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@hydrofreiburg.bsky.social
Hydrology Research | Uni Freiburg Investigating water systems in a changing world through fieldwork, modeling, and remote sensing. 📢 Follow for research updates, strories, collaboration, and job openings. https://www.hydro.uni-freiburg.de/
After two years of focusing my aquatic ecology class almost entirely on lakes, I’m excited to expand into stream ecology this year. We will compare and contrast depth gradients in lakes with elevation gradients in a nearby stream which climbs from 312 m to 659 m, all within just 3 km of campus.
In aquatic ecology, what is “spring”? A calendar date, a daylength threshold, or the moment lake ice melts? Led by @aslewis.bsky.social , we show how seasonal definitions fundamentally shape our understanding of climate change impacts on waterbodies. dx.doi.org/10.1002/lol2...
Seasons and seasonality in lakes: A synthesis amid global change
Seasonality in environmental conditions plays a fundamental role in shaping lake ecosystems. However, patterns of seasonality vary worldwide, and these patterns are shifting over time amid global cha...
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@kjhealy.co makes some of the best open free online guides to data visualization #datavis. I’ve always loved and used clauswilke.com/dataviz/ in my teaching and research, but this one looks even simpler and more user-friendly. Definitely worth checking out.
Fundamentals of Data Visualization
A guide to making visualizations that accurately reflect the data, tell a story, and look professional.
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Are you working with #watertemperatures in freshwater systems? Are you doing field work, modelling, large-scale analyses, or catchment studies? Are you studying natural and anthropogenic processes governing fresh water temperatures, and their implications on ecosystems and water resources? #egu26
Do you like forests and computer models? 🌳🧑💻 Within the Future Forests excellence cluster, we are hiring two modellers for 7 year (!) positions here in Freiburg. A scientific coordinator role: uni-freiburg.de/en/job/00004... And and a scientific programmer role: uni-freiburg.de/en/job/00004...
⌛The deadline for submitting abstracts for EGU 2026 is approaching!! 👉Don't forget to submit your abstract session HS2.3.4 (www.egu26.eu/session/55894) With our wonderful solicited speaker Anna Lupon and a great team of conveners, including Andreas Musolff, Camille Vautier & @jlaknapp.bsky.social
On Feb 19 (11am ET), Carolin Winter will discuss water quality dynamics in troubled waters during #floods and #droughts. “Troubled waters: hidden challenges for water quality” Join us! 👇 psu.zoom.us/meeting/regi…
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#WARR @carowinter.bsky.social + Ashley Helton on water quality (C, N, salts, ..) in troubled waters during #floods #droughts Register: psu.zoom.us/meeting/regi... www.cee.psu.edu/events/women... @devonkerins.bsky.social @margaretzimmer.bsky.social @waterbarnes.bsky.social @agu-h3s.bsky.social
Here's why you'll want to be there: 💧Inspiring speakers: Prof. Dr. Julia Knapp and Dr. Joachim Rozemeijer 💧Two full days of oral and poster presentations 💧Excursion (tentative) to our Ecosense field site 💧Potential for a community paper 📢Spread the word! We look forward to seeing you!
#Job at #SLF in #Davos: We are looking for a #Postdoc in #climate impacts on hydrological extreme events. More information and application: apply.refline.ch/273855/1810/... @hyclimm.bsky.social @manuelaibrunner.bsky.social
📢 Job alert 📢 Doctoral position at the University of Freiburg in the DFG Research Training Group FORESCALE (Scale Effects in the Forest Adaptation to Climate Change) on the topic of water quantity and quality 🍁💧🍁 For details see: uni-freiburg.de/stellenangeb...
Historical satellite imagery provides crucial insights, not only for penguin colonies but also for establishing realistic baselines to support conservation efforts and effective management across broad spatial scales. academic.oup.com/bioscience/a...
We've detected penguin guano stains across Antarctica with cold-war era spy satellites. Remarkably, data from the Cape Washington colony shows exceptional stability, defying decades of environmental change. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...
Analog US spy satellite images from the 1960s are revealing unexpected surprises—this time, it's penguin poop! So, what does the poop tell us in our latest preprint? Work lead by Martynas Bielinis, @drmichellelarue.bsky.social, myself, and Catalina Munteanu
a large flock of penguins are walking in the snow with national geographic wild written on the bottom right
ALT: a large flock of penguins are walking in the snow with national geographic wild written on the bottom right
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"Absolute teaching bliss" ☺️ is sending two bachelors students in a kayak to collect the first ecological data in over 70 years from a lake so protected, swimming and boating are off-limits. With special permission granted, they’re experiencing something virtually no living human has experienced.🚣♀️⛰️🌊
🌧️🏙️ Money can't stop extreme floods A study of 138 cities shows that wealth helps manage normal floods via grey infrastructure, but during extreme rain, green space and topography matter more. 🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41... #SciComm #Floods 🧪
Exploring how economic level drives urban flood risk - Nature Communications
This study shows grey infrastructure (economy-linked) dominates flood control in normal rains. During extremes, its efficacy declines while green infrastructure/topography (less economy-aligned) becom...
