"The struggle of figuring out the right analysis approach, wrestling with an unexpected result, or trying to turn a messy set of findings into a coherent story is not an obstacle to learning. It _is_ the learning".
Required reading for AI in the lab:
blekhman.substack.com/p/you-need-t...
New analysis in ECOSYSTEMS identifies all headwater streams of continental U.S.; 77% of U.S. network is headwater streams.
doi.org/10.1007/s100... @monicagturner.bsky.social
A small valley filled with water that spreads across the entire valley floor.
Same valley as the other photo, with no water visible at all. The grass in the middle of the valley is flattened and has some mud on it.
An ephemeral stream valley, southwestern Nebraska, after heavy rain (left) and four days later. View upstream.
Same as it ever was.
Thanks for the share - and here's a link to view the article: rdcu.be/eXM3l
One final reminder!
Bettina Schaefli and I warmly invite you to submit abstracts to a new EGU session
A strong focus on theory in times of big data
HS2.2.5 New Developments in Hydrological Synthesis
Abstract submission: www.egu26.eu/session/55911
Image of river protection status in the United States
National assessment of river protection in the U.S.
Article: doi.org/10.1038/s418...
Policy Brief: doi.org/10.1038/s418...
Rivers Explorer: map.myriver.americanrivers.org
Collaboration b/t American Rivers, Conservation Science Partners, Univ WA @americanrivers.bsky.social
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I wrote a commentary discussing Daniele's huge new global synthesis of controls on hydrological processes in forested catchments: read it here: rdcu.be/eXTrq . Some surprising findings on the importance of overland flow, soils and antecedent conditions.
Map of the Plynlimon catchments, streams, and the monitoring sites in this dataset © - UKCEH
When did hydrologists become historians? #FDRI has released 35 years of hi-res data from the Plynlimon Research Catchments!
Read about our process of unearthing 35 years of measurements and what it means for understanding river processes: https://f.mtr.cool/grqzmwiqsd 🧪
Bike commute! 💙
@rarakihydro.bsky.social leads an exiting new preprint that maps dominant hydrologic processes across >14k US watersheds using streamflow signatures + ML. It’s been such fun following Ryoko and Hilary’s leadership alongside Admin, Anne and Gemma.
egusphere.copernicus.org/preprints/20...
Ad flyer listing presentations from McMillan Hydrology Lab for AGU25 conference
💧 Check out McMillan lab research at #AGU25! @mcmillanhydro.bsky.social. Shoutout to @alessing26.bsky.social for the cute flyer!
💧 Visit runoff generation processes poster session on Monday PM by @aliva-nanda.bsky.social, @nitinsingh.bsky.social, @kjmcguire.bsky.social, Bryn Stewart and me!
How about some real actual hydrology? 🌊
West Kettle River near Rhone
Sep 2 2021 ~ 0.53 m3/s typical late season low flow
Apr 20 2025 ~53 m3/s ramping up to Q2 at start of freshet
Thank you for featuring our paper, and for all your work on Hydrology Paper of the Day!
Hydrology Paper of the Day @iflscience.com on weird hydrology: rivers that flow in different drainage basins; why some rivers flow in two directions or have a reversed direction of flow; a lake that drains into two oceans; river capture and geological controls; modelling; and management challenges.
OUT NOW: A fantastic new read for hydrologists 📚: a wrap-up of the Panta Rhei scientific decade of @iahs-aish.bsky.social. Between 2013 and 2022, it explored links between changes in hydrology and society. 🌍 In this paper, Heidi Kreibich and her colleagues present ten years of progress. 👇
Yes! Find the link to the interactive map at github.com/RY4GIT/perce.... CUAHSI is making a new map with download capability at hydroprocess.cuahsi.io, but there are still a few teething troubles so you can also see our legacy GIS map (same info, no download) sdsugeo.maps.arcgis.com/apps/dashboa...
New paper! After much work by me and my students we created a global database of hundreds of research watersheds, and perceptual models of their hydrologic processes. We use the data to test classic theories on how climate and landscape control dominant processes. www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Today we were in the Re della Pietra #catchment
danielepenna.wixsite.com/redellapietra.
We installed a new #weather station and showed the site to some private #stakeholders.
And this little paper came out right today.
rdcu.be/efM8w
Congrats @mcmillanhydro.bsky.social and coauthors!
Thank you John for highlighting our work!
Where does macroplastic pollution in rivers come from? In urban San Diego, most is dumped directly in the river corridor. Volunteer clean up efforts are essential, but plastic stored in the river keeps increasing. Paper from MS student TJ Palmer agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
Hope to see CSU students at this meeting! I will be attending alongside graduate students from SDSU Geography
Are you a graduate student or postdoc interested in the GRS/GRC Catchment hydrology conferences this June? GRS Chair Ally Jacoby has just published this first-time attendees guide! younghs.com/2025/03/03/a...
Hydrology Paper of the Day @rarakihydro.bsky.social on how soil moisture metrics and observations improve the outputs of a rainfall-runoff model: evaluation of model performance with hydrologic signatures; application to watersheds in New Zealand and the US; partitioning; and calibration.
Talk abstracts for Catchment Science Gordon Research Seminar (GRS) before GRC are due on 3/15/25. Submit early for a talk! Exciting venue for science + networking for early careers!
Keynote speaker Dr Ryan Emanuel on Environmental Justice. @waterpotential.bsky.social
www.grc.org/catchment-sc...
I'm really looking forward to this talk!
This was also my first time bringing students to this meeting and they had an amazing time feeling welcomed by the field and getting to meet other senior scientists. I am already excited for next time.”
