Reposted by Kit MacleodUK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) @ukceh.bsky.social · 23/02/2026📢 Applications open soon for a FREE online course on Data-driven Approaches to Hydrological Science. Running in July, this is for postgrad students, ECRs and professionals in consultancies, monitoring agencies & related industries seeking to strengthen skills. 🧪 hydro-jules.org/data-driven-... 1117
Reposted by Kit MacleodUK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) @ukceh.bsky.social · 20/11/2025Key findings: • 42% loss of rough grassland, heath and wetland since 1930 • Pastures and meadows reduced by 29% • Arable land up by one third by 1990 • Urban areas rose from 13% to 20% A fresh perspective on how our landscapes changed over 90 years www.ceh.ac.uk/press/maps-c... 3/ #LandUseceh.ac.ukMaps created by 1960s schoolchildren provide new insights into habitat lossesA new study of 1960s maps, many of which were created by young people, has provided important fresh evidence of the timing and extent of habitat losses caused by agricultural intensification and urban... 1155
Reposted by Kit MacleodScottish Association for Marine Science (SAMS) @samsocean.bsky.social · 12/11/2025We did it! A successful Crowdfunder will see the development our table-top game Drones & Droids.🤖 As well as being available to anyone to buy after we've honoured our fundraiser commitments, copies of the game will be given to local schools. www.sams.ac.uk/news/sams-ne...sams.ac.ukCrowdfunder success prepares ocean robotics game for launchSchools in Argyll and Bute to receive copies of the game 011
Kit Macleod @kitmacleod.bsky.social · 19/11/2025Maybe Climate Action Tracker updates could be required reading for all. Complicated information clearly presented. There is hope, see what has been achieved since 2015. A long way to go before a sustainable future is achieved @climateactiontracker.org climateactiontracker.org/publications... 050
Reposted by Kit MacleodUK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) @ukceh.bsky.social · 04/11/2025We were pleased to have been part of #CaSTCo, helping advance collaborative river monitoring across England and Wales. As well as the new Impact Report, a companion document offers an ambitious vision for the future: castco.org/roadmap #RiverRecovery 3/3 001
Reposted by Kit MacleodUK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) @ukceh.bsky.social · 04/11/2025The #CaSTCo project shows how community data can drive decisions on river management in England & Wales. UKCEH co-led work on data management with Rivers Trust colleagues, developing CaSTCo Data Governance Principles & supporting best practice in citizen science. 🔗 castco.org/impact-report 🧪 1/ 184
Kit Macleod @kitmacleod.bsky.social · 04/11/2025I enjoyed working with the #CaSTCo #citizen-science community to learn about their needs (related to data; from collection to use). One of our outputs, was a set of data governance principles. Read more in impact report. @theriverstrust.bsky.social @ukceh.bsky.social castco.org/impact-report/ 020
Kit Macleod @kitmacleod.bsky.social · 04/11/2025Great to see UK river #citizen-science impact report #CaSTCo published. Telling all about the community's achievements. @ukceh.bsky.social @waterrangers.bsky.social @theriverstrust.bsky.social @riverflies.bsky.social castco.org/impact-report/castco.orgImpact Report - CastCoContents of this report Section 1: Working together CaSTCo’s strength came from the network that surrounded and supported it. Collaboration flourished through shared research, national... 020
Kit Macleod @kitmacleod.bsky.social · 29/10/2025Learn from Simon about impressive #FDRI efforts to provide quality controlled near-real time data on how our catchments/rivers are responding hydrologically. 020
Reposted by Kit MacleodUK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) @ukceh.bsky.social · 23/10/2025📣 Great news for UK hydrology! The UK Floods and Droughts Research Infrastructure (FDRI) has announced release of two new datasets: UK-Flow15 and CAMELS-GB v2. They provide access to sub-daily river flow and hydrometeorological data across 100s of UK catchments 🔗 fdri.org.uk/news/new-hyd... 1/ 🧪 11910
