Author Archives: Young Hydrologic Society

10 guidelines for an awesome poster

Posted on March 9, 2017 by Young Hydrologic Society

A –Streams of Thought– contribution by Andrea Popp. A scientific poster is a visual communication tool summarizing your work and encouraging conversation with colleagues. However, posters are often poorly designed, e.g., they are densely packed and overloaded with text. This makes … Continue reading →

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Why every scientist should make a science video

Posted on February 8, 2017 by Young Hydrologic Society

A –Streams of Thought– contribution by Yvonne Smit.  As a kid imagining a scientist, we always thought of a professor with messy grey hair, weird glasses, handling all sorts of flasks with chemicals in it (including an explosion once in a … Continue reading →

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Recent trends in U.S. flood risk by Slater and Villarini

Posted on February 6, 2017 by Young Hydrologic Society

  Last year, Louise Slater published a paper on recent trends in U.S. flood risk in Geophysical Research Letters. The paper uses an interesting new approach to quantify changes in flood risk. We decided to ask Louise a few questions … Continue reading →

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Permafrost hydrology: the urgency for understanding in a thawing world

Posted on February 4, 2017 by Young Hydrologic Society

A –Streams of Thought– contribution by Matthew Morison. A little background: recently, the Canadian branch of the Young Hydrologic Society was formally recognized as a committee of the Canadian Geophysical Union Hydrology Section. As an international member of the diverse global … Continue reading →

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Simulating runoff under changing climatic conditions by Fowler et al.

Posted on January 30, 2017 by Young Hydrologic Society

Last year Keirnan Fowler and colleagues published a paper on recent trends in US flood risk in Geophysical Research Letters. The paper provides an interesting perspective on the ability to model climate change with the current generation of hydrological models … Continue reading →

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