Information about, and analysis of, how hydrological systems might respond to climate change is important for supporting best practice water planning decisions.
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Microwave Links from Cellular Communication Networks As Rain Gauges
A novel way to measure rainfall, namely using microwave links from cellular communication networks as path-average rain gauges, is discussed.
Environmental Water Efficiency: Maximizing Benefits and Minimizing Costs of Environmental Water Use and Management
Historically, the focus has been: how much water does the environment need? Finding the “right” allocation of water between consumptive and environmental water uses is a question of allocative efficiency. However, once water is allocated to the environment, question becomes: how can we get the best outcomes from this water?
The Drop that Makes A Vase Overflow
Understanding Maya society through daily water management.
Water in Mountain Ecosystems with a Mediterranean Climate
Predicting and managing resources in a changing climate requires an understanding of plant-accessible subsurface water storage.
Hypothesis Testing in Hydrology: Why Falsification of Models is Still a Great Idea
If we consider models as hypotheses about how the hydrology is working, then testing models as hypotheses is one way of doing science in the inexact sciences.
“Golden Age” of Molecular Microbiology: Understanding Freshwater Microbial Communities
In the “golden age” of molecular microbiology, modern molecular tools enable researchers to understand freshwater microbial communities in unprecedented detail by identifying and enumerating them, as well as determining their activity in the environment.
Unexpected Ecological Advances Made Possible by Long-Term Data: A Coweeta Example
Ecological shifts and regime changes driven by slow ecological processes can only be revealed by long-term monitoring and analysis.
Landscape Organization and Scale Shape Catchment Hydrology and Biogeochemistry
Resolving these scale-dependent processes is important for predicting, preventing, or mitigating environmental changes that may influence patterns of surface water chemistry within river systems.
Pollution Risks of Historic Landfills on Coasts and Estuaries
Historic landfills are frequently unlined with no leachate management and inadequate records of the waste they contain, which means there is a very limited understanding of the environmental risk posed if the waste erodes into estuarine or coastal waters.
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