Water Security and the Sustainability of Freshwater Systems

Water is the most important and potentially limiting resource on the planet. Increased water demand due to human population growth in conjunction with ongoing changes in climate and the physical landscape are having significant impacts on water security from local to global scales. These impacts threaten social, ecological, and economic stability and are expected to intensify in the coming century.  A primary goal of our research is to integrate various data sources with hydrologic modeling techniques to predict the potential impacts of environmental change on water resources and subsequent effects on various aspects of human and environmental systems. Our work also focuses on investigating the potential of climate adaptation strategies to produce increased freshwater system resilience in the coming decades. Our research group and collaborators represent a variety of backgrounds and interests and includes ecologists, hydrologists, computational biologists, social scientists, and economists. 

This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation DEB-0844644, DEB-1404187, DEB-1311179, DBI-1564896, DBI-1661156)