Category Archives: hydrology

The science of streams in the city

It’s not as breathtakingly beautiful and soul-cleansing as crystal clear springs in forested mountains, but this is the present and future of many of the world’s streams, and the way that most people interact with their local stream and watershed, … Continue reading

Categories: by Anne, hydrology

Snow, water, digital imaging, metamorphism…and a guillotine!

When water infiltrates past the ground surface and begins to percolate through the soil’s unsaturated zone, it doesn’t move downward like an even sheet. Instead, fast fingers of water move downward along pores, roots and other places where flow is … Continue reading

Categories: by Anne, hydrology, paper reviews

Flooding in Pakistan

For the past two weeks, unusually heavy monsoon rains have deluged Pakistan, resulting in flooding and landslides. Pakistan is heavily populated all along the Indus River valley, so this is a slow-moving disaster of epic proportions. The latest news reports … Continue reading

Categories: by Anne, geohazards, hydrology

Anne’s picks of the June literature: Watershed Hydrology

How long does it *really* take water to move through a watershed? Continue reading

Categories: by Anne, hydrology, paper reviews

Anne’s picks of the June literature: Humans as Agents of Hydrologic Change

How large reservoirs affect our measurements of global sea level rise…and how the world’s biggest river basins are going to respond to mid-century climate change Continue reading

Categories: by Anne, climate science, hydrology, paper reviews