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Nexus Research Group @nexuslmu.bsky.social · 17d

🇨🇦 We're back from #Québec! We had an amazing time on the #MajorExcursion, exploring the benefits and the problems of Québec's #EnergyTransition 💧🌱 Read all about our lessons learned and scroll through some snapshots on our blog: 🔗 www.geo.lmu.de/geographie/e... #geosky #sustainability

A slide, saying: major excursion Québec: exploring the environmental and social impacts of energy transition. Underneath, there is a collage of four images: a skyline view of Totonto, a large red sign on the highway towards Maagami, some sticks assembled to the structure of a tipi, and our students standing in front of a reservoir, wearing orange vests and blue helmets.

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Nexus Research Group @nexuslmu.bsky.social · Aug 27

Where better to understand #Geography than out in the field? 🌍 Greetings from #Montréal - just one stop on our #Québec excursion! In Québec City, @gampedavid.bsky.social & his students learned about the city's water management from Dr. Sonja Behmel💧Stay tuned: insights & impressions coming soon!

View of Montréal’s skyline from Mount Royal: lush green trees and shrubs in the foreground contrast with the blue-grey cityscape in the background, where skyscrapers and buildings stretch across the horizon.

Students sit on the grass on a sunny day, listening to Dr. Sonja Behmel discuss challenges and solutions in managing the Lac St-Charles catchment, the main drinking water source for Québec City.

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Nexus Research Group @nexuslmu.bsky.social · Jul 2

Benedikt Hartweg tackles uncertainties in #forest biomass estimates by combining satellite data, forest models and #MachineLearning. The method improves flexibility and accuracy - successfully tested in tropical regions, next step: scaling with #ESA #BIOMASS.

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Nexus Research Group @nexuslmu.bsky.social · Jul 2

Christoph Jörges presented a new way to forecast European crop yields by merging Sentinel-3 satellite data with the #LPJmL model. Near real-time vegetation data and #MachineLearning improve early warning for food security.

Christoph Jörges standing in front of his poster.

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Nexus Research Group @nexuslmu.bsky.social · Jul 2

Stefanie Steinhauser showed how #hyperspectral satellite data and hybrid methods can track crop nitrogen and biomass. Using #EnMAP data from #California, the approach captures seasonal growth to support sustainable #agriculture.

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Nexus Research Group @nexuslmu.bsky.social · Jul 2

We had a fantastic time at @esa.int's Living Planet Symposium #LPS25 in Vienna! This year, it was all about how we can use remote sensing for improving 𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗮𝗻𝗱 #𝘀𝘂𝘀𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗮𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆. More info on our blog: www.geo.lmu.de/geographie/e...

Here's what we presented 👀🧵
#geosky #climatechange 🧪

Exhibition space at ESA's Living Planet Symposium 2025 in Vienna. Large screens display colorful satellite imagery of landscapes and vegetation. People walk through the event hall. The text overlay reads: “Recap Living Planet Symposium #lps25 | vienna”.

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Nexus Research Group @nexuslmu.bsky.social · Jun 27

Thanks James! We'd be so happy to see more projects like this! We already have the infrastructure - so why not use it to the fullest? 🤩

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Nexus Research Group @nexuslmu.bsky.social · Jun 26

🗺️ The outcome: dynamic, street-level heat maps that support targeted climate action - essential for heat protection, especially for vulnerable groups. More greenery, cooling spots, better planning – solid data help us develop tailored solutions that benefit all! #climatechange #urbanheat

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Nexus Research Group @nexuslmu.bsky.social · Jun 26

But temperatures vary by time of day. Our Bachelor student Simon Schnitzler developed a method to normalize the mobile sensor data. He found that there are critical heat islands along Dachauer & Leonrodstraße, and cooler zones near Olympiapark.

The map that Simon Schnitzler created from the data collected with the garbage truck sensors. It shows the Munich area south of Olympiapark. The measuring points of the garbage trucks are coloured red, orange, yellow, light and dark green, depending if the spot was cooler (green) or hotter (red) than the average city temperature on that day. Measuring was conducted from July 30 to August 1 2024.

Two partial images of orange garbage trucks, with the small white sensors on the roof circled in red.

