Philippe Rufin
@philrufin.bsky.social
Geographer interested in 🛰️ EarthObservation for 🌿agriculture, 💧water resources, and 🌍 sustainable land management.
F.R.S. FNRS Postdoctoral Fellow 🇪🇺
Earth & Life Institute - UCLouvain 🇧🇪
Earth Observation Lab - HUBerlin 🇩🇪
F.R.S. FNRS Postdoctoral Fellow 🇪🇺
Earth & Life Institute - UCLouvain 🇧🇪
Earth Observation Lab - HUBerlin 🇩🇪
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Philippe Rufin
@philrufin.bsky.social
· Jul 17
🌍 🛰️ 🌱 🌽👨🏿🌾🛖💻⚙️
Preprint on national-scale satellite-based crop field delineation in smallholder landscapes is out:
doi.org/10.48550/arX...
🌍 🛰️ 🌱 🌽👨🏿🌾🛖💻⚙️
Preprint on national-scale satellite-based crop field delineation in smallholder landscapes is out:
doi.org/10.48550/arX...
🌍 🛰️ 🌱 🌽👨🏿🌾🛖💻⚙️
Thanks to an amazing network of colleagues and friends, 50% of the funding have been secured already! 🌍🌽💧
Following a field campaign in Gilé National Park, Mozambique, I´ve launched a crowdfunding campaign to support nature conservation by helping farmers improve their production with irrigation: www.gofundme.com/f/fight-pove...
Please help make this work and donate or share with friends & family! ❤️
Please help make this work and donate or share with friends & family! ❤️
Donate to Protecting nature by fighting poverty in Mozambique, organized by Philippe Rufin
I am Philippe Rufin, a scientist working in the nexus of small-scal… Philippe Rufin needs your support for Protecting nature by fighting poverty in Mozambique
www.gofundme.com
November 5, 2025 at 8:30 AM
Thanks to an amazing network of colleagues and friends, 50% of the funding have been secured already! 🌍🌽💧
Following a field campaign in Gilé National Park, Mozambique, I´ve launched a crowdfunding campaign to support nature conservation by helping farmers improve their production with irrigation: www.gofundme.com/f/fight-pove...
Please help make this work and donate or share with friends & family! ❤️
Please help make this work and donate or share with friends & family! ❤️
Donate to Protecting nature by fighting poverty in Mozambique, organized by Philippe Rufin
I am Philippe Rufin, a scientist working in the nexus of small-scal… Philippe Rufin needs your support for Protecting nature by fighting poverty in Mozambique
www.gofundme.com
October 26, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Following a field campaign in Gilé National Park, Mozambique, I´ve launched a crowdfunding campaign to support nature conservation by helping farmers improve their production with irrigation: www.gofundme.com/f/fight-pove...
Please help make this work and donate or share with friends & family! ❤️
Please help make this work and donate or share with friends & family! ❤️
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I was on a podcast talking about Common Space: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQof...
I can't stand listening to myself speak, so let me know if i was any good.
I can't stand listening to myself speak, so let me know if i was any good.
Earth Observed | Episode 1: Bill Greer | How Nonprofit Satellites Could Change Everything
YouTube video by The Leadership Lab
www.youtube.com
August 21, 2025 at 12:38 PM
I was on a podcast talking about Common Space: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQof...
I can't stand listening to myself speak, so let me know if i was any good.
I can't stand listening to myself speak, so let me know if i was any good.
Great to see this out - Shupel is a true role model, paving the way for female researchers from northern Nigeria!
Using Remote Sensing and Agro-Ecosystem Modelling 🛰️🌽📈, Esther Shupel Ibrahim analyzes impacts of climate change and diseases on smallholder agriculture in Nigeria and develops strategies to support and empower smallholder farmers.
Find out more about her PhD research in this StoryMap:
arcg.is/1bG48K
Find out more about her PhD research in this StoryMap:
arcg.is/1bG48K
July 21, 2025 at 12:26 PM
Great to see this out - Shupel is a true role model, paving the way for female researchers from northern Nigeria!
Reposted by Philippe Rufin
Using Remote Sensing and Agro-Ecosystem Modelling 🛰️🌽📈, Esther Shupel Ibrahim analyzes impacts of climate change and diseases on smallholder agriculture in Nigeria and develops strategies to support and empower smallholder farmers.
