What’s happening to Arctic freshwater as the region warms? A new study used satellite data to reconstruct 20 years of water flowing from land into the Arctic Ocean, revealing a complex and uneven pattern rather than a straightforward trend toward a 'wetter' Arctic. www.esa.int/Applications...

ESA - Tracking Arctic freshwater flow from space www.esa.int/Applications...

🥳 𝗪𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗵𝗶𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴! 2️⃣postdoc positions for 2️⃣years High-resolution reconstruction of the hydrological cycle through satellite observations, in situ data, and advanced physical and digital twin modeling Deadline 12/03/2026 ONLINE application 🔗 selezionionline.cnr.it/jconon/call-...

🌱 "To forget how to dig the Earth and to tend the soil is to forget ourselves." —Mahatma Gandhi

🌡️ Italy’s north & center saw slight–moderate drought 🌂 this month. 🌵 South under long-term water stress: Puglia & Basilicata hardest hit. 2–6% of pastures in severe/extreme drought. Winter forecast: warm. 🔗 droughtcentral.it/bollettino-i... @giuliofirenze.bsky.social @hydrologynext.bsky.social

The ADIA Lab Symposium in Abu Dhabi starts tomorrow! www.adialab.ae/symposium-2025 This year’s program will feature thought-provoking discussions, cutting-edge research, and insights from world-renowned experts—including four Nobel Laureates My talk tomorrow, online participation is possible

📢 September #DroughtCentral Bulletin | IBE-CNR Still a #Dry🌂 and #Hot🌡️ month in the South → half-empty reservoirs. 7.5% of croplands under severe–extreme #Drought. The North faced heavy rain ⛈️ and flooding. 🔗 droughtcentral.it/bollettino-i... @hydrologynext.bsky.social @giuliofirenze.bsky.social

I will be speaking at the ADIA Lab Symposium 2025, exploring how AI is reshaping Climate Science. Join us in Abu Dhabi or online from October 27–29. Register here: registration.adialab.ae/reg-events/g... #ADIALabSymposium2025

Are you interested in getting #precipitation, #irrigation and #runoff from space? Here the video recorded presentations of my colleagues (earthmonitor.org) Assessing the Impact of Next Generation Gravity Missions on Precipitation lnkd.in/d6qkfMKs by Muhammad Usman Liaqat (1/3)

⚠️ Online #DroughtBulletin of July. Drought persists in the south. Apulia and Basilicata #Reservoir volumes 💦are below 40%. Next months #Forecasts show above-average #Temperatures 🌡️. droughtcentral.it/bollettino-i... @giuliofirenze.bsky.social @hydrologynext.bsky.social

Da dove viene questo caldo anomalo? Cos’è la cupola di calore che sta portando alte temperature in Europa https://www.geopop.it/ondata-caldo-anomalo-africano/

Scossa di terremoto di magnitudo 3.3 vicino a Reggio Calabria: la mappa dei sismi dal 1985 a oggi https://www.geopop.it/scossa-di-terremoto-di-magnitudo-3-3-vicino-a-reggio-calabria-la-mappa-dei-sismi-dall1985-a-oggi/

𝗛𝗼𝘄 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽 𝗿𝗲𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗿𝗼𝗯𝘂𝘀𝘁 𝘄𝗵𝗮𝘁-𝗶𝗳 𝘀𝗰𝗲𝗻𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗼 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝘄𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗰𝗲𝘀 𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁? Great new paper just out! High-resolution satellite observations for developing advanced decision support systems for water resources management in the Po River Open access: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

La cascata più grande del mondo si trova sotto lo stretto di Danimarca ed è invisibile a occhio nudo https://www.geopop.it/la-cascata-piu-grande-del-mondo-si-trova-sotto-lo-stretto-di-danimarca-ed-e-invisibile-a-occhio-nudo/

🆄🅺🆁🅰🅸🅽🅴 🅳🆁🅾🆄🅶🅷🆃 Soil moisture in southern Ukraine is close to zero (2.7%) [top right time series] and no precipitation is expected in the next 10 days [background map]

The agreement between the modelled soil moisture from GLOFAS (global-flood.emergency.copernicus.eu/glofas-forec...) and the new Copernicus EUMETSAT Soil Moisture product (land.copernicus.eu/en/products/...) is super good! Congrats to the developers!!!

𝗨𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝗨𝗸𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗗𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗡𝗘𝗪 𝗦𝗼𝗶𝗹 𝗠𝗼𝗶𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁 Soil moisture anomalies are at their lowest value since 2007: -89%. Since January 2024, the soil moisture anomalies have consistently been lower than the mean (below 0), with a tremendous impact on crop production in the area, and for EU.

