🌍 Geospatial data science in 2025 still comes down to two words: foundation models. And over the past months, we’ve had the chance to put that idea into practice for global flood mapping. Summary figures & discussion on Hugging Face: 👉 lnkd.in/euR9DXfX Full technical preprint: 👉 lnkd.in/eYMCZd9e

Join us for the upcoming #EOAgriTwin webinar focusing on the latest progress of our #DigitalTwin Component for agriculture. We will share the current status and demonstrate key capabilities. 📅 13 January 2026, 13:00 Registration: www.eoagritwin.eu/webinar @zalf.bsky.social

Thanks to an amazing network of colleagues and friends, 50% of the funding have been secured already! 🌍🌽💧

Following a field campaign in Gilé National Park, Mozambique, I´ve launched a crowdfunding campaign to support nature conservation by helping farmers improve their production with irrigation: www.gofundme.com/f/fight-pove... Please help make this work and donate or share with friends & family! ❤️

I was on a podcast talking about Common Space: www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQof... I can't stand listening to myself speak, so let me know if i was any good.

Great to see this out - Shupel is a true role model, paving the way for female researchers from northern Nigeria!

Using Remote Sensing and Agro-Ecosystem Modelling 🛰️🌽📈, Esther Shupel Ibrahim analyzes impacts of climate change and diseases on smallholder agriculture in Nigeria and develops strategies to support and empower smallholder farmers. Find out more about her PhD research in this StoryMap: arcg.is/1bG48K

On July 3rd, astronaut Nichole Ayers photographed a rare Gigantic jet from the ISS. These upward directed electrical discharges extend 90-100 km high into the atmosphere. I processed this image from the RAW file, adjusting the white balance, contrast and noise reduction. Full res: flic.kr/p/2rhxqcK

Fascinating ... and a hopeful sign

🌍 🛰️ 🌱 🌽👨🏿‍🌾🛖💻⚙️ Preprint on national-scale satellite-based crop field delineation in smallholder landscapes is out: doi.org/10.48550/arX... 🌍 🛰️ 🌱 🌽👨🏿‍🌾🛖💻⚙️

We have decided to ban the use of GenAI for research, writing & creative work at our organization. In fact, we make people sign an agreement saying that their research, analysis, writing, and creative work are *theirs* and not done by GenAI.

Peer review meltdown in one diagram. Greater emphasis on glamour journals leads people to try their luck with mediocre papers. This drains the review pool (they often have to be re-reviewed elsewhere). That drops the accuracy of peer review, creating more incentive to submit mediocre papers…

U.S. House Subcommittee Rejects Proposed NASA Budget Cuts aviationweek.com/space/budget... #NASA

The data cover 19 EU countries with up to 17 years of annual data. It includes detailed crop codes, farm identifiers, and organic cultivation status—crucial for analysing land-use changes and farming practices

A comprehensive field- and farm-level land-use dataset from the Integrated Administration and Control System (IACS) is now available: doi.org/10.1038/s415... #OpenData #EUAgri #LandUse #SustainableFarming

#LPS25 was a fantastic experience but let´s take a step back and reflect on the potential (and the role) of commercial EO data providers in contributing to pressing #sustainability challenges. Here´s a short recap of arguments from the scientific community: doi.org/10.1073/pnas...

#LPS25 wildE presentation on High resolution reconstructions of Pan-European woody cover timeseries from 1990-2024 by Shawn Schneidereit upcoming in Hall F2 at 11:30h!

🎉 Happy to see that my "Introduction to GIS Programming" book has reached #1 in the Top Books category on Leanpub! 🚀 I've sold 200 copies in just 2 days! Huge thanks to the incredible #geospatial community for your amazing support! 🙏 Check it out: leanpub.com/gispro

Don’t miss EOLab’s contributions to #LPS25 Session A.02.07 - Monitoring Grasslands and Rangelands from Space Part 1 with Dr. Marcel Schwieder at 8:30 Part 2 with @lasseharkort.bsky.social at 11:30 See you at Room 1.34!

SEN4MOZ - @eoafrica-rd.org collaboration between @humboldteolab.bsky.social and Universidade Eduardo Mondlane! Poster presentation by @lennarteichfuss.bsky.social and João Chibue Domingos upcoming at X5 – Poster Area – Zone R. More info: eolab.geographie.hu-berlin.de/research_pro...

Great in-person meeting of the entire SEN4MOZ @eoafrica-rd.org project team at #LPS25! @humboldteolab.bsky.social

#LPS25 poster alert: National scale field delineation in #Mozambique using 1.5m SPOT data, mapping field size & linking to #deforestation. Come by @ Hall X5, Poster S18.

Big day ahead at @esa.int’s #LPS25 with contributions by EOLab's @jakimowb.bsky.social, @philrufin.bsky.social, @lennarteichfuss.bsky.social and many more - come by!