Find out more about her PhD research in this StoryMap:
arcg.is/1bG48K
Find out more about her PhD research in this StoryMap:
arcg.is/1bG48K
July 21, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Using Remote Sensing and Agro-Ecosystem Modelling 🛰️🌽📈, Esther Shupel Ibrahim analyzes impacts of climate change and diseases on smallholder agriculture in Nigeria and develops strategies to support and empower smallholder farmers.
Find out more about her PhD research in this StoryMap:
arcg.is/1bG48K
Find out more about her PhD research in this StoryMap:
arcg.is/1bG48K
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On July 3rd, astronaut Nichole Ayers photographed a rare Gigantic jet from the ISS. These upward directed electrical discharges extend 90-100 km high into the atmosphere.
I processed this image from the RAW file, adjusting the white balance, contrast and noise reduction.
Full res: flic.kr/p/2rhxqcK
I processed this image from the RAW file, adjusting the white balance, contrast and noise reduction.
Full res: flic.kr/p/2rhxqcK
July 19, 2025 at 11:28 AM
On July 3rd, astronaut Nichole Ayers photographed a rare Gigantic jet from the ISS. These upward directed electrical discharges extend 90-100 km high into the atmosphere.
I processed this image from the RAW file, adjusting the white balance, contrast and noise reduction.
Full res: flic.kr/p/2rhxqcK
I processed this image from the RAW file, adjusting the white balance, contrast and noise reduction.
Full res: flic.kr/p/2rhxqcK
Reposted by Philippe Rufin
Fascinating ... and a hopeful sign
July 18, 2025 at 6:10 PM
Fascinating ... and a hopeful sign
🌍 🛰️ 🌱 🌽👨🏿🌾🛖💻⚙️
Preprint on national-scale satellite-based crop field delineation in smallholder landscapes is out:
doi.org/10.48550/arX...
🌍 🛰️ 🌱 🌽👨🏿🌾🛖💻⚙️
Preprint on national-scale satellite-based crop field delineation in smallholder landscapes is out:
doi.org/10.48550/arX...
🌍 🛰️ 🌱 🌽👨🏿🌾🛖💻⚙️
July 17, 2025 at 10:25 AM
🌍 🛰️ 🌱 🌽👨🏿🌾🛖💻⚙️
Preprint on national-scale satellite-based crop field delineation in smallholder landscapes is out:
doi.org/10.48550/arX...
🌍 🛰️ 🌱 🌽👨🏿🌾🛖💻⚙️
Preprint on national-scale satellite-based crop field delineation in smallholder landscapes is out:
doi.org/10.48550/arX...
🌍 🛰️ 🌱 🌽👨🏿🌾🛖💻⚙️
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We have decided to ban the use of GenAI for research, writing & creative work at our organization.
In fact, we make people sign an agreement saying that their research, analysis, writing, and creative work are *theirs* and not done by GenAI.
In fact, we make people sign an agreement saying that their research, analysis, writing, and creative work are *theirs* and not done by GenAI.
July 17, 2025 at 1:04 AM
We have decided to ban the use of GenAI for research, writing & creative work at our organization.
In fact, we make people sign an agreement saying that their research, analysis, writing, and creative work are *theirs* and not done by GenAI.
In fact, we make people sign an agreement saying that their research, analysis, writing, and creative work are *theirs* and not done by GenAI.
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Peer review meltdown in one diagram.
Greater emphasis on glamour journals leads people to try their luck with mediocre papers. This drains the review pool (they often have to be re-reviewed elsewhere). That drops the accuracy of peer review, creating more incentive to submit mediocre papers…
Greater emphasis on glamour journals leads people to try their luck with mediocre papers. This drains the review pool (they often have to be re-reviewed elsewhere). That drops the accuracy of peer review, creating more incentive to submit mediocre papers…
7. We show that this setup leads to a pernicious positive feedback loop. When submissions increase, more peer reviewers are required. Either current reviewers have to spread their effort thinner, or less qualified reviewers must be recruited. Either way, review accuracy drops.
![Flow diagram. At the center is the key cycle: Authors reduce self-screening --> Reviewer pool becomes depleted --> Accuracy of review declines --> [back to] Authors reduce self-screening.
Outside arrows lead to this central cycle.
Greater emphasis on elite journals --> authors reduce self-screening
More journals create more opportunities for fresh review --> reviewer pool becomes depleted
Common pool dilemma reduces desk rejection rates --> reviewer pool becomes depleted.
There is an additional cycle:
Accuracy of review declines --> Authors learn less from reviews --> Authors reduce self-screening](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:tbqqvyv6pjjww44glrmycaxl/bafkreieslgd5btmytfr2vrqg2v2kqyv3bnwjcommpcxurp2ju4yjdbm454@jpeg)
July 16, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Peer review meltdown in one diagram.
