Sunrise viewed through a natural red rock arch over a winding river in a rugged landscape. In the foreground, the European Union and Australian flags are displayed side by side above the text ‘EU-AUSTRALIA’ and ‘HORIZON EUROPE.’

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The EU and Australia open negotiations on Australia’s association to Horizon Europe — the world’s largest and most prestigious research and innovation funding programme.

Read more: link.europa.eu/4VQthN

@scienceinnovation.ec.europa.eu

The whole site is covered by up to 4cm of water.

After 2.7m of rain so far this wet season the @litchfieldsss.org (North Australian Satellite Validation Facility) has become a lake.

Freedom!

... and that's why you cannot trust AI

😂 It is very sad but I just can't stop laughing about their excuse. Sorry!

Airborne microplastics enter plant leaves and end up in our food Evidence for a previously overlooked route for microplastics to enter crops and reach plant tissues has implications for ecology and human health.

Evidence for a previously overlooked route for microplastics to enter crops and reach plant tissues has implications for ecology and human health

go.nature.com/49fkoH6

New Research Highlights Co-Location as Key to Reducing Sampling Bias in eLTER Research Infrastructure The Integrated European Long-Term Ecosystem, critical zone and socio-ecological Research Infrastructure (eLTER RI) is pleased to announce the publication of a significant study on the potential of co-...

Ohnemus et al. demonstrate co-location, the strategic integration of multiple research infrastructures at the same in-situ facility, can significantly reduce sampling bias, enhancing the geographical and thematic representativeness of infrastructures. #eLTERcommunity
www.elter-ri.eu/news/new-res...

Together with @dlr-en.bsky.social we are trying to schedule EnMAP data captures to get hyperspectral imagery of these active fires.

BTW I guess you meant west of TC

Looks like the fires have created some massive pyrocumulonimbus clouds.

FYI we are operating one of the Blitzortung lightning detection stations here in Darwin helping to ensure good coverage of Northern Australia.

Simulation framework for solar-induced fluorescence retrieval and application to DESIS and HyPlant Fluorescence light emitted by chlorophyll in plants is a direct probe of the photosynthetic process and can be used to continuously monitor vegetation…

Our paper on "Simulation framework for solar-induced fluorescence retrieval and application to DESIS and HyPlant" has been published www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

When you clean for hours and then get reminded you have kids..

Current Vacancies

I am currently advertising a new 3-year research position in my TerraLuma team: Research Associate in Drone Field Operations (Academic Level A)

The position will support the Terrestrial Ecosystem Research Network’s (@TERN_Aus) Dronescape project.

careers.utas.edu.au/cw/en/job/50...

Very complex pattern driven by fuel availability and variable winds. Always fascinating.

Had a great week at the Living Planet Symposium 2025 (#lps25) in Vienna. It was great to meet people I hadn't meet for a long time or not in person at all and make new contacts. Thanks for organising @esa.int! Well done!

Amazing differences within the EU.

Via prof. Marco te Brömmelstroet on LinkedIn.
NB: 2019 data.

Science’s ‘Gollum effect’: PhDs bear brunt of territorial behaviour Survey respondents at all career stages report colleagues engaging in territorial and possessive behaviours — but early-career researchers are most often affected.

💍 The Gollum Effect: possessive behaviours, attempts to undermine others, and efforts to restrict access to data, resources or opportunities

https://go.nature.com/4mnqGZW

Getting ready for the #fire season. Removing fuel around leaf litter traps @litchfieldsss.org #NorthAustralianSatelliteValidationFacility #NASVF

Being connected to the internet allowed a firmware upgrade which improved the UI. So this allows them to ship an unfinished (at least on the software side) product.

The information is available in the app. But I don't want to have to grab my phone and open an app when I stand in front of the machine. After all I have to load and unload it manually, anyway. The app doesn't do that for me.

I completely agree. Adding to what you have said: We have a model with a display. So we can start all(?) programs incl rinse locally on the machine. But despite having a display with fancy symbols for wash cycle, dry cycle, WiFi connection etc. the machine does not display the remaining run time.

The Commodore 64, released in 1982, is one of the ones we keep hearing got many people their start in their own computing history.

Extensive phytoplankton bloom east of the Great Australian Bight, brought about by seasonal upwelling.

Large ephemeral lakes in Northern Australia flooded in 2023, retaining enough water to remain filled through the 2024-25 wet season. NASA #MODIS imagery shows the evolution between Nov 2022 & Nov 2024. A natural-color #Landsat 8 image shows the extent on Oct 30, 2024.
go.nasa.gov/4fWitbI

Reminder about our funded PhD opportunity on dual-wavelength laser scanning for estimating chlorophyll content & vegetation health. Based at @unisouthampton.bsky.social under the IGNITE NERC DLA with supervision from Jadu Dash, Jo Nield and myself. Further details: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Here is an example of #DESIS "truecolor" and corresponding #SIF image. Now on to showing why it is working (many people thought it wouldn't work with DESIS) and what the #uncertainties are. The secret is in understanding how the sensor works.

Entrance to DLR Oberpfaffenhofen

At @dlr-next.bsky.social Oberpfaffenhofen again to continue our work on retrieval of solar induced fluorescence ( #SIF) from #hyperspectral #DESIS data. Testing #SIF retrieval, investigating retrieval uncertainties and developing a #DESIS sensor error model.