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Atmosphere-Biosphere-Coupling, Climate & Causality @abcube.bsky.social · 29/09/2026

📢 New paper alert! 📢 New paper with contributions from our group! Wenli Zhao et al. investigate the mechanisms underlying evaporative fraction dynamics using an explainable ML model that explicitly incorporates the system memory. Full paper: hess.copernicus.org/articles/30/... #ML #EcoHydrology

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Atmosphere-Biosphere-Coupling, Climate & Causality @abcube.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

📅 Fri, 08 May | 08:55–09:05 CEST |📍 Room 2.15 Global Climate and Vegetation Controls on Evapotranspiration Change Revealed by Budyko-informed Machine Learning 🎤 Talk by Yao Li et al. | EGU26-1067

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Atmosphere-Biosphere-Coupling, Climate & Causality @abcube.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

📅 Fri, 08 May | 09:25–09:35 CEST |📍 Room 0.14 The impact of vegetation response to CO2 on energy fluxes at Earth's surface and top of atmosphere 🎤 Talk by Niels Behr et al. | EGU26-9120

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Atmosphere-Biosphere-Coupling, Climate & Causality @abcube.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

📅 Fri, 08 May | 14:00–15:45 CEST |📍 Hall X1.95 A Generative Framework for Vegetation–Weather Interactions and Extreme Response Analysis Poster by Maurício Lima et al. | EGU26-21461

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Atmosphere-Biosphere-Coupling, Climate & Causality @abcube.bsky.social · 07/05/2026

Wrapping up our #EGU26 with two talks and one poster presentation tomorrow! Details in the comments⬇️

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Atmosphere-Biosphere-Coupling, Climate & Causality @abcube.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

📅 Thu, 07 May | 08:30–10:15 CEST |📍 Hall X1.38 TRENDY-Emulator: A Bias-Corrected Deep Learning Emulator of Terrestrial Carbon and Water Dynamics Poster by Eamon Nils O Cathain et al. | EGU26-21719

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Atmosphere-Biosphere-Coupling, Climate & Causality @abcube.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

📅 Thu, 07 May | 16:15–18:00 CEST |📍 Hall X1 Reconstructing Atmospheric CO2 with Flow Matching Models Poster by Jonathan Groß et al. | EGU26-15228

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Atmosphere-Biosphere-Coupling, Climate & Causality @abcube.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

📅 Thu, 07 May | 09:50–10:00 CEST |📍 Room B Disentangle the individual effects of eCO2 on ET across vegetation types 🎤 Talk by Jinfeng Zhao et al. | EGU26-17825

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Atmosphere-Biosphere-Coupling, Climate & Causality @abcube.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

📅 Thu, 07 May | 15:35–15:45 CEST |📍 Room 1.14 Mechanistic Interpretability for Mapping Ecosystem Functioning 🎤 Talk by @vitusbenson.bsky.social et al. | EGU26-20910

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Atmosphere-Biosphere-Coupling, Climate & Causality @abcube.bsky.social · 06/05/2026

Our #EGU26 contributions for tomorrow! ⬇️ Three exciting talks & posters—details in the comments 👇

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Atmosphere-Biosphere-Coupling, Climate & Causality @abcube.bsky.social · 05/05/2026

Our #EGU26 contribution for tomorrow🌍 🗓️ Wed 06 May | 17:30–17:40 CEST |📍 Room L3 Mixed Land Cover Maximizes Surface Cooling in India: An ICON Model Energy-Balance Attribution Study Talk by Jyoti Sharma et al. | EGU26-12652

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Atmosphere-Biosphere-Coupling, Climate & Causality @abcube.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

📅 Mon, 04 May | 16:55–17:05 CEST |📍 Room 0.14 A novel data-driven phenology model reveals how and why seasonal timing shifts under climate change 🎤 Talk by Christian Reimers et al. | EGU26-16670

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Atmosphere-Biosphere-Coupling, Climate & Causality @abcube.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

📅 Mon, 04 May | 09:10–09:20 CEST |📍 Room N1 Widespread Shift in the Seasonal Phase of Long-Term and Multi-Site Atmospheric CO2 Observations 🎤 Talk by @dhafezirachti.bsky.social et al. | EGU26-19942

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Atmosphere-Biosphere-Coupling, Climate & Causality @abcube.bsky.social · 03/05/2026

