The Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) has awarded $676,569 in the form of a Stragetic Partnership Grant (SPG) for a new project on "Assessing risks of eutrophication by urban stormwater runoff under climate change" led by Prof. Philippe Van Cappellen.
The Ecohydrology Research Group (ERG) and China University of Geosciences (CUG) are coordinating the International Research Partnership on Cold Regions Ecohydrogeology (COREH)
A new papaer titled "A synthesis of three decades of hydrological research at Scotty Creek, NWT, Canada", which was co-authored by Ecohydrology group memeber, Dr. Fereidoun Rezanezhad, was published in Hydrology and Earth Systems Sciences.
New work by Ecohydrology Research Group members has been published in the Water Resources Research journal. The article, titled "Can Improved Flow Partitioning in Hydrologic Models Increase Biogeochemical Predictability?", highlights the importance of considering flow paths in catchment-scale biogeochemical modeling of agricultural basins.
Ecohydrology researchers are co-authors for work being presented at this year's European Geosciences Union (EGU), which is being held in Vienna from April 7th to 12th.
Ecohydrology Research Group members hosted researchers and collaborators from the University of Waterloo (UW), Wilfrid Laurier University, Laurentian University, and the Canadian Forest Service for a project kick-off meeting at UW.
Philippe attended the Mid-Term Evaluation meeting of the R&D projects funded under the ERA-NET Cofund WaterWorks2015 Joint Call to support research on the sustainable management of water resources in agriculture, forestry and freshwater aquaculture sectors. The meeting was held in Madrid, Spain on March 27-28. In total 21 projects were evaluated.
Md Abdus Sabur, has successfully defended his PhD thesis, titled "Interaction of Phosphate and Silicate with Iron Oxides in Freshwater Environments". Sabur completed his PhD with the Ecohydrology Research Group, at the University of Waterloo. The members of his examination committee included: Dr. Philippe Van Cappellen (supervisor), Dr. Chris Parsons, Dr. Carol Ptacek, Dr. Grant Ferris, Dr. Thai Phan, and Dr. Roland Hall.
Ecohydrology Group member, Dr. Fereidoun Rezanzhad, is the co-author of a new publication in collaboration with researchers from the University of Waterloo's Geography and Environmental Management department. The paper, titled "Nutrient Leaching in Soil Affected by Fertilizer Application and Frozen Ground", explains the influences of preferential flow on nutrient transport and offers recommendations for the strategic implementation of subsurface placement of fertilizer.
On February 26th, Ecohydrology researchers hosted a successful kick-off meeting for the Cold Regions Ecohydrogeology (COREH) project, supported through the University of Waterloo's International Research Partnership Grants.