Mary River proves Australia's most degraded catchments can be restored
Mary River proves Australia's most degraded catchments can be restored
Community effort transforms a degraded waterway, reducing erosion, increasing fish breeding and improving the quality of water that flows into the Great Barrier Reef.
www.abc.net.au
September 25, 2026 at 7:57 PM
Mary River proves Australia's most degraded catchments can be restored
💧Healthy wetlands are essential for healthy rivers.
This World Wetlands Day, we’re celebrating the incredible benefits wetlands bring. From improving water quality and reducing flood risk, to supporting wildlife and strengthening resilience across entire catchments.
#WorldWetlandsDay
This World Wetlands Day, we’re celebrating the incredible benefits wetlands bring. From improving water quality and reducing flood risk, to supporting wildlife and strengthening resilience across entire catchments.
#WorldWetlandsDay
February 2, 2026 at 5:01 PM
💧Healthy wetlands are essential for healthy rivers.
This World Wetlands Day, we’re celebrating the incredible benefits wetlands bring. From improving water quality and reducing flood risk, to supporting wildlife and strengthening resilience across entire catchments.
#WorldWetlandsDay
This World Wetlands Day, we’re celebrating the incredible benefits wetlands bring. From improving water quality and reducing flood risk, to supporting wildlife and strengthening resilience across entire catchments.
#WorldWetlandsDay
CATCHMENT CUP IS LIVE! Whose ready to learn about some new (and old) research catchments?!? First up: HEADWATER CATCHMENTS
VOTE HERE until 10/4: www.agu-h3s.org/rivercup
VOTE HERE until 10/4: www.agu-h3s.org/rivercup
October 2, 2025 at 2:54 PM
CATCHMENT CUP IS LIVE! Whose ready to learn about some new (and old) research catchments?!? First up: HEADWATER CATCHMENTS
VOTE HERE until 10/4: www.agu-h3s.org/rivercup
VOTE HERE until 10/4: www.agu-h3s.org/rivercup
A great win, with national implications. At last, councils will have to take into account the cumulative effects of livestock factories on river catchments.
It's all about increments of excrement.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
It's all about increments of excrement.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Poultry megafarm in Shropshire halted over river pollution concerns
Planning permission quashed by high court after officials failed to consider impact of spreading manure on land
www.theguardian.com
June 17, 2025 at 4:00 PM
A great win, with national implications. At last, councils will have to take into account the cumulative effects of livestock factories on river catchments.
It's all about increments of excrement.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
It's all about increments of excrement.
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
High nitrogen levels in major Irish rivers concerning:
"Catchment nitrogen levels are markedly higher in east, south & southeast, compared to catchments in west & northwest.
"In both groups of catchments, nitrogen levels have increased in 2025, relative to 2024"
Source: lnkd.in/dreEpxpE
"Catchment nitrogen levels are markedly higher in east, south & southeast, compared to catchments in west & northwest.
"In both groups of catchments, nitrogen levels have increased in 2025, relative to 2024"
Source: lnkd.in/dreEpxpE
March 23, 2026 at 11:14 AM
High nitrogen levels in major Irish rivers concerning:
"Catchment nitrogen levels are markedly higher in east, south & southeast, compared to catchments in west & northwest.
"In both groups of catchments, nitrogen levels have increased in 2025, relative to 2024"
Source: lnkd.in/dreEpxpE
"Catchment nitrogen levels are markedly higher in east, south & southeast, compared to catchments in west & northwest.
"In both groups of catchments, nitrogen levels have increased in 2025, relative to 2024"
Source: lnkd.in/dreEpxpE
shamelessly made a bluesky account so I could plug my first first-author paper (!) on postfire erosion in steep rocky catchments -- go check her out!
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
The influence of wildfire on debris flows in a landscape of persistent disequilibrium: Columbia River Gorge, OR, USA
Debris flow erosion in rocky catchments of northern Oregon (USA) is found to be relatively insensitive to fire conditions.
www.science.org
August 11, 2025 at 1:15 AM
shamelessly made a bluesky account so I could plug my first first-author paper (!) on postfire erosion in steep rocky catchments -- go check her out!
