Category Archives: Streams of Thought

Navigating parenthood as an early career scientist – Part 2: The question of organization.

A contribution by Diana Spieler, Lina Stein and Rodolfo Bezerra Nobrega Academia and family are often described as ‘greedy institutions’—a term coined by Coser in 1974. Both demand extensive and open-ended time commitments, which can easily send parents into a … Continue reading

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Navigating parenthood as an early career scientist: insights and challenges from hydrological sciences – Part 1

A contribution by Lina Stein, Rodolfo Bezerra Nobrega and Diana Spieler Raising a child in combination with a full-time career is no easy feat. That is true in general and maybe even more true in academia. Juggling the workload, conference … Continue reading

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Complex problems require shared solutions: highlights and lessons learned from the Italian Hydrology Days

A streams of thoughts contribution by Nikolas Galli The Italian Hydrology Days, the annual meeting of the Italian Hydrological Society (IHS, https://www.sii-ihs.it/), have taken place recently in Matera (Figure 1). In the context of a city that is a UNESCO … Continue reading

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Nodule mining activities on the deep-seafloor ecosystem

A streams of thoughts contribution by Hayat Nasirova The deep sea, the largest ecosystem on earth and one of the least explored, is home to high biodiversity and offers an abundance of resources (Ramirez-Llodra et al., 2011). The Ocean Foundation … Continue reading

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Is the Caspian Sea the next Aral lake?

A streams of thoughts contribution by Hayat Nasirova The Caspian Sea (CS) is the largest lake on Earth. It is located at the intersection of Europe and Asia. It is called “sea” because it has an ocean-type earth layer at the … Continue reading

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