It is folly to dam a river that carries half the sediment in the Amazon basin, according to Jorge Molina, a Bolivian hydrologist. |
In this case, he would be supported by a senior hydrologist who would intervene by means of temporary assignments. |
Mr Li, a hydrologist before he became a politician, had worked for years to push the controversial project along. |
Another flood in 1953 was even worse: a huge storm hit the east coast, killing 307 people. Such events have been too easily forgotten by a more transient society, argues Terry Marsh, a hydrologist. |
One of them, Robert Stallard, a hydrologist and biogeochemist who also works for the United States Geological Survey in Boulder, Colorado, has operated in the country for two decades, and knows the terrain well. |
The best way to get around in this part of Florida is by airboat, and on a gray morning I set out in one with a hydrologist named Christopher McVoy. |