In 2023, GWSC’s communications and analysis team focused on adding more high-quality content to its blog, from opinion articles to announcement about organizational news. These are the most popular posts we shared this year, with two posts tied for fifth.

WMO Released a Report: So What? – The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) released its State of Global Water Resources 2022 report. This was the second report of its kind after the pilot report was released last year to fulfill a WMO commitment made to the UN 2023 Water Conference Water Action Agenda.

GWSC Welcomes Three New Data Scientists – In November, the Global Water Security Center welcomed three new environmental data scientists to its staff: Drs. Kaitlin Kimmel-Hass, Sambadi (Sam) Majumder, and Erin Menzies Pluer.

GWSC Communications Liaison Wins National, State Awards – Global Water Security Center Communications Liaison Misty Mathews received two awards from the National Federation of Press Women (NFPW) after being named the winner of two statewide awards from the Alabama Media Professionals, a state affiliate of NFPW.

GWSC Webinar: Wrangling Insight from Chaos – The Global Water Security Center held its second webinar Oct. 26, 2023. “Wrangling Insight from Chaos: How GWSC is Changing the Water Security Landscape” explored the work GWSC has been doing over the past two years and why that work is important.

(TIE) GWSC 2022-2023 FY Department of Defense Funding Announcement – The Global Water Security proudly announced $3.7 million in funding from the Department of Defense as part of the 2022-23 fiscal year federal budget.

(TIE) How Do Forecasters Sometimes Get Things So Wrong? – Hurricane Otis was a small storm that ended up making a big impact. The Category 5 hurricane smashed into Acapulco, Mexico on October 25, and took homes, infrastructure, and lives with it. But two days earlier, forecasters thought the city would be hit by a run-of-the-mill tropical storm.