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Flash flooding in Maryland: freak event? climate change symptom? urban runoff problem? Or all of the above?

On Saturday night, as many people were enjoying an evening out in Maryland, and I was enjoying an evening in in Ohio, a tweet from Johns Hopkins professor and Baltimore resident, Dr. Sarah Horst caught my eye: I didn't know it … Continue reading →

Reflecting on Teaching Urban Hydrology

Posted on August 5, 2013 by Anne Jefferson

Teaching urban hydrology for the first time went pretty well, but I think I can make it even better for future generations of students. Continue reading →

Categories: by Anne, hydrology, teaching

Combined sewer overflows: Solving a 19th century problem in the 21st century

Posted on March 12, 2013 by Anne Jefferson

Combined sewers are pipes that catch both sewage and stormwater and route it to a waste water treatment plant. In dry weather, it’s all sewage in the pipes. In small rain storms, the pipes carry sewage mixed with stormwater and … Continue reading →

Categories: by Anne, hydrology, society

Explaining geoscience using only the 10 hundred most common words

Take the challenge and join the growing list of scientists explaining their discipline using only 1000 common words. Continue reading →