Greater emphasis on glamour journals leads people to try their luck with mediocre papers. This drains the review pool (they often have to be re-reviewed elsewhere). That drops the accuracy of peer review, creating more incentive to submit mediocre papers…
Greater emphasis on glamour journals leads people to try their luck with mediocre papers. This drains the review pool (they often have to be re-reviewed elsewhere). That drops the accuracy of peer review, creating more incentive to submit mediocre papers…
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U.S. House Subcommittee Rejects Proposed NASA Budget Cuts aviationweek.com/space/budget... #NASA
U.S. House Subcommittee Rejects Proposed NASA Budget Cuts | Aviation Week Network
A U.S. House subcommittee on July 15 voted to reject NASA funding cuts contained in the White House’s fiscal 2026 budget proposal.
aviationweek.com
July 16, 2025 at 7:01 PM
U.S. House Subcommittee Rejects Proposed NASA Budget Cuts aviationweek.com/space/budget... #NASA
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The data cover 19 EU countries with up to 17 years of annual data. It includes detailed crop codes, farm identifiers, and organic cultivation status—crucial for analysing land-use changes and farming practices
A comprehensive field- and farm-level land-use dataset from the Integrated Administration and Control System (IACS) is now available: doi.org/10.1038/s415... #OpenData #EUAgri #LandUse #SustainableFarming
Field and farm-level data on agricultural land use for the European Union - Scientific Data
Scientific Data - Field and farm-level data on agricultural land use for the European Union
doi.org
June 30, 2025 at 8:35 AM
The data cover 19 EU countries with up to 17 years of annual data. It includes detailed crop codes, farm identifiers, and organic cultivation status—crucial for analysing land-use changes and farming practices
Reposted by Philippe Rufin
A comprehensive field- and farm-level land-use dataset from the Integrated Administration and Control System (IACS) is now available: doi.org/10.1038/s415... #OpenData #EUAgri #LandUse #SustainableFarming
Field and farm-level data on agricultural land use for the European Union - Scientific Data
Scientific Data - Field and farm-level data on agricultural land use for the European Union
doi.org
June 30, 2025 at 8:35 AM
A comprehensive field- and farm-level land-use dataset from the Integrated Administration and Control System (IACS) is now available: doi.org/10.1038/s415... #OpenData #EUAgri #LandUse #SustainableFarming
#LPS25 was a fantastic experience but let´s take a step back and reflect on the potential (and the role) of commercial EO data providers in contributing to pressing #sustainability challenges. Here´s a short recap of arguments from the scientific community: doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
To enhance sustainable development goal research, open up commercial satellite image archives | PNAS
To enhance sustainable development goal research, open up commercial satellite image
archives
doi.org
June 30, 2025 at 11:34 AM
#LPS25 was a fantastic experience but let´s take a step back and reflect on the potential (and the role) of commercial EO data providers in contributing to pressing #sustainability challenges. Here´s a short recap of arguments from the scientific community: doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
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#LPS25 wildE presentation on High resolution reconstructions of Pan-European woody cover timeseries from 1990-2024 by Shawn Schneidereit upcoming in Hall F2 at 11:30h!
June 27, 2025 at 8:36 AM
#LPS25 wildE presentation on High resolution reconstructions of Pan-European woody cover timeseries from 1990-2024 by Shawn Schneidereit upcoming in Hall F2 at 11:30h!
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🎉 Happy to see that my "Introduction to GIS Programming" book has reached #1 in the Top Books category on Leanpub! 🚀 I've sold 200 copies in just 2 days! Huge thanks to the incredible #geospatial community for your amazing support! 🙏
Check it out: leanpub.com/gispro
Check it out: leanpub.com/gispro
June 26, 2025 at 11:46 PM
🎉 Happy to see that my "Introduction to GIS Programming" book has reached #1 in the Top Books category on Leanpub! 🚀 I've sold 200 copies in just 2 days! Huge thanks to the incredible #geospatial community for your amazing support! 🙏
Check it out: leanpub.com/gispro
Check it out: leanpub.com/gispro
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Don’t miss EOLab’s contributions to #LPS25 Session A.02.07 - Monitoring Grasslands and Rangelands from Space
Part 1 with Dr. Marcel Schwieder at 8:30
Part 2 with @lasseharkort.bsky.social at 11:30
See you at Room 1.34!
