Hydrological Sciences

Meet your ECS Rep – Archita Bhattacharyya

Annegret Roessler June 19, 2026

Building mini-snowman during PhD fieldwork while waiting for DNA samples to be collected in water filters.

Archita Bhattacharyya is an Environmental Scientist and a research and development fellow at the Department of Environment, Food and Rural affairs, England. For 2026, she is the Early Career Scientist Representative for the Hydrological Sciences division. Can you tell us about the focus of your research? In my PhD, I focused on groundwater microbiology, especially how microbial communities change ...[Read More]

EGU General Assembly 2026 – A Hydrological Wrap Up

Annegret Roessler June 5, 2026

The EGU General Assembly (GA) 2026 was an amazing success! Over the course of five sunny days in Vienna, 20,173 presentations were given across 1,014 sessions by the 20,027 on-site participants and 2,470 online attendees. There were plenty of events to choose from for the hydrologists attending. Across sessions, networking events, short courses, posters and medal lectures, we have put together som ...[Read More]

Podcast Launch: History of Hydrology Interviews

Pau Wiersma April 16, 2026

“The number one piece of advice I would give anybody is to pick a problem and go after that problem. Ideally, you should pick a problem that requires a lifetime to solve.” Prof. Siva Sivapalan, episode 1 “A lot of greybeards telling us what we should be doing is absolutely the wrong way to do science. Science is anarchic, it’s bottom-up.” Prof. Mike Kirkby, episode 2 “I wr ...[Read More]

HydroTalks Podcast: Prof. Jan Seibert about hydrological models, experimental catchments and advice for early career scientists

Melissa Reidy and Archita Bhattacharyya December 4, 2025

For this episode, we’re thrilled to welcome Prof. Jan Seibert, based at the Department of Geography, University of Zurich. His research focuses on hydrological modelling under landscape change, citizen science through the CrowdWater app, and large-scale modelling studies. He is also the Henry Darcy medal winner of 2025. You can check out the podcast below, or read the interview summary in this blo ...[Read More]