Panta Rhei: a decade of progress in research on change in hydrology and society
Heidi Kreibich, Murugesu Sivapalan, Amir AghaKouchak, Nans Addor, Hafzullah Aksoy, Berit Arheimer, Karsten Arnbjerg‐Nielsen, Cyndi V. Castro, Christophe Cudennec, Mariana Madruga de Brito, Giuliano Di Baldassarre, David C. Finger, Keirnan Fowler, Wouter Knoben, Tobias Krueger, Junguo Liu, Elena Macdonald, Hilary McMillan, Eduardo Mário Mendiondo, Alberto Montanari, Marc F. Müller, Saket Pande, Fuqiang Tian, Alberto Viglione, Yongping Wei, Attilio Castellarin, Daniel P. Loucks, Taikan Oki, María José Polo, Huub Savenije, Anne F. Van Loon, Ankit Agarwal, Camila Álvarez-Garretón, Ana Andreu, Marlies H. Barendrecht, Manuela I. Brunner, Louise Cavalcante, Yonca Çavuş, Serena Ceola, Pedro Luiz Borges Chaffe, Xi Chen, Gemma Coxon, Dandan Zhao, Kamran Davary, Moctar Dembélé, Benjamin Dewals, Tatiana Frolova, Animesh K. Gain, Alexander Gelfan, Mohammad Ghoreishi, Thomas Grabs, Xiaoxiang Guan, David M. Hannah, Jörg Helmschrot, Britta Höllermann, Jean Hounkpè, Elizabeth A. Koebele, Megan Konar, Frederik Kratzert, Sara Lindersson, María Carmen Llasat, Alessia Matanó, Maurizio Mazzoleni, Alfonso Mejía, Pablo A. Mendoza, Bruno Merz, Jenia Mukherjee, Farzin Nasiri Saleh, Bertil Nlend, Rodric M. Nonki, Christina Orieschnig, Katerina Papagiannaki, Gopal Penny, Olga Petrucci, Rafael Pimentel, Sandra Pool, Elena Ridolfi, Maria Rusca, Nivedita Sairam, S. Adarsh, Ana Carolina Sarmento Buarque, Elisa Savelli, Lukas Schoppa, Kai Schröter, Anna Scolobig, Mojtaba Shafiei, Anna E. Sikorska‐Senoner, Magdalena Śmigaj, Claudia Teutschbein, Thomas Thaler, Andrijana Todorović, Faranak Tootoonchi, Roshanak Tootoonchi, Elena Toth, Ronald van Nooijen, Franciele Maria Vanelli, Nicolás Vasquéz, David W. Walker, Marthe Wens, David J. Yu
Abstract
To better understand the increasing human impact on the water cycle and the feedbacks between hydrology and society, the International Association of Hydrological Sciences (IAHS) organized the scientific decade “Panta Rhei – Everything Flows: Change in hydrology and society” (2013–2022). A key finding is the need to use integrated approaches to assess the co-evolution of human–water systems in order to avoid unintended consequences of human interventions over long periods of time. Additionally, substantial progress has been made in leveraging new data sources on human behaviour, e.g. through text mining of social media posts. Much has been learned about detecting hydrological changes and attributing them to their drivers, e.g. quantifying climate effects on floods. To achieve further progress, we recommend broadening the understanding, the discipline and training activities, while at the same time pursuing synthesis by focusing on key themes, developing innovative approaches and finding sustainable solutions to the world’s water problems.