Part 1 with Dr. Marcel Schwieder at 8:30
Part 2 with @lasseharkort.bsky.social at 11:30
See you at Room 1.34!
June 27, 2025 at 5:12 AM
Don’t miss EOLab’s contributions to #LPS25 Session A.02.07 - Monitoring Grasslands and Rangelands from Space
Part 1 with Dr. Marcel Schwieder at 8:30
Part 2 with @lasseharkort.bsky.social at 11:30
See you at Room 1.34!
Part 1 with Dr. Marcel Schwieder at 8:30
Part 2 with @lasseharkort.bsky.social at 11:30
See you at Room 1.34!
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SEN4MOZ - @eoafrica-rd.org collaboration between @humboldteolab.bsky.social and Universidade Eduardo Mondlane!
Poster presentation by @lennarteichfuss.bsky.social and João Chibue Domingos upcoming at X5 – Poster Area – Zone R.
More info: eolab.geographie.hu-berlin.de/research_pro...
Poster presentation by @lennarteichfuss.bsky.social and João Chibue Domingos upcoming at X5 – Poster Area – Zone R.
More info: eolab.geographie.hu-berlin.de/research_pro...
June 25, 2025 at 2:02 PM
SEN4MOZ - @eoafrica-rd.org collaboration between @humboldteolab.bsky.social and Universidade Eduardo Mondlane!
Poster presentation by @lennarteichfuss.bsky.social and João Chibue Domingos upcoming at X5 – Poster Area – Zone R.
More info: eolab.geographie.hu-berlin.de/research_pro...
Poster presentation by @lennarteichfuss.bsky.social and João Chibue Domingos upcoming at X5 – Poster Area – Zone R.
More info: eolab.geographie.hu-berlin.de/research_pro...
Great in-person meeting of the entire SEN4MOZ @eoafrica-rd.org project team at #LPS25! @humboldteolab.bsky.social
June 25, 2025 at 3:08 PM
Great in-person meeting of the entire SEN4MOZ @eoafrica-rd.org project team at #LPS25! @humboldteolab.bsky.social
#LPS25 poster alert: National scale field delineation in #Mozambique using 1.5m SPOT data, mapping field size & linking to #deforestation. Come by @ Hall X5, Poster S18.
June 25, 2025 at 9:23 AM
#LPS25 poster alert: National scale field delineation in #Mozambique using 1.5m SPOT data, mapping field size & linking to #deforestation. Come by @ Hall X5, Poster S18.
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Big day ahead at @esa.int’s #LPS25 with contributions by EOLab's @jakimowb.bsky.social, @philrufin.bsky.social, @lennarteichfuss.bsky.social and many more - come by!
June 25, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Big day ahead at @esa.int’s #LPS25 with contributions by EOLab's @jakimowb.bsky.social, @philrufin.bsky.social, @lennarteichfuss.bsky.social and many more - come by!
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#LPS25 ESA Digital Twin Project EOAgriTwin: Earth Observation based Digital Twin for Resilient Agriculture under Multiple Stressors led by @ggohar.bsky.social @zalf.bsky.social - more info at www.eoagritwin.eu/%E2%80%AC
June 24, 2025 at 1:16 PM
#LPS25 ESA Digital Twin Project EOAgriTwin: Earth Observation based Digital Twin for Resilient Agriculture under Multiple Stressors led by @ggohar.bsky.social @zalf.bsky.social - more info at www.eoagritwin.eu/%E2%80%AC
Brilliant opening statement for #LPS25 - we need to join forces to accelerate the move from more data to more knowledge!
June 24, 2025 at 10:31 AM
Brilliant opening statement for #LPS25 - we need to join forces to accelerate the move from more data to more knowledge!
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The first #ESA #BIOMASS image was revealed at #LPS25 yesterday. You can find a few more images (like the one attached showing desert structures in Chad) as well as additional information in this article:
www.esa.int/Applications...
www.esa.int/Applications...
June 24, 2025 at 7:39 AM
The first #ESA #BIOMASS image was revealed at #LPS25 yesterday. You can find a few more images (like the one attached showing desert structures in Chad) as well as additional information in this article:
www.esa.int/Applications...
www.esa.int/Applications...
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Join the @esaearth.esa.int project #EOAgriTwin presentation today and also don't miss the Booth Area tomorrow!
June 24, 2025 at 7:45 AM
Join the @esaearth.esa.int project #EOAgriTwin presentation today and also don't miss the Booth Area tomorrow!