Episodes 80
Avg. Duration 49m
Activity Highly Active
Apple Rating 5.0 (14)
Since Feb 2023
Latest Episode May 2026

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Schedule
Every 2 Weeks
Consistency
100%
Hosting
podcasts.la.utexas.edu

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About This Podcast

The Water Resources Podcast is designed to conduct interviews with experts to discuss challenges with water resources related to climate, such as droughts and floods, and overexploitation by humans. Potential solutions to these challenges are also discussed. Regions covered range from local to global scale, and approaches considered include satellite and ground-based monitoring, and global to regional modeling. The podcast is hosted by Bridget Scanlon, Bureau of Economic Geology, Jackson School of Geosciences, The University of Texas at Austin. The Water Resources Podcast is a production of the Bureau of Economic Geology, The Jackson School of Geosciences at the University of Texas at Austin in partnership with the National Academy of Engineering. The podcast is supported by the Fisher Foundation.

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Recent Episodes

Sustainable Groundwater Management in the North China Plain

May 21, 2026 46m

Wolfgang Kinzelbach is a Professor Emeritus of Hydromechanics at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich (Switzerland). His research focused on many aspects of hydrogeology,…

Reservoir Evaporation Monitoring, Drought Index: Texas to Global Scales

May 07, 2026 53m

Huilin Gao discusses advances in reservoir monitoring using models and new remote sensing, providing daily evaporation rates for Texas, western U.S., and global scales.

Floods, Droughts, and Data: How Satellites Are Changing Hydrology

Apr 23, 2026 39m

Augusto Getirana discusses global flooding in 2025, the new SWOT satellite, advances in NASA modeling and flood work in Brazil.

Water-Electricity Nexus in the Western U.S.

Apr 09, 2026 43m

Nathalie Voisin discusses water-electricity interconnection, highlighting hydropower, hydropower droughts, grid reliability, and future of water-energy management.

Hydroclimatic Trends in the Western U.S.

Mar 26, 2026 59m

Dennis Lettenmaier discusses trends in snow, flooding, and drought in the Western U.S. with a focus on the Colorado River Basin.

Tracking Water from Space: Tibetan Plateau, Mekong Basin, and North China Plain

Mar 12, 2026 1h 1m

Di Long discusses his research on the water resources in the Tibetan Plateau Asian Water Tower, reservoirs in the Mekong Basin, and water storage recovery in the North China Plain.

Monitoring Global Land Subsidence and Impacts

Feb 26, 2026 51m

Manoo Shirzaei discusses land subsidence in many regions globally, including Iran, California, Arizona, and U.S. Coast based on satellite data.

Recent Advances in AI/ML with Applications in Earth Sciences and Hydrology

Feb 12, 2026 45m

Alex Sun discusses the evolution of AI/ML over the past decades and resources for hydrology.

Agricultural Production in the Ukraine and Western Russia

Jan 29, 2026 41m

Sergii Skakun discusses historical, current, and projected future wheat production in the Ukraine and Russia using satellite date and modelling.

Updates on GRACE Satellite Missions and Applications for Flooding

Jan 15, 2026 47m

Jürgen Kusche discusses advances in GRACE satellites, applications for flood monitoring, and data assimilation with global hydrology models.

Increasing Resilience of Water Resources in San Antonio, Texas

Dec 11, 2025 44m

Karen Guz discusses water conservation and increasing supplies to meet the rising water needs for population growth and droughts in San Antonio.

Floods and Droughts in Texas

Nov 14, 2025 48m

John Nielsen-Gammon discusses climate extremes, including the July 4th flooding and 2011 drought, with insights into communicating risk.

Central Texas Flooding and Fatalities

Oct 30, 2025 44m

Hatim Sharif discusses recent central Texas flooding in Kerr County and San Antonio and flood fatalities.

Soil Health

Oct 16, 2025 45m

Nima Shokri discusses the importance of global soil health and its impacts on water resources, food security and sustainable development.

South African Lighthouse of Hope from Nature-Based Wastewater Treatment

Oct 02, 2025 1h 8m

Kevin Winter discusses nature-based approaches to treating informal settlement discharge for use in agriculture and other sectors.

Drought and Flood Impacts on US-Mexico Water Resources

Sep 18, 2025 46m

Randy Hanson discusses climate extremes in the Rio Conchos and the importance of conjunctively managing surface water and groundwater.

Increasing Water Consumption in Data Centers Amplifies Local Water Scarcity

Sep 04, 2025 46m

Landon Marston discusses rising water intensity of large data centers, resulting in a notable impact on local water demand.

Tracking Recent Conflict in Gaza, Ukraine, and Uganda using Satellites

Aug 21, 2025 1h 1m

Jamon Van Den Hoek discusses mapping real-time conflict using satellites and ground-truthing with journalists.

Water Bankruptcy

Aug 07, 2025 57m

Kaveh Madani uses a bank analogy to describe water resources management with surface water as checking and groundwater as savings accounts and overexploitation leading to bankruptcy.

Human and Climate Drivers of Global Models with Machine Learning

Jul 24, 2025 51m

Yadu Pokhrel describes the application of global hydrologic modeling with machine learning to understand water resources dynamics.

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Water Resources Podcast has published 80 episodes since February 2023, covering topics in Earth Sciences, Education.

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