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Artur Lourenço @arturlourenco.bsky.social · 20h

Photo of the Amazon Tall Tower Observatory (ATTO, 235 m) captured from the smaller installation tower (81 m).

Rodolfo Nobrega @rodolfonobrega.bsky.social · 1d

Do conservative leaf traits drive biomass allocation strategies that optimise root-zone water storage and help maintain transpiration under highly seasonal precipitation? Not sure we answer this in this paper, but at least we have results to start discussing it... doi.org/10.1111/gcb....

Global Assessment of Environmental and Plant‐Trait Influences on Root: Shoot Biomass Ratios

We assembled a large global dataset by combining several previous compilations to test eco-evolutionary optimality (EEO) hypotheses about how plants allocate carbon above- and below-ground (root: sho...

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INFRACURSIONS Project @infracursions.bsky.social · 1d

📢Call for Abstracts📢

Two-day workshop aiming to develop an #interdisciplinary discussion about the epistemologies & practices of scale

Scholars from ANY discipline are invited to submit by 3rd Nov 2025

📅23-24 Feb 2026
📍Bristol, UK
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#CallforAbstracts #CallforPapers

$Poster for Call for Abstracts. Poster text reads: Deadline: 3 Nov 2025 Workshop Unpacking the Heuristics and Methodologies of Scale The Infracursions project at the University of Bristol invites scholars from any discipline to submit an abstract for a two-day workshop. The workshop aims to develop an interdisciplinary discussion about the epistemologies and practices of scale. Dates: 23-24 February 2026 Location: Bristol, UK Website: infracursions.org/events Keynote Speakers: Michael Lempert - Professor of Anthropology, University of Michigan Karen Seto - Professor of Geography & Urbanization, Yale School of the Environment$

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Rodolfo Nobrega @rodolfonobrega.bsky.social · 2d

It's been fantastic working with this team and I'm very happy our paper is out!

Dr. Natalie Claire Ceperley @natalieceperley.bsky.social · 2d

I'm proud to share the first paper on co-creating water knowledge from our #IAHS #cocreatingwaterknowledge group! We're centering diverse knowledges in hydrology—a return to my ethnobotany roots. It's not always easy, but sparks creative ways of thinking about water. doi.org/10.1080/0262...

Co-creating water knowledge: a community perspective

Navigating the complexities of global and local water resources challenges requires collaboration and mutual learning among diverse knowledge systems and disciplines. However, Western philosophical...

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Rodolfo Nobrega @rodolfonobrega.bsky.social · 22d

And here is our latest blog post on Parenting in Academia, shared as a contribution to the Young Hydrologic Society (@younghydrology.bsky.social): younghs.com/2025/09/05/n...

Parents in Academia

Raising a child in combination with a full-time career is no easy feat. That is true in general and maybe even more true in academia. Juggling the workload, conference attendance, or the potential …

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Rodolfo Nobrega @rodolfonobrega.bsky.social · Aug 27

All set for another intense week of work in the tropics!

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Rodolfo Nobrega @rodolfonobrega.bsky.social · Aug 21

Visit to surface water evaporation and sap flow monitoring systems in the Atlantic forest, Bahia, Brazil. #UFRB

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Rodolfo Nobrega @rodolfonobrega.bsky.social · Aug 15

Embolism resistance supports the contribution of dry-season precipitation to transpiration in eastern Amazon forests: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... 👏🏾

PNAS

Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...

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Rodolfo Nobrega @rodolfonobrega.bsky.social · Aug 15

Thank you colleagues at the Ministry of Environment and UFMG for such great discussions!

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Rodolfo Nobrega @rodolfonobrega.bsky.social · Jul 14

Code (github.com/razeayres/sl...) and model outputs (zenodo.org/records/1560...) are available, including config files for direct assimilation of data on soil profiles in SWAT for hydrological modelling.

