See the  feature on Linkedin: The Earth’s groundwater seems limitless… 💧 In some parts of the world, the economic demand for groundwater exceeds the safe pumping capacity. In such cases, “the government must step in and take measures,” says Marc Bierkens from Utrecht University. According to him, groundwater management should address both the demand for…

Niko Wanders and Yoshi Wada have been awarded the James B. Macelwane medal (early mid-career) and Joanne Simpson medal (mid career) respectively. These prestigious medals are awarded at the AGU union level. See the announcements from the AGU and Utrecht University. Congratulations Niko and Yoshi!

At @UU_PhysGeog @UUGeo we used our global hydrological and water resources model PCRGLOBWB to project global water demand and supply under combined climate and socioeconomic scenarios. WRI used these data to update the @WRIAqueduct Water Risk Atlas. Also the current risk maps have been updated. WRI also updated country profiles. See this news item by the…

Marc Bierken was chosen as member of the Royal Netherlands Academy of Arts and Sciences. See the press release here (in Dutch)!

On Tuesday April 25 Marc Bierkens held his Darcy medal lecture. It can be found here! Below some photos of the event and the party on Thursday. Also proud of former PhD and team member Inge de Graaf for receiving the EGU Hydrological Sciences Division Early Career Scientist Award (see photo below).

Monday 24 April 2023 EGU23-1160 | Orals | HS3.1 Global streamflow modelling using process-informed machine learning Michele Magni, Edwin H. Sutanudjaja, Youchen Shen, and Derek Karssenberg Mon, 24 Apr, 08:35–08:45   Room 3.29/30 SC5.3 Parallel computing using asynchronous many-tasks Co-organized by ESSI3/NH12/OS5 Convener: Kor de Jong | Co-convener: Oliver Schmitz Mon, 24 Apr, 10:45–12:30 (CEST) Room -2.61/62 Tuesday 25 April 2023 EGU23-9040 | PICO…