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Meeting and networking outside the EGU GA: feedback on the 2019 EGU Leonardo conference

December 18, 2019
Meeting and networking outside the EGU GA: feedback on the 2019 EGU Leonardo conference
Participants of the 2019 Edition of the EGU Leonardo Conference

In order to encourage cohesion and sustained dialogue among researchers outside the GA in Vienna, the EGU hosts a number of conference series, targeted at a specific disciplinary or interdisciplinary group within the Union. Closely related to the HS Division is the Leonardo Conference series on Earth’s Hydrological Cycle. These meetings are organized by members of the division. They usually ...[Read More]

SciArt & Hydrology: how about having an art exhibition as part of your hydrology PhD thesis?

December 4, 2019
SciArt & Hydrology: how about having an art exhibition as part of your hydrology PhD thesis?

On November 1st 2019, Louise Arnal, a PhD candidate at the University of Reading and the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF), had her art exhibition opening event at The Museum of English Rural Life (Reading, UK). This exhibition was part of her PhD thesis on hydrology, and was called “Gambling with floods?” For me, it was the first time I saw a PhD thesis in hydrology that ...[Read More]

Featured catchment series: The Rio Vauz catchment – long-term hydrologic observations in the Dolomites

November 20, 2019
Featured catchment series: The Rio Vauz catchment – long-term hydrologic observations in the Dolomites
The high-elevation Rio Vauz Catchment in the Dolomites (Italy). Alpine grassland covers the lower part of the catchment (below 2200 m a.s.l.), while vertical rock cliffs are typical of higher elevations. Photo credit: Giulia Zuecco.

Dolomitic landscapes are characterized by vertical rock cliffs and soil-mantled hillslopes originated from glacial or colluvial deposits, which hide a complex subsurface aquifer due to the permeability of the dolomitic rocks. To improve the understanding of the hydrological functioning of such complex hydrogeological systems, the hydrology group of the Department of Land, Environment, Agriculture ...[Read More]

Science as Type II Fun

November 8, 2019
Science as Type II Fun

Autumn had finally arrived – the weather had cooled down enough to start rock climbing outside again in southern Arizona. I was working on scaling a mountain’s cliff face tall enough to be a skyscraper with nearly 15 fellow scientists climbing routes around me. My palms were sweaty with nerves and my muscles were starting to get tired. I questioned what possessed me to climb this huge rock. ...[Read More]