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Rodolfo Nobrega @rodolfonobrega.bsky.social · Jul 14

A few years ago, we visited the soil-survey archives of a region in Brazil. We digitised the data and began developing a framework for developing soil maps that accurately (pedologically) represent soil profiles in the tropics. The result is here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

A scalable framework for soil property mapping tested across a highly diverse tropical data-scarce region

Reliable soil property maps are essential for environmental modeling, yet conventional mapping methods remain costly and time-consuming. We developed …

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Rodolfo Nobrega @rodolfonobrega.bsky.social · Jun 18

For context, the mother is an NHS staff member and the father is a Senior Lecturer at Exeter. This country is becoming very hostile to immigrants. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

UK Home Office tells parents their children should return to Brazil alone

While Ana Luiza Cabral Gouveia and Hugo Barbosa can remain, letter says sons, 11 and eight, must go back to Brazil

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Artur Lourenço @arturlourenco.bsky.social · Jun 4

Rainwater harvesting system in #INSA

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Rodolfo Nobrega @rodolfonobrega.bsky.social · May 28

Loved that example with the CEMADEN :)

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Rodolfo Nobrega @rodolfonobrega.bsky.social · May 21

"[...] modellers stitch together data and theories from disparate locales, weaving them into seemingly universal hydrological frameworks. [...] however, it risks creating 'geographical chimera' of mismatched empirical parts [...]". www.water-alternatives.org/index.php/al...

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Water Models as Geographical Chimera: Precipitation Interception Routines as an Example of 'Patchwork Empiricism' John T. Van Stan II Biological, Geological, and Environmental Sciences, Cleveland...

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Cabot Institute for the Environment @cabot-institute.bsky.social · May 16

Cabot researchers, Josephine Walker, an expert in epidemiology and @rodolfonobrega.bsky.social, an ecohydrologist, have been collaborating with Ana Maria Silva (a Cabot MScR graduate) on the ground in Brazil and Federico Costa who is based at Baha University in Brazil.

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Rodolfo Nobrega @rodolfonobrega.bsky.social · May 13

7 paragraphs - that's something I can read these days... :)

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Rodolfo Nobrega @rodolfonobrega.bsky.social · May 8

Brainwashed!!!

Rodolfo Nobrega @rodolfonobrega.bsky.social · May 8

Something about LinkedIn's corporate poetry style keeps me from engaging with it. I must be doing something wrong.

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Rodolfo Nobrega @rodolfonobrega.bsky.social · May 7

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KinarNicholas.bsky.social @kinarnicholas.bsky.social · May 3

Hydrology Paper of the Day @rodolfonobrega.bsky.social on extending the MOD16 evapotranspiration algorithm for MODIS: an improvement of spatiotemporal resolutions via the ESTIMET algorithm; day and night ET over all sky conditions; a comparison with EC data over Brazil; and spatial comparisons.

Rodolfo Nobrega @rodolfonobrega.bsky.social · Apr 30

In times of AI we show how some robust tweaks can greatly improve well established ET models. It was a pleasure to have Cinthia in Bristol and discuss every step of this research! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

ESTIMET: Enhanced and Spatial-Temporal Improvement of MODIS EvapoTranspiration algorithm for all sky conditions in tropical biomes

We developed an ET model, namely the Enhanced and Spatial-Temporal Improvement of MODIS EvapoTranspiration (ESTIMET), for local-to-regional ET monitor…

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Dr. Natalie Claire Ceperley @natalieceperley.bsky.social · May 5

Are you interested in #cocreationofwaterknowledge ? #CCWK this and other webinars are archived on our YouTube channel. www.youtube.com/channel/UClp...

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Rodolfo Nobrega @rodolfonobrega.bsky.social · May 5

We are 'over the moon' 😂😂😂

Rodolfo Nobrega @rodolfonobrega.bsky.social · Apr 30

In times of AI we show how some robust tweaks can greatly improve well established ET models. It was a pleasure to have Cinthia in Bristol and discuss every step of this research! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

ESTIMET: Enhanced and Spatial-Temporal Improvement of MODIS EvapoTranspiration algorithm for all sky conditions in tropical biomes

We developed an ET model, namely the Enhanced and Spatial-Temporal Improvement of MODIS EvapoTranspiration (ESTIMET), for local-to-regional ET monitor…

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Rodolfo Nobrega @rodolfonobrega.bsky.social · Apr 29

Scratching the surface. #SDTFs www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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