#LPS25 ESA Digital Twin Project EOAgriTwin: Earth Observation based Digital Twin for Resilient Agriculture under Multiple Stressors led by @ggohar.bsky.social @zalf.bsky.social - more info at www.eoagritwin.eu/%E2%80%AC

Brilliant opening statement for #LPS25 - we need to join forces to accelerate the move from more data to more knowledge!

The first #ESA #BIOMASS image was revealed at #LPS25 yesterday. You can find a few more images (like the one attached showing desert structures in Chad) as well as additional information in this article: www.esa.int/Applications...

Join the @esaearth.esa.int project #EOAgriTwin presentation today and also don't miss the Booth Area tomorrow!

Follow our EOAgriTwin project and the latest development in #EarthObservation based #DigitalTwins at #LPS25! Today 14:00 in Hall K1, presentation by @ggohar.bsky.social @zalf.bsky.social @humboldteolab.bsky.social

Humboldt EOLab at #LPS25 in Vienna! We are looking forward to lots of interesting presentations and posters from @hostertp.bsky.social, @ggohar.bsky.social , @kelewinska.bsky.social and many more. Have a look at the full list of EOLab contributions: eolab.geographie.hu-berlin.de/uploads/EOLa....

Read the interview with @guypeer.bsky.social here: www.idiv.de/policy-advic...

Our team @zalf.bsky.social is getting ready for Living Planet Symposium #LPS25! We’ll be presenting work on #DigitalTwin for Agriculture, EO-based drought assessment, peatland monitoring, evapotranspiration, phenology and the link with process based models. 🔗 goharghazary.github.io/zalf-lps2025/

Grateful to Prof. Mia Bennett (@cryopolitics.com ,Univ. of Washington) for stirring questions at today’s EO Lab colloquium. “Pixel Politics” probed who owns the satellites—and the narratives—behind our data. Exposure→engagement→empowerment: roadmap for critical #RemoteSensing

A daunting document outlining, among others, the future of the #Landsat program. Only a bunch of troglodytes could call the Landsat Next 'unaffordable', especially when its budget is like a drop comparing to the US military expenses. www.nasa.gov/wp-content/u...

Can anyone share updates on this?

Ten dead in ‘brutal’ attacks by Isis-linked militants on Mozambique wildlife reserve | Global development One of Africa’s largest protected areas has been shaken by a series of attacks by Islamic State-linked extremists, which have left at least 10 people dead. Conservationists in Niassa reserve,…

Whoa, RIP SO

Pro Tips in here, Kids 👇🏼: Trump’s Biggest “Fuck You” Yet to Higher Education and the Rest of the World open.substack.com/pub/robertre...

We've done it 🥳 Finally, there's a canonical paper on the #qgis project, its history, workings, and challenges: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2666389925001138 Thanks to @timlinux and @mbernasocchi for joining me in trying to tell the QGIS story 💚 #osgeo #gischat #giscience

This may be my new favourite hallucination. Thanks to @arynn.bsky.social for finding

Ju et al. 2025. The Harmonized #Landsat and #Sentinel2 version 2 . 0 surface reflectance dataset. #RSE #HLS www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... -available on cloud; global coverage at 30 m from 2013. -Improvements in geolocation, atmospheric correction, cloud masking, & BRDF correction (NBAR). 🤩

Most scientific figures aim to be clear. But what if they also aimed to be compelling? I love clean, well-structured data visuals — often, they’re exactly what’s needed. But when data is about people — shouldn’t we also show them? #DataVisualization #SciComm @humboldteolab.bsky.social

One of the most fun experiences this year: giving a short lecture on #EarthObservation fundamentals to interested #GirlsDay high-school students!

Congratulations to Tejas Bhagwat on successfully defending his PhD with excellent results! Inspiring work on land-use change and birds in the Central Asian #flyway, through the annual cycle, skillfully combining remote sensing, fieldwork and stats.

📣In our new paper we analyzed the impact of #Landsat and #Sentinel-2 🛰️ #satellite data density and SMA endmembers on trends in #grasslands ground cover: - for monthly composites data density is irrelevant - correct endmember definitions are critical‼️ Check out the full paper tinyurl.com/wha6pzax

📣Our global 🌍 overview of usable Landsat and Sentinel-2 🛰️ data now comprises also information from 2024! The complete 1982-2024 dataset can be browsed via a #GEE app: tinyurl.com/322e63p2 and downloaded from here: doi.org/10.5061/drya...

Sub-Saharan Africa | Unlocking commercial satellite image archives could boost SDG research across the continent. Improved access supports climate monitoring, land use tracking, and biodiversity conservation—critical tools for data-driven action in the region.

"Usefulness is only a byproduct of privacy invasion." On the "The candid naivety of geeks" by @ploum https://ploum.net/2025-03-28-geeks-naivety.html #tech #technology #iot #privacy #surveillancecapitalism

This is maybe even more relevant today. Just change "is on the moon" to "is building AGI" or "is going to Mars." www.youtube.com/watch?v=goh2...