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Luis Samaniego

@lese66.bsky.social

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Hydrological modeler 💧@ UFZ • Science enthusiast • Professor of Data Science and Hydrology @ Uni-Potsdam • Passionate photographer 📷 🎞️ https://mhm-ufz.org/

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Luis Samaniego @lese66.bsky.social · Mar 28

In #Science, Seo et al. show compelling evidence of a permanent global decline in terrestrial water storage. My Perspective explains how decades of satellite data, polar motion, and hydrological modeling helped reveal this irreversible shift. #ClimateScience 🔗 bit.ly/3RqSpuo @ufz.de

Permanent shifts in the global water cycle

Decades of terrestrial water-storage changes reveal an irreversible decline in soil moisture

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Luis Samaniego @lese66.bsky.social · Jun 24

🚨 Our new experimental high-resolution European Drought Monitor is now online! bit.ly/3HVy4fl
🌍 Near-real-time updates combining observation-based data with EO products soon.
💧 Developed by the #UFZ DTE-Hydrology-Next team @pallavhydro.bsky.social @orakovec.bsky.social
🔗 Funded by #ESA.

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Prof. Sonia I Seneviratne @soniaseneviratne.bsky.social · Apr 4

Globale Umverteilung von Wasser: Die Erde trocknet aus.
s. auch letzten Sachstandsbericht des Weltklimarats/IPCC:
www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/w...
www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/w...
@lese66.bsky.social @usyseth.bsky.social @tagesanzeiger.bsky.social
www.tagesanzeiger.ch/klimawandel-...

Globale Umverteilung von Wasser: Die Erde trocknet aus

Erstmals lässt sich aufzeigen, wie der Klimawandel den globalen Wasserkreislauf verändert. In Südeuropa hat die Bildung von Wüsten laut Forschenden bereits begonnen.

www.tagesanzeiger.ch

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Luis Samaniego @lese66.bsky.social · Mar 28

Nice Avatar!!!

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Prof. Stefan Rahmstorf @rahmstorf.bsky.social · Mar 20

Quotes from Albert Einstein, Hannah Arendt, Gustave Gilbert, and Elon Musk, next to drawings of each in pencil style by Patt Bagely. In sequence: "empathy is patiently and sincerely seeing the world through the other person's eyes." - Einstein. "The death of human empathy is one of the early and most telling signs that a culture is about to fall into barbarism." - Arendt. "It is one of characteristic that connects all the defendants -- a genuine incapacity to feel with their fellow men. Evil, I think, is the lack of empathy." - Gilbert. "The fundamental weakness of western civilization is empathy." - Musk

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Wouter Dorigo @wouterdorigo.bsky.social · Feb 5

This is really scary. I have no words for the madness happening in the US right now. Uncertain times for our dear colleagues across the pond working on #climatechange

Matt Ford @mford.bsky.social · Feb 5

They’re looting NOAA now. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Doge staffers enter Noaa headquarters and incite reports of cuts and threats

Members reportedly sought access to IT systems at agency that Project 2025 has called ‘harmful to US prosperity’

www.theguardian.com

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Luis Samaniego @lese66.bsky.social · Feb 5

📢 Our latest paper in Scientific Data presents “BioVars - A bioclimatic dataset for Europe based on a large regional climate ensemble for periods in 1971–2098”. Based on downscaled and bias corrected EURO-CORDEX and mHM PET and soil moisture.

🔗 Read it here: rdcu.be/d8JFV

Luis Samaniego @lese66.bsky.social · Jan 26

“The biggest threat to America today is not communism, it’s moving America toward a fascist theocracy, and everything that’s happened during the Regan administration is steering us right down that pipe.” Frank Zappa

The recent election and the subsequent actions serve as undeniable evidence. Q.E.D.

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Luis Samaniego @lese66.bsky.social · Jan 25

Probably not a Banksy, but I like it anyway.

Luis Samaniego @lese66.bsky.social · Jan 23

"Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg's philanthropy arm said on Thursday it will provide funding to help cover the U.S. contribution to the U.N. climate body's budget, filling a gap left by President Donald Trump."
www.reuters.com/sustainabili...

Bloomberg philanthropy to cover U.S. climate dues after Paris withdrawal

Former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg's philanthropy and other U.S. funders said on Thursday they will cover U.S. financial obligations to the UN climate framework after President Donald Trump called for the U.S. to withdraw - for a second time - from the Paris climate agreement.

www.reuters.com

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The New York Times @nytimes.com · Jan 22

The bishop at President Trump’s inaugural prayer service implored him to “have mercy” on gay, lesbian and transgender children, as well as undocumented immigrants.

“I ask you to have mercy upon the people in our country who are scared now,” asked Bishop Mariann Edgar Budde.

