AUTHOR=Pande Saket , Haeffner Melissa , Blöschl Günter , Alam Mohammad Faiz , Castro Cyndi , Di Baldassarre Giuliano , Frick-Trzebitzky Fanny , Hogeboom Rick , Kreibich Heidi , Mukherjee Jenia , Mukherji Aditi , Nardi Fernando , Nüsser Marcus , Tian Fuqiang , van Oel Pieter , Sivapalan Murugesu TITLE=Never Ask for a Lighter Rain but a Stronger Umbrella JOURNAL=Frontiers in Water VOLUME=Volume 3 - 2021 YEAR=2022 URL=https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/water/articles/10.3389/frwa.2021.822334 DOI=10.3389/frwa.2021.822334 ISSN=2624-9375 ABSTRACT=

In a recent editorial in the journal Nature Sustainability, the editors raised the concern that journal submissions on water studies appear too similar. The gist of the editorial: “too many publications and not enough ideas.” In this response, we contest this notion, and point to the numerous new ideas that result from taking a broader view of the water science field. Drawing inspiration from a recently hosted conference geared at transcending traditional disciplinary silos and forging new paradigms for water research, we are, in fact, enthusiastic and optimistic about the ways scientists are investigating political, economic, historical, and cultural intersections toward more just and sustainable human-water relations and ways of knowing.