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Farming changes linked to improved water quality across Great Barrier Reef catchments
Reduced fertiliser use linked to cleaner water flowing to Great Barrier Reef
Separate studies claim to show a connection between improved water quality in catchments along Queensland's Great Barrier Reef and farmers changing the way they fertilise their crops.
www.abc.net.au
August 26, 2026 at 8:38 PM
Farming changes linked to improved water quality across Great Barrier Reef catchments
Mary River proves Australia's most degraded catchments can be restored
Decades of work by the community has helped the environment, reef and endangered species.
www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2...
Decades of work by the community has helped the environment, reef and endangered species.
www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2...
Mary River proves Australia's most degraded catchments can be restored
Community effort transforms a degraded waterway, reducing erosion, increasing fish breeding and improving the quality of water that flows into the Great Barrier Reef.
www.abc.net.au
September 25, 2026 at 8:54 PM
Mary River proves Australia's most degraded catchments can be restored
Decades of work by the community has helped the environment, reef and endangered species.
www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2...
Decades of work by the community has helped the environment, reef and endangered species.
www.abc.net.au/news/rural/2...
YAAAAY MY CATCHMENTS
June 13, 2025 at 10:11 PM
YAAAAY MY CATCHMENTS
This is fantastic…
Our regional councils were set up to cover catchments: it makes so much sense, as does this proposal
#nzpol
www.rnz.co.nz/news/te-ao-m...
Our regional councils were set up to cover catchments: it makes so much sense, as does this proposal
#nzpol
www.rnz.co.nz/news/te-ao-m...
Iwi proposal would reshape councils around mountains and rivers
A group of central North Island iwi has unveiled a proposal to reorganise local government around the region's mountains, river catchments and the communities connected to them.
www.rnz.co.nz
July 29, 2026 at 12:00 AM
This is fantastic…
Our regional councils were set up to cover catchments: it makes so much sense, as does this proposal
#nzpol
www.rnz.co.nz/news/te-ao-m...
Our regional councils were set up to cover catchments: it makes so much sense, as does this proposal
#nzpol
www.rnz.co.nz/news/te-ao-m...
A new dataset on the water quality in Swiss river catchments is now available. CAMELS-CH-Chem incorporates up to 40 water quality parameters for 115 Swiss catchments between 1981 and 2020 💡
👉 www.eawag.ch/en/departmen...
@bafu.admin.ch @thiagovnascimento.bsky.social
👉 www.eawag.ch/en/departmen...
@bafu.admin.ch @thiagovnascimento.bsky.social
August 7, 2025 at 6:16 AM
A new dataset on the water quality in Swiss river catchments is now available. CAMELS-CH-Chem incorporates up to 40 water quality parameters for 115 Swiss catchments between 1981 and 2020 💡
👉 www.eawag.ch/en/departmen...
@bafu.admin.ch @thiagovnascimento.bsky.social
👉 www.eawag.ch/en/departmen...
@bafu.admin.ch @thiagovnascimento.bsky.social
Drumroll please.....the winners of round 1's snow-dominated catchments are.....
HUBBARD BROOK, EAST RIVER, BURABAY, and MCMURDO!!!
Some of these matchups were close so keep those votes coming for human-dominated catchments starting next week, 10/13!!!
#CatchmentCup2025
HUBBARD BROOK, EAST RIVER, BURABAY, and MCMURDO!!!
Some of these matchups were close so keep those votes coming for human-dominated catchments starting next week, 10/13!!!
#CatchmentCup2025
October 9, 2025 at 10:12 PM
Drumroll please.....the winners of round 1's snow-dominated catchments are.....
HUBBARD BROOK, EAST RIVER, BURABAY, and MCMURDO!!!
Some of these matchups were close so keep those votes coming for human-dominated catchments starting next week, 10/13!!!
#CatchmentCup2025
HUBBARD BROOK, EAST RIVER, BURABAY, and MCMURDO!!!
Some of these matchups were close so keep those votes coming for human-dominated catchments starting next week, 10/13!!!
