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Derrick Muheki
@derrickmuheki.bsky.social
PhD researcher in the field of climate science at ‪the Department of Water & Climate - Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium | Water resources engineer
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@vubrussel.bsky.social press release: "VUB software for rescuing historical weather data receives TIME recognition among world’s top-400 Best Inventions of 2025" www.vub.be/en/news/vub-...
VUB software for rescuing historical weather data receives T
Brussels, 10 October 2025 — A groundbreaking tool developed at the Vrije Universiteit Brussel (VUB) has been recognised by TIME as one of the Best...
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October 11, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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"Time prijst de ‘revolutionaire’ toepassing MeteoSaver, een uitvinding van VUB-wetenschappers, als een van de beste uitvindingen van 2025. ‘We vullen grote gaten in de klimaatwetenschap’, zegt onderzoeker Derrick Muheki." www.demorgen.be/nieuws/we-vu...
‘We vullen grote gaten in de klimaatwetenschap’: VUB-tool MeteoSaver door ‘Time’ geprezen als een van de beste uitvindingen van 2025
Time prijst de ‘revolutionaire’ toepassing MeteoSaver, een uitvinding van VUB-wetenschappers, als een van de beste uitvindingen van 2025. ‘We vullen grote gaten in de klimaatwetenschap’, zegt onderzoe...
www.demorgen.be
October 11, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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Honored to see our MeteoSaver software featured among the @time.com top-400 best inventions of 2025. MeteoSaver is a open-source weather data rescue software developed by @derrickmuheki.bsky.social working @hydr-vub.bsky.social @vubrussel.bsky.social

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MeteoSaver: The Best Inventions of 2025: Special Mentions
Find out why MeteoSaver earned a special mention on TIME's list of 2025's best inventions.
time.com
October 10, 2025 at 5:49 PM
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“With MeteoSaver, we can digitise and rescue meteorological archives worldwide” Interview with MeteoSaver lead developer @derrickmuheki.bsky.social www.vub.be/en/news/mete...
MeteoSaver: VUB tool rescues historic climate data worldwide
Transcription tool by VUB researcher Derrick Muheki earns special mention in TIME’s Best Inventions of 2025
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October 11, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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AI tools are starting to help scientists fill gaps in our knowledge of how weather and climate has varied in the past, with a focus on instrumental weather observations stored in paper archives worldwide

www.nature.com/articles/d41...
‘Revolutionary’ AI tools rescue old weather data to improve climate models
Specialist machine-learning models are helping researchers to transcribe centuries-old handwritten records.
www.nature.com
September 17, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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"Revolutionary AI tools rescue old weather data to improve climate models": News article @nature.com describing efforts of @hydr-vub.bsky.social Researcher @derrickmuheki.bsky.social to rescue weather records from DR Congo using the MeteoSaver software he developed:

www.nature.com/articles/d41...
‘Revolutionary’ AI tools rescue old weather data to improve climate models
Specialist machine-learning models are helping researchers to transcribe centuries-old handwritten records.
www.nature.com
September 17, 2025 at 3:08 PM
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In the absence of global climate mitigation, we project a regime shift to a world dominated by compound hazards or impacts. In our new paper by Gabriele Messori, we find that compound hazard occurrences will become the norm in many regions under RCP6.0 agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
June 13, 2025 at 10:16 PM