The IHP family (UNESCO-IHP National Committees, A2 Centres, Chairs) has evaluated the sixteen IHP’s Programmes and Major Initiatives. FRIEND-Water is at the 5th rank, particular because it is well-known. It could improve by increasing activity in some regions across the…
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The GRDC Data Download portal has been completed and now in-situ river discharge data collected since 1988 in the Global Runoff Database are available with a few mouse clicks. For more details check the entire post on this topic!
New paper published by Sigrid J. Bakke, Monica Ionita, and Lena M. Tallaksen on the Copernicus journal HESS The 2018 northern European hydrological drought and its drivers in a historical perspective Abstract. In 2018, large parts of northern Europe were…
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The blog of the Natural Hazards Division of the EGU has published an interview to Henny van Lanen about the ANYWHERE project, particularly relevant also for people interested in droughts. You can read more here. https://blogs.egu.eu/divisions/nh/2019/08/05/hot-topic-for-a-hot-summer-extreme-wheather-and-climate-event-in-the-anywhere-project-a-pan-european-platform-for-multi-hazard-early-warning-and-associated-impacts/
The Department of Physical Geography and Rijkswaterstaat are searching for a PhD candidate with the aim to improve our understanding of future drought impacts on water resources with a focus on the Netherlands. The project will make use of the…
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The UK Drought and Water Scarcity Research Programme is proud to announce its International Conference to be held at Pembroke College, Oxford University, over 20 and 21 March 2019. Droughts threaten societies, economies and ecosystems worldwide. They are costly natural…
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THe EDC coordinator Henny van Lanen has been guest at Radio GLD – studio guest in Arnhem, programme Coffee Time with Rob Kleijs, 20 August 2018, 09:00-13:00 hr (I was in the 2nd hour, 10:20-10:45 hr) https://www.omroepgelderland.nl/radio/programma/169794880/Op-de-koffie/aflevering/29895# The topic was…
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The EDC coordinator Henny van Lanen has been guest on BNR News radio, studio guest in Amsterdam, programme Ask Me Anything (with Jurgen Rayman), 24 July, 14:00-15:00 hr The topic was Heatwaves and drought (1st day with Tmax > 30…
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The 2017 Wiley award for the Top cited invited commentary published by Hydrological Processes in 2016 was awarded to a paper on drought written by several EDC members. The paper is: Hydrology needed to manage droughts: the 2015 European case….
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The report “Climate change, impacts and vulnerability in Europe 2016” has been recently published by the European Environmental Agency (EEA). It is an indicator-based assessment of past and projected climate change and its impacts on ecosystems and society. It also…
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