The UNI NOVA research magazine of the University of Basel produced a very nice photo report of our tracer and modelling research on volcanic aquifer systems, which we have been conducting in Japan's Mt. Fuji, Mt. Aso and Mt. Unzen watersheds.

The report can be found here:
(German): https://www.unibas.ch/de/Aktuell/Uni-Nova/Uni-Nova-146/Uni-Nova-146-Album-Japan-Fuji-Hydrogeologie-Hydrogeochemie-eDNA.html
(English): https://www.unibas.ch/en/News-Events/Uni-Nova/Uni-Nova-146/Uni-Nova-146-Album-Japan-Fuji-Hydrogeology-Hydrogeochemistry-eDNA.html

See our new original article

Musy, S., Hinsby, K., Wachs, D., Sültenfuß, J., Troldborg, L., Aeschbach, W., Schilling, O.S., & Purtschert, R. (in press): Bridging the 39Ar-14C Groundwater Dating Gap: A Dual-Permeability Transport Perspective Based on Numerical Modeling and Field Data. Water Resour. Res.

See our new original article

Currle, F., Therrien, R., & Schilling, O.S. (2025). Explicit simulation of reactive microbial transport with a dual-permeability, two-site kinetic deposition formulation using the integrated surface-subsurface hydrological model HydroGeoSphere. Hydrol. Earth Sys. Sci., 29, 5383-5403. https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-29-5383-2025

See our new map product: The soil classification map (Baugrundklassenkarte) for earthquake hazard assessment in the canton of Basel-Landschaft.

The map can be accessed via the cantonal viewer.

also read about it here:
https://www.baselland.ch/politik-und-behorden/direktionen/sicherheitsdirektion/militaer-und-bevoelkerungsschutz/einsatz-und-vorsorgeplanung/baugrundkarten

See our new article and report on the development of future river water temperatures in Switzerland.

Article:
Råman Vinnå, L. C., Bigler, V., Schilling, O. S., & Epting, J. (2025). Multi-fidelity model assessment of climate change impacts on river water temperatures and thermal extremes and potential effects on cold-water fish in Switzerland. Hydrol. Earth Sys. Sci.https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-29-5931-2025

Report:
Råman Vinnå, C.L., Bigler, V., Schilling, O.S., & Epting, J. (2025): Zukünftige Fliessgewässertemperaturen – Simulation schweizweiter Projektionen der steigenden Temperaturen in Fliessgewässern. Aqua & Gas 105 (7+8) URL: https://www.aquaetgas.ch/de/wasser/gew%C3%A4sser/20250707-ag7-8-simulation-fliessgew%C3%A4ssertemperaturen/

also read about it here:
https://www.unibas.ch/de/Aktuell/News/Uni-Research/Wie-stark-sich-Schweizer-Fliessgewaesser-erwaermen-werden.html

See our new original article on microbial community and dissolved gas dynamics in the hydrothermal system of Lavey-les-bains in Switzerland by Sebastien Giroud of Eawag.

Giroud, S., Deng, L., Lever, M.A., Schilling, O.S., & Kipfer, R. (2025). Resilience of Deep Aquifer Microbial Communities to Seasonal Hydrological Fluctuations. Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A., 122(0), e2422608122. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2422608122 

also read about it here:
https://www.eawag.ch/en/info/portal/news/news-detail/underground-microbial-life-more-stable-than-expected/

Have a look at our commentary on the benefits of data sharing and FAIR open data in hydrological sciences in Nature Water:

Hill, R. A., Lin, S., Grape, E. S., Zhang, Y., Schilling, O.S., & Voiry, D. (2025). Stories of data sharing. Nat. Water, 3(7-10). https://doi.org/10.1038/s44221-024-00375-7 

See our new original article on the first He4/U-Th dating of quaternary deposits in the journal Geology.

Tomonaga, Y., Buechi, M. W., Deplazes, G., & Kipfer, R. (2024). First dating of an early Chibanian (Middle Pleistocene) glacial overdeepening in the Alpine Foreland using the 4He/U-Th method. Geology. https://doi.org/10.1130/G52544.1

also read about it here:
https://www.eawag.ch/en/info/portal/news/news-detail/nuclear-waste-storage-needs-to-withstand-an-ice-age/

See our new perspectives article on Mountain-Cryospehre-Groundwater interactions in Nature Water. The article is the culmination of a fantastic workshop and initiative by the three lead authors and the Mountain Research Insititute MRI.

Van Tiel, M., Aubry-Wake, C., Somers, L. D., Andermann, C., Avanzi, F., Baraer, M., Chiogna, G., Daigre, C., Das, S., Drenkhan, F., Farinotti, D., Fyffe, C., de Graaf, I. E. M., Hanus, S., Immerzeel, W. W., Koch, F., McKenzie, J. M., Müller, T., Popp, A. L., Saidaliyeva, Z., Schaefli, B., Schilling, O. S., Teagai, K., Thornton, J. M., & Yapiye, V. (2024). Cryosphere-groundwater connectivity is a missing link in the mountain water cycle. Nat. Water, 2, 624-637. https://doi.org/10.1038/s44221-024-00277-8

See our new review article on the hydrological application of eDNA in WIREs Water. The review has been  conducted in the framework of an eDNA4hydrology initiative launched by Dr. Natalie Ceperley.

URycki, D. R., Kirtane, A., Aronoff, R., Avila, C., Blackman, R. C., Carraro, L., Evrard, O., Good, S. P., Hoyos, D., López-Rodríguez, N., Mora, D., Schadewell, Y., Schilling, O. S., & Ceperley, N. (2024). A new flowpath: eDNA connecting hydrology and biology. WIREs Water, e1749. https://doi.org/10.1002/wat2.1749

See our original paper on the simulation of large-scale/regional groundwater-surface water interactions in Journal of Hydrology:

Delottier, H., Schilling, O. S., & Therrien, R. (2024). Assessing the impact of surface water and groundwater interactions for regional-scale simulations of water table elevation. J. Hydrol., 639, 131641. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2024.131641

See our new original article on HGS-PDAF, the coupling of the data assimilation toolbox PDAF to the integrated surface-subsurface hydrological model HydroGeoSphere in the journal Geoscientific Model Development:

Tang, Q., Delottier, H., Kurtz, W., Nerger, L., Schilling, O. S., & Brunner, P. (2024). HGS-PDAF (version 1.0): A modular data assimilation framework for an integrated surface and subsurface hydrological model. Geosci. Model Dev., 17(8), 3559-3578. https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-17-3559-2024

Oliver Schilling contributed the prologue to the recent Aqua&Gas journal with a focus on water resources:

Schilling, O. S. (2024). Prolog: Daten für nachhaltige Wasserwirtschaft nötig. Aqua & Gas, 9/24.

See our new outreach article the thermal use of underground structures in Aqua&Gas:

Epting, J., Affolter, A., Dresmann, H., Février, S., & Schilling, O. S. (2024). Thermischer Einfluss von Untergrund-Bauten - Evaluierungsansätze und Nutzenpotenziale. Aqua & Gas, 6/24.