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Our Cluster of Excellence FutureForest got funded! Seven years of research on complex social-ecological systems ahead! Stay tuned! 🌲🌳🧍🧍♂️🌳🌲 @uni-freiburg.de @dfg.de
Universität Freiburg@uni-freiburg.de · last yr.🎉Ab 1. Januar 2026 fördert die @dfg.de (#DFG) zwei #Exzellenzcluster der #UniFreiburg. Der bisherige #Exzellenzcluster @cibss.bsky.social wird weitere sieben Jahre fortgesetzt. Zudem startet der neue Exzellenzcluster #FutureForests. ufr.link/exzellenzclu...
A strange feeling seeing me and @mixedforests.bsky.social on television🫣 but I'm glad we're reaching a broader public with our research on the impact of forest dieback on drinking water protection areas 🍂💧🍂
@hydrofreiburg.bsky.social · last yr.@carowinter.bsky.social recently appeared on SWR to talk about her new paper on how forest dieback from drought is threatening groundwater quality in Germany. A must-watch segment on the hidden risks to our drinking water. Catch her at 14:59 into the video → www.ardmediathek.de/video/swr-ak...
@carowinter.bsky.social recently appeared on SWR to talk about her new paper on how forest dieback from drought is threatening groundwater quality in Germany. A must-watch segment on the hidden risks to our drinking water. Catch her at 14:59 into the video → www.ardmediathek.de/video/swr-ak...
SWR Aktuell Baden-Württemberg: Sendung 19:30 Uhr vom 9.5.2025 - hier anschauen
Nachrichten aus Baden-Württemberg mit Florian Buchmaier.
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Impressive time-lapse of leaf emergence during the last weeks recorded by phenocams at our research forest @uni-freiburg.de. In the @dfg.de funded @ecosense-sfb-1537.bsky.social we study forest ecosystem functioning, and species interactions with novel sensor technologies uni-freiburg.de/ecosense/
Mini-lecture #3 in my series called #AquaticPerspectives– Are We the Only Blue Planet? Earth is rich in water—but so are Europa, Enceladus, and Titan, among others. In this episode, I explore what these alien oceans mean for Earth and the search for life beyond. youtu.be/nboQ28tLuBU
The blue planet and beyond
YouTube video by Benjamin Kraemer
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Excited to share our research at this year’s #EGU25 next week— from forest water fluxes to flood mapping and groundwater stressors. Thanks to @carowinter.bsky.social for pulling together our schedule! Come find us if you’re curious, collaborative, or just passing by.
I’m launching a series of short videos to ignite student curiosity before coming to my aquatic ecology class. We’ll explore aquatic geography, physics, chemistry, ecosystems, communities, populations, biogeography, senses, and behavior. Here's the first: youtu.be/vcJtHPePCwc
The birth and death of waterbodies
YouTube video by Benjamin Kraemer
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Can a lake’s shape tell its story? Video #2 in my Aquatic Ecology mini-lecture series is now live! This one explores how the curves, contours, and complexity of waterbodies can reveal their origin, function, and fate. Watch here and let me know what you think: youtu.be/mFXD1F00lHs
The shape of waterbodies
YouTube video by Benjamin Kraemer
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🙌 Great interdisciplinary collaboration, highlighting the important but threatened role of forests for drinking water protection, together with Sarina Müller, Teja Kattenborn, Kerstin Stahl, Kathrin Szillat, Markus Weiler & Florian Schnabel (@mixedforests.bsky.social)
🗞️New paper in Earth's Future🗞️ 🌳🌲🍂💧🍂🌲🌳 #Forest dieback in drinking #water protection areas - a hidden threat to water quality 🌳🌲🍂💧🍂🌲🌳 Paper👉 doi.org/10.1029/2025... Press release👉 uni-freiburg.de/waldsterben-... @uni-freiburg.de @hydrofreiburg.bsky.social @mixedforests.bsky.social
Forest Dieback in Drinking Water Protection Areas—A Hidden Threat to Water Quality
Forests cover 43% of German drinking water protection areas, making their vitality state critical for safeguarding drinking water quality German drinking water protection areas experienced a 4.8%...
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Find us at EGU 🤓 I will talk about our paper published today on the hidden threat of forest dieback to drinking water quality 🍂💙
@hydrofreiburg.bsky.social · last yr.Excited to share our research at this year’s #EGU25 next week— from forest water fluxes to flood mapping and groundwater stressors. Thanks to @carowinter.bsky.social for pulling together our schedule! Come find us if you’re curious, collaborative, or just passing by.
Did you miss the Wasser im Wandel event at the Konstanzer Wissenschaftsforum? Watch it online — including a presentation by our very own Kerstin Stahl, titled “Drought and its changing consequences.” Watch here → youtu.be/IBrUiRCcJHo?t=4279 Event details → www.uni-konstanz.de/wasser-im-wa...
Tag 2: Das Konstanzer Wissenschaftsforum – Wasser im Wandel
YouTube video by Universität Konstanz
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Excited to share our research at this year’s #EGU25 next week— from forest water fluxes to flood mapping and groundwater stressors. Thanks to @carowinter.bsky.social for pulling together our schedule! Come find us if you’re curious, collaborative, or just passing by.