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Damien Jougnot @damienjougnot.bsky.social · 13d

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Critical Zone News @cznews.bsky.social · 14d

Look for these at the 3rd OZCAR TERENO International Conference happening next week. The Critical Zone Network of Networks is interested in your responses!

Conference details: bit.ly/4krLLlc

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Astropierre @astropierre.com · 14d

Suite à la migration de scientifiques et d'universitaires de X, Bluesky est devenue une l'une des alternatives.

Afin d'évaluer sa viabilité/pertinence pour la communication scientifique, cette étude présente une analyse à grande échelle de la diffusion d'articles scientifiques sur Bluesky.

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Critical Zone News @cznews.bsky.social · Aug 14

From soil moisture to contaminants, this review maps key challenges and advances in vadose zone science—crucial for managing water, food, and climate in a changing world. 🌐🧪

Emerging issues and research opportunities in vadose zone processes

Understanding vadose zone processes is crucial to protect water and soil resources and linked ecosystem services. This review outlines key issues, knowledge gaps, and research opportunities across s...

acsess.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Critical Zone News @cznews.bsky.social · Aug 13

The registration window closes a little bit more each day. Join your fellow Critical Zone scientists in Paris next month at the 3rd OZCAR-TERENO conference. “Advancing Critical Zone science” will take place from September 29 to October 2, 2025: bit.ly/Paris_Register 🌐🧪

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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · Jul 9

Geology Murder

xkcd.com/3112/

Comic. [two people in labcoats look at body pierced with blade draped over bench] PERSON 1: We found him lying uncomformably on the lab bench. I wonder if the iron-rich intrusion in his back is related. PERSON 2 with ponytail: It could be clastic. Maybe a rift opened in his body, and the intrusive material later fell into the hole. [caption] The Geology Department Investigates Their First Murder

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IPBES @ipbes.net · Aug 6

🚨 Nature’s rights & international law: The Inter-American Court of Human Rights recognizes rights for nature.

In a historic opinion, the Court cited @ipbes.net Global and Americas Assessments as key evidence 🌿📚🧪

Biodiversity conservation ensures human well-being. 🌏

📰http://bit.ly/4omU9V4

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CNRS Écologie & Environnement @cnrsecologie.bsky.social · Aug 5

#RésultatScientifique 🔎

Une étude publiée dans Hydrology and Earth System Sciences présente une méthode innovante pour mesurer la transpiration des arbres grâce à des mesures électriques passives du flux de sève 🌲

▶️ www.inee.cnrs.fr/fr/cnrsinfo/...

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Steve Metz @stevemetz.bsky.social · May 25

As a philosophy major who adored symbolic logic courses, this may be my favorite cartoon ever.

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Damien Jougnot @damienjougnot.bsky.social · Jul 24

Read the full paper Osorio-Leon et al. (2025) in #AGUAdvances (@agu.org)
Deep Roots Supply Reactivity and Enhance Silicate Weathering in the Bedrock Vadose Zone
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

Bedrock Vadose Zone study with a vadose-zone monitoring system at the Eel River CZO, Fig. 1 from Osorio-Leon et al. (2025, AGU Advances)

Damien Jougnot @damienjougnot.bsky.social · Jul 24

Congratulations to Ivan Osorio-Leon et al. for their work on the Bedrock Vadose Zone at the Eels River #CZO and to
@cznews.bsky.social who made a beautiful piece about it:
criticalzonenews.substack.com/p/the-silent...

#CriticalZone #DeepRoot #Respiration

The Silent Foundry Beneath the Forest: How Deep Roots Accelerate Mountain Weathering

The needles of Douglas-fir catch the weak afternoon sun, but the real story begins far below, where root tips rummage through shale the way prospectors pan river silt—patiently, relentlessly.

criticalzonenews.substack.com

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Critical Zone News @cznews.bsky.social · Jul 23

Connect. Collaborate. Find out more about how the Critical Zone Network of Networks supports the development of a global approach to CZ science: bit.ly/CZ_NoN_main 🌐🧪

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Critical Zone News @cznews.bsky.social · Jul 21

Paris. You. Science. September. Register: bit.ly/4krLLlc 🌐🧪

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Damien Jougnot @damienjougnot.bsky.social · Jul 16

From the electrical double layer to the tree #Transpiration!
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We just published a paper investigating what tree electrical field can bring to the field of #Ecohydrology.
Hu et al. (2025) is available in open access in #HESS (@hs.egu.eu):
hess.copernicus.org/articles/29/...

