Hydrological Sciences

Inclusive fieldwork: issues to care about

Floreana Miesen and Léa Rodari November 2, 2022

Field courses can have different styles and range from outdoor lecturing to practical exercises. Photo: Yuniarti Yuska

Imagine it is your first time going on a field trip. After spending hours in the lecture theatre, you are excited to get outside and see those environmental processes that so far you have only seen in graphs and figures. You get off the bus, and the first thing your professor says is: “people less comfortable with climbing on the rocks can just take the notes”, while looking at you and your femal ...[Read More]

The mystery of shared first authorship

Bettina Schaefli July 6, 2022

Have you heard of the option to have two first authors? Or seen the little star that indicates that both first authors have equally contributed to the work? I got to know the concept many years ago, without having ever used it. Now, one of my PhD students is working on a shared paper. My first reaction as a supervisor was: let’s have a quick look on the current rules about shared first autho ...[Read More]

Hydrologists celebrate Earth Day 2022

Maria-Helena Ramos, Nilay Dogulu and Bettina Schaefli April 22, 2022

Ice and flowing water, by Daniele Penna, University of Florence, Firenze, Italy (Finalist in the EGU Photo Competition 2010; https://imaggeo.egu.eu/view/516/)

Today is Earth Day. As hydrologists, we work closely with what covers about 71% of the Earth’s surface: water! How do you feel when surrounded by Earth’s nature? How would you describe the contribution of your research on the water cycle to the wellbeing of our planet? If you should prepare a warning sign to join people marching in the streets on this special day, what would you write? ...[Read More]

Goodbye 2021: looking forward to the challenges ahead

Maria-Helena Ramos December 22, 2021

Kastoria Lake, by Efthimis Sidiropoulos (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)

When I started as Division president, at the General Assembly in 2019, I thought: “Well, my predecessors were very nice; people did not complain (at least not too much), so I guess I can do exactly as they did.” I was not expecting a virus pandemic that would change so many things, including moving, with short notice, all activities online! As I mentioned in a previous post, I cannot hide that the ...[Read More]