Hydrological Sciences

Meet your ECS Rep – Archita Bhattacharyya

Annegret Roessler June 19, 2026

Building mini-snowman during PhD fieldwork while waiting for DNA samples to be collected in water filters.

Archita Bhattacharyya is an Environmental Scientist and a research and development fellow at the Department of Environment, Food and Rural affairs, England. For 2026, she is the Early Career Scientist Representative for the Hydrological Sciences division. Can you tell us about the focus of your research? In my PhD, I focused on groundwater microbiology, especially how microbial communities change ...[Read More]

Dialogue is essential for advancing hydrological science

Thorsten Wagener June 18, 2026

A little over a decade ago, a group of us argued that “it takes a village to raise a hydrologist”. The skills and knowledge any hydrologist should be exposed to during their training goes far beyond what a single person can do and know. Even more, the experience of how water shapes and interacts with diverse landscapes all around the world cannot be obtained by a single person. This is true especi ...[Read More]

HydroTalks podcast: Introducing Ilias Pechlivanidis, the HS Division President-elect

Archita Bhattacharyya June 11, 2026

For this episode of HydroTalks, we’re thrilled to welcome Dr. Ilias Pechlivanidis, Senior Researcher and Associate Professor (Docent) in hydrology and water resources at the Swedish Meteorological and Hydrological Institute (SMHI), and Visiting Researcher at Uppsala University. He is currently the Vice President of the EGU Hydrological Sciences Division and will serve as Division President for th ...[Read More]

EGU General Assembly 2026 – A Hydrological Wrap Up

Annegret Roessler June 5, 2026

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]