Department of Water & Climate | Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium | Posts on #climate #water #energy Website: https://hydr.vub.be/ | GitHub: https://github.com/VUB-HYDRhttps://bsky.app/profile/hydr-vub.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/hydr-vub.bsky.social/post/3mk62kl4wms2fNew Paper Alert 🚨! We present MeteoSaver, an open-source machine-learning-based software for transcribing historical weather data! This software enables unlocking of valuable archived weather observations. #DataRescue #ClimateData #OpenScience 🔗: https://gmd.copernicus.org/articles/19/3213/2026/23 Apr 2026 12:53 +0000at://did:plc:luh7zx2acouktwj7o4xgeujb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mk62kl4wms2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/hydr-vub.bsky.social/post/3mdnh5o5kak2g🚨New Paper Alert! How can AI help us with modelling wildfires? New paper led by our colleague @seppelampe.bsky.social presents BuRNN, a deep learning model to simulate fires on a global 0.5° grid!🌎 #wildfires #bclimate #deeplearning 🔗Link: https://gmd.copernicus.org/articles/19/955/2026/30 Jan 2026 13:52 +0000at://did:plc:luh7zx2acouktwj7o4xgeujb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mdnh5o5kak2ghttps://bsky.app/profile/hydr-vub.bsky.social/post/3mcf5xkpz3s2v🚨Luister naar dit Radio 1 interview met onze collega Sarah Lamotte over hittekoepels als tastbaar gevolg van de klimaatverandering. 🔗Link: https://www.vrt.be/vrtmax/luister/radio/d/de-vooruitblik~11-230/de-vooruitblik~11-35511-0/fragment~6a477bda-6c6f-4758-82ee-bbafabf89ed5/?utm_medium=internal&utm_source=vrtmax-app&utm_campaign=share-button&utm_content=web #bclimate14 Jan 2026 13:21 +0000at://did:plc:luh7zx2acouktwj7o4xgeujb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mcf5xkpz3s2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/hydr-vub.bsky.social/post/3mca4ztu7ic2o🌍Working on the geosciences and legal practice interface? 📝Submit an abstract to our session at the European Geosciences Union (@egu.eu) session “Bridging the gap between climate science and legal practice: informing laws and litigation: informing laws and litigation” 🔗 www.egu26.eu/session/56999 https://www.egu26.eu/session/5699912 Jan 2026 13:21 +0000at://did:plc:luh7zx2acouktwj7o4xgeujb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mca4ztu7ic2ohttps://bsky.app/profile/hydr-vub.bsky.social/post/3mbysv2xb3k2d💧Working with managed aquifer recharge? Submit your abstract to our session at this year's European Geosciences Union (@egu.eu) before 15th January 2026: 🔗Sustainable water management with managed aquifer recharge (MAR) (www.egu26.eu/session/56581) #EGU2609 Jan 2026 15:30 +0000at://did:plc:luh7zx2acouktwj7o4xgeujb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbysv2xb3k2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/hydr-vub.bsky.social/post/3mbyrkrcehk2d🏔️❄️Working on glaciers, ice sheets, or cryospheric science? Consider submitting an abstract to one of these four @egu.eu sessions: 👉 Glaciers and Ice Caps under Climate Change (www.egu26.eu/session/56611) 👉 Surface mass balance of glaciers, ice sheets and ice shelves (www.egu26.eu/session/56610)09 Jan 2026 15:07 +0000at://did:plc:luh7zx2acouktwj7o4xgeujb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbyrkrcehk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/hydr-vub.bsky.social/post/3mbykcazsi22c🌍 Happy to invite you to join our European Geosciences Union (@egu.eu) session on 𝗜𝗻𝗻𝗼𝘃𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝘀𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻𝘀 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝘄𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿, 𝗵𝗲𝗮𝗹𝘁𝗵, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝗻𝘃𝗶𝗿𝗼𝗻𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝘀𝘆𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗺𝘀 𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗰𝗹𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗰𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲 (www.egu26.eu/session/56816) #EGU26 https://www.egu26.eu/session/5681609 Jan 2026 12:57 +0000at://did:plc:luh7zx2acouktwj7o4xgeujb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbykcazsi22chttps://bsky.app/profile/hydr-vub.bsky.social/post/3mbyjxxmbes2c📢Are you engaged at the Science-Policy interface as a scientist, knowledge broker or policymaker? 📝 Consider sharing your insights at our European Geosciences Union (@egu.eu) 2026 session : Strengthening Policy Through Science: Insights from the interface (EOS4.6): www.egu26.eu/session/5712909 Jan 2026 12:51 +0000at://did:plc:luh7zx2acouktwj7o4xgeujb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbyjxxmbes2chttps://bsky.app/profile/hydr-vub.bsky.social/post/3ma4moixvlc2i🚨 New paper ❄️ Our new study led by @landervt.bsky.social tracks the fate of ~200,000 #glaciers worldwide. Even if warming is limited to +1.5°C, only 50% remain. With higher warming, losses accelerate, with up to ~4,000 glaciers disappearing per year. 