Manuel Helbig
manuelhelbig.bsky.social
Manuel Helbig
@manuelhelbig.bsky.social
Climate scientist interested in anything that connects land and atmosphere
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@bioclimatology.bsky.social hosted a fascinating workshop on fluxes anywhere and anytime

thanks to all the old and new friends from across the German speaking parts of Europe for attending. here is a list of talks and speakers. and thanks to the Goettingen team for hosting
October 9, 2025 at 4:01 PM
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"Researchers are scrutinizing AI-generated sentences while implicitly enabling these systems to choose which scholars are cited ... which research directions might be promising. They are accepting the outputs even though the underlying information has been distorted."
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
AI chatbots are already biasing research — we must establish guidelines for their use now
The academic community has looked at how artificial-intelligence tools help researchers to write papers, but not how they distort the literature scientists choose to cite.
www.nature.com
September 16, 2025 at 10:08 AM
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Maybe the land carbon sink is weaker than we thought. Big implications: "A lower-than-expected land carbon sink would also imply that the land biosphere may be closer to transitioning from a net carbon sink to a net source than current models predict" Randerson et al. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
The weak land carbon sink hypothesis
Satellite-derived time series of vegetation carbon do not support a strong Northern Hemisphere net land carbon sink.
www.science.org
September 15, 2025 at 10:14 PM
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Fully funded PhD in #Ecophysiology at UBC in Vancouver! 🍁 Possible topics include leaf physiology, thermal ecology, microclimates, scaling, tree physiology, forest ecology, and more. Start Sept 2026/Jan 2027. michaletzlab.org
Please share!
#PlantEcoPhys #Ecology #Botany #PhDposition #GradSchool
September 2, 2025 at 4:36 PM
First data coming in from our Doppler Wind Lidar at the Acadia Research Forest AmeriFlux site in New Brunswick @ameriflux.bsky.social @fluxnet.bsky.social Cool to see high-resolution vertical wind profiles over the forest
August 4, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Finally, the Streamline VS Doppler wind lidar at the @ameriflux.bsky.social Acadia Research Forest in New Brunswick, Canada is up and running producing vertical and horizontal wind profiles! Opening new opportunities to study land-atmosphere interactions and boundary layer dynamics!
August 1, 2025 at 3:18 PM
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Eine Idee, woran man eine Wahlentscheidung am 23. Februar 2025 festmachen könnte ...

youtu.be/zvBCKISmQOE
Woran man erkennen kann, wen man am 23. Februar 2025 wählen sollte ...
YouTube video by janboehm
youtu.be
January 26, 2025 at 11:20 AM
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2024 is almost history and the global temperature forecast for the remaining few days is rock solid now. Time to wrap up.

In most datasets, 2024 will be 0.1 degree C warmer than 2023. Also, 2024 will be the 1st individual year above the 1.5 degree Paris warming threshold in all datasets.

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December 26, 2024 at 11:28 AM
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The message from the latest work by @ipbes.bsky.social is clear: "Previous and current approaches have failed to halt or reverse nature's decline at a global scale". We can't tackle the underlying causes of nature's decline (wealth concentration, gain prioritization) without questioning capitalism
December 18, 2024 at 2:01 PM
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Come and WORK with us - a super seldom opportunity: ONE tenure track scientist/groupleader position & TWO postdocs all on ecohydrological modelling in different landscapes (incl. peatlands) in Berlin, Germany email me if any questions. Check out the different positions here www.igb-berlin.de/en/jobs
December 17, 2024 at 5:18 PM
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🚨Now also available in English.

🔍 Research assistant UQTR:
carbonique.ca/en/join.html

Our dynamic team 🧑‍🔬👩‍🔬👨‍🔬 consists of 8 professors, several research assistants and students based @uqam.ca, @umontreal.ca, @universitelaval.bsky.social, McGill and UQTR, and will continue to grow.

#PeatECR #PeatSky
December 5, 2024 at 9:13 PM
So happy to see the first batch of flux tower data for our Acadia Research Forest site online ameriflux.lbl.gov/sites/sitein... @fluxnetecn.bsky.social
December 6, 2024 at 8:53 AM
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A paper in Nature presents a machine learning model, called ‘GenCast,’ that can produce a reliable probabilistic weather forecast, expressed as probabilities of various outcomes, based on current and future weather. https://go.nature.com/3B8PsdD 🧪
December 4, 2024 at 8:03 PM
We are looking for a postdoc to join our group at @gfz.bsky.social in Potsdam, Germany to work on drones, GHG, and peatland restoration. Apply until Jan 5th! And come talk to me @agu24.bsky.social if you’re interested! @fluxnetecn.bsky.social
December 4, 2024 at 9:32 AM
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📰Breaking News : the University of Oklahoma School of Meteorology is hiring a tenure-track assistant professor in social and/or behavior sciences applied to weather and climate studies! Come work with us! apply.interfolio.com/158935
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November 21, 2024 at 4:58 PM
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Climate action is falling terribly short
Time to bury the 1.5C goal?

Absolutely not - why the 1.5 goal must prevail
(even when global warming exceeds 1.5C)

My opinion for Project Syndicate 👇
www.project-syndicate.org/commentary/a...
The 1.5°C Target for Global Warming Must Prevail | by Joeri Rogelj - Project Syndicate
Joeri Rogelj argues that the threshold established by the Paris agreement remains crucial – even if it is breached.
www.project-syndicate.org
November 19, 2024 at 7:24 PM
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Excited to share our new paper led by Jiangong Liu on thermal acclimation of canopy photosynthesis www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Evidence for widespread thermal acclimation of canopy photosynthesis - Nature Plants
Analysis of the FLUXNET2015 dataset provides observational evidence for widespread thermal acclimation of canopy-scale photosynthesis and its timescales across diverse biomes, improving its representa...
www.nature.com
November 9, 2024 at 7:33 AM