The inception of YHS India

Posted on July 3, 2023 by Young Hydrologic Society

The idea for YHS India originated during the EGU 2023 conference. Dr Ankit Agarwal from IIT Roorkee noticed that several young hydrologists, including students pursuing Master’s and PhD degrees, postdoctoral fellows, scientists, and early-career Professors, were attending the conference from different universities in India. Surprisingly, despite their substantial presence, many of them were unaware of the various opportunities available at EGU. Additionally, there was a lack of connection among these participants as well as there is no formal framework to connect and collaborate. As a result, several young participants gathered to discuss how they could improve their connections, disseminate information, find PhD partners across borders, propose innovative ideas, and enhance their presentation skills. 

Recognizing this gap, Dr. Ankit Agarwal (IIT Roorkee), Dr. Bramha Dutt Vishwakarma (IISC), Dr. Priyank Sharma (IIT Indore) and Dr. Vamsi Krishna Vema (NIT Warangal) realized the need for a platform that would bring together young hydrologists in India and foster collaboration and knowledge exchange between them. Indeed, the Young Hydrologic Society (YHS) is a bottom-up initiative to stimulate the interaction and active participation of young hydrologists within the hydrological community. Founded in October 2012 the YHS is currently run by a team of enthusiastic MSc’s, PhD’s and post-doc’s from several universities across Europe. 

Dr. Ankit and many interested students had a meeting with Dr Lina Stein to initiate the YHS India Chapter. The membership is free and open to all interested young hydrologists. If you are interested, you can register here for the mail distributor.

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Is the Caspian Sea the next Aral lake?

Posted on June 5, 2023 by Young Hydrologic Society

A Streams of Thought 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 bottom as being a remnant of the Tethys Ocean and has the dimensions of a sea. The water level is variable, currently it is approximately -28 meters below the ocean level.

The current worry of some hydrologists is whether the CS will follow the same fate as the  Aral lake. NASA’s Global Water Monitor, which uses radar altimetry data collected by multiple satellites, shows changes in water levels in the CS since the mid-1990s (Figure 1).

Figure 1: a) Regions affected by severe drying as projected for 2080–2099 with major lakes located in the region indicated in bright red. Many of these lakes are already experiencing drying. Map data: Google Earth, Landsat/Copernicus (data from SIO/NOAA, U.S. Navy, NGA, GEBCO, IBCAO, USGS). b) Impact of Caspian Sea Level(CSL) projections of −9 m and −18 m at the end of the twenty-first century. Red regions fall dry.
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“Gotta catch’em all” talk – Fourth talk

Posted on May 22, 2023 by Young Hydrologic Society

Join us for the fourth episode of the “Gotta catch’em all” series to hear about precipitation downscaling and climate-soil-vegetation interactions.

Get your free place at: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bhs-yhs-gotta-catchem-all-may-2023-episode-3-tickets-619587231087

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Bridging the gap between research and the public: the role of citizen scientists

Posted on May 17, 2023 by Young Hydrologic Society

A Streams of Thought contribution by Paola Mazzoglio and Miriam Bertola.

The potential of  citizen science in hydrology

Citizen scientists (i.e., volunteers who help conducting tasks in scientific research) have the potential to play an important role in hydrology. The main advantage of Citizen science initiatives is that they engage a broad range of individuals since no previous knowledge of the research topic is needed, including ordinary people, students, and educators, and both sides benefit from this collaboration. On the one hand, these initiatives are opportunities to disseminate scientific knowledge and awareness to the public about water-related challenges. On the other hand, citizens contribute to collective tasks that speed up scientific research.

The role of citizen scientists is generally the collection and the analysis of data on water resources or on some component of the water cycle, mainly in terms of quantity and quality. This includes taking measurements of streamflow, rainfall, water temperature, pH, dissolved oxygen, and other parameters using simple, low-cost tools such as meters, test kits, computers and smartphones. Citizen scientists can, for example, collect water samples for laboratory analysis, which provide information on nutrient levels, sediment loads, and the presence of contaminants. In addition to collecting data, citizen scientists can assist in analyzing and interpreting it.

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EGU23 Short Course – Meet the editors (1): how to write and revise your manuscript

Posted on May 3, 2023 by Young Hydrologic Society

Preparing a manuscript for submission to a scientific journal may be hard work for many scientists. Still, scientific writing is an essential step of the research process, because the form used to present the results is often as important as the results themselves. Writing a scientific paper is a skill that can be acquired with time, while becoming easier with practice.

During the conference EGU23 held in Vienna, the Short Course “Meet the editors (1): how to write and revise your manuscript” was delivered. This short course gave early career scientists simple guidelines on writing about their work and increase the chance of publishing it.

Nadav Peleg, assistant professor at the University of Lausanne, was lecturer of this course. Dr. Peleg is an editor in the Hydrology and Earth System Sciences (HESS) journal and Journal of Hydrology.

Dr. Nadav Peleg
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