#CatchmentCup2025
Quite happy with how this 3D printed catchment model turned out using topographic maps! I wanted to make something hands on and interactive for exploring catchments with my students. Still experimenting with different designs and colour schemes...
August 5, 2026 at 9:26 AM
Quite happy with how this 3D printed catchment model turned out using topographic maps! I wanted to make something hands on and interactive for exploring catchments with my students. Still experimenting with different designs and colour schemes...
NAPLAN is disastrous for public education. And I’ve always hated it. Now, real estate agents use NAPLAN and catchments to advertise properties. A disgrace.
March 20, 2025 at 9:41 AM
NAPLAN is disastrous for public education. And I’ve always hated it. Now, real estate agents use NAPLAN and catchments to advertise properties. A disgrace.
Sydney Water failed to properly test before declaring ‘no known Pfas hotspots’ in catchments, inquiry finds
Sydney Water failed to properly test before declaring ‘no known Pfas hotspots’ in catchments, inquiry finds
More attention needs to be given to rapidly evolving issue of contamination of waterways with ‘forever chemicals’, committee’s chair says
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Sydney Water did not perform “an appropriate level of due diligence” before claiming there were no known PFAS hotspots within its drinking water catchments, a state parliamentary committee has found.
The New South Wales upper house committee tabled its 16 findings and 32 recommendations on Thursday following an inquiry triggered by reporting in the Sydney Morning Herald that detected elevated levels of some “forever chemicals” in parts of Sydney’s drinking water catchment. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
September 11, 2025 at 4:10 AM
Sydney Water failed to properly test before declaring ‘no known Pfas hotspots’ in catchments, inquiry finds
Latest paper out of the WS hydrology lab! Here we show spatial variability in lithology is important for streamflow behavior and carbon export, but geogenic solute export behavior is similar. agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
The Role of Lithology on Concentration‐Discharge Relationships and Carbon Export in Two Adjacent Headwater Catchments
Bedrock lithology drives differences in streamflow and carbon export in adjacent catchments, controlling variability in shallow flow paths Both catchments display similar in-stream major ion conc...
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
April 1, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Latest paper out of the WS hydrology lab! Here we show spatial variability in lithology is important for streamflow behavior and carbon export, but geogenic solute export behavior is similar. agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
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I support reform of Scotland’s agricultural payments so they restore healthy river catchments, reduce flood risk & enable responsible coexistence with beavers.
Healthy rivers & wetlands are essential for climate resilience, wildlife & rural communities.
@scotsbeavers.bsky.social
I support reform of Scotland’s agricultural payments so they restore healthy river catchments, reduce flood risk & enable responsible coexistence with beavers.
Healthy rivers & wetlands are essential for climate resilience, wildlife & rural communities.
@scotsbeavers.bsky.social
May 6, 2026 at 4:35 AM
🦫 💚 🦫
I support reform of Scotland’s agricultural payments so they restore healthy river catchments, reduce flood risk & enable responsible coexistence with beavers.
Healthy rivers & wetlands are essential for climate resilience, wildlife & rural communities.
@scotsbeavers.bsky.social
I support reform of Scotland’s agricultural payments so they restore healthy river catchments, reduce flood risk & enable responsible coexistence with beavers.
Healthy rivers & wetlands are essential for climate resilience, wildlife & rural communities.
@scotsbeavers.bsky.social
New paper alert in HESS with Erin Nicholls and @seankcarey.bsky.social ! We used generalized additive models to assess the drivers of seasonality in stream chemistry across ten permafrost catchments in the Yukon Territory! (1/n)
hess.copernicus.org/articles/29/...
hess.copernicus.org/articles/29/...
The role of catchment characteristics, discharge, and active- layer thaw in seasonal stream chemistry across 10 permafrost catchments
Abstract. High-latitude catchments are rapidly warming, leading to altered precipitation regimes, widespread permafrost degradation, and shifts in stream chemistry across major arctic rivers. In headw...
hess.copernicus.org
June 12, 2025 at 9:29 AM
New paper alert in HESS with Erin Nicholls and @seankcarey.bsky.social ! We used generalized additive models to assess the drivers of seasonality in stream chemistry across ten permafrost catchments in the Yukon Territory! (1/n)
hess.copernicus.org/articles/29/...
hess.copernicus.org/articles/29/...
