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Johannes Quaas @jquaas.bsky.social · Sep 4

Hosted by @meteoleipzig.bsky.social @unileipzig.bsky.social @tropos-de.bsky.social , ECO-N research training group funded by @dfg.de
Great lectures by @sebastian-sippel.bsky.social @frediotto.bsky.social @mdebrito.bsky.social @zscheischlerjak.bsky.social and more!

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Mariana Madruga de Brito @mdebrito.bsky.social · Jun 11

Indeed, they used to print large books. Just found an old one from my first @egu.eu GA full of marks and annotations 😅

Jan Sodoge @jsodoge.bsky.social · Jun 11

From time to time @mdebrito.bsky.social will share stories from “back in the days” with the early career researchers in her group

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Mariana Madruga de Brito @mdebrito.bsky.social · Jun 2

@christianklassert.bsky.social is a valued colleague, and I’m lucky to have the opportunity to collaborate with him as well. I wish you both lots of success in the new group!!!

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Mariana Madruga de Brito @mdebrito.bsky.social · Jun 2

Wow—what a fantastic group!
@taiscarvalho.bsky.social joined @ufz.de as a visiting PhD student in 2022 and quickly became an essential part of the team. She has now secured a prestigious grant to launch her own research group. A rising star to watch closely! :)

Christian Klassert @christianklassert.bsky.social · May 23

Wonderful meeting all the fantastic teams at the FONA SOEF junior research group conference 2025 in Kassel! Thanks so much for the invitation. @taiscarvalho.bsky.social and I look forward to embarking on our own research group journey with "navigate" at @ufz.de soon! 🏙️💧🚜

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EGU Natural Hazards Division @nh.egu.eu · May 6

🏆 Celebrating outstanding science at #EGU25

🏅 Annegret Thieken – for shaping flood risk management pratices
🏅 Mariana Madruga de Brito – for her innovative use of NLP for climate impacts
🏅 Sergio M. Vicente Serrano – for advancing drought assessment tools

Really inspiring work! 🙌
#NHDivision #ECS

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Mariana Madruga de Brito @mdebrito.bsky.social · Apr 17

Feeling overwhelmed by the 20,000+ presentations at EGU 2025? You're not alone — and we've got just the thing to help.

Jan Sodoge developed a tool to help you navigate the sea of abstracts:
🔗 web.app.ufz.de/egu_session_...

Tried it? We'd love your feedback!
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

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Mariana Madruga de Brito @mdebrito.bsky.social · Apr 15

Yesterday, we had the kick-off of our Leipzig Lab project "Climate Discourse": a cool team😉, with a timely topic for the current political "climate".! 🌍💬 @eisioriginal.bsky.social @marckeuschnigg.bsky.social

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Mariana Madruga de Brito @mdebrito.bsky.social · Apr 7

Last week to apply to our 3-year postdoc position on climate discourses 🌍🔍

We use #NLP to explore how public discourse, extreme events & political action interact. uni-leipzig.b-ite.careers/jobposting/1...

Together with: @marckeuschnigg.bsky.social @eisioriginal.bsky.social

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EGU Hydrological Sciences Division @hs.egu.eu · Apr 4

OUT NOW: A fantastic new read for hydrologists 📚: a wrap-up of the Panta Rhei scientific decade of @iahs-aish.bsky.social. Between 2013 and 2022, it explored links between changes in hydrology and society. 🌍 In this paper, Heidi Kreibich and her colleagues present ten years of progress. 👇

Panta Rhei: a decade of progress in research on change in hydrology and society

To better understand the increasing human impact on the water cycle and the feedbacks between hydrology and society, the International Association of Hydrological Sciences (IAHS) organized the scie...

www.tandfonline.com

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Mariana Madruga de Brito @mdebrito.bsky.social · Apr 4

This is genius! so creative and also important for how we communicate our science

Lukas Brunner @lukasbrunner.bsky.social · Apr 4

Let me very warmly recommend putting our Up-Goer Five session into your EGU25 calendar! I mean, just have a look at these amazing abstract titles (using only the 1000 most used English words).
I can guarantee that this will be an extremely informative and fun session!
🤓🧑‍🎓
#EGU25 @egu.eu

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Kelley De Polt @kdepolt.bsky.social · Mar 31

Interested in exchanging ideas, gaining insights, and exploring best practices for engaging and empowering Early Career Researchers?

Join us for our short course, "Best Practices for ECR Engagement and Empowerment in Research Projects," on Wednesday, April 30, at 16:15 (CEST) at #EGU25.

@egu.eu

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Mariana Madruga de Brito @mdebrito.bsky.social · Mar 20

I'm quite excited about this project! Apply until 15.04 to be part of the team :)

Andreas Niekler @eisioriginal.bsky.social · Mar 20

We offer a 3-year postdoc to join our LeipzigLab on climate discourses 🌍🔍

We bridge #NLP, social science, and environmental research to explore how climate change, public discourse & political action interact. t1p.de/wfzrv Together with: @marckeuschnigg.bsky.social @mdebrito.bsky.social

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Mariana Madruga de Brito @mdebrito.bsky.social · Mar 11

Even with a photoshopped team member :P

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Mariana Madruga de Brito @mdebrito.bsky.social · Mar 11

Enjoying the beautiful Leipzig weather with an amazing group! ☀️ Grateful to collaborate with so many talented people! @taiscarvalho.bsky.social @jsodoge.bsky.social @sruti.bsky.social @alessiamatano.bsky.social

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Mariana Madruga de Brito @mdebrito.bsky.social · Feb 28

@taiscarvalho.bsky.social is mapping national & subnational drought plans 🌍💧—and we need your help!

