The December issue of the HSJ Digest is hot of the press! In our bi-monthly synopsis of the latest news from Hydrological Sciences Journal, we report on our recent Editorial Retreat at the IAHS2025 Scientific Assembly in Roorkee, India, seamlessly organized by our very own Associate Editor Ankit Agarwal, also profiled in this issue. Find links, too, to all the latest articles published in HSJ, and synopses of free-to-view Featured and Open Access articles from recent issues.