On the beaver news today, Knepp's Isabella Tree said:
“We are absolutely delighted that the UK Government will allow licenced reintroductions of wild beavers into river catchments in England, and we commend them for this decision which follows years of campaigning by nature restoration leaders.
“We are absolutely delighted that the UK Government will allow licenced reintroductions of wild beavers into river catchments in England, and we commend them for this decision which follows years of campaigning by nature restoration leaders.
February 28, 2025 at 9:42 AM
On the beaver news today, Knepp's Isabella Tree said:
“We are absolutely delighted that the UK Government will allow licenced reintroductions of wild beavers into river catchments in England, and we commend them for this decision which follows years of campaigning by nature restoration leaders.
“We are absolutely delighted that the UK Government will allow licenced reintroductions of wild beavers into river catchments in England, and we commend them for this decision which follows years of campaigning by nature restoration leaders.
3. Meanwhile, those catchments with the wealthier ppl can draw from fundraisers and donations to the PTOs, creating backup and alternative revenues for all sorts of programs.
September 23, 2026 at 1:52 PM
3. Meanwhile, those catchments with the wealthier ppl can draw from fundraisers and donations to the PTOs, creating backup and alternative revenues for all sorts of programs.
The #AGU Catchment Hydrology TC is spotlighting key catchments from the HYP special issue, Research and Observatory Catchments: The Legacy and the Future!
🧵 Today, we kick off with “Jonkershoek: Africa's oldest catchment experiment—80 years and counting”!
🧵 Today, we kick off with “Jonkershoek: Africa's oldest catchment experiment—80 years and counting”!
April 1, 2025 at 3:57 PM
The #AGU Catchment Hydrology TC is spotlighting key catchments from the HYP special issue, Research and Observatory Catchments: The Legacy and the Future!
🧵 Today, we kick off with “Jonkershoek: Africa's oldest catchment experiment—80 years and counting”!
🧵 Today, we kick off with “Jonkershoek: Africa's oldest catchment experiment—80 years and counting”!
Sydney Water failed to perform adequate due diligence before claiming there were no PFAS hotspots within its drinking water catchments, and governments failed to keep pace with the spread of “forever chemicals” in the environment, a parliamentary inquiry has found archive.md/2025.09.11-0...
archive.md
September 11, 2025 at 3:59 AM
Sydney Water failed to perform adequate due diligence before claiming there were no PFAS hotspots within its drinking water catchments, and governments failed to keep pace with the spread of “forever chemicals” in the environment, a parliamentary inquiry has found archive.md/2025.09.11-0...
September 28, 2025 at 12:25 AM
Low-relief catchments are super complex and awesome, but they have not received as much attention as our complex and awesome high-relief catchments. Here we show in a low relief catchment just how complex things can be and how spatial sampling frameworks help us solve stream chemistry mysteries!
My first paper of my PhD research on catchment biogeochemistry in Michigan is live!
Wetlands, Groundwater and Seasonality Influence the Spatial Distribution of Stream Chemistry in a Low-Relief Catchment
agupubs-onlinelibrary-wiley-com.proxy2.cl.msu.edu/doi/10.1029/...
Wetlands, Groundwater and Seasonality Influence the Spatial Distribution of Stream Chemistry in a Low-Relief Catchment
agupubs-onlinelibrary-wiley-com.proxy2.cl.msu.edu/doi/10.1029/...
August 29, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Low-relief catchments are super complex and awesome, but they have not received as much attention as our complex and awesome high-relief catchments. Here we show in a low relief catchment just how complex things can be and how spatial sampling frameworks help us solve stream chemistry mysteries!
Another Tassie here, our beautiful bays are now green slimy effluent catchments from these vile salmon farms. I’d like to take a few politicians out & show them the mess. Heartbreaking!
December 15, 2024 at 10:24 AM
Another Tassie here, our beautiful bays are now green slimy effluent catchments from these vile salmon farms. I’d like to take a few politicians out & show them the mess. Heartbreaking!