Dr. Malena Orduña Alegría

Co-creating water knowledge: a community perspective Navigating the complexities of global and local water resources challenges requires collaboration and mutual learning among diverse knowledge systems and disciplines. However, Western philosophical...

I'm proud to share the first paper on co-creating water knowledge from our #IAHS #cocreatingwaterknowledge group! We're centering diverse knowledges in hydrology—a return to my ethnobotany roots. It's not always easy, but sparks creative ways of thinking about water. doi.org/10.1080/0262...

Now hiring: 2 Faculty Research Assistants for the AgWater-TAP.
Apply by Aug 26. Closes Sep 11.

Apply:
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#Hiring #AI #AgWater #WaterResources #OregonState

Thrilled to start 2025 as a tenure-track assistant professor in the BEE Department at Oregon State! 🎉 Excited to dive into teaching, research, and building new collaborations. 🚀 Here’s to new adventures! 🌲 #GoBeavs

Trends and environmental impacts of virtual water trade - Nature Reviews Earth & Environment The trade of virtual water — the water associated with the production of traded goods — acts as a mechanism for the distribution of water resources between different countries. This Review discusses t...

Hydrology Paper of the Day
@LandonMarston
on water utilized for goods production and the resulting effective transfer of this water on a global scale: changes, variability, and landscapes; agriculture, energy, and manufacturing; drivers, impacts, policies, and management.

Authors:
@malenaoa.bsky.social , S. Zipper, H. C. Shin,
@jilldeines.bsky.social, N. P. Hendricks, J. J. Allen, G. C. Bohling, B. Golden, B. W. Griggs, S. Lauer, C. Lin, L. T. Marston, M. R. Sanderson, S. M. Smith, D. O. Whittemore, B. B. Wilson, D. J. Yu, Q. C. Yu & J. J. Butler Jr.

Hydrology Paper of the Day @malenaoa.bsky.social‬
and colleagues on groundwater conservation utilizing rules obtained from irrigators and governments: lessons from management of the High Plains aquifer in Kansas; a hybrid model for groundwater governance; and Ostrom design principles.

This paper is the product of an incredible collaboration across multiple disciplines—hydrologists, economists, policymakers, and local experts—all working together to ensure the sustainability of our water resources.

🔗 Link to the paper: doi.org/10.1038/s418...

Unlocking aquifer sustainability through irrigator-driven groundwater conservation Nature Sustainability - This Perspective analyses the key elements of the long-term success of an irrigator-led conservation programme in the United States from engineering, social and policy...

🚨 New paper alert!🧵
Our paper in @SpringerNature shows how irrigator-driven conservation efforts in Kansas cut aquifer depletion by 65% while maintaining agricultural productivity.
Discover how this model can shape global aquifer sustainability.

🔗 Read here: rdcu.be/dWeH8

Postdoc develops software and games to explain relationships between society and water resources Malena Orduña Alegría shows how human activity impacts water quality and availability.

Malena Orduña Alegría, postdoctoral researcher at the Kansas Geological Survey, develops software and games to explain relationships between society and water resources.

Read more about their work. ⬇️ #NPAW2024

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Advert for event, same information as the post. The SeriousGeoGames Lab - Immersive Storytelling and Earth Arcades. Dr Chris Skinner. Science Communication Unit seminar. 16th October 2024. Online. 12:30 UK time.

I am very excited to present on my #SciComm work - past, present, and future - at this webinar for UWE's Science Communication Unit.

"The SeriousGeoGames Lab - Immersive storytelling and Earth Arcades"

October 16th, 12:30-13:30, Online, Registration required.

https://buff.ly/4e9cW0o

Or paying for parking in your place of work/study

I love this! Games are awesome and fun way to break the hiererachies of knowledge and get everyone into any type of discussion from climate change, awareness and preparedness, to zombies and intergallatic space travels with cats. @floodskinner.games maybe we should send some of our games to Simon 😁

Hydrology Paper of the Day from Chung-Yi Lin
@malenaoa.bsky.social on an agricultural model that includes hydrology, groundwater, and sociological components: water use and management; application to an area in western Kansas; and calibration, validation and sensitivity analyses experiments.

Authors: ChungYi_Lin, @malenaoa.bsky.social, Sameer Dhakal, Sam Zipper, and Landon Marston

Dive deeper:
Lin, C.-Y., Orduna Alegria, M. E., Dhakal, S., Zipper, S., & Marston, L. (2024). PyCHAMP: A crop-hydrological-agent modeling platform for groundwater management.
Environmental Modelling & Software, 181, 106187. doi.org/10.1016/j.en...

Whether you're a researcher, policymaker, or water manager, PyCHAMP could be the key to more effective groundwater management strategies, combining the best of environmental and socio-economic modeling. 5/5

In our case study of the Sheridan 6 Local Enhanced Management Area, PyCHAMP demonstrated its potential by accurately modeling human-water interactions, showing that farmer behavior often drives outcomes more than environmental factors. 4/5

Why does this matter? With increasing pressure on water resources from climate change and population growth, understanding and managing these human-water systems is crucial. PyCHAMP helps simulate real-world scenarios, providing insights that can guide sustainable practices. 3/5

Introducing PyCHAMP: a Python-based open-source platform designed for simulating agro-hydrological systems. Our model captures the dynamic feedbacks between farmers' decisions and groundwater levels, offering a powerful tool for researchers and policymakers alike. 2/5

🚨Groundwater management is vital for sustainable agriculture. What if you could model human-nature interactions to better inform policy? We developed PyCHAMP, a Python package, to help you do just that! 1/5
🔗Paper: authors.elsevier.com/a/1jba64sKhE...
🔗Model: github.com/philip928lin...

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instrucciones de como registrarse a la plataforma de mentorías

🎙 Pasa la voz! Este lunes comenzaremos en GeoLatinas un grupo de mentorías enfocado en nuestro "yo como mentora" para "mentorear" a otras personas y a nosotras mismas.

Solo basta estar registrada en la plataforma de mentorías365 de la @AGU
Dudas? ➡️ mentoring@geolatinas.org
tema: "Círculo # 2"

Gaming Environments. The Games for Geoscience Newsletter. Issue 7. June 2024. All the news, events, opportunities, and cool stuff from the spaces where games, geoscience, and environmental research and action meet.

I've just finished putting together June's Gaming Environments newsletter. I am moving it over from Substack to the Games for Geoscience blog instead - you can subscribe to it here: games4geoscience.wordpress.com

I had the motorolla. I still miss hanging up call by fliping the phone :(

Game to understand climate actions - ClimaRisQ #EGU24 ClimaRisQ is a mobile game designed to help people understand the impacts of decisions made regarding climate change. It was shared at the European Geoscienc...

New YouTube Short: ClimarisQ is a mobile game that explains the impacts of climate actions and policies. Shared at @eurogeosciences.bsky.social #EGU24 by researcher Davide Faranda.

youtube.com/shorts/-vGZA...

💜 GeoLatinas: Latinas in Earth and Planetary Sciences

Thu, 18 Apr, 10:45–12:30

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🏆 How to become an active bystander to improve workplace climate

Wed, 17 Apr, 16:15–18:00

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🕹️ Geoscience Games Night

Wed, 17 Apr, 18:00–19:30

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🎲 Games for Geoscience

Orals: Wed, 17 Apr, 14:00–15:45
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Posters on site: Thu, 18 Apr, 16:15–18:00
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💧 From Local Success to Global Solutions: Tenets for Effective Groundwater Governance

Thursday, 18 Apr, 15:25–15:35

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HS1.3.1 HELPING science for solutions decade. Co-sponsored by IAHS

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