Simon Besnard
@besnardsim.bsky.social
Data scientist and modeller understanding ecosystem dynamics and the carbon cycle. Researcher @GFZ_Potsdam. Former @MPI_BGC and @WUR member
https://simonbesnard1.github.io/
https://simonbesnard1.github.io/
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Just published in JOSS: 'gediDB: A toolbox for processing and providing Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation (GEDI) L2A-B and L4A-C data' https://doi.org/10.21105/joss.08593
September 26, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Just published in JOSS: 'gediDB: A toolbox for processing and providing Global Ecosystem Dynamics Investigation (GEDI) L2A-B and L4A-C data' https://doi.org/10.21105/joss.08593
Reposted by Simon Besnard
New paper led by @corneliussenf.bsky.social out today @natcomms.nature.com shows that increasingly frequent waves of extreme forest dieback are predicted across Europe by Taylor's law of mean-var scaling applied to the past 35 years of satellite data.
Link to 📜: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Link to 📜: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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July 4, 2025 at 6:16 AM
New paper led by @corneliussenf.bsky.social out today @natcomms.nature.com shows that increasingly frequent waves of extreme forest dieback are predicted across Europe by Taylor's law of mean-var scaling applied to the past 35 years of satellite data.
Link to 📜: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
🌐🧪
Link to 📜: www.nature.com/articles/s41...
🌐🧪
🌍 New study led by François Ritter just out as preprint!
Europe’s forests are losing carbon sink strength — a 44% drop by 2030 is projected, falling 29% short of EU targets.
🌳 Tree planting alone won’t be enough — 26% harvest cuts are needed too.
Read it here: www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-3...
Europe’s forests are losing carbon sink strength — a 44% drop by 2030 is projected, falling 29% short of EU targets.
🌳 Tree planting alone won’t be enough — 26% harvest cuts are needed too.
Read it here: www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-3...
Alarming decline in the carbon sink of European forests driven by disturbances
Forests are carbon sinks essential for climate change mitigation. However, increased harvests and natural disturbances across Europe have recently challenged this role. To project the future carbon si...
www.researchsquare.com
April 18, 2025 at 11:35 AM
🌍 New study led by François Ritter just out as preprint!
Europe’s forests are losing carbon sink strength — a 44% drop by 2030 is projected, falling 29% short of EU targets.
🌳 Tree planting alone won’t be enough — 26% harvest cuts are needed too.
Read it here: www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-3...
Europe’s forests are losing carbon sink strength — a 44% drop by 2030 is projected, falling 29% short of EU targets.
🌳 Tree planting alone won’t be enough — 26% harvest cuts are needed too.
Read it here: www.researchsquare.com/article/rs-3...
Reposted by Simon Besnard
Si même le secrétaire général à la planification devient "activiste"...Propos édifiant! 🙏 M. Jobert!
Nous sapons l'avenir du puits de carbone, détruisons la biodiversité et les paysages #solastalgie pour satisfaire la stupidité d'une annonce macronienne.
#Colère😡
www.lemonde.fr/planete/arti...
Nous sapons l'avenir du puits de carbone, détruisons la biodiversité et les paysages #solastalgie pour satisfaire la stupidité d'une annonce macronienne.
#Colère😡
www.lemonde.fr/planete/arti...
Sur la gestion de la forêt en France, les critiques sévères d’un haut responsable de la planification écologique : « L’Etat subventionne la perte de biodiversité »
Dans une note publiée par le cercle de réflexion Terra Nova, le directeur par intérim du secrétariat général à la planification écologique, Frédérik Jobert, dénonce les politiques de plantations massi...
www.lemonde.fr
April 2, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Si même le secrétaire général à la planification devient "activiste"...Propos édifiant! 🙏 M. Jobert!
Nous sapons l'avenir du puits de carbone, détruisons la biodiversité et les paysages #solastalgie pour satisfaire la stupidité d'une annonce macronienne.
#Colère😡
www.lemonde.fr/planete/arti...
Nous sapons l'avenir du puits de carbone, détruisons la biodiversité et les paysages #solastalgie pour satisfaire la stupidité d'une annonce macronienne.
#Colère😡
www.lemonde.fr/planete/arti...
🚀 Just launched gedidb!
🌲 A Python package for processing, storing & querying GEDI lidar data with TileDB.
📂 Supports L2A, L2B, L4A, L4C
🔍 Processing the global archive in parallel—available by February!
📦 pip install gedidb
#Python #RemoteSensing #Lidar #TileDB #OpenScience
🌲 A Python package for processing, storing & querying GEDI lidar data with TileDB.
📂 Supports L2A, L2B, L4A, L4C
🔍 Processing the global archive in parallel—available by February!
📦 pip install gedidb
#Python #RemoteSensing #Lidar #TileDB #OpenScience
January 29, 2025 at 4:25 PM
🚀 Just launched gedidb!
🌲 A Python package for processing, storing & querying GEDI lidar data with TileDB.
📂 Supports L2A, L2B, L4A, L4C
🔍 Processing the global archive in parallel—available by February!
