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The Water Science Alliance initiative: Germany’s researchers join expertise to face global water problems

Authors: Elisabeth Helen Krueger, Georg Teutsch

Published in: Environmental Earth Sciences | Issue 2/2013

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The Water Science Alliance is an open community platform developed on the national level in order to strengthen the water research community by facilitating communication and knowledge exchange between the various “water disciplines”. The objective is to create and promote new approaches and ideas for solving major water problems. It aims to connect water scientists from a wide range of disciplines, e.g., hydrology, meteorology, limnology, pedology, engineering, social and economic sciences. Since its initiation by the Helmholtz Association in 2010, the Water Science Alliance has developed a number of tools for exchange and communication within the water science community and also between scientists, policy makers and practitioners, as well as for promoting young scientists in the field of interdisciplinary water research. …

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Title: International viewpoint and news
The Water Science Alliance initiative: Germany’s researchers join expertise to face global water problems
Authors: Elisabeth Helen Krueger
Georg Teutsch
Publication date: 01-05-2013
Publisher: Springer-Verlag
Published in: Environmental Earth Sciences / Issue 2/2013
Print ISSN: 1866-6280
Electronic ISSN: 1866-6299
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s12665-013-2280-8

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