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The 10 biggest science stories of 2023 - chosen by scientists

Dec 23, 2023 | theguardian.com | Adam Rutherford |Hannah Cloke

1. India’s lunar lander reaches the dark side of the moonWhile western billionaires were busy sending rockets to space only for them to crash and burn, scientists in India were quietly doing something no one had accomplished before. Their Chandrayaan-3 moon lander was the first mission to reach the lunar south pole – an unexplored region where reservoirs of frozen water are believed to exist.
Jumpiness in ensemble forecasts of Atlantic tropical cyclone tracks

Dec 13, 2023 | journals.ametsoc.org | David Richardson |Hannah Cloke |John Methven |Florian Pappenberger

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Drought recedes in Britain after a wet spring-but much of Europe is parched

May 15, 2023 | phys.org | Hannah Cloke

Be careful what you wish for. Britain's seesaw rainfall patterns that began last winter have continued, with an on-off pattern of dry and then wet months for many areas.
Drought recedes in Britain after a wet spring - but much of Europe is parched - Philippine Canadian Inquirer Nationwide Filipino Newspaper

May 14, 2023 | canadianinquirer.net | Hannah Cloke

Be careful what you wish for. Britain's seesaw rainfall patterns that began last winter have continued, with an on-off pattern of dry and then wet months for many areas. In the south of England, last year's drought was still affecting parts of the UK in early December, with stores of water in reservoirs and groundwater lower than usual. Seemingly endless rain followed over Christmas and January, before one of the driest Februaries on record led to renewed warnings of drought.
Drought recedes in Britain after a wet spring - but much of Europe is parched

May 12, 2023 | tolerance.ca | Hannah Cloke

By Hannah Cloke, Professor of Hydrology, University of Reading Be careful what you wish for. Britain’s seesaw rainfall patterns that began last winter have continued, with an on-off pattern of dry and then wet months for many areas. In the south of England, last year’s drought was still affecting parts of the UK in early December, with stores of water in reservoirs and groundwater lower than usual.
Drought recedes in Britain after a wet spring - but much of Europe is parched

May 12, 2023 | theconversation.com | Hannah Cloke

Be careful what you wish for. Britain’s seesaw rainfall patterns that began last winter have continued, with an on-off pattern of dry and then wet months for many areas. In the south of England, last year’s drought was still affecting parts of the UK in early December, with stores of water in reservoirs and groundwater lower than usual. Seemingly endless rain followed over Christmas and January, before one of the driest Februaries on record led to renewed warnings of drought.
Urban water crises driven by elites’ unsustainable consumption | Nature Sustainability

Apr 10, 2023 | nature.com | Elisa Savelli |Maurizio Mazzoleni |Giuliano Di Baldassarre |Hannah Cloke |Maria Rusca

Over the past two decades, more than 80 metropolitan cities across the world have faced severe water shortages due to droughts and unsustainable water use. Future projections are even more alarming, since urban water crises are expected to escalate and most heavily affect those who are socially, economically and politically disadvantaged. Here we show how social inequalities across different groups or individuals play a major role in the production and manifestation of such crises. Specifically, due to stark socioeconomic inequalities, urban elites are able to overconsume water while excluding less-privileged populations from basic access. Through an interdisciplinary approach, we model the uneven domestic water use across urban spaces and estimate water consumption trends for different social groups. The highly unequal metropolitan area of Cape Town serves as a case in point to illustrate how unsustainable water use by the elite can exacerbate urban water crises at least as much as climate change or population growth. Urban water crises, due to droughts and unsustainable water consumption, are becoming increasingly recurrent in metropolitan cities. This study shows the role of social inequalities in such crises, revealing the implications of water overconsumption by privileged social groups and individuals.