Dear Colleagues,

Welcome to the October newsletter of the EGU Hydrological Sciences Division! This month, we are inviting you to submit your EGU25 abstracts and register for the first HS Campfire event. We also have exciting new blog posts about the September 2024 floods in Central Europe, and a new instalment of the HydroData Chronicles to share with you.

Alberto Viglione, Division President

Christina Orieschnig & Melissa Reidy, ECS Reps

Upcoming Events and Deadlines

Curious to see the personal paths of EGU award-winning scientists? Join us at the first HS Campfire event on December 3rd 16:00-18:00 CET to find out more! We have invited this year’s winners of the Henry Darcy Medal, the John Dalton Medal, and the Outstanding ECS Award to give talks about their groundbreaking work and their journeys as researchers.

How has socio-hydrology evolved as a discipline over the past decade? And what does it have in store for the future? Join us on January 22, 16:00-18:00 CET for a Campfire event to find out more - together with Murugesu Sivapalan, Giuliano Di Baldassarre and Marlies Barendrecht!

If you want to apply for travel support and fee waivers for the 2025 General Assembly, make sure to submit your conference abstract by December 2 13:00 CET. Get your abstract ready today!

Every year, EGU provides funding for Galileo conferences. The next application period will open in January 2025. Time to start preparing your applications - from the organiser team to your proposed location.

Highlights from the HS Blog

The recent devastating flash floods in Valencia region, Eastern Spain, have once more highlighted the role of large debris in enhancing urban flood hazard. Find out more about the current research into urban debris as a contributor to flood hazards.

Teaching the next generation of scientists, engineers, and planners hydrology may sometimes feel like a chore, but it might be the most impactful thing we do! So it is always worth taking a look to see if we can optimize our approaches.

How can you encourage people to submit abstracts to your EGU25 session? Here's a comprehensive 101 on how to promote your session for next year's General Assembly, both on- and offline.

Back in 2022, two hydrologists and water resources specialists from University of Utrecht launched the World Water Map in collaboration with the National Geographic Society and ESRI. Based on the outputs of their global hydrological model PCR-GLOBWB, the team of Marc Bierkens and Niko Wanders map global water resources and identify the regions most at risk of water scarcity.