Written by Liam KelleherAs part of the SMARTWATER project, we have expanded our activities to support monitoring of the River Great Ouse in Bedfordshire in collaboration with BedsGOVET (https://begovet.org/), a…

Written by Liam KelleherWe recently completed our 3rd Micro- & Nanoplastic Workshop, welcoming 10 participants from across the globe. The course focused on developing skills in identification and characterisation, covering…

We are delighted to invite you to join us for UN World Water Day 2026 at the University of Birmingham:Water and Gender: Where Water Flows, Equality Grows 16 March 2026…

The University of Birmingham’s Water Group had a strong presence at the IAHS 2025 Scientific Assembly in Roorkee. Attending from the group were Prof Stefan Krause, Prof David Hannah, Liam…

To close out the academic year, we were pleased to host the final two seminars in our Water Seminar Series, featuring distinguished international speakers whose work spans cutting-edge topics in…

Throughout June, we hosted a dynamic Water Seminar Series featuring three outstanding speakers who offered insights into critical issues in hydrology and water science. The series brought together researchers, students,…

Please register here to be added to the official invite with details of the location and online link. We are proud to announce that we will host the sole UK…

We were thrilled to welcome Dr. Monika Markowska as a guest speaker for our latest session of the Water Seminar Series. Her talk, titled “Recurrent humid periods in central Arabia…

We are excited to share Dr James White’s appearance on Midlands today, showcasing the Birmingham River Champions project. James’ volunteers in Birmingham have spent the last year tracking the health…

Catch the first episode of the HydroTalk podcast, the new podcast series of the EGU HS division. Every month they interview experts about advancements, challenges, and opportunities in the field…

The Birmingham Institute for Sustainability and Climate Action (BISCA) and the Birmingham Water Research Centre commemorated World Water Day 2025 with a series of events centred around the theme Glacier…

Niamh Eastwood, Arron Watson, Jiarui Zhou and Luisa Orsini from the University of Birmingham have analysed water and biofilm samples from lakes across the country to find key links between…

We are pleased to announce the publication of the paper ‘Seven strategies to leverage water for peace and foster sustainable and just water management for all’ in Nature Water. This…

As a member of the Birmingham Plastic Network leadership team, Prof Stefan Krause attended a meeting with Minister Creagh at DEFRA to discuss how recent policy initiatives can support the…

Prof Stefan Krause and members of the Water Challenges team attended the IAH 2024 World Groundwater Congress, held in Davos, Switzerland. Sessions were co-organised by Brijesh Yadav and Uwe Schneidewind…

We held our 15th Annual Catchment Science Summer School between the 1st and 6th September. This year we hosted a total of 29 students, who participated in lectures and classes…

Several doctoral candidates from across Europe have joined us to collaborate on a joint experiment as part of the PlasticUnderground project. Using the large columns in the eco lab, they…

In March 2024 on a NERC/BAS funded research expeditions researchers Liam and Alice, working for Stefan, travelled to the Harland-Cox Arctic research station in Svalbard. The project focused on collecting…

In honour of World Water Day, we orchestrated a focused week of events from March 18th to March 22nd, dedicated to raising awareness and advocating for sustainable water management practices.…

Prof Stefan Krause and his team led an advanced training course from the 29th January to the2nd February, for the PlasticUnderground, EU Horizon funded project. The course focused onMicroplastic Sampling…

Over long periods, environmental changes like chemical pollution and climate shifts impact biodiversity in ecosystems. Understanding these consequences is challenging due to slow occurrences, delayed measurements, and limited historical records.…

Professor Alice Roberts discusses whether we can make water safe for all with Prof. Iseult Lynch and the UoB Institute of Advanced Studies Vanguard Fellow, Dr. Adenike Akinsemolu on episode…

We have some amazing news to share from Prof. Luisa Orisini and her team of experts who haveharnessed Daphnia to provide a scalable low-cost, low-carbon method removing pharmaceuticals,pesticides, and industrial…

We say goodbye to the lovely Jing this month who had been with us for the last year as a VisitingScholar from China.Read about Jing’s experience in the group:During my…

We have more great news this month about Prof. David Hannah being appointed the Deputy Pro-ViceChancellor of Sustainability. As well as being the theme stream lead for ‘Water Resources underChange’…

Congratulations to Chris Bradley, Kieran Khamis and David Hannah who have been awarded the‘Outstanding Impact in Innovation and Commercialisation’ award at the Game Changing Impactawards from the University of Birmingham.…

This month we held our Water Challenges sandpit event at BISCA. It was a great turn out with manymembers of the theme attending in person and online.We kicked off the…

Article by Hannah Gunter:In May of this year, I undertook 8 weeks of fieldwork in Northern India to provide data for my PhD thesis. My focus is on using field-deployable…

Our very own theme stream lead, Prof. David Hannah, has been elected to the AmericanGeophysical Union. He joins 53 others in the 2023 Class of Fellows at AGU, who are…

We held our 14th Annual Catchment Science Summer School between 3rd September and the 8th September. This short course is intended for postgraduate students and postdoctoral researchers interested in a…

Our first Water Seminar Series of the year was carried out by Prof Quentin Grafton, Professor of Economics at the Australian National University.  The title of Quentin’s talk was ‘Too…

  From October 2022 to July 2023, Uwe Schneidewind, Stefan Krause and Lee Haverson sampled snow, rivers and meltwater in the Krycklan catchment for microplastics. The Krycklan catchment is a…

Kexin Li joins us as our newest PGR student. Read more about Kexin in her own words below:   “I studied my master’s degree in China and then joined Zhejiang…