Is hydrology good field to do PHD?

Doing a PhD in Hydrology would be a good way to set yourself up in the environmental sciences. Depending on your chosen university, a hydrology PhD could be found in the School of Earth Sciences, School of Engineering, School of Geography etc. read more

Therefore Hydrology means working in a strictly confined field of physical laws, but partially with blindfolds on; always trying to make sense of what our measurements are telling us and trying to solve the puzzle with partially reliable information. read more

For instance, you can do pure numerical modelling, which would be in front of a computer (letting the computer do most of the number crunching) and from time to time out in the field. Field technician jobs (more general hydrology taking measurements on site and sometimes remote locations) will have you outside. read more