Excited to host the Land-Climate Workshop @uniofstandrews.bsky.social this week! Looking forward to ~40 talks + posters on cutting-edge research questions spanning wildfires, drought, freshwater availability, monsoons, extreme weather and much more! @earthscista.bsky.social @gabihegerl.bsky.social

Ending the week strong at #EGU26! 🌱 Our final presentation by @piamueller.bsky.social looks at how forest responses to soil dryness are intensifying across the globe. 🌍🌲 🗓️ 14:00–15:45 📍 Hall X1 | X1.109 @egubg.bsky.social

Day 4 of #EGU26 and we're keeping the momentum going! 🌅 Four posters and picos spanning heatwave risk, tropical ecosystem dynamics, surface water fluxes, and supporting early career researchers! ☀️🌱💧🌟 👇 Check out the schedule below 👇 @egu.eu @hs.egu.eu @nh.egu.eu @egubg.bsky.social

Good Wednesday Morning #EGU26! 🌅 Next up, @spaulus.bsky.social ial is presenting on the detectability of atmospheric water vapor uptake by dry soils, from eddy covariance measurements to global land surface models. 💧🌱 🗓️ 14:25–14:35 📍 Room F1 @egu-cl.bsky.social

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Looking forward to Day 2 of #EGU26 with three presentations exploring how vegetation and soils interact with water stress across scales! 🌳☀️💧 👇 Check out the schedule below 👇 @spaulus.bsky.social @xueyancheng.bsky.social @egu-sss.bsky.social @hs.egu.eu @egubg.bsky.social

At #EGU26 and interested in how land surface observations and AI can improve weather forecasts beyond two weeks? 🌍🌱🤖 Come check out Melissa Ruiz-Vásquez's talk on using physics-informed deep learning to enhance sub-seasonal forecasting skill. 🗓️ 09:25–09:35 📍 Room D1 @egu-as.bsky.social

We're heading to #EGU26! 🚲🚆🧳 🌱💧☀️ Catch our latest work across biogeosciences, natural hazards, climate, hydrologic, and atmospheric sciences. Come by our presentations and sessions to connect and exchange ideas! Happy to connect even if you can't be there! 💬

New paper from our group in Communications Earth & Environment! We find that including land surface observations from satellites improves temperature forecast skill globally across lead times from 1 to 12 days, with the largest improvements at 4-day lead time. Read more at: doi.org/10.1038/s432...

Land surface information from satellites boost near-surface temperature forecast skill - Communications Earth & Environment

Land surface satellite data significantly improve global near-surface temperature forecasts, especially at medium lead times, indicating vegetation dynamics and land surface temperature observations a...

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New paper from our group in @globalchangebio.bsky.social! We show regional emergence of water-related browning in a greening world. This is based on multiple water-related variables, and consistent gridded data covering 1982-2021. Read more: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

🌱 Sinikka Paulus (@spaulus.bsky.social) was recently highlighted as the Featured Soil Modeler in the November issue of ISMC News. 📰🌱 👉 Read the full interview here: soil-modeling.org/news/ISMC-Ne...

Exciting news from the Future Forests Cluster of Excellence at the University of Freiburg (@uni-freiburg.de)! 🌲🌳 Applications are invited for two (7-year) positions in the Socio-Ecological Systems Modeling Lab of the Cluster: 1️⃣ Modeling Coordinator 2️⃣ Scientific Programmer Find details below 👇

New paper from our group in Environmental Research Communications! 🌳We emphasise the importance of short vegetation in urban cooling and highlight the overestimation of cooling effects when assessments rely solely on land surface temperature. Read more at: doi.org/10.1088/2515...

🎉 Congratulations, Dr. Sinikka Paulus (@spaulus.bsky.social) ! 🎓 This past September, Sinikka successfully defended her PhD thesis titled: "A Novel Framework for Assessing the Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Soil Water Vapor Adsorption Using a Global Observation Network"!

💡 I had the opportunity to speak with LATEST THINKING (lt.org) about ongoing work throughout my PhD that incorporates societal and health responses into natural hazard risk assessments. 👉 Full interview available here: doi.org/10.21036/LTP...

