Month: April 2023

  • 🌊Flood Resilience Part 1: River Restoration

    🌊Flood Resilience Part 1: River Restoration

    Climate change and floods According to climate projections, as the climate crisis worsens, the global hydrologic cycle will undergo significant changes, including increased flooding risks. While arid regions will become even drier, wet areas will become even wetter. In mid-latitudes, such as central Europe and continental USA, the overall annual precipitation is expected to remain…

  • Isotope Hydrology Course

    Isotope Hydrology Course

    Last week I took part in the “Isotope Hydrology” course from the University of Saskatchewan, Canada. While it gave me an artificial jetlag by attending the course virtually from Germany, it was definitely worth the sleep deprevation. The course featured outstanding instructors like Jeff McDonnell, Ciaran Harman and Scott Jasechko to name just a few.…

  • EGU 23 Poster Download & Animations

    EGU 23 Poster Download & Animations

    Poster Download Animations Vertical flow Preferential flow Lateral flow

  • Conquering Droughts Part 2: (Urban) Rainwater Harvesting

    Conquering Droughts Part 2: (Urban) Rainwater Harvesting

    How humans influence droughts Droughts come in different “natural” stages and severities (see last newsletter: 🌧 meterological drought, 🌾 agricultural drought, 🚱 hydrological drought), but humans can exacerbate them. This effect is called “anthropogenic drought”, being defined by AghaKouchak and others (2021) as the enhancement of agricultural and especially hydrological drought through human behaviour. As…