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Environmental Science and Technology (ES&T) announced its best papers of 2016. The journal published around 1600 papers last year. In each of the following four categories a top paper and three runner-ups were selected: Environmental Science, Environmental Technology, Environmental Policy and Feature. The first runner-up in the category Environmental Science is a paper by Bingjie Shi, PhD student in the Ecohydrology Research Group.

The Water Institute has awarded Seed Grant Program funding to five research proposals. Members of the Ecohydrology Research Group are involved in two of funded projects:

In a new paper published in Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, Ecohydrology group members, Helen Powley and Philippe Van Cappellen, and collaborator Michael Krom, report on the sensitivity of dissolved oxygen distributions within the Mediterranean Sea to future climate driven changes in its thermohaline circulation. The results indicate that the oxygenation of the Mediterranean Sea is quite resilient to the projected changes in circulation.

Philippe Van Cappellen joined a delegation of the Water Institute to China. The delegation held talks with researchers and officials from Wuhan University, China University of Geosciences, Southwest University, Chongqing University, China Research Academy of Environmental Sciences (CRAES) and Hohai University.

Ecohydrology group member, Helen Powley, will present her Ph.D. thesis proposal entitled, 

Dynamic modelling of water and nutrient fluxes in the Mediterranean basin: linking land processes and marine ecosystems at the regional scale.

New Publication from the Ecohydrology research group

Global hydrobelts and hydroregions: improved reporting scale for water-related issues?

Rachele Fischer, previously a co-op student with the Ecohydrology research group, has been awarded a research internship to the University of Tuebingen, Germany. This twelve week internship is fully funded through the German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD). While there Rachel will be working on hydrological and geochemical controls on microbial activity in groundwater systems. Congratulations Rachele!

Kiosk on the Waterfront: The Science of Canada's Water

Dr. Philippe Van Cappellen will attend the NSERC science kiosk on the Waterfront: The Science of Canada's Water, to be held in the Senate of Canada on Monday, October 15, 2012. The Honourable Kelvin K. Ogilvie, Senator, will present the kiosk to inform parliamentarians about research in all aspects of water. The Senator will be accompanied by Dr. Suzanne Fortier, President of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Council of Canada (NSERC) and researchers from across Canada, including Dr. Van Cappellen.

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