Kicking off our #EGU26 contributions tomorrow! We’re excited to share two talks from our group — details below 👇

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Atmosphere-Biosphere-Coupling, Climate & Causality @abcube.bsky.social · 24/03/2026

📢 Two new preprints from the #PhenoFeedBacks project! 🍃🔄🌍 A synthesis and perspective of #phenology–#climate #feedbacks with coupled ESM runs + a data-driven analysis (EO & reanalysis) quantifying surface energy flux sensitivities across northern lands. tinyurl.com/33zmpa9t tinyurl.com/y6snxhsc

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Max-Planck Caltech Carnegie Columbia (MC³) Center @mc-3.bsky.social · 26/01/2026

🎉 Big news! Our new website is officially live! 🌐 Our updated digital home offers insights into our ongoing research, collaborations, and opportunities at the Center and beyond. 🔗 Visit us at: mc-3.org We invite you to explore the new website and learn more about our work!

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Max-Planck Caltech Carnegie Columbia (MC³) Center @mc-3.bsky.social · 17/12/2025

🗓️ One month left to submit your abstracts for EGU26! 🌍 Max Planck Caltech Carnegie Columbia Center (MC3 4 Earth) hosts one of this year's sessions at European Geosciences Union’s General Assembly: "The Living Land: Land‑Mediated Feedbacks in the Earth System" (ITS1.18/BG10.1).

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Atmosphere-Biosphere-Coupling, Climate & Causality @abcube.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

📢 New paper alert! 📢 Can Deep Learning (DL) models reliably extrapolate to unseen climatic conditions? We test whether various DL architectures successfully extrapolate both spatially and temporally in a controlled setting that mimics real-world complexity. Full paper: tinyurl.com/2ezxcxnr #ML #AI

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Atmosphere-Biosphere-Coupling, Climate & Causality @abcube.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

📢 New paper from our group! 🎉 We integrate pre-trained neural networks into the ICON-ESM land surface model (JSBACH4) and show that hybrid modeling can improve simulated water and carbon fluxes, especially under varying atmospheric dryness and water availability. Read more: tinyurl.com/yffnp9ch

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Atmosphere-Biosphere-Coupling, Climate & Causality @abcube.bsky.social · 01/12/2025

New paper with Victor Brovkin and Alexander J. Winkler! 🎉 We explore idealized esm-flat10 experiments and find, among other things, that most models exhibit a quasi-linear relationship between cumulative carbon uptake on land and in the ocean. Read more: esd.copernicus.org/articles/16/...

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Atmosphere-Biosphere-Coupling, Climate & Causality @abcube.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

Chunhui Zhan was supervised by Dr. Alexander J. Winkler, Prof. Dr. René Orth (@hydrorth-lab.bsky.social), Prof. Dr. Markus Reichstein (@reichstein-bgc.bsky.social), Prof. Dr. Sönke Zaehle, and Prof. Dr. Anja Rammig (@anjarammig.bsky.social).

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Atmosphere-Biosphere-Coupling, Climate & Causality @abcube.bsky.social · 13/10/2025

@chunhuizhan.bsky.social successfully defended her PhD thesis, “The Effect of Elevated Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide on the Terrestrial Carbon and Water Cycle.” 🎉 Huge congratulations, Dr. Chunhui Zhan! 🎉

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ELLIS unit Jena @ellisunitjena.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

🌍 @ellis.eu #SummerSchool2025 in Jena on AI for Earth & Climate Sciences is underway 👩🏼‍🎓140 PhD students, 👨🏻‍💻13 keynote speakers & 🧑🏼‍🏫 23 tutors are diving into keynotes, hands-on sessions & collaborative projects—bridging #ML & geosciences 🌿🤖 www.ellis-jena.eu/summer-schoo...

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Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry @bgc-jena.mpg.de · 04/09/2025

🇬🇧 Congratulations on receiving the ERC Starting Grant and best of luck with your work, Alexander Winkler! 🥳 💪 📃 more about his research: buff.ly/HJfuONf #ERCStG @erc.europa.eu @abcube.bsky.social Image: © Claire Robin

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Max-Planck Caltech Carnegie Columbia (MC³) Center @mc-3.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

What an incredibly productive and exciting week at the MC3 4 Earth Center! 🎉 From 18th to 22nd of August, the members and affiliates of the Center gathered at Harnack Haus in Berlin to discuss the newest research in the field and develop plans for tackling emerging research questions together!