Reposted by Kit MacleodUK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) @ukceh.bsky.social · 23/10/2025🎥 Our new webinar introduces UK-Flow15 and CAMELS-GB v2 and shares what’s next for FDRI data. Watch here 👉 youtu.be/JMZYzlLA_h8 Thanks to all the partners and the community effort making these datasets possible 👏🏼 #FDRI #Hydrology #EnvironmentalScienceyoutu.beFDRI: Large-sample hydrology data webinarYouTube video by UKCEH 166
Reposted by Kit MacleodElement 84 @element84.com · 15/10/2025If you're tired of infinite social media scroll, but still want to stay up to date on all things geospatial, tech innovation, & E84, subscribe to our newsletter! The most recent edition just hit inboxes last week! Check it out & subscribe: mailchi.mp/b55202161651... 001
Kit Macleod @kitmacleod.bsky.social · 16/10/2025Thanks to these key individuals to helping #FDRI improving knowledge of floods and droughts. 031
Reposted by Kit MacleodCarbon Brief @carbonbrief.org · 16/10/2025NEW – Global wildfires burned an area of land larger than India in 2024 | @orladwyer.carbonbrief.org @yaninequiroz.bsky.social @ayeshatandon.carbonbrief.org @giulianaviglione.bsky.social Read here: buff.ly/AQ99WCO 12919
Kit Macleod @kitmacleod.bsky.social · 16/10/2025Learning about a wide range of meteorological and soil sensor systems from members of the excellent @ukceh.bsky.social #FDRI team. 020
Kit Macleod @kitmacleod.bsky.social · 16/10/2025An enjoyable day with @ukceh.bsky.social Floods and Droughts Research Infrastructure #FDRI field and digital colleagues exploring data collection on the banks of the River Thames. 021
Reposted by Kit MacleodUK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) @ukceh.bsky.social · 10/10/2025Coming soon on Counting the Earth... 🔥 We discuss the changing nature of wildfires with UKCEH fire scientist Dr Doug Kelley. And we're at Holt Heath in Dorset, scene of a devastating wildfire in August, to talk to Dorset & Wiltshire Fire Service. 🎧🧪 Subscribe on your favourite #podcast provider! 0108
Reposted by Kit MacleodSimon Willison @simonwillison.net · 07/10/2025Is the term "vibe engineering" kind of stupid, leaning into the gatekeeping distinction between "coders" and "real software engineers" It absolutely is. That's why I think it might stick! 6392
Kit Macleod @kitmacleod.bsky.social · 07/10/2025"We will produce actionable guidance, including a white paper and updated tools, to help repositories, funders, and policymakers strengthen data infrastructure and build resilience against future crises." 010
Reposted by Kit MacleodIPBES @ipbes.net · 07/10/2025🌍🔥 Climate change fuels insecurity—from resource conflicts to forced migration. @unep.org explains how climate adaptation & peacebuilding can go hand in hand to build resilience. Learn more:https://www.unep.org/topics/disasters-and-conflicts/environment-security/climate-change-and-security-risks 0257
Reposted by Kit MacleodSimon Willison @simonwillison.net · 06/10/2025Decided to live blog this morning's OpenAI DevDay announcements, since I'm in the audience simonwillison.net/2025/Oct/6/o...simonwillison.netOpenAI DevDay 2025 live blogI’m at OpenAI DevDay in Fort Mason, San Francisco today. As I did last year, I’m going to be live blogging the announcements from the kenote. Unlike last year, this … 2346
Reposted by Kit MacleodKyle Barron @kylebarron.dev · 18/09/2025New Lonboard release and new demo! Integrating marimo and Apache DataFusion to visualize the NYC taxi dataset. developmentseed.org/lonboard/lat... 1113
Reposted by Kit MacleodAndy Pavlo @andypavlo.bsky.social · 01/10/2025Our SIGMOD paper with our friends at Tsinghua + @wesmckinney.com + @pateljm.bsky.social on creating a next generation open-source data file format is out. F3 is a future-proof file format avoids the mistakes of Parquet. 📄 Paper: db.cs.cmu.edu/papers/2025/... 📁 Code: github.com/future-file-... 46921
Kit Macleod @kitmacleod.bsky.social · 24/09/2025Learning about UK flood hydrology roadmap at #HydroJULES @ukceh.bsky.social Royal Society meeting. 022
Kit Macleod @kitmacleod.bsky.social · 24/09/2025Panel about "Whose data we can trust?" Great to hear different perspectives on challenges and needs. #CaSTCo river citizen science data. 000
Kit Macleod @kitmacleod.bsky.social · 24/09/2025Alfie and Josh talking about the challenges of community citizen science data #CaSTCo @odihq.bsky.social 000
Kit Macleod @kitmacleod.bsky.social · 24/09/2025Lots of sharing citizen science experiences from across the individual river trusts @theriverstrust.bsky.social #CaSTCo 000
Kit Macleod @kitmacleod.bsky.social · 24/09/2025Fascinating panel about taking #CaSTCo river citizen science data roadmap ahead. Great to the themes in the questions from the audience about funding, lessons learned, trust etc. 000
Reposted by Kit MacleodUK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) @ukceh.bsky.social · 19/09/2025The report stresses the cascading impacts of too much or too little water on economies and society. Future reports will include more data, supported by initiatives like the Global Hydrological Status and Outlook System (HydroSOS), coordinated by UKCEH. 🔗 wmo.int/publication-... 2/ #StateOfWater 122
Reposted by Kit MacleodUK Environmental Change Network @ukecn.bsky.social · 19/09/2025The long-term monitoring addressed in this review is wide-ranging and includes that undertaken by the UK Environmental Change Network. Please take some time to share your views. The closing date is 9am (UK time) on 29th September. 026
Reposted by Kit MacleodGBIF @gbif.org · 24/09/2025🐍 Scaling up biodiversity data access ✨#VertNet launches a GBIF hosted portal! Run by a dedicated volunteer network, VertNet plays a vital role in mobilizing biodiversity datasets worldwide. 🌍 🔗 Explore the new portal: gbif.link/VertNet 021
Reposted by Kit MacleodECMWF @ecmwf.int · 22/09/2025New science blog: Tim Hewson introduces a new type of forecast map which enables users to visualise the information content of sub-seasonal forecasts like never before. ➡️ www.ecmwf.int/en/about/med... 0164
Kit Macleod @kitmacleod.bsky.social · 24/09/2025Jesse taking us through the #CaSTCo citizen science roadmap @theriverstrust.bsky.social @ukceh.bsky.social for national consistent approach to citizen science data as trusted data to support decision making. 000
Kit Macleod @kitmacleod.bsky.social · 24/09/2025A glorious time with friends and family including Brexit (dog) in the Cairngorms. 000
Kit Macleod @kitmacleod.bsky.social · 24/09/2025A fun day in London (after two days in the Cairngorms), at @theriverstrust.bsky.social CaStCo Citizen Science meeting (here Michelle and other talking about achievements over past 3 years). Then off to @ukceh.bsky.social meeting at the Royal Society. 000
Kit Macleod @kitmacleod.bsky.social · 19/09/2025Gore on how Chine has taken ober from US on environmental transition through listent to their scientists techcrunch.com/2025/09/16/a...techcrunch.comAl Gore on China's climate rise: 'I would not have seen this coming’ | TechCrunchAl Gore and Lila Preston of Generation Investment Management talked with TechCrunch about recent headlines, including the tech industry's growing appetite for rare earth minerals, how the AI boom's de... 000
Kit Macleod @kitmacleod.bsky.social · 17/09/2025A lovely setting for @climatecocentre.bsky.social meeting in Belfast 010
Reposted by Kit MacleodSimon Willison @simonwillison.net · 15/09/2025A flurry of new releases from OpenAI today under the Codex brand, including a new GPT-5-Codex speciality coding model simonwillison.net/2025/Sep/15/...simonwillison.netGPT‑5-Codex and upgrades to CodexOpenAI half-released a new model today: GPT‑5-Codex, a fine-tuned GPT-5 variant explicitly designed for their various AI-assisted programming tools. I say half-released because it's not yet available ... 5414
Kit Macleod @kitmacleod.bsky.social · 17/09/2025David Wallace-Wells "Paris has given way to something much more old-fashioned:an atavistic age of competition, renewed rivalry and the increasingly naked logic of national self-interest, on energy and warming as with everything else" Me: not what future generations need in terms of a stable climate 010
Reposted by Kit MacleodCopernicus ECMWF @copernicusecmwf.bsky.social · 15/09/2025Meet the team behind a decade of global climate updates, from scientists to analysts and technical experts. These are the people transforming climate data into actionable insight in the monthly #C3S Climate Bulletin. Read the article climate.copernicus.eu/ten-years-c3... 01710
Kit Macleod @kitmacleod.bsky.social · 17/09/2025@wilsonchan.bsky.social presenting @ukceh.bsky.social @climatecocentre.bsky.social early work with water utility stakeholders 030
Kit Macleod @kitmacleod.bsky.social · 17/09/2025Hearing about the importance of research and evidence to support Northern Ireland policies, and key role of @climatecocentre.bsky.social . @ukceh.bsky.social colleagues are part of the Co-Centre community 020
Kit Macleod @kitmacleod.bsky.social · 16/09/2025Useful read about responsible AI for people and the planet 000
Reposted by Kit MacleodUK Data Service @ukdataservice.bsky.social · 04/09/2025Many of the keynote speeches at #RSS2025 have been very insightful to over 900 attendees, from over 50 countries. Claire Miller, from @uofglasgow.bsky.social talked about working with @glasgowcitycouncil.bsky.social to transform Glasgow into a climate resilient city. www.linkedin.com/feed/update/...linkedin.com#rss2025 | UK Data ServiceMany of the keynote speeches that have taken place over the last few days at #RSS2025 have been very insightful to the audience of over 900 people, from more than 50 countries around the world. Clair... 002
Kit Macleod @kitmacleod.bsky.social · 16/09/2025On my way (train, bus, ferry...) to the @climatecocentre.bsky.social annual meeting. Looking forward to catching up with a range of colleagues incl @jamiehannahydro.bsky.social and enjoy a couple of nights in Belfast. 010
Reposted by Kit MacleodWilson Chan @wilsonchan.bsky.social · 09/09/2025📢 New paper! Events like the winter 2023/24 floods are wetter with higher river flows due to climate change. A worst-case “storyline” shows flows could be even higher - anticipating UNSEEN extremes is vital for adaptation. 🔗: doi.org/10.1088/1748... @ukceh.bsky.social @climatecocentre.bsky.socialdoi.orgRiver flow amplification under climate change: attribution and climate-driven storylines of the winter 2023/24 UK floods - IOPscienceRiver flow amplification under climate change: attribution and climate-driven storylines of the winter 2023/24 UK floods, Chan, Wilson C H, Barker, Lucy J, Faranda, Davide, Hannaford, Jamie 047
Reposted by Kit MacleodSteve Thackeray @thackers.bsky.social · 12/09/2025What are stakeholders' visions for positive lake futures in the English Lake District? A new blog post from #UKCEH_AquaEco: www.ceh.ac.uk/news-and-med... 🧪🌊🐟🚣♀️ #freshwater #lake @ukceh.bsky.socialceh.ac.ukVisions for a positive lakes future in the Lake District National ParkUKCEH is part of an EU funded project bringing together multiple perspectives while aiming to improve the health of lake ecosystems. Dr Heather Moorhouse tells us more... 053
Reposted by Kit MacleodThomas Lin Pedersen @thomasp85.com · 11/09/2025I am beyond excited to announce that ggplot2 4.0.0 has just landed on CRAN. It's not every day we have a new major #ggplot2 release but it is a fitting 18 year birthday present for the package. Get an overview of the release in this blog post and be on the lookout for more in-depth posts #rstatstidyverse.orgggplot2 4.0.0A new major version of ggplot2 has been released on CRAN. Find out what is new here. 9851281
Reposted by Kit MacleodSimon Willison @simonwillison.net · 04/09/2025I'm up to 124 little mostly-vibe-coded apps on my tools.simonwillison.net site and most of them are trivial but some of them aren't, so I wrote up this guide to the ones I think are most worth checking out simonwillison.net/2025/Sep/4/h...tools.simonwillison.nettools.simonwillison.netAssorted useful tools, almost entirely generated using LLMs 51069