#TreeSP #SelfPotential

Schematic diagram illustrating the components contributing to tree self-potential signal, scientific publication from Hu et al. in HESS

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Valérie Masson-Delmotte @valmasdel.bsky.social · Jul 11

Poor integrity of carbon offsets :

"all key market participants benefit from inflated claims about carbon credits"

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

Auditors can’t save carbon offsets

The theory behind carbon offset projects is appealing: Instead of an organization cutting its own emissions, it can fund lower-cost carbon-reducing projects elsewhere to “offset” its emissions. The re...

www.science.org

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Valérie Masson-Delmotte @valmasdel.bsky.social · Jul 11

Destroying US science

(...) The number of early-career researchers NSF supports could fall by 78%—from 95,700 undergraduates, graduate students, and postdocs during this fiscal year to 21,400 in 2026.

www.science.org/content/arti...

‘It’s a nightmare.’ U.S. funding cuts threaten academic science jobs at all levels

“There is a lot of pressure to essentially leave the country or not pursue research,” one Ph.D. student says

www.science.org

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Institut Pierre-Simon Laplace (IPSL) @ipsl.bsky.social · Jul 11

🚨 📢 #LesActusIPSL
🔥 "Les feux d’Amérique du Nord affectent-ils la qualité de l'air à Paris ?"
Une étude menée au #LATMOS_IPSL
Julie Leonetti, Camille Viatte, Sarah Safieddine & Julien Jumelet
Laboratoire Atmosphères, Observations Spatiales
#pollution #CompositionAir
tinyurl.com/y6pv2jv3

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Damien Jougnot @damienjougnot.bsky.social · Jul 3

Big thanks to the #Groundwater #Hydrology Section of @agu.org for the highlight...

...but if you really want to read something interesting, look at the paper of Dumont and Singha (2024) : wires.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

🌍🪨💧🌳🦠
#CriticalZone #Geophysics

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Damien Jougnot @damienjougnot.bsky.social · Jun 27

...at the cost of our environment and natural resources (not to mention the human artist pillage)

Starter pack for A.I.: a lot of water, energy, metals and CO2
(source of the image : https://www.linkedin.com/posts/rija-goldscheider_aiforgreen-nudgedesign-sustainabletech-activity-7317558943445118976-WVBp/)

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Damien Jougnot @damienjougnot.bsky.social · Jun 27

Filling worldwide clouds and servers with AI slop...
www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWpg...

AI Slop: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

YouTube video by LastWeekTonight

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eLTER @elter-ri.eu · Jun 24

“A community of scientists coming from different backgrounds, all interested to understand the living path of our planet and prepare a better future for the next generations. I’m happy to welcome you at the first eLTER Science Conference!” - prof. Jerome Gaillardet #eLTER2025SC #eLTERcommunity

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eLTER @elter-ri.eu · Jun 25

“Towards a whole-system approach for ecosystem science” - the motto of eLTER Science Conference 2025, taking place from 23-27 June in Tampere, Finland #eLTERcommunity 🩷

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Damien Jougnot @damienjougnot.bsky.social · Jun 25

As the session goes on, we had the chance to hear @agnes-river.bsky.social talk about water temperatures across all compartments of the #CriticalZone in the context of #GlobalChange...

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Damien Jougnot @damienjougnot.bsky.social · Jun 25

When @elter-ri.eu becomes critical!
We are starting the #CriticalZone session at the eLTER science conference 2025 with a great keynote speaker : Nolwenn Lesparre

#eLTERcommunity

Picture of Nolwenn Lesparre starting her presentation

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