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Max-Planck Caltech Carnegie Columbia (MC³) Center @mc-3.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

📣 Big things are happening behind the scenes at MC3 4 Earth Center! 📣 We’re gearing up for our upcoming workshop “The Living Land” where members and affiliates from across the Center will discuss hot-off-the-press research on land-surface/climate interactions! We are looking forward to it!

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Atmosphere-Biosphere-Coupling, Climate & Causality @abcube.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

New paper from our group! Winkler & Sierra propose a new path forward to Impulse Response Functions (IRFs) for Earth system modeling—capturing time- and state-dependencies critical for understanding carbon–climate feedbacks. 🌍🌀 Read more in Geophysical Research Letters: tinyurl.com/bdff3b6y

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Glen Peters @glenpeters.bsky.social · 06/05/2025

Updated fossil CO2 emission estimates from @robbieandrew.bsky.social Based on the latest data, we estimate fossil CO2 emissions went up 0.9% in 2024. Listen to his presentation here (starting about 8:55): cicero.oslo.no/no/arrangeme... 1/

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Atmosphere-Biosphere-Coupling, Climate & Causality @abcube.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

Wrapping up our #EGU25 with one last talk tomorrow! 📅 Fri, 02 May | 09:35–09:45 CEST |📍 Room 2.95 Space versus Time: Better Spatial Representation in Training Beats Longer Time Series for Predicting Global Land Carbon Uptake Variability 🎤 Talk by @dhafezirachti.bsky.social et al. | EGU25-12808

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Saganism @sagan.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

40 Years ago Carl Sagan knew about Climate change and he was so aware of it's impact on Nature more than us we do right now.

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Atmosphere-Biosphere-Coupling, Climate & Causality @abcube.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

📅 Thu, 01 May | 16:15–18:00 CEST |📍 Hall X4 | X4.79 HYPE-CAFE: Towards a Hybrid Model for Improved Marine Primary Production Estimates 📌 Poster by Júlia Crespin et al. | EGU25-19488

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Atmosphere-Biosphere-Coupling, Climate & Causality @abcube.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

📅 Thu, 01 May | 11:25–11:35 CEST |📍 Room 0.14 Phenology's Net Cooling Effect as Feedback to Global Warming 🎤 Talk by Alexander J. Winkler and the PhenoFeedBacks Team | EGU25-19629

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Atmosphere-Biosphere-Coupling, Climate & Causality @abcube.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

📅 Thu, 01 May | 10:45–12:30 CEST |📍 Hall X1 | X1.45 Hybrid-Modeling of Land-Atmosphere Fluxes Using Machine Learning integrated in the ICON-ESM Modeling Framework 📌 Poster by Reda ElGhawi et al. | EGU25-4000

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Atmosphere-Biosphere-Coupling, Climate & Causality @abcube.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

📅 Thu, 01 May | 10:45–12:30 CEST | Hall X1 | X1.56 Phenology-Driven Changes in Controls of the Surface Energy Balance Across Different Extratropical Ecosystems 📌 Poster by Olivia Hau et al. | EGU25-19775

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Atmosphere-Biosphere-Coupling, Climate & Causality @abcube.bsky.social · 30/04/2025

Our #EGU25 contributions for tomorrow! ⬇️ Four exciting talks & posters—details in the comments 👇

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Atmosphere-Biosphere-Coupling, Climate & Causality @abcube.bsky.social · 29/04/2025

Our #EGU25 contribution for tomorrow: 🌍 🗓️ Wed, 30 Apr | 16:15–18:00 CEST |📍 Hall X5 | Poster X5.93 📊 Recalibrating neural network estimates of net ecosystem exchange in a Bayesian synthesis inversion Poster by @vitusbenson.bsky.social et al. | EGU25-17329

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Atmosphere-Biosphere-Coupling, Climate & Causality @abcube.bsky.social · 28/04/2025

Excited for our first #EGU25 talk tomorrow! 🎤 🗓️ Tue, 29 Apr | 10:55–11:05 CEST | Room C 🌍 Limitations of Machine Learning Models in Extrapolating to a Changing Climate Talk by Reimers et al. (presented by Alexander J. Winkler) | EGU25-16360

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Atmosphere-Biosphere-Coupling, Climate & Causality @abcube.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

Deadline: Jan 31, 2026. agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/hub/journal/...

