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Posted inScience Updates

Water Resources in a Changing Climate

by A. N. Wlostowski, E. M. Smull and J. Quebbeman 13 January 201615 February 2023

Hydrology Days 2015; Fort Collins, Colorado, 23–25 March 2015

Posted inResearch Spotlights

The Coming Blue Revolution

Kate Wheeling, freelance science writer by Kate Wheeling 17 December 201513 January 2022

Managing water scarcity, one of the most pressing challenges society faces today, will require a novel conceptual framework to understand our place in the hydrologic cycle.

Posted inNews

Earth's Water Came from Space Dust During Planetary Formation

Cody Sullivan by C. Sullivan 23 November 201510 January 2023

A new analysis of lava from the deep mantle indicates that water-soaked dust particles, rather than a barrage of icy comets, asteroids, or other bodies, delivered water to the newly forming Earth.

Posted inNews

New Study Reveals How Much Groundwater Remains

by S. Kelleher 20 November 20153 March 2023

Researchers have calculated for the first time the volumes of recently accumulated groundwater reserves worldwide—the "young" groundwater that most of humanity depends on.

Posted inEditors' Vox

Celebrating Hydrology Research Though 50 Years of WRR

by Alberto Montanari 11 November 20156 February 2023

The legacy of Water Resources Research provides a strong scientific foundation for the hydrology community to rise to the challenges of sustainable water resources management

Posted inScience Updates

Satellite Data for Water Resources Management

by J. D. Bolten, Christine Lee and P. Houser 28 September 20153 March 2023

2015 NASA Applied Sciences Program, Water Resources Team Meeting; College Park, Md., 3–4 March 2015

Posted inOpinions

How Can We Better Understand Low River Flows as Climate Changes?

by I. Pal, E. Towler and B. Livneh 6 August 201515 February 2023

When rivers run low, they threaten ecosystems, economies, and the communities who depend on them. Scientists need to determine how climate change alters this process, but to do so, they'll have to abandon a long-held assumption.

Posted inScience Updates

Coping with Future Water Woes in the Western United States

by E. Bruno 17 July 201520 October 2021

Water Scarcity in the West: Past, Present, and Future; Davis, California, 6–7 April 2015

Posted inResearch Spotlights

Satellite Measurements May Help Real-Time Water Management

by Terri Cook 9 June 201530 March 2023

Upper Niger River study shows that satellite altimetry could help resource managers optimize reservoir releases even on ungauged rivers.

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Building Sandbars in the Grand Canyon

by P. E. Grams, J. C. Schmidt, S. A. Wright, D. J. Topping, T. S. Melis and D. M. Rubin 3 June 201530 March 2023

Annual controlled floods from one of America's largest dams are rebuilding the sandbars of the iconic Colorado River.

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