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Nexus Research Group @nexuslmu.bsky.social · Jun 26

🌡️ Some parts of #Munich heat up more than others – and this can be dangerous! Thanks to garbage trucks turned climate sensors, Munich can now implement targeted heat mitigation measures where they are needed most. Read how: www.geo.lmu.de/geographie/e... #UrbanHeat #ClimateAction #Geosky 🧪

A square social media slide in warm colours that shows the two towers of the Frauenkirche in Munich up close. The text says: Mapping Munich's HotSpots ... with Garbage Trucks! In the left bottom corner there is a circular image of the heat map that was created with the data from garbage truck sensors.

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Nexus Research Group @nexuslmu.bsky.social · Jun 24

Also, shoutout to Christoph Jörges who has made the start and pitched his poster on day one of the conference! His work: A new approach to seasonal crop yield #forecasting by combining #Sentinel3 satellite data with the #LPJmL vegetation model 🌱

Nexus Research Group @nexuslmu.bsky.social · Jun 24

We’re at the #LPS25 Living Planet Symposium in Vienna! 🌍 Excited to connect, share ideas and discuss our research 🚀

Also: Don’t miss Stefanie Steinhauser’s talk tomorrow!
⏰ 16:15 📍 Hall N1/N2 💡 Deriving seasonal dynamics of crop development via spectroscopy in California #science #geosky 🧪

Collage of photos from the Living Planet Symposium 2025 in Vienna. Top left: the event entrance with people sitting at outdoor tables under banners reading "Living Planet Symposium." Top right: Stefanie Steinhauser and Prof. Tobias Hank standing next to a satellite model. Center: Banner text saying "Meet us at the Living Planet Symposium!" Bottom left: Christoph Jörges presents a poster to two attendees. Bottom right: space-themed display cubes featuring images of Earth and colorful nebulae.

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Nexus Research Group @nexuslmu.bsky.social · Jun 12

🌡️ 𝗗𝗮𝘀 𝗠𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗹𝗺𝗲𝗲𝗿 – 𝗨𝗿𝗹𝗮𝘂𝗯𝘀𝘇𝗶𝗲𝗹 & 𝗞𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗮-𝗛𝗼𝘁𝘀𝗽𝗼𝘁 🌡️
Prof. Marianela Fader im Interview mit dem @brkommunikation.bsky.social über Hitze, Wasserknappheit & Risiken für Mensch & Natur.

🎧 Jetzt reinhören: www.br.de/mediathek/po...

#science #sustainability #tourism #mediterranean 🧪

Ein sandiger Mittelmeerstrand mit blauem Himmel und türkisfarbenem Meer im Hintergrund. Darüber liegt weißer Text: „Mittelmeer – Das Urlaubsziel als Klima-Hotspot“. Oben rechts ein gelbes Podcast-Symbol mit der Aufschrift „jetzt anhören!“. Unten links ein rundes Porträtfoto von Prof. Marianela Fader. Darunter steht: „Prof. Marianela Fader im BR-Interview“.

Nexus Research Group @nexuslmu.bsky.social · Jun 3

♻️ Mareike Winkler improved the waste management in Tanzanian TPC village. Using drones, GPS & GIS, she optimized waste point access & truck routes - laying the groundwork for better health & cleaner environments.
#GIS #Geography #AcademicSky #Sustainability

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Nexus Research Group @nexuslmu.bsky.social · Jun 3

🐄 Tim Drießle used UAV LiDAR & field data to study livestock pressure in Tanzania.
His surprising result: Smart grazing (short & high-density) can boost quality of forage, soil & biodiversity - supporting sustainable land use in semi-arid Africa.
#AcademicSky #Sustainability #Environment

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Nexus Research Group @nexuslmu.bsky.social · Jun 3

🎓 𝗟𝗲𝗵𝗿𝗲@𝗚𝗲𝗼 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗻𝘁𝘀: #Science made by students!
At @lmumuenchen.bsky.social's 𝗟𝗲𝗵𝗿𝗲@𝗚𝗲𝗼 𝗧𝗮𝗴𝘂𝗻𝗴, students presented original research funded by #studforschung@geo - from identifying meteorites to building drones fit for volcanoes!

