Advancing the understanding of human connections to fresh waters

Fresh water is critical to human survival, and access to freshwater resources is not equitable globally. We continue to use and degrade this resource directly through mismanagement and indirectly through changes to the global climate system and unsustainable land use.  Our work highlights the impacts of human decisions, needs, and vulnerabilities related to freshwater resources through investigations into the biogeochemistry of watersheds around the world. We use advanced field techniques, geochemical and isotopic tracers, geospatial modeling, and satellite-based remote sensing to find solutions to the growing need to sustainably manage our freshwaters into the future.