How Can We Redefine Natural Hazards Through Societal and Health Responses?

In this video, KELLEY DE POLT argues for a more integrated understanding of natural hazards by linking extreme heat events with societal interest and public

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🎉 Congratulations, Dr. Chunhui Zhan! 🎓 This past Monday, Chunhui successfully defended her PhD thesis titled: "The Effect of Elevated Atmospheric CO2 on the Terrestrial Carbon and Water Cycle"!

🎉 Congratulations, Dr. Melissa Ruiz-Vásquez! 🎓 This past July, Melissa successfully defended her PhD thesis titled: "Exploring the potential of land surface information to improve subseasonal temperature forecast skills." A huge congratulations on this achievement!

Here is a new starter pack with present and past members of the ETH LandClim group! @lukasgudmundsson.bsky.social @fuldenbatibeniz.bsky.social @yasserhaddad.bsky.social @bask0.bsky.social @ryanpad.bsky.social @yannquilcaille.bsky.social @michaelgwindisch.bsky.social go.bsky.app/HnUskbh

New paper from our group in Earth System Dynamics! We find geopotential height is the main driver of hot extremes. ☀️ Surface net radiation and evaporative fraction are secondary daily drivers, while 🪁 wind dominates weekly. Read more at: doi.org/10.5194/esd-...

Global relevance of atmospheric and land surface drivers for hot temperature extremes

Abstract. Hot temperature extremes have severe impacts on society and ecosystems. These extremes are driven by both atmospheric and land surface processes, such as advection or reduced evaporative coo...

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Happening NOW! Come check out Sinikka Paulus' poster "Assessing the Spatiotemporal Dynamics of Soil Water Vapor Adsorption Using a Global Observation Network" 💧🌍 @egu.eu #EGU25

Good Wednesday Morning #EGU25! First up, Rene Orth will be presenting their work with Hao Huang on water balance consistency across datasets💧🌱 This afternoon check out @kdepolt.bsky.social convening the short course on ECR engagement and empowerment in research projects 📖💬 @egu.eu @hs.egu.eu

We are looking forward to Day 2 of #EGU25 with posters in the @egubg.bsky.social session "Impacts of climatic extremes on plants and ecosystems across scales" 🌳☀️💧 👇Check out the schedule below👇 @chunhuizhan.bsky.social @piamueller.bsky.social

At #EGU25 and interested in how seasonal vegetation cycles in Europe shift spatially over time? 🌍🌲🌳 Come check out Juliane Brügelmann's poster this afternoon (16:15-18:00) in Hall X5 spot X5.182 @egu.eu

We’re heading to #EGU25! 🚲🚆🧳 🌱💧☀️ Catch our latest work across biogeosciences, hydrologic sciences, natural hazards, and climate. Come by our presentations and sessions to connect and exchange ideas! Happy to connect even if you can’t be there! 💬 @egu.eu @egubg.bsky.social @hs.egu.eu @nh.egu.eu

Exciting workshop ahead for some of our group members in Monte Verita next week 02.03 - 07.03: “Missing links in drought research: linking plant physiology, soil hydrology, and climate science across scales”💦🌳 Thanks to the organizers of this great event! Join us at our contributions!

We are excited to share the successful defence of Metin Ilke Özcan’s Master's thesis, titled 'Quantifying Impact-Relevant Timescales of Droughts on Vegetation.' The research explores the importance of selecting appropriate timescales and definitions when assessing drought impacts. 🌳🌲

We would like to share a recent paper from group alumni, Wantong Li, entitled "Disentangling Effects of Vegetation Structure and Physiology on Land–Atmosphere Coupling" published in @globalchangebio.bsky.social ! 🌍🌿 Read more: doi.org/10.1111/gcb....

Disentangling Effects of Vegetation Structure and Physiology on Land–Atmosphere Coupling

This study investigates the regulation of vegetation structure and physiology in land-atmosphere interactions. Using an explainable machine learning approach, we quantify the importance of leaf area ....

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Hello BlueSky! 👋🦋 We're excited to be here! Stay tuned for updates from our group, and we can’t wait to connect and grow with the community here. 🌧️🌲☀️