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Hydrological Sciences

Where The River Feeds The Wells: A Story Of Smart Monitoring For Safe Drinking Water Supply

, and November 13, 2025
Where The River Feeds The Wells: A Story Of Smart Monitoring For Safe Drinking Water Supply

When a river becomes your drinking water  When you open the tap in Tarnów, a charming city in southern Poland with a history dating back to the Middle Ages, chances are that most of the water you are about to drink once flowed in the nearby Dunajec River. Yet between the river and your glass lies an invisible world: a network of sand and gravel that filters, delays, and transforms the river’s wate ...[Read More]

HydroTalks Podcast: Professor Li Li on data and models, water chemistry, climate change and science communication

, and November 6, 2025
HydroTalks Podcast: Professor Li Li on data and models, water chemistry, climate change and science communication

Welcome to HydroTalks, the EGU HS division’s podcast series. In this episode, we interviewed Prof. Li Li (Li Li – Penn State), leader of the Li Reactive Water group at Penn State University. We talked about her research on using data and models for hydro-biogeochemical processes, river water quality, climate change, and research communication. Her research sits at the intersection of h ...[Read More]

“What if …?” – Creativity in flood risk management using counterfactual scenarios

November 3, 2025
“What if …?” – Creativity in flood risk management using counterfactual scenarios

Floods are among the most devastating natural hazards, claiming lives and damaging infrastructure.  The question of how we can be prepared for these extreme events quickly reaches an almost philosophical level: First of all, what is an extreme event? Second, how can we know what the future will bring?  For the last century hydrologists have relied on statistical concepts, which are based on observ ...[Read More]

Are you our next HS Early Career Scientist Representative?

, and October 30, 2025
Are you our next HS Early Career Scientist Representative?

It’s time to grow the Early Career Scientists (ECS) team of the Hydrological Sciences Division! We’re looking for the next ECS representative to contribute to coordinating social media, our newsletter, online campfires, our podcast series, and to join our fantastic blog team. Interested? Keep reading to find out more! What do ECS teams do? EGU’s scientific activities are organised by 22 scientific ...[Read More]