- by Marthe Wens Climate-induced extreme events like droughts are known to contribute to biodiversity loss, which further threatens ecosystems and the livelihoods of indigenous peoples and local communities (IPLCs) in the Global South. Moreover, the biodiversity loss hampers ecosystems’ mitigation potential with respect to climate change and their adaptation potential with respect to drought … Continue reading PHD POSITION on Global drought risk and governance of biodiverse ecosystems
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What we write: Rhoda Odongo
Propagation from meteorological to hydrological drought in the Horn of Africa using both standardized and threshold-based indices Rhoda A. Odongo, Hans De Moel & Anne Van Loon Drought is a pressing concern, particularly in data-poor regions like the Horn of Africa (HOA). We recently published a study on the propagation of the drought signal from … Continue reading What we write: Rhoda Odongo
What we write: Lars de Graaff
The Netherlands experienced multiple drought events in a short period of time. Improving the sponge capacity of the Dutch water system can mitigate the negative consequences of these events. Different projects focus on local measures to improve the regional sponge capacity. However, the impacts of local measures on a regional scale are difficult to predict … Continue reading What we write: Lars de Graaff
What we write: Heidi Mendoza
Science and poetry: Why and for whom “We need to communicate science to people.” We have heard this for at least once, and we begin to think, “Yes, indeed, we need to communicate science to people.” But what part of science do we communicate? Specifically to whom? And why do we need to do this? … Continue reading What we write: Heidi Mendoza
Special Issue Drought, Society and Ecosystems
Are you a scientist, researcher, student, practitioner, or stakeholder with an interest in the complex phenomenon of drought and its impacts on societies and ecosystems? If so, we have exciting news for you! The IAHS Panta Rhei decade (2013-2023) working group “Drought in the Anthropocene” is advertising special issue titled “Drought, Society and Ecosystems” together … Continue reading Special Issue Drought, Society and Ecosystems
Dutch Drought 2022 – A perspective by the IVM drought risk research group
The 2022 drought in the Netherlands - is it over yet? The meteorological drought in the Netherlands was within the 5% most extreme years (based on precipitation minus potential evaporation). But there were strong regional differences with most severe dry conditions in the east and some locations in the southwest and northwest. Rainfall deficit during … Continue reading Dutch Drought 2022 – A perspective by the IVM drought risk research group
Gender diversity in academia – sharing slides for management
At IVM - VU Amsterdam gender diversity is high on the agenda. We currently have no female professors and no female staff members with children. Over the past years five female tenure-track staff members have left, which is why our percentage of female staff has decreased. These are very worrying numbers and to find solutions … Continue reading Gender diversity in academia – sharing slides for management
What we write: Anne F. Van Loon
New paper from our group! “Streamflow droughts aggravated by human activities despite management” in ERL https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1748-9326/ac5def We investigated the influence of human activities on streamflow drought in the complexity of real world cases, using observation data, qualitative expert assessment, consistent drought analysis, and statistics. We found that groundwater and surface water abstractions aggravate streamflow droughts … Continue reading What we write: Anne F. Van Loon
What we achieve: Marthe’s PhD
Marthe Wens recently submitted her PhD thesis to the reading committee and it is approved for defense! In the same week, her 4th and last PhD paper was accepted in NHESS. Reasons to celebrate with a Vrijmibo (the Dutch after-work) – which unfortunately was held without Marthe (the next Covid-19 victim)… But soon we’ll celebrate … Continue reading What we achieve: Marthe’s PhD
What we do: Rhoda, Anne & Ileen
Rhoda Odongo and Ileen Streefkerk, together with IVM colleague Tim Busker, are currently in Kenya for the Down2Earth project fieldwork, which will run for 2 months. We were joined by Anne van Loon in the first 2.5 weeks. We visited several stakeholders, mainly governmental institutions in agriculture, environment, climate and water sectors. Additionally, we were … Continue reading What we do: Rhoda, Anne & Ileen
What we write: Raed Hamed
We published a paper on the "Impacts of compound hot–dry extremes on US soybean yields" in Earth System Dynamics. Our results show that soybean yields are most negatively impacted by the combination of high temperature (T) and low soil moisture (SM) during summer. Figure below shows observed (dots) and modelled (contour-lines) yield values. Note the … Continue reading What we write: Raed Hamed
PhD POSITION Human-climate feedbacks at different spatial-temporal scales
We are happy to announce a new PhD position at IVM (VU Amsterdam) in the EU-funded project I-CISK! Climate services have a crucial role in empowering citizens, stakeholders and decision-makers in taking climate-smart decisions that are informed by a solid scientific evidence base. The EU-funded I-CISK project will innovate existing climate services by integrating the … Continue reading PhD POSITION Human-climate feedbacks at different spatial-temporal scales
PHD POSITION Narratives of past and future drought-to-flood events
Are you a social scientist with experience in narrative methods and qualitative data analysis? Do you have an interest in environmental management and disaster risk reduction? Do you want to work in an interdisciplinary team of researchers and with stakeholders and participants in case studies in different parts of the world? We are happy to … Continue reading PHD POSITION Narratives of past and future drought-to-flood events
ERC Starting Grant for Anne Van Loon
Anne Van Loon has received a positive decision on her ERC Starting Grant proposal. The PerfectSTORM (‘STOrylines of futuRe extreMes’) project will provide five years of funding for research on droughts and floods. Future climate projections show a strengthening of the hydrological cycle with more droughts and floods expected. This means a higher likelihood of … Continue reading ERC Starting Grant for Anne Van Loon
Online teaching in courses related to climate risk, drought, water resources and sustainability
- By Anne Van Loon, Marthe Wens, Raed Hamed Like many others around the world, we have been forced to move our teaching completely online due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Despite the challenges, this has also been an opportunity for us to develop new teaching methods, try flipping the classroom, and explore the use of … Continue reading Online teaching in courses related to climate risk, drought, water resources and sustainability
Hydrological extremes @ Amsterdam 
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