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Atmosphere-Biosphere-Coupling, Climate & Causality @abcube.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

📢 Call for Papers 📢 Geophysical Research Letters and Water Resources Research invite submissions for the Special Issue: Agrohydrological Processes Under Global Change! Topics: Sustainable water management, agrohydrological processes in a changing climate, sociohydrological dynamics, … . Submit now!

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Atmosphere-Biosphere-Coupling, Climate & Causality @abcube.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Éamon Ó Catháin is joining us for his master’s thesis entitled “Physically aware, observationally constrained estimates of the land carbon sink and its major drivers.” He will develop a deep learning emulator of an ensemble of land-surface models and nudge to observations using transfer learning!

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Atmosphere-Biosphere-Coupling, Climate & Causality @abcube.bsky.social · 01/04/2025

We’re looking for another Scientific Coordinator (part time 80%) for the Max-Planck-Caltech-Carnegie-Columbia (MC³) Center for Earth science research @mc-3.bsky.social: Team coordination, project monitoring, planning of events & outreach activities! 📅 Apply by April 11: tinyurl.com/2s3r96my

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European Geosciences Union (EGU) @egu.eu · 03/03/2025

Hello Bluesky! EGU is pleased to be able to activate our account here, and share all the exciting news about the upcoming General Assembly: #EGU25, our #OpenAccess publications and more! Several of our Divisions will be making the move over from Twitter/X too, so keep an eye out for your favourites!

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Atmosphere-Biosphere-Coupling, Climate & Causality @abcube.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

Mauricio Lima starts as a new PhD student in the group. Mauricio previously worked with river routing (@caltech.edu) and climate downscaling using machine learning models. In his PhD he will be exploring extreme events within the land-atmosphere coupled system through diffusion models.

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Atmosphere-Biosphere-Coupling, Climate & Causality @abcube.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Dr. Praveen Kumar joins our group as a postdoctoral researcher. His current research focuses on tree mortality analysis using machine learning and deep learning models to identify key environmental and physiological triggers responsible for tree mortality.

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ELLIS unit Jena @ellisunitjena.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

🌍🤖 Join us for the 9th session of the AI for Earth and Sustainability Science Webinar Series! 📅 12 February 2025 ⏰ 17:00 - 18:00 CET, Geneva 📚 Topic: Adapting Machine Learning for Atmosphere-Biosphere Coupling in Earth System Models 🔗: aiforgood.itu.int/event/adapti...

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ELLIS unit Jena @ellisunitjena.bsky.social · 03/02/2025

🚀 Registration Now Open for the @ELLISforEurope Summer School: AI for Earth & Climate Sciences! 🌍🤖 Join us in Jena, Germany from September 1–5, 2025 📅 Apply now through March 31. Notifications by April. 🔗 www.ellis-jena.eu/summer-schoo... 🎯 @uni-jena.de, @MPI-BGC, @carlzeissstiftung.bsky.social

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ELLIS unit Jena @ellisunitjena.bsky.social · 28/12/2024

🌍 Exciting news! Jena is one of seven units hosting an @ellis.eu #SummerSchool in 2025! 📅 Sep 1-5🌿We´ll focus on "AI for Earth and Climate Sciences". www.ellis-jena.eu/summer-schoo... Stay tuned - more infos will be shared in January!

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AI4PEX @ai4pex.bsky.social · 21/01/2025

💡 New Preprint! Find out how recent significant improvements of ESMValTool allows a more effective evaluation of complex #ESMs and high-resolution models while needing less computational resources. 👉 Join the discussion: gmd.copernicus.org/preprints/gm... @schlunma.bsky.social

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Max-Planck Caltech Carnegie Columbia (MC³) Center @mc-3.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

We have an open call for PhD positions! The positions are at the Max Planck Institute for Biogeochemistry in Jena, Germany - but you will have the opportunity to stay with one of our partners during your PhD. Take a look at the offered projects 👉 mc-3.org/research-pro... #ClimateResearchNet

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Atmosphere-Biosphere-Coupling, Climate & Causality @abcube.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

@dhafezirachti.bsky.social has been awarded twice for his bachelor thesis and for the follow-up research that he carried out in ABC3. He received the 1st prize of the Young Climate Scientist Award 2024 and the EGU OSPP Award for his EGU 2024 poster. www.bgc-jena.mpg.de/en/news-bach...

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