📄 https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-025-02513-9 @nature.com16 Dec 2025 17:00 +0000at://did:plc:luh7zx2acouktwj7o4xgeujb/app.bsky.feed.post/3ma4moixvlc2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/hydr-vub.bsky.social/post/3m7i7o36sg22n🚨 Deadline Friday! ❄️ #bglacier is hiring a PhD to help search for ancient ice near Princess Elisabeth Station (#Antarctica). Remote sensing, modelling, field data, and possible Antarctic fieldwork! Details 👉 https://hydr.vub.be/media/attachments/BlueIce_PhD.pdf08 Dec 2025 14:13 +0000at://did:plc:luh7zx2acouktwj7o4xgeujb/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7i7o36sg22nhttps://bsky.app/profile/hydr-vub.bsky.social/post/3m7i7bb5gms2k🌍Two members of our department @cjsmith.be and @harryzeko.bsky.social joined the first IPCC AR7 lead author meeting in Saint-Denis (Paris). #IPCC #AR7 #ClimateScience #WG1 #ClimateAction08 Dec 2025 14:06 +0000at://did:plc:luh7zx2acouktwj7o4xgeujb/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7i7bb5gms2khttps://bsky.app/profile/hydr-vub.bsky.social/post/3m5ttzkd2rk2h❄️ We’re hiring! The #bglacier group is looking for a motivated #PhD to join the #BECOOLproject and search for ancient ice near Princess Elisabeth Station in #Antarctica. 📋 Mix of modelling, remote sensing & fieldwork. 🗓️ Apply by 12 Dec: https://hydr.vub.be/media/attachments/BlueIce_PhD.pdf Will you join us? 🙂17 Nov 2025 18:27 +0000at://did:plc:luh7zx2acouktwj7o4xgeujb/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5ttzkd2rk2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/hydr-vub.bsky.social/post/3m4x6hq63jk2pGlobal farming practices are driving heat stress and water strain. Read about our new findings just published in Nature Communications here: prez.ly/Xh0d http://prez.ly/Xh0d06 Nov 2025 08:46 +0000at://did:plc:luh7zx2acouktwj7o4xgeujb/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4x6hq63jk2phttps://bsky.app/profile/hydr-vub.bsky.social/post/3m3fetnlzss2e🚨 New paper alert! Research by postdoc Maaike Izeboud from the bglacier group in Nature Climate Change 🎉 Using 20 years of satellite data, she mapped Antarctic ice shelf fractures and showed how damage rises under high emissions but stabilises in low-emission futures https://www.nature.com/articles/s41558-025-02453-417 Oct 2025 13:27 +0000at://did:plc:luh7zx2acouktwj7o4xgeujb/app.bsky.feed.post/3m3fetnlzss2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/hydr-vub.bsky.social/post/3m2thjeuuok2eIt was an honour to host this year's #OGGM workshop at @vubrussel.bsky.social . 3 days of #glacier modelling and so much more! Next year (10th year celebration!) the OGGM workshop will take place in #Obergurgl (24-28 AUG 2026)10 Oct 2025 10:27 +0000at://did:plc:luh7zx2acouktwj7o4xgeujb/app.bsky.feed.post/3m2thjeuuok2ehttps://bsky.app/profile/hydr-vub.bsky.social/post/3lzofkyneqs2cExcited to be back on the #Morteratsch #glacier complex for our annual fieldwork. Together with colleagues from the Geography department, the coming week we will measure how the glacier is changing. Stay tuned for some updates! @vubrussel.bsky.social #GLAMOS25 Sep 2025 16:44 +0000at://did:plc:luh7zx2acouktwj7o4xgeujb/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzofkyneqs2chttps://bsky.app/profile/hydr-vub.bsky.social/post/3lyzshc3gjc2fOur ongoing climate data rescue work in DR Congo has been featured in the news articles of Nature Portfolio (https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-025-02798-y). As part of our project, Derrick Muheki (derrickmuheki.bsky.social) developed MeteoSaver, an open-source ML software for transcribing historical weather data.17 Sep 2025 12:09 +0000at://did:plc:luh7zx2acouktwj7o4xgeujb/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyzshc3gjc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/hydr-vub.bsky.social/post/3lyzrzqbpoc2f"Het risico op hittesterfte stijgt sterk. We moeten ons aanpassen aan escalerende hitterisico's", zegt Wim Thiery (wimthiery.bsky.social). Lusiter naar het volledige interview op Radio 1: https://www.vrt.be/vrtmax/luister/radio/d/de-ochtend~11-19/de-ochtend~11-33707-0/fragment~408c5f38-6486-4c23-8960-77bf70d446d9/17 Sep 2025 12:01 +0000at://did:plc:luh7zx2acouktwj7o4xgeujb/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyzrzqbpoc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/hydr-vub.bsky.social/post/3lyzrpeinlc2fSeppe Lampe (seppelampe.bsky.social), onderzoeker in onze groep, bespreekt de recente grote bosbranden in Europa en de rol van klimaatverandering bij grote bosbranden. Luister hier op Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/3FiQy4sfzaKPyLoZrUiqlR?si=5bdbbb0bfddc453f&nd=1&dlsi=0fbabb18540149e417 Sep 2025 11:55 +0000at://did:plc:luh7zx2acouktwj7o4xgeujb/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyzrpeinlc2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/hydr-vub.bsky.social/post/3lyx7nzjp4c2dJust in: A response to the European Commission Call for Evidence, on the needs for the upcoming EU climate adaptation plan (ECAP) from the new EGU Climate Hazard and Risk Task Force (including one of our members: Marie Cavitte) here: https://www.egu.eu/news/1470/the-egu-climate-hazard-and-risk-task-force-provide-evidence-for-the-eus-proposed-european-climate-resilience-and-risk-management-initiative/16 Sep 2025 11:27 +0000at://did:plc:luh7zx2acouktwj7o4xgeujb/app.bsky.feed.post/3lyx7nzjp4c2d