Bishop Tells Trump to ‘Have Mercy’ on Immigrants and Gay Children

The direct appeal to President Trump at the start of the first full day of his presidency was a remarkable moment at a National Cathedral event that has not historically been political.

www.nytimes.com

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Luis Samaniego @lese66.bsky.social · Jan 21

A Nazi salute by Musk at Trump’s inauguration—and yet, you’re still in X? How much more will it take? I urge everyone with common sense and democratic values to leave his platform. It’s time for politicians, universities, institutions, and individuals to take a stand and leave X.

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Luis Samaniego @lese66.bsky.social · Jan 19

Here is the story of ...

➔ www.luis-samaniego.eu/darkroom/

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Ingwar Perowanowitsch @ingwarpero.bsky.social · Jan 18

2024 kam 🇩🇪 erstmals seit 1961 ohne Atomstrom aus. Was wurde gewarnt: Blackouts, Brownouts, explodierende Strompreise & Kohle-Comeback. Stattdessen war Strom immer verfügbar, die Preise sind stabil, mit 37,2% Anteil historischer Tiefstand foss. Brennstoffe & mit 62,7% ein Rekordanteil von PV & Wind😊

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Brent Toderian @brenttoderian.bsky.social · Jan 17

Air pollution has dropped significantly in #Paris in the last 15 years. Mayor @annehidalgo.bsky.social’s leadership has traded car space for green space, safe bike space, kid space.. and traded pollution for people.

Good trade.

Change in Paris air quality between 2007 and 2023 using visuals

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Luis Samaniego @lese66.bsky.social · Jan 16

This social phenomenon is called #X-odus. It’s time to #StopBeingComplicit. Here, you can monitor this in real-time:
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Luis Samaniego @lese66.bsky.social · Jan 13

A fact: 2024 Was the Warmest Year on Record
earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/15380...

Luis Samaniego @lese66.bsky.social · Jan 12

A memorable day for me! I call on all those who still have accounts with X to leave this site. Open-minded, democratic, fact-orientated and anti-fascist people cannot stay on this stinking, chaos-spreading social media portal!

Luis Samaniego @lese66.bsky.social · Jan 8

Prolonged droughts shrink rivers and springs, the lifelines of flowing streams. Here, a once-roaring waterfall has withered to a fragile trickle—a fading echo of its past. 🌿💧 #ClimateCrisis #droughts

📷 chamonix 45F-2 | ⭕️ Nikkor 300 M | 🎞️ ektar100
☞ www.luis-samaniego.eu/drought/

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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · Dec 27

2. As a result, we're getting both more dangerous #droughts and floods simultaneously.
Stop burning carbon now.

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Peter Gleick @petergleick.bsky.social · Dec 27

The #climate/water paradox: As temperatures rise, more #water evaporates into the atmosphere & more precipitation occurs. But land areas are getting drier not wetter. Why? Because more water evaporates from soils. The rain that falls is in intense events in fewer regions, leading to worse #floods 👉

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Luis Samaniego @lese66.bsky.social · Dec 20

📣 Call for abstracts to our session HS2.2.1 at the #EGU25
➡️ meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU25/sessio...

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Luis Samaniego @lese66.bsky.social · Dec 18

You need a mac … ;-)

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Rohini Kumar @rohinikumar.bsky.social · Dec 18

🌍💧 Excited to share our latest research, led by our PhD student Eshrat Fatima: "Improved representation of soil moisture processes through incorporation of cosmic-ray neutron count measurements in a large-scale hydrologic model" 📖 Read the full paper here: hess.copernicus.org/articles/28/...

Improved representation of soil moisture processes through incorporation of cosmic-ray neutron count measurements in a large-scale hydrologic model

Abstract. Profound knowledge of soil moisture and its variability plays a crucial role in hydrological modelling to support agricultural management, flood and drought monitoring and forecasting, and g...

hess.copernicus.org

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Luis Samaniego @lese66.bsky.social · Dec 15

Back home after an intense #AGU24. I reconnected with friends, met young scientists, attended great talks, and presented an eLightning poster. I also visited the National Gallery of Art and had a private session to see and inspect eight Ansel Adams works—what an amazing week!

The Monolit by Ansel Adams. NGA Washington

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Luis Samaniego @lese66.bsky.social · Dec 13

Pathetic!

Luis Samaniego @lese66.bsky.social · Dec 12

Amazing #HEPEX gathering in Washington during the #AGU24

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Luis Samaniego @lese66.bsky.social · Dec 11

Husain Najafi (#UFZ) presenting results on current research on high resolution flood early warning systems #FEWS and potential new pathways at the #AGU24.
Forcings: #DWD | Model chain: ICON #DWD + mHM #UFZ + RIM2D #GFZ | ➡️ www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Luis Samaniego @lese66.bsky.social · Dec 11

Hi bsky community. Just migrating from X for know reasons.

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Luis Samaniego @lese66.bsky.social · Dec 11

Hi Luka. I am moving from X @lese66 to bsky. Please add me to one of your hydrology list. Thanks.

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