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]
Low-cost equipment keeps urban waterway greenhouse gas emissions research afloat
Shaking wine bags to collect methane gas within a scrubbed headspace
Greenhouse gas emissions from urban waterways Every field scientist knows to never go to the field without ample supplies of duct tape and cable ties. We utilised this notion daily within the University of Bristol’s Watershed Carbon Lab team, as we undertook a 2-year long field campaign across the UK, Europe and China collecting data for our FLF funded ‘Urban Waterways’ project. Rivers are known t ...[Read More]
Co-creating water knowledge (Part 2): Our achievements and ongoing activities of our working group
The story so far, and how it developed We left you in part 1 of our blog (Hydrological Sciences | Co-creating water knowledge (Part 1): The history and future of an interdisciplinary working group) two days ago, anticipating what we are doing and how you can get involved with us. The IAHS Working Group on “Co-creating Water Knowledge” developed a “baseline paper”, defining core co-creation concep ...[Read More]
Co-creating water knowledge (Part 1): The history and future of an interdisciplinary working group
HELPING and the co-creation of a working group In 2023, the International Association of Hydrological Sciences (IAHS), inaugurated a new Scientific Decade, called HELPING – IAHS Science for Solutions decade, with Hydrology Engaging Local People IN one Global world. This third decade was established through a bottom-up process, by investigating the interests and the urgency of local hydrolo ...[Read More]