AGU 2014 Recap

Our annual science festival didn't disappoint- AGU was a whirlwind week of introductions, information, delicious food, and beer. The most inspiring part of the conference was the Young Hydrologists Pop-Up session held on Tuesday morning. Sheila Saia and Tim van Emmerik did an excellent job convening the session, with topics that ranged from resilience and risk, to incorporating our creative sides and becoming Renaissance scientists. I did not sit in another session that matched the enthusiasm and quality of presentations that my fellow young scientists delivered over the course of the two hour session. I presented on diversifying our outreach methods, starting from asking what the most important questions are for local stakeholders, to delivering results in more interesting ways (ex. Chasing Ice). These ideas were developed through a semester of meeting a handful of scientists including, Sara Hobbie, Elena Bennett, Craig McClain, and Sara Kimball. As per advise from Craig on building an online empire I have started using twitter, with #futurehydro as my way of keeping track of people that are using innovative cross-disciplinary work to create environmental solutions.