𝗩𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘂𝗽𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗖𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗰𝘂𝘀 𝗦𝗼𝗶𝗹 𝗪𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗜𝗻𝗱𝗲𝘅 (𝗦𝗪𝗜) 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗱𝘂𝗰𝘁 From 14th July the Copernicus SWI product was updated due to significant improvements to the new H SAF H29 SSM product used as input for the SWI generation. land.copernicus.eu/en/productio...

Most catchments around the world retain a memory of the previous year, driven by nonlinear (hysteretic) storage processes hess.copernicus.org/articles/29/... written with @rosswoodskiwi.bsky.social and others.

𝗗𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝘀𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗻 𝗨𝗸𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝗿𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗮: 𝒖𝒑𝒅𝒂𝒕𝒆! I was asked to provide an update on the drought conditions in Ukraine. Here it is from yesterday, along with two time series plots showing soil moisture anomalies and soil moisture in the investigated region.

𝗦𝗼𝗶𝗹 𝗺𝗼𝗶𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗲𝘃𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗱𝘂𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗧𝗲𝘅𝗮𝘀 𝗳𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 Clearly visible the strong increase in soil moisture as seen from satellite 🛰️ Data @eumetsat.int ASCAT soil moisture

⚠️ Online #DroughtBulletin of June. Low rainfall ☀️and high temps 🌡️ worsened the water deficit in Southern Italy 🇮🇹. #Reservoirs in Apulia and Basilicata under pressure, #SummerCrops at risk. @hydrologynext.bsky.social @giuliofirenze.bsky.social droughtcentral.it/bollettino-i...

𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗱𝗿𝗼𝘂𝗴𝗵𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝘀𝗼𝘂𝘁𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗻 𝗨𝗸𝗿𝗮𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗖𝗿𝗶𝗺𝗲𝗮 𝗶𝘀 𝘁𝗿𝘂𝗹𝘆 𝗶𝗺𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝘃𝗲 The situation is already bad. Climate change is making it worse Credits @eumetsat.int for high-value satellite 🛰️ data

One week at #LPS25...exciting time...busy time...a lot of fun! See you next LPS in 2028!!! New DTE Hydrology Platform launched: platform.dtehydrology.org With a lot of new things...contact us if you are interested!

One week at #LPS25...exciting time...busy time...a lot of fun! See you next LPS in 2028!!! New DTE Hydrology Platform launched: platform.dtehydrology.org With a lot of new things...contact us if you are interested!

𝗗𝗶𝗴𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗧𝘄𝗶𝗻 𝗘𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗵 𝗛𝘆𝗱𝗿𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝘁𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺 𝟮.𝟬 𝗼𝗻𝗹𝗶𝗻𝗲 platform.dtehydrology.org

Next week... @esa.int Living Planet Symposium We have 16 contributions (see below), 4 demo sessions for the digital twin earth hydrology, one special session, and the Hydrology cluster...all in 1 week. It's not a joke :) it's a BUSY WEEK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

📢 Call for Abstracts for Open-Earth-Monitor 𝗚𝗹𝗼𝗯𝗮𝗹 𝗪𝗼𝗿𝗸𝘀𝗵𝗼𝗽 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟱 𝗶𝗻 𝗣𝗲𝗿𝘂𝗴𝗶𝗮 𝗶𝘀 𝗡𝗢𝗪 𝗢𝗣𝗘𝗡! 🗓️ Date: 17-19 Sep 2025 📍 Location: Perugia, Italy 👉Submit: pretalx.earthmonitor.org/open-earth-m... ❗ Deadline: 27th June 2025 🌐More here: earthmonitor.org/global-works... @opengeohub.bsky.social @eumetsat.int

I suspect someone may have already done this... I took the current NASA Earth fleet chart of operating and planned Earth observing missions and crossed out those recommended for cancellation in the President's budget request. It's disturbing.

What an inaugural post on bsky.app. A (the) major glacier collapse at Bichgletscher/Kleines Nesthorn.

Interesting readings very recently published on 𝘿𝙞𝙜𝙞𝙩𝙖𝙡 𝙏𝙬𝙞𝙣𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙀𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙝 Digital Twins of the Earth Between Vision and Fiction lnkd.in/dYQTs5wM and also: Bring digital twins back to Earth lnkd.in/dih-JvGT

Salone del libro di Torino.

This Spring (March-April-May) may end up being the driest on record for the UK. This would also make it the driest of any season in a dataset that goes back to 1836. Spring in 1852 currently holds the record for driest season at 100.7 mm averaged across the UK. www.bbc.co.uk/weather/arti...

