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Interdisciplinary research within hydrology

Interdisciplinary research within hydrology

Interdisciplinary research within hydrology has become a major task for hydrologists. But what are the main advantages and challenges reflecting to break the academic silos?  What is interdisciplinary water research? Interdisciplinary research activities within human-water research have increased in recent years, not only in terms of research proposals and requests from funding agencies (such as t ...[Read More]

Water justice in hydrological research

Water justice in hydrological research

Water justice has become a crucial discussion in the past decades. Some of the core aspects reflect the questions about who gets involved in the decision-making process, who has access to drinking water, or who gains from flood alleviation schemes. Many hydrologists are struggling to find an answer to these major challenges.  The rise of water justice In recent decades, the question of justice in ...[Read More]

Join the IAHS’ New Scientific Decade: Science for Water Solutions – HELPING

Join the IAHS’ New Scientific Decade: Science for Water Solutions – HELPING

What are the most pressing research topics in the international community of hydrologists? What are people working on? And how can you become involved?  Many hydrologists, especially early career scientists, struggle to find answers to these questions.  That is where the scientific decades of the International Association of Hydrological Sciences (IAHS) come in. Specifically, its latest one – ...[Read More]

Ma Terre en 180 Minutes: reducing our carbon footprint with concrete actions

Ma Terre en 180 Minutes: reducing our carbon footprint with concrete actions

As with all professional activities, one of the greatest challenges for us, geoscientists, is how to reduce our own CO2 emissions linked to our research activities over the coming decades. A collective of 57 researchers came together in 2021-2022 to promote awareness and concrete action to decarbonize scientific activities: it was the birth of Ma Terre en 180 Minutes, whose title is inspired by Ma ...[Read More]