Tinted detail of a photo: Fast-flowing white water rushing over mossy boulders in a rocky stream through a tall green conifer forest.
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Hydrological Sciences

Water policy, management & control

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

March 8, 2023
From natural streams to urban consumption: Water distribution networks and their strong environmental footprint in a changing climate

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  Today, freshwater reserves …[Read More]

Why social inequalities matter for hydrologists?

September 30, 2020
Why social inequalities matter for hydrologists?

After a few years spent at an Earth Science department researching social inequalities and hydrological extremes — i.e. floods and droughts — I have often been asked these rhetorical questions: “Isn’t it obvious that the weakest individuals or social groups suffer the most in case of extreme hydrological events? So, why should we study these …[Read More]

Hydrological tipping points: Can we tip the bucket?

Guest author June 3, 2020
Hydrological tipping points: Can we tip the bucket?

We live in a time of unprecedented pressure on water resources. The combination of drivers, such as human water use and land use, climate change by greenhouse gases and the human modification of other components of the Earth system coupled to the water cycle, may be pushing water resources beyond levels of sustainability at all …[Read More]