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Newsletter
No. 02 – December 2020
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Our ICWRGC newsletter regularly informs on news in the field of hydrology dealing with research, data, networks, education and training as well as events at a national and international level.
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What ecologists should know before using land-use/cover change projections for biodiversity and ecosystem service assessments
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Water is not only rain, rivers and lakes. Water is fundamentally related to the landscape, food production, biodiversity and ecosystem services. Dr. Marianela Fader from ICWRGC collaborated with French researchers to give ecologists guidance on using land-use and land-cover change scenarios to generate biodiversity and ecosystem services scenarios. ...
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Climate and Environmental Change in the Mediterranean Basin – Current Situation and Risks for the Future
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On 17 November 2020, the First Mediterranean Assessment Report from the “Mediterranean Experts on Climate and Environmental Change” was posted online. ...
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Story Map on GEMS/Water
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A new interactive Story Map on GEMS/Water has been recently published. The Story Map presents the objectives, elements and current activities of the Programme supported by interactive maps and videos. ...
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Studies about green water in Brazil and biodiversity scenarios
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Dr. Fader from ICWRGC collaborated with French researchers to giveecologists guidance on using land-use and land-cover change scenarios to generate biodiversity and ecosystem services scenarios. In a further study, Dr. Fader collaborated with another group of authors to demonstrate that multiple-cropping and cropland expansion in Brazil do not only affect agricultural yields but also water productivity. ...
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New scientific associate in the CO-MICC project team
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In October, Denise Cáceres joined ICWRGC as a member of the CO-MICC project team. ...
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Start of URSACHEN project sampling campaigns
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The team members of the URSACHEN project, a collaborative project between the German Federal Institute of Hydrology and International Centre for Water Resources and Global Change, have conducted their first sampling campaign. URSACHEN investigates the uncertainties in river load estimations caused by the spatial and temporal variability of suspended solid concentrations and their chemical composition. ...
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Lecture on groundwater recharge in the climate change context at IWRA Conference
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Billions of people depend on the availability of groundwater for their daily drinking water supply. In view of climate change and the correlating droughts and floods, this necessity will be further aggravated. Groundwater recharge, i.e. the amount of water infiltrating through the soil into the groundwater, is a central indicator for groundwater availability. ...
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GTN-H status report on monitoring and data exchange concerning global terrestrial water cycle and water resources published
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The most recent report of the Global Terrestrial Network’s Panel for Hydrology has been published as a GCOS publication.
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Data and information provided by the GTN-H global data centres continue to be essential sources of information for the UN, regional and national programmes, and projects in support of development and science. ...
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14th International German Summer School on Hydrology (IGSH 2020) – Groundwater and Energy
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As in previous years, the “International German Summer School on Hydrology (IGSH)” was held at Ruhr-Universität Bochum (RUB) from 09–22 September 2020. This year’s focus was on “groundwater and energy”. ...
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5 international UNESCO-Category-2-Water-Centres to hold joint session during Cairo Water Week, 18 – 22 October 2020
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As a prelude to a long-term cooperation, the five international UNESCO Category-2 Centres SIWI, ICHARM, ICIWaRM, IHE Delft and ICWRGC, will hold a joint session on “Transboundary Cooperation for Improved Data Sharing, Flood and Drought Mitigation, and River Basin Management” on the occasion of this year’s Cairo Water Week, taking place as a Web Conference. ...
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Paving the Way for WMO’s Future Hydrology Strategy
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Jan Danhelka, Deputy Director and Head of the Division of Hydrology of the Czech Hydrometeorological Institute as well as Chairperson of WMO`s first Hydrological Assembly and Hydrological Coordination Panel (HCP), explains in his current video the latest draft of the WMO Vision and Strategy for Operational Hydrology and Action Plan to cope with future water challenges. ...
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ICWRGC and SASSCAL sign Memorandum of Understanding (MoU)
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ICWRGC and SASSCAL (The Southern African Science Service Center on Climate Change and Adaptive Land Management) based in Windhoek, Namibia, signed a Memorandum of Understanding for cooperation on 23.07.2020. ...
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IHP Danube: Publication of New Monograph on Flood Regime of Rivers in Danube River Basin
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The IHP Danube has recently published a Monograph of the Flood Regime of River Danube and its catchment. Below please find a brief summary of its content. ...
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