𝗔𝗿𝗲 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗶𝗻𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵-𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘀𝗼𝗶𝗹 𝗺𝗼𝗶𝘀𝘁𝘂𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗲𝘃𝗮𝗽𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻? Here an important review, open access on WRR: "Remotely Sensed High-Resolution Soil Moisture and Evapotranspiration: Bridging the Gap Between Science and Society" doi.org/10.1029/2024...

The digital twin earth 🌎 hydrology platform will be updated soon....keep you posted youtu.be/3ZBRE9IVJ9g?...

𝗥𝗼𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗔𝗜/𝗠𝗮𝗰𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲 𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗧𝗲𝗰𝗵𝗻𝗶𝗾𝘂𝗲𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗗𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗮 𝗗𝗶𝗴𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗧𝘄𝗶𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗛𝘆𝗱𝗿𝗼𝗹𝗼𝗴𝘆 I will give this presentation tomorrow 8th May in European Space Agency - ESA ESRIN, Frascati at the Workshop on “Resilience to Natural Hazards through AI Solutions" Program here: www.itu.int/en/ITU-T/Wor...

The V2 ecodatacube.eu now includes also dynamic soil properties "Soil Health Data Cube" @ai4soilhealth.bsky.social and @openearthmonitor.bsky.social , bimonthly time-series of biophysical indices (doi.org/10.5194/essd...), including #soilcarbon density predictions (doi.org/10.21203/rs....).

Forti temporali in atto al Nord e sulla Toscana. Ulteriore intensificazione dei fenomeni nel pomeriggio, in parziale estensione a Umbria e Lazio.

Van kletsnat naar kurkdroog In 2024 viel er nog een recordhoeveelheid neerslag van 1170,7 mm. In maart en april 2025 regende het op veel plaatsen in Vlaanderen maar enkele mm. De cijfers maken opnieuw pijnlijk duidelijk voor welke uitdagingen ons waterbeheer staat. Bron: KMI

A fantastic HydroMeet networking event on the first day of #EGU25, together with @younghydrology.bsky.social and @iahs-aish.bsky.social! Thanks everyone for coming and have a fantastic time in Vienna.

Combined Drought Indicator 1-10 april 2025 According to the latest data, 27.6% of the EU-27 territory plus the UK is in Warning conditions and 1.5% is in Alert conditions. drought.emergency.copernicus.eu

Hydrology Paper of the Day @hydrologynext.bsky.social on a digital twin model of the hydrological cycle: how engineering principles allow for a 4D representation of terrestrial hydrological processes; application to a highly-instrumented basin in northern Italy; and an interactive modelling system.

The #PoDelta after the heavy rains that affected Northwestern #Italy between April 15 and 17. The #Copernicus #Sentinel2 image, collected in April 22, shows the sediment plume into the #Adriatic sea. #Floods Gli sversamenti in mare dopo il #maltempo dei giorni scorsi. @giuliofirenze.bsky.social

𝗗𝗶𝗴𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗧𝘄𝗶𝗻 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗳𝗹𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗲𝗰𝗮𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗣𝗼 𝗥𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿 𝗕𝗮𝘀𝗶𝗻 By using the model we developed for the @esa.int Digital Twin Earth Hydrology project (dtehydrology.org) DTE Hydrology Paper for more info: doi.org/10.3389/fsci...

𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗮𝘀𝗲𝘁𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗹𝗼𝗻𝗴-𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗺 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗰𝗼𝗮𝗿𝘀𝗲 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗼𝗹𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝗿𝗿𝗶𝗴𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗶𝗺𝗮𝘁𝗲𝘀 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘀𝗽𝗮𝗰𝗲 🛰️💧🌱 Developed within the CCI-AWU project (climate.esa.int/en/projects/...), funded by @esaearth.esa.int @jacopodari.bsky.social zenodo.org/records/1498...

Exciting news - the 'Space for Early Warning in Africa' project is officially launched - part of a new Africa-EU space partnership. 🛰️ This will improve access to satellite data, boost resilience to extreme weather, and more. Find out here: bit.ly/4jnkgrW

Mauna Loa hasn't published any daily CO2 updates since April 16th. Dear @climate.noaa.gov, what's going on??? gml.noaa.gov/webdata/ccgg...

Observed (big image on the left) and predicted precipitation in Italy from 6 different models (images on the right) from 15-apr to 17-apr. Still 16 hours missing, but predictions look very good!

Hydrology Paper of the Day @hydrologynext.bsky.social on the use of machine learning to obtain a 1 km gridded precipitation estimate over Italy: satellite products and in situ precipitation data; refinements using Random Forests; spatial pattern extraction; and evaluation of architectures.

Pioverà a Pasquetta? Will it rain on Easter Monday?