Students from WISE and SAMBa CDTs came third in the hackathon with their proposed blended work week solution.
Work begins on UK system for estimating COVID-19 cases from wastewater
Bath scientists are part of a UK-wide effort to provide early warning on future COVID-19 outbreaks by monitoring wastewater.
DOWN2EARTH
An international team of researchers and organisations help tackle food and water insecurity in the Horn of Africa Drylands (HAD).
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Exeter CWS win #EUvsVirus Hackathon
Experts from the University of Exeter Centre for Water Systems have won a prestigious award in an international European Commission competition to develop pioneering solutions to aid the recovery from pandemics, such as COVID-19.
PhD Insights: Bridging the gap between biology and engineering
PhD student Stephanie Mueller conducts interdisciplinary research to explore fish responses to flow alterations caused by leaky barriers and turbines in riverine systems.
Publication modelling future sewer system scenarios selected as editor’s choice
Research by colleagues at Bath and the Netherlands maps out the effects of different future water use scenarios, such as water conservation, on sewer systems.
Challenges of climate change and its impact on water resources for vulnerable regions
The theme for this year’s World Water Day (22nd March) is ‘water and climate change’ and how the two are inextricably linked. Dr Michael Singer, Senior Lecturer in the School of Earth and Ocean Sciences and Deputy Director of the Water Research Institute at Cardiff University explains how GW4 researchers, part of the GW4 Water Security Alliance, are helping to address the global challenge of climate change and its impact on water resources.
Water scarcity challenges under climate change in East African drylands
Dr Katerina Michaelides, Head of Dryland Research Group at the School of Geographical Sciences and Cabot Institute for the Environment, University of Bristol, writes for the Cabot Institute blog to celebrate World Water Day. Her research focuses on how climate and climate change translates into useable water in the ground in East African dryland regions, and how people use and access relevant information to make livelihood decisions towards adaptation.
Call for Abstracts open for WSA PHD CON2020
29 September, 10.00-17.00
Bristol – Waterfront Meeting Rooms
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The call for abstracts is open for PhD, masters and research staff from all disciplines, with an interest in water security issues. Take part in the Flash Talks or participate in Poster Presentations.
To attend as a delegate without presenting, please register here.
Young Professionals address water security challenges in sub-Sahara
With Africa’s population set to double by 2050, WIRC researchers are helping to train young professionals to meet water security challenges.
Scientists produce plan to halt decline in freshwater species and habitats
A global team of scientists has developed the first Emergency Recovery Plan to reverse the rapid decline in the world’s freshwater species and habitats.
New research examines the impact of the textile usage on freshwater environments
Global demands for synthetic and natural textiles places freshwater environments under increasing pressures.
NextGen
The project will look at demonstrating technologies with a potential to contribute to reuse and recovery of resources within a perspective of circular economy.
Save the date for first GW4 WSA PhD conference
28-30 September 2020
Timings TBC
Bristol
Save the date!
An interdisciplinary team of 6 students, from across the GW4, are steaming ahead with plans for the first student-led WSA conference. The event will bring together the WSA research community with The Flow Partnership, who work globally on community-based solutions to water security challenges.
The event will be an exciting collision of innovative ideas and learning, open to the whole WSA community. Details to follow… watch this space!
Study compares floodplain protection today to predicted future flood losses
A new study by scientists from The Nature Conservancy (TNC), the University of Bristol and flood analytics company Fathom, seeks to answer an important question related to flooding in the United States – pay now to protect undeveloped areas that are likely to flood in the future or allow developments to go ahead and pay for damage when it occurs.
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New cohort of PhD students to improve the management of freshwater
Freshwater ecosystems are becoming more and more vulnerable to climate change and the extinction rates of freshwater species is now faster than any other.
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New H2020 project Aqua3S kicks off
The Centre for Water Systems (CWS), University of Exeter together with 22 other European partners met in Thessaloniki, Greece on 25-26th September 2019 to launch the Aqua3S project.
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Changing climate linked to major changes in flooding
Parts of northern Britain have suffered Europe’s biggest increases in flooding since the 1960s, according to new research by a multinational team including engineers from the University of Bath.
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£10 million for new Centre for Resilience in Environment, Water and Waste
A £10.5 million investment will fund a pioneering new collaborative research centre, designed to solve some of the most pressing global environmental challenges of our time.
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