the gender gap among EGU awardees: Nominate your women peers

Melissa Reidy, Archita Bhattacharyya and Christina Orieschnig April 9, 2026

Scientists are often imagined through a narrow and gendered stereotype. This matters because society’s image of scientist shape who is seen, remembered and valued as a role model. When recognition, leadership and awards are skewed towards male scientists, scientists from underrepresented genders are less likely to feel that they belong, or see a future for themselves in the field. In geosciences, ...[Read More]