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Science, Water, and Basketball at Campbell Farm: Tales from an Alternative Spring Break

By Sally Landefeld
With finals in the rear-view mirror, most University of Washington (UW) students can think of little else but those two magical words that have been teasing them all winter: Spring Break.  

Global proliferation of small hydropower plants

Freshwater researchers Thiago Couto and Dr. Julian Olden were recently published in Frontiers in Ecology and the Environment for their research about the proliferation of hydropower. 

Designing river flows to manage both food and energy demands

Freshwater Initiative faculty member Dr. Gordon Holtgrieve was recently published in Science for his work on the Mekong River in Southeast Asia.

The Mekong River provides food for nearly 60 million people across 6 different countries. 

Riparian ecosystems threatened by changing flood and drought conditions

Freshwater Initiative faculty member Julian Olden was recently published in Nature Ecology & Evolution for his work on riparian ecosystems.

Human demand for freshwater has resulted in substantial alterations to the natural flow pattern of rivers all over the world.