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 Nature Sustainability editorial, the editors raised the concern that journal submissions on water studies appear too similar (17 August 2021, Nat Sust 4, 659). The gist of the editorial: “too many publications and not enough ideas”. In this response, we contest this notion, and point out that numerous new ideas are now emerging 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 towards more just and sustainable human-water relations and ways of knowing.