📦 pip install gedidb
#Python #RemoteSensing #Lidar #TileDB #OpenScience
🌲 A Python package for processing, storing & querying GEDI lidar data with TileDB.
📂 Supports L2A, L2B, L4A, L4C
🔍 Processing the global archive in parallel—available by February!
📦 pip install gedidb
#Python #RemoteSensing #Lidar #TileDB #OpenScience
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Exciting! We started to discuss the next @icos-ri.eu science conference today! #ICOSSC26 There will be again a super-interesting program of #climate #carbon and #GHG #science
When? September 2026. Where? we don't know yet. Interested in hosting it? Contact us.
BTW: good to see you here #elonsucks
When? September 2026. Where? we don't know yet. Interested in hosting it? Contact us.
BTW: good to see you here #elonsucks
January 13, 2025 at 11:28 PM
Exciting! We started to discuss the next @icos-ri.eu science conference today! #ICOSSC26 There will be again a super-interesting program of #climate #carbon and #GHG #science
When? September 2026. Where? we don't know yet. Interested in hosting it? Contact us.
BTW: good to see you here #elonsucks
When? September 2026. Where? we don't know yet. Interested in hosting it? Contact us.
BTW: good to see you here #elonsucks
Reposted by Simon Besnard
Looking ahead to 2025, we expect it to be slightly cooler than 2023 and 2024 at around 1.4C above preindustrial levels, as El Nino has faded away and cooler conditions are developing in the tropical Pacific.
January 10, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Looking ahead to 2025, we expect it to be slightly cooler than 2023 and 2024 at around 1.4C above preindustrial levels, as El Nino has faded away and cooler conditions are developing in the tropical Pacific.
We have updated our forest age map to version 2.1. Updates are minor, and version 2.1 uses the ESA-CCI biomass maps version 5 during the model forward runs. We are moving the 100m resolution to an S3 bucket for more user-friendly access. Stay tuned.
dataservices.gfz-potsdam.de/panmetaworks...
dataservices.gfz-potsdam.de/panmetaworks...
Global Age Mapping Integration (GAMI)
dataservices.gfz-potsdam.de
January 7, 2025 at 5:01 PM
We have updated our forest age map to version 2.1. Updates are minor, and version 2.1 uses the ESA-CCI biomass maps version 5 during the model forward runs. We are moving the 100m resolution to an S3 bucket for more user-friendly access. Stay tuned.
dataservices.gfz-potsdam.de/panmetaworks...
dataservices.gfz-potsdam.de/panmetaworks...
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Women are under-represented at senior levels in #academia globally, & across all #science 🧪 disciplines, as shown by these "scissor-shaped curves" ✂️
So how can we ever achieve #gender #equality?
We discuss various strategies in this #Cell Commentary
#WomeninSTEM
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
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So how can we ever achieve #gender #equality?
We discuss various strategies in this #Cell Commentary
#WomeninSTEM
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
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November 25, 2024 at 12:38 PM
Women are under-represented at senior levels in #academia globally, & across all #science 🧪 disciplines, as shown by these "scissor-shaped curves" ✂️
So how can we ever achieve #gender #equality?
We discuss various strategies in this #Cell Commentary
#WomeninSTEM
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
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So how can we ever achieve #gender #equality?
We discuss various strategies in this #Cell Commentary
#WomeninSTEM
www.cell.com/cell/fulltex...
🧵 1/
Reposted by Simon Besnard
Here's the News and Views to the paper:
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Revised historical record sharpens perspective on global warming
Undercorrection of ocean surface temperatures revealed.
www.nature.com
November 20, 2024 at 4:33 PM
Here's the News and Views to the paper:
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Reposted by Simon Besnard
Depuis des années, les scientifiques alertent sur la réduction des faits à de simples opinions.
Depuis des années, les médias ouvrent leurs plateaux aux marchands de doutes et de haine au nom du pluralisme sans leur porter la moindre contradiction, y compris sur le service public.
Et on s’étonne.
Depuis des années, les médias ouvrent leurs plateaux aux marchands de doutes et de haine au nom du pluralisme sans leur porter la moindre contradiction, y compris sur le service public.
Et on s’étonne.
Désinformation : l’extrême droite française applique la méthode Trump. Et dispose d'un solide écosystème qui ne cesse de se renforcer. Décryptage.
www.liberation.fr/politique/de...
www.liberation.fr/politique/de...
Désinformation : l’extrême droite française applique la méthode Trump
Pour remporter l’élection présidentielle américaine, le candidat républicain s’est appuyé sur des réseaux de désinformation bien installés. En France, un tel écosystème existe et compte bien faire gag...
www.liberation.fr
November 20, 2024 at 9:12 AM
Depuis des années, les scientifiques alertent sur la réduction des faits à de simples opinions.
Depuis des années, les médias ouvrent leurs plateaux aux marchands de doutes et de haine au nom du pluralisme sans leur porter la moindre contradiction, y compris sur le service public.
Et on s’étonne.
Depuis des années, les médias ouvrent leurs plateaux aux marchands de doutes et de haine au nom du pluralisme sans leur porter la moindre contradiction, y compris sur le service public.
Et on s’étonne.