For this month’s episode of HydroTalks, we’re thrilled to welcome Dr. Hossein Hashemi, an associate professor in the Division of Water Resources Engineering at Lund University in Sweden and a member of the Center for Advanced Middle Eastern Studies. His research focuses on groundwater and surface water management in arid and water-scarce regions, combining remote …[Read More]
Extreme heatwaves of unprecedented magnitude are expected to become increasingly frequent in coming decades. These heatwaves come with severe consequences for human health, infrastructure planning, and economic prospects – particularly during events lasting multiple weeks [10]. In recent decades, Western Europe has become a hot-spot for record-breaking and long-lasting heatwaves [9], raising a critical question: …[Read More]
By Aris Kwadijk, PhD candidate, Mountain Hydrology group, Department of Physical Geography at Utrecht University, and Walter W. Immerzeel, Professor, Mountain Hydrology group, Department of Physical Geography at Utrecht University. Email: a.kwadijk@uu.nl, w.w.immerzeel@uu.nl. Website: https://www.uu.nl/medewerkers/AKwadijk, https://www.uu.nl/medewerkers/WWImmerzeel. Was the catastrophic flood wave in the Himalaya on 26 August a consequence of climate change, and therefore the fault of the …[Read More]
Everyone wants something from Arrakis. The Emperor wants control, the great houses want spice, and the Fremen would quite reasonably like everyone else to leave. I would settle for a geological map. Preferably with a few cross-sections, although I realise that asking someone to carry a seismic survey across sandworm territory might complicate the risk …[Read More]
It took almost two years to write this blog post – not because the challenges described below are rare, but because the scarcest resource for parents in academia is uninterrupted time. Academic careers are built on time: time to think, to meet collaborators, to develop the next research proposal, and to finally get that paper …[Read More]
Have you ever wondered what makes a good peer review? Are you an early career scientist preparing to review your first manuscript, or curious about what happens behind the scenes in academic publishing? The Early Career Scientists (ECS) team of the EGU Solar-Terrestrial Sciences (ST) Division is delighted to invite you to our upcoming ST-ECS …[Read More]
On 25 August 2025, SONABEL – Burkina Faso’s national utility – began releasing water from the Bagre Dam two days ahead of schedule. The reservoir had reached 90% of its capacity, just 0.73 metres below its maximum retention limit [9]. The Water Resources Commission and the National Disaster Management Organization (NADMO) in Ghana issued immediate …[Read More]
How do geodesists measure gravity? And what does it reveal about our planet? Gravitation is one of the most familiar forces in everyday life, yet almost no one can explain how geodesists use it to monitor a changing Earth. A new short film from IAG’s Global Geodetic Observing System (GGOS), “Gravity – The Invisible Force …[Read More]
One major pillar of science are datasets. Collecting, analysing and understanding data is basically what research is all about. In this blogpost, Claire Treat tells a story about haunting data experiences that researchers from other fields can relate to for sure. In honour of Halloween, I decided to regale the good readers with spooky, haunting …[Read More]
If you want to run a hydrological model anywhere, the first question is which meteorological forcing to use. For the Po basin, or anywhere in northern Italy, there are today at least a dozen gridded products, regional and European, built from different meteorological networks, with different methods and for different purposes. I reviewed them from …[Read More]
