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Hydrological Sciences

Inclusive fieldwork: issues to care about

and November 2, 2022
Inclusive fieldwork: issues to care about
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]

Making measurements accessible through low-tech hydro sensors: a step towards better agricultural water management?

October 5, 2022
3D printers producing the casing for the low-tech hydro sensors. © P.Vandôme
3D printers producing the casing for the low-tech hydro sensors. © P.Vandôme

“We can’t manage what we can’t measure”, said Peter Drucker, the founder of business management. Let’s see whether this applies to water management as well – especially agricultural water management. As part of my PhD project, I am wondering to what extent new (or alternative) hydro sensors may contribute to the improvement of the performance of irrigated agriculture.  As t ...[Read More]

Call For Contributors: Dive Into Science Communication, Share Your Story

September 21, 2022
image calling for contributors to the EGU's HS blog

After some holidays, the blog of the EGU’s Hydrological Science (HS) division is back – and looking for contributors to share their unique experiences, personal views, and inspiring research stories.  What Stories Are We Looking For?  We invite all hydrologists from any professional background, including graduate students and early career scientists, to submit contributions.  You can present the b ...[Read More]

The mystery of shared first authorship

July 6, 2022
The mystery of shared first authorship

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]