Global Institute for Water Security

Poor correlation between large-scale environmental flow violations and freshwater biodiversity: implications for water resource management and the freshwater planetary boundary

Mohan, Chinchu; Gleeson, Tom; Famiglietti, James S.; Virkki, Vili; Kummu, Matti; Porkka, Miina; Wang-Erlandsson, Lan; Huggins, Xander; Gerten, Dieter; Jähnig, Sonja C. (2022)

The freshwater ecosystems around the world are degrading, such that maintaining environmental flow1 (EF) in river networks is critical to their preservation. The relationship between streamflow alterations (subsequent EF ...
Hotspots for social and ecological impacts from freshwater stress and storage loss

Huggins, Xander; Gleeson, Tom; Kummu, Matti; Zipper, Sam; Wada, Yoshihide; Troy, Tara; Famiglietti, James S. (Nature Portfolio, 2022)

Humans and ecosystems are deeply connected to, and through, the hydrological cycle. However, impacts of hydrological change on social and ecological systems are infrequently evaluated together at the global scale. Here, ...
Diagnosing Hydrological Process Controls in Streamflow Generation and Variability in a 1 Glacierized Alpine Headwater Basin

Aubry-Wake, Caroline; Pradhananga, Dhiraj; Pomeroy, John (Wiley Online Library, 2022)

Mountain glacierized headwaters are currently witnessing a transient shift in their hydrological and glaciological systems in response to rapid climate change. To characterize these changes, a robust understanding of the ...