hydrology

The new Padma barrage will lie just 180 km downstream of the Farakka barrage in West Bengal — which Bangladesh has blamed for the country’s periodic water scarcity. The Farakka is one of India’s largest with a feeder canal and was built to divert water from the Ganga to the Bhagirathi-Hoogly, and thus flush the Kolkata Port

Scientific Reports, Published online: 12 June 2026; doi:10.1038/s41598-026-55130-7 Unified multi-task learning for hydrological processes using a shared transformer framework

As renewable energy technologies continue to evolve, one engineering discipline is quietly powering innovation beneath the surface: hydrodynamics. From tidal turbines and hydrokinetic river systems to wave-energy concepts and offshore infrastructure, understanding how water moves— and how systems interact with it—has become critical to the next generation of renewable energy development. And incr…

IntroductionIndonesia has designated 15 National Priority Lakes (Presidential Regulation No. 60/2021), yet quantitative baselines to assess sedimentation threats remain insufficient for most watersheds. This study evaluates Volume Development (VD) trajectories as early warning indicators of basin infilling in the Three Mahakam Lakes (Jempang, Melintang, Semayang)—a flood-pulsed tropical lake comp…

A crucial indicator of hydrodynamic conditions, sediment transport systems, and geomorphic evolution is riverbed sediment. Hydraulic engineering, channel upkeep, and ecological management all depend on accurate sediment classification. Because of their intricate geomorphology and dynamic hydrodynamic forces, riverine systems show more spatial heterogeneity than comparatively stable marine habitat…

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Introduction In 1921, the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) established a streamgage on the Colorado River at Lees Ferry, Arizona, to monitor the river’s flow and level as it enters Grand Canyon. The following year, the seven States encompassing the Colorado River Basin (Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming) negotiated the 1922 Colorado River Compact to regulate distri…

The location of the modeled transect at Allt Dubh that contains many of the topographic features typical of blanket peatlands. These features affect the movement and storage of water (complex concave and convex slopes and depressions) that make it suitable for testing Tom Winter’s conceptual model ( Winter, 2000 ). Credit: Baird et al. [2026] , Figure 1

Unsaturated loess slopes in the Three-River Source Region of Qinghai are prone to landslide hazards under rainfall infiltration. To investigate the influence of rainfall on slope stability in this region and the effectiveness of ecological slope protection, this study first determined the basic physical properties, shear strength under controlled matric suction (50–200 kPa), and soil-water charac…

Scientific Reports, Published online: 30 May 2026; doi:10.1038/s41598-026-53609-x On-site experiment on the rainfall erosion process of soil slopes and its hydraulic mechanism

  We are proud to sponsor Groundwater Modeling and More 2026, hosted by the Integrated GroundWater Modeling Center (IGWMC) at Princeton University from June 7 through 10. The conference brings together leading groundwater modelers, hydrogeologists, researchers, regulators, and water resource professionals from around the world to explore the evolving future of groundwater science and hydrolo…

Against the backdrop of global warming, an intensified hydrological cycle has led to more frequent and more destructive short-duration extreme rainfall events. Rapid and objective delineation of flood inundation extent is therefore critical for emergency response and post-disaster assessment. Taking the extreme rainfall–triggered flood in Miyun District, Beijing, in July 2025 as a case study, thi…

Nature Water, Published online: 28 May 2026; doi:10.1038/s44221-026-00657-2 The future of hydrology lies in learning from patterns to understand processes across scales.

A new publication in the journal Scientific Reports ( Wang et al., 2026 ) describes an updated version of the Variable Infiltration Capacity (VIC) model in the Colorado River basin. The revised model is compared to independent observations from GRACE and SMAP satellites. VIC supports short- and long-term streamflow forecasting and hydrologic investigations in the vital basin. Congratulations to t…

This study investigated the spatial distribution and driving factors of evapotranspiration (ET) in the Kuye River Basin during the 2023 growing season. Landsat 8 remote sensing imagery and meteorological data were used to estimate ET based on the surface energy balance system (SEBS) model, and the results were evaluated against reference evapotranspiration calculated using the Penman-Monteith mod…

A research opportunity is currently available with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) located in Tacoma, Washington. The USGS mission is to monitor, analyze, and predict current and evolving dynamics of complex human and natural Earth-system interactions and to deliver actionable intelligence at scales and timeframes relevant to decision makers. As the Nation’s largest water, earth, and biol…

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Jacksonville District, deepened the St. Johns River channel in Jacksonville, Florida, to accommodate larger, fully loaded cargo vessels. The U.S. Geological Survey (USGS), in cooperation with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, monitored stage, discharge, and (or) water temperature and salinity at 26 continuous data collection sites in the St. Johns River and its t…

The quality of water accessed by domestic wells (here referred to as domestic groundwater resources) in the San Joaquin Valley Kern County subbasin (basin number 5-022.14) was assessed as part of the California Groundwater Ambient Monitoring and Assessment (GAMA) Program Priority Basin Project (GAMA-PBP), in cooperation with the California State Water Resources Control Board. Kern County is at th…

Longitudinal profiles of water surface and riverbed elevations capture key geomorphic characteristics that can be affected by water infrastructure and natural processes. Continuous water surface profiles of the Colorado River in Grand Canyon, a river influenced by two of the largest dams in the United States, have been measured infrequently. The water surface profile was first measured in 1923, 1…