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 Kelleher, James White, Shasha Han and Ritesh Moon. They were joined by UoB-affiliated colleagues Ajay Gupta, who recently completed a Read more
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 hydrology and environmental risk. Both events highlighted the growing global dimensions of water research and reinforced the value of building Read more
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, and professionals to engage in thought-provoking discussions on topics ranging from groundwater conceptual models to microplastics transport, culminating in the Read more
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. Pinpointing when, why, and how changes happen becomes complex. To comprehend significant environmental shifts in the past century, a multidisciplinary Read more
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 chemicals from wastewater – avoiding the toxic by products typicallyassociated with current technologies. They have discovered a way that that Read more
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 hands-on Catchment Science curriculum, focusing on runoff processes and combined hydrometric, isotope/chemical tracer and modelling techniques in catchment hydrology. https://water.usask.ca/hillslope/teaching/catchment-summer-school/home.php Read more
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 much, too little and too dirty water’. The talk was carried out online and in Geography 125, followed by a Read more
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 boreal catchment in Northern Sweden near the city of Umea. It is one of the best monitored catchments in Europe Read more
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