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CORVALLIS, Ore. - Over the next 50 years, the availability and distribution of water in the West are likely to look very different than they do today - a topic that will be explored by a hydrologist at the Corvallis Science Pub on Monday, Feb. 8.

A changing climate will conspire with hydrology and geology to determine where and when water is available for human use, says Gordon Grant, hydrologist with the U.S. Forest Service and the College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences at Oregon State University.

At the Science Pub, Grant will discuss the uncertain and at times paradoxical future of water in the West. The event is free and open to the public, and will begin at 6 p.m. at the Old World Deli, 341 S.W. 2nd St. in Corvallis.

Grant's research focuses on watershed and river dynamics, particularly the interactions among geological, hydrological, and climatic processes in sculpting landscapes.

Sponsors of Science Pub include Terra magazine at OSU, the Downtown Corvallis Association and the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry.