Another year of #bike #commuting has gone. #Biking to #work is part of my #academic life. #hydrology #ecohydrology #water #forest #mountains #university #research #Tuscany #Florence @bromptonbicycle.bsky.social

Another paper from a #multi-approach experiment in the Re della Pietra #experimental #catchment: "Trees control hillslope subsurface flow" by Simone di Prima et al: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... @ecohydrologylab.bsky.social @quercusilex92.bsky.social danielepenna.wixsite.com/redellapietra

Trees use predominantly summer water in the Ressi #experimental #catchment. Thank you to Giulia Zuecco for leading this work! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... During the growing season, soil and plant water had a dominant summer origin but seasonality had a major role on their temporal origin.

Congrats to Matteo Verdone for his second PhD paper from the Re della Pietra #experimental #catchment: OA here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... Thank you @ecohydrologylab.bsky.social @quercusilex92.bsky.social Ilja van Meerveld and Claudia Cocozza. danielepenna.wixsite.com/redellapietra

visiting a #wetland with #students and talking about #water, #hydrology, #groundwater #ecosystems #birds

I'm super excited to share that I've been elected as the #EGU representative for #ECS for the term 2027-2028 🌍. A sincere thank you to everyone in the EGU community who voted, and a special thanks to @danielepenna.bsky.social for his support. I can't wait to start this amazing journey together!

Today at Villa Panna, Tuscany to present our #hydrological #monitoring in an artificial #wetland funded by a bottled #water company to local authorities, citizens, and the press.

Great #talk and #discussion at the Italian #catchment #hydrology day 2025 at the University of Florence! Special guests : Guenter Bloeschl and Laurent Pfister! Thank you @quercusilex92.bsky.social and all the others of our team for the fantastic organization!

Honoured and happy to visit the Re della Pietra #experimental #catchment with Laurent Pfister from LIST Luxembourg today. Discussions in the #field always stimulate new #ideas. www.danielepenna.wixsite.com #hydrology #water #forest #science #runoff #paper #precipitation #rainfall #runoff #soil #tree

Another great effort and teamwork from the past #WATSON #COST #Action www.watson-cost.eu to show a pan-European #database of #isotope #data in #soil #water and #xylem in #beech and #spruce #trees. essd.copernicus.org/articles/17/... And thank you @lehmannmm.bsky.social for the efficient leadership!

Installing #soil #moisture probes in a #karst #catchment in Northern Italy to compare #rain and #snowmelt #water #infiltration dynamics in #pastures and #forests. #experimental #hydrology #ecohydrology #subsurface #runoff

When you are a #hydrogist but you teach in a #department of #Agricultural (and related) #Sciences #academiclife

Fall is magical wherever there are #deciduous #trees, even in #urban settings. On the left, my neighbourhood in Padua and, on the right, the Cascine Park in Florence. #ecohydrology #plant #physiology #hydrology

Do #trees in different #hillslope positions use different #water #sources in a pre-Alpine #catchment? And is water #uptake mostly related to #summer or #winter #precipitation in this #humid #environment? Find out more in this study led by Giulia Zuecco at Ressi. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

On Friday, I will present our work on #CoCreation of #WaterKnowledge at Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University, one of the historically #BlackUniversities of the US. Thanks to Dr. Hubert Hirwa for the invitation. doi.org/10.1080/0262... @hsj-iahs.bsky.social @iahs-aish.bsky.social

Just saying 😊 www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-hu...

Thank you Maren Dubbert and Miriam Coenders for visiting the Re della Pietra #experimental #catchment, sharing ideas, and shaping future collaboration! danielepenna.wixsite.com/redellapietra

Congratulations to, and very proud of, Matteo Verdone who successfully (with laude!) #defended his #PhD today on #ecohydrological dynamics in #forested #catchments at @UNI_FIRENZE. Thanks a lot to the other supervisors @iljavan meerveld and @ecohydrologylab.bsky.social for their fundamental support!

This comprehensive review was a massive collaborative effort initiated by the EU-COST Action WATSON. More info here: watson-cost.eu Some coauthors on bluesky @harshberia.bsky.social, @theoryofciaran.bsky.social, @danielepenna.bsky.social, @jlaknapp.bsky.social, @h2obabyts.bsky.social

Back from the #conference of the Italian Association of Agricultural Engineering in summer-like Reggio Calabria. #hydrology #hydraulics

Thank you @ Josie Geris and Jennifer Pirie from University of Aberdeen for leading me and @ecohydrologylab.bsky.social to visit the #experimental #catchment in the Glenlivet distillery area, Northern Scotland. Wonderful scenery & great #hydrological ideas. #groundwater #isotopes #stream #temperature

Thank you to prof. Ping Wang and Dr. Mingming Feng for hosting me in Beijing... a very interesting experience! #academic #exchange #hydrology #runoff #catchment

@jansei.bsky.social Now I'm also ready for the Darcy medal! 😂

On my way back from a wonderful week at the Gordon conference! It was nice to meet many friends again! #catchment #climate #soil #runoff #streamflow #complexity #synthesis

Where does #streamflow begin in #headwater #catchments? #Mapping #stream #network #dynamics (under a heavy unexpected #storm) in the Re della Pietra catchment. danielepenna.wixsite.com/redellapietra

#throughfall samplers used for almost 4 years for Matteo Verdone 's PhD #project dismantled in 15 mins! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... danielepenna.wixsite.com/redellapietra @ecohydrologylab.bsky.social @iljavanmeerveld

I always like bringing #students to the #field. They have fun and learn at the same time! #hydrology #discharge #measurements #experimental #catchment danielepenna.wixsite.com/redellapietra

New field evidence on #preferential #flow on #forested #hillslopes at Re della Pietra #catchment. Thank you @quercusilex92.bsky.social @segura-lab.bsky.social @ecohydrologylab.bsky.social and other no-bluesky coauthors. authors.elsevier.com/c/1l6Vj52cui... danielepenna.wixsite.com/redellapietra

It's always fun and instructive to be in the #field with #students. We were in an #experimental #vineyard in Tuscany and took #soil #moisture and #infiltration #measurements, and did quick soil #texture analysis. @PBenettin @ecohydrologylab.bsky.social

After talking about #water - #tree #interactions at @egu.eu 2025 it was nice to see some tree - #soil and tree-tree interactions in the real word. #ecohydrology #plants #forest #isotopes #ecohydrological #processes

I love Vienna's cycling paths... and I love @egu.eu !

Great #workshop organized by Gianluca Botter and Nicola Durighetto @unipd.bsky.social in Padua on #stream network dynamics. And now let's enjoy @egu.eu !

Great day in the Re della Pietra #catchment under no-stop #rain to collect #stream #samples for #isotope, #pH, #alcalinity, #electricalconductivity, and #turbidity, make #discharge measurements ... and to see #hydrological #processes live. Really inspiring for the young researchers and fun!

As a #hydrologist, I love #water... but sometimes #wine is better! @ecohydrologylab.bsky.social : don't you agree?

I'm happy to welcome Simone Gelsinari in our #research group at the University of Florence! Simone starts his position as Marie Slodowska Curie MSCA #researcher today, working on #groundwater #recharge and #evapotranspiration in #Mediterranean #catchments

Today we were in the Re della Pietra #catchment danielepenna.wixsite.com/redellapietra. We installed a new #weather station and showed the site to some private #stakeholders. And this little paper came out right today. rdcu.be/efM8w Congrats @mcmillanhydro.bsky.social and coauthors!

Teaching classical #hydrological concepts and approaches never hurts!

Today, nine years ago, I started my position in Florence and gave my first class as professor. It looks yesterday and a century ago at the same time... #academiclife #academics #teaching #research

Super nice #project meeting in Perugia, Italy, and great discussions with Josie Geris, @quercusilex92.bsky.social and @ecohydrologylab.bsky.social on #stream #water #temperature and #groundwater inflow in #mountain #catchments

Thank you to Barbara Stenni, Mauro Masiol and Enrico Bertuzzo for hosting me at the University of Venice and for the fruitful discussions and future planning on #isotopes in #trees and #grapevines and CO2 dynamics and #stream and #catchment #respiration. #hydrology #ecohydrology

This is how my wife reads #papers & takes notes. She is not in research but reads a lot to keep updated & offer more solid diagnoses to her #patients. I should remind my #students (and perhaps also myself) to consider #catchments as our patients: reading can help us to take "better care" of them!

Working in forest/vegetation-related water science? Please consider submitting your abstract to our session on "Forest Water Dynamics across Spatial and Temporal Scales": meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU25/sessio... Solicited speaker: Noemi Vergopolan (Rice University) @danielepenna.bsky.social

Field survey in Southern Tuscany in an #agroforestry farm. #weather station and #soil #moisture probes installed, and a nice #temporary #stream spotted! #ecohydrology #runoff #hydrology

Summary of my working Friday: - wake up at 6 am - 10 km biking home/train station/dept. - 2.5 hrs work in the train - 4 hrs teaching - 15 min lunch break - 2 hrs in person meetings - 1.5 hrs online meetings. - At home at 9 pm. Luckily, someone invented the weekend (for catching up with emails🙄😉)!

One of the rare occasions my kids think I have a cool job... #academics #research #project #proposal #hydrology

My (few) master students planning an artificial #wetland in the morning and then visiting it in the afternoon: project +field visit = better learning #hydrology #teaching

It was sad to say goodby to Mingming Feng after 1 year of her PhD in #isotope #ecohydrology spent with us at the University of Florence. Interacting with people from other countries and enjoying both their scientific and personal attitude is one of the privileges of being an #academic.

First post here to report scouting activities for a new #experimental #catchment #hydrology #project with #tracers, #isotopes, #hydrometeorological #measurements in the steep Brembo River valley, Lombardy, Northern Italy #water #forest #spring #karst #runoff #groundwater #hillslopes #flow #pathways