If you know of official drought plans (especially in non-English-speaking countries), please share them here docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...

Your expertise can help ensure no region is overlooked!

Help us map drought plans! 🌍

We are gathering national and subnational drought plans and need your assistance! So far, we’ve identified drought plans for 75 countries, but we want to ensure we haven’t missed any important documen...

docs.google.com

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Mariana Madruga de Brito @mdebrito.bsky.social · Feb 27

🌍💧 We are organizing a panel discussion on water inequalities with experts on Water Security.

📅 March 17, 2025
⏰ 16:00 CET

You can register here: events.teams.microsoft.com/event/380b31...

Research topic: www.frontiersin.org/research-top...

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Mariana Madruga de Brito @mdebrito.bsky.social · Feb 19

Last days to submit your abstract to the 2nd International Sociohydrology Conference in Tokyo by the @iahs-aish.bsky.social

Link: ishc2025.t.u-tokyo.ac.jp

I will be there with @jsodoge.bsky.social and @taiscarvalho.bsky.social presenting our work on NLP for monitoring impacts & water conflicts

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Peter Jelinek @peterjelinek.bsky.social · Feb 10

Was der Klimawissenschaftler Emanuele Bevacqua sagt.

Wäre doch mal schön, wenn wir dazu eine Talkshow hätten, oder @zdfde.bsky.social ?

"Die Klimakrise muss oberste Priorität auf der politischen Agenda haben, sowohl auf nationaler als auch auf internationaler Ebene. Für die anstehende Bundestagswahl ist da allerdings noch deutlich Luft nach oben", sagt der Klimawissenschaftler Emanuele Bevacqua.

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Emanuele Bevacqua @bevacquae.bsky.social · Feb 10

In Nature Climate Change, we show that a year above 1.5 °C signals that Earth is most probably within the 20-year period that will reach the Paris Agreement limit. @natclimchange.bsky.social

A year above 1.5 °C signals that Earth is most probably within the 20-year period that will reach the Paris Agreement limit - Nature Climate Change

What a first year with temperature 1.5 °C above the pre-industrial baseline implies for long-term temperature goals is unclear. Here the authors show that such a first year above the baseline is highl...

www.nature.com

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Mariana Madruga de Brito @mdebrito.bsky.social · Feb 10

By comparing different text corpora on sustainable agriculture in Germany we found that farmers and the broader society in have very different perceptions of what sustainable agriculture is about. Check our paper here: besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

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Mariana Madruga de Brito @mdebrito.bsky.social · Feb 10

🚨 We’ll soon be hiring a 3-year postdoc to join our Leipzig lab on climate discourses 🌍🔍

Our Working group bridges #NLP, social science, and environmental research to explore how climate change, public discourse & political action interact. Stay tuned! @marckeuschnigg.bsky.social

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Mariana Madruga de Brito @mdebrito.bsky.social · Feb 3

Quite proud of being part of such a team :)

I always felt I was a "weird" scientist, too interdisciplinary.... Until I arrived at the UFZ where that's the norm.

UFZ @ufz.de · Feb 3

#UFZ is dealing with exciting and socially relevant topics... performed by excellent scientists... with a lot of enthusiasm we will show this to the reviewers who are visiting UFZ this week for Scientific Evaluation. Hello everyone from #UFZ - let's get started and have a great festival of science!

The UFZ scientists from topic "Landscapes of the future" feel well prepared and are looking forward to presenting their research.

The UFZ scientists from topic "Sustainable bioeconomy" feel well prepared and are looking forward to presenting their research.

The UFZ scientists from topic "Healthy planet" feel well prepared and are looking forward to presenting their research.

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Mariana Madruga de Brito @mdebrito.bsky.social · Jan 21

Some days left to apply!

Mariana Madruga de Brito @mdebrito.bsky.social · Dec 11

We are hiring 3 PhDs at the UFZ PhD Cohort SEESAW - Societal and environmental impacts of complex extremes in a changing world

I'll be supervising a project looking at the interactions of flood and drought impacts 💧🔆

Apply here: recruitingapp-5128.de.umantis.com/Vacancies/31...

#academicjobs

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Paul Lehmann @plehmann.bsky.social · Jan 14

The German Research Foundation has left X and joined Bluesky. Good to see how Bluesky is increasingly becoming the new standard for science communication.

Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft @dfg.de · Jan 14

Hallo Bluesky!
Wir sind die Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft. #DFG Als Selbstverwaltungsorganisation der #Wissenschaft in Deutschland fördern wir erkenntnisgeleitete #Forschung. Hier erhaltet Ihr Infos u.a. zu Förderangeboten, Ausschreibungen und Anträgen. Wir freuen uns auf den Austausch!

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Mariana Madruga de Brito @mdebrito.bsky.social · Jan 9

If you don't know which session to submit your work at #EGU25, check the tool developed by @jsodoge.bsky.social

Just paste your abstract and get suggestions :)

Frederik Kratzert @kratzert.bsky.social · Jan 8

@danklotz.bsky.social showed me huggingface.co/spaces/jsodo... a fun little tool that lets you paste your abstract text and recommends the most fitting #EGU25 session out of the full conference program, using NLP.

Egu Session Recommender - a Hugging Face Space by jsodoge

Recommending sessions for EGU abstracts

huggingface.co

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