Early Career Scientists

From natural streams to urban consumption: Water distribution networks and their strong environmental footprint in a changing climate

Athanasios V. Serafeim March 8, 2023

Water distribution networks play a crucial role in ensuring access to clean and safe drinking water. However, they can also have significant environmental impacts, especially in the context of a changing climate. To minimize their environmental footprint, it’s important to adopt sustainable practices by implementing energy-efficient technologies. Freshwater availability: a worsening crisis ...[Read More]

Where should hydrology go?

Harro Jongen and Tessa van Hateren March 1, 2023

Thanks to Janneke Remmers for the photo

In 1965, UNESCO launched the first International Hydrological Decade to promote hydrology as an independent scientific discipline. This initiative has since grown into a global movement boosting hydrological research around a changing theme: the International Association of Hydrological Sciences (IAHS) Scientific Decades. The last two decades have shown that community efforts can shape the field o ...[Read More]

From Physics to Interdisciplinary Climate Science: Interview with Florentine Weber, Early Career Scientist Representative

Christina Anna Orieschnig February 15, 2023

Kirsten M Florentine Weber (born 1990), is the Early Career Scientist (ECS) representative of the Hydrological Sciences division of the EGU. She just finished her PhD and is starting a post-doctoral fellowship in 2023. As ECS representative, it is her job to help young researchers to navigate the community – to inform them about their opportunities, to listen to them, and give them a voice ...[Read More]

Call for Applications: Early Career Scientist Representative of the EGU’s Hydrological Sciences Division

Christina Orieschnig February 15, 2023

Do you want to take on a leading role in the community of young hydrologists across the world? Then apply to become the Early Career Scientist Representative (ECS rep) of the Hydrological Sciences (HS) Division of the European Geosciences Union (EGU)! You’ll have the chance to shape the academic experience of other young hydrologists, interact regularly with EGU leaders, and impact the evolution ...[Read More]