👇 Meet 2 projects, supervised by our team.
#AcademicSky #geography 🧪

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Nexus Research Group @nexuslmu.bsky.social · Jun 2

#NewPaper in @thelancetplanet.bsky.social on the cooling effect of aerosols on our climate - and why this is not really the #climatechange mitigation that we need, co-authored by our colleague @gampedavid.bsky.social! Check it out now! 👀👇 #climateaction #research #sustaiability #geography 🧪

David Gampe @gampedavid.bsky.social · Jun 2

Anthropogenic #ClimateChange 🌎 🌍 drove increases in UK summer heat 🌡️ mortality. Yet, without aerosol cooling this increase would have been even more drastic! Check out our #ClimateAttribution & #Epidemiology 📊 study in @thelancetplanet.bsky.social, led by Kai Wan for more!
🔗 tinyurl.com/yzpy8v55

Colored line-plots showing the summer temperatures (May-September) from 1850-2100 for the UK (A) and the corresponding heat-related mortality (B) for the CanESM5 large ensemble (DAMIP archive). Colors refer to the applied factual (All, green) and counterfactual (Natural forcings only, blue; anthropogenic greenhouse gases only, red; and anthropogenic aerosols only, purple) forcings. Future projections are based on the SSP-245 pathway. Solid lines represent the mean of the large ensemble, i.e., the forced response. Shading in both panels refer to the 95% empirical confidence interval representing both, the uncertainties of the health risk function and natural climate variability (assessed as spread over the 10 members of the SMILE). See https://tinyurl.com/yzpy8v55 for details.

Nexus Research Group @nexuslmu.bsky.social · May 27

🌍💪 This is hands-on #Geography in action! In our Freilandpraktikum, students assemble meteorological stations, calibrate sensors & collect field data (chloropyll levels, soil samples & more!) – all for their own research projects. 💡Real data, real questions, real science!
#ClimateScience #science🧪

Two students are assembling a meteorological station.

A soil sample, taken during our Freilandpraktikum. What do you think: Which soil types does this sample reveal?

Field work from a bird's eye view: Our students are assembling meteorological stations.

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UN Biodiversity @unbiodiversity.bsky.social · May 22

Today is International Day for Biological Diversity #BiodiversityDay: a celebration of the foundation of all life on Earth.

This year influential voices have joined our campaign, calling for harmony with nature and sustainable development:

www.cbd.int/biodiversity...

Thank you.

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Nexus Research Group @nexuslmu.bsky.social · May 19

💡𝗪𝗵𝘆 𝗶𝘁 𝗺𝗮𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿𝘀:
Coordinated policy design is essential to avoid potential trade-offs!

⚠️ 𝗕𝘂𝘁: The negative health impact of aerosols was not studied here, but (very likely) exceeds their positive effect through net cooling by a great bit.

Nexus Research Group @nexuslmu.bsky.social · May 19

The study modeled heat-related mortality in Great Britain from 1850–2100 and found:

• Aerosol-driven cooling masked hundreds of heat-related deaths in the 20th century
• As aerosol levels decline, this effect fades
• Under a mid-range emissions scenario, heat-related deaths could rise 2–6× by 2100.

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Nexus Research Group @nexuslmu.bsky.social · May 19

📢 #New study in @thelancetplanet.bsky.social by Wan, @gampedavid.bsky.social & Hajat, investigating an often-underrepresented factor in #ClimateHealth research: 𝗮𝗲𝗿𝗼𝘀𝗼𝗹𝘀 - tiny particles in the atmosphere that reflect sunlight & may have a net cooling effect 🌡️
🔗 www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

A social media slide with an image of a megaphone and a chimney emitting smoke. It says: NEW PAPER on the role of aerosols in heat-related deaths. Wan, Gampe & Hajat (2025). Disentangling the contributions of anthropogenic climate change, greenhouse gases, and aerosols to heat-related mortality in Great Britain. In: The Lancet Planetary Health.

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Nexus Research Group @nexuslmu.bsky.social · May 7

❓ 𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗲𝘅𝗰𝗶𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗺𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵?
What I find most interesting about it is uncovering the underlying interactions that give rise to what we observe and measure. [...] Just one tiny thing can affect so much else. It is a big challenge. [...]

Nexus Research Group @nexuslmu.bsky.social · May 7

❓𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝘄𝗼𝘂𝗹𝗱 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗲𝘅𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗶𝗻 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝘁𝗼 𝗮 𝟭𝟬-𝘆𝗲𝗮𝗿-𝗼𝗹𝗱?
[...] a warming climate affects snow patterns. [...] We want to understand what areas are dependent on the water that comes from melting snow, and how badly they would be affected by these changing snow patterns. [...]

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Nexus Research Group @nexuslmu.bsky.social · May 7

❓𝗪𝗵𝗶𝗰𝗵 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗿 𝗼𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝗱𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗻𝘀𝗽𝗶𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴?
[...] for me, an inspiring researcher - especially in the field of environmental studies - is someone who practices what they advocate. [...] if we already know which actions are beneficial, why not start by integrating them into our daily lives?

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