Rodolfo Nobrega
@rodolfonobrega.bsky.social
A tupiniquim eco/hydrologist.
My current PC background is quite realistic and moves the entire time.
February 4, 2026 at 9:51 AM
My current PC background is quite realistic and moves the entire time.
A good day to visit a flux tower and a giant cactus tree :)
February 3, 2026 at 3:51 PM
A good day to visit a flux tower and a giant cactus tree :)
I’m happy to announce our @hsj-iahs.bsky.social special issue on “Progress in coupled land–atmosphere systems for hydro-meteorological processes” is now open to submissions: think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issu... #ICCLAS @iahs-aish.bsky.social
Progress in coupled land–atmosphere systems for hydro-meteorological processes
Showcase your cutting-edge research into the links between hydrology and atmospheric sciences.
think.taylorandfrancis.com
January 13, 2026 at 1:20 PM
I’m happy to announce our @hsj-iahs.bsky.social special issue on “Progress in coupled land–atmosphere systems for hydro-meteorological processes” is now open to submissions: think.taylorandfrancis.com/special_issu... #ICCLAS @iahs-aish.bsky.social
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#Cocreation in #Hydrology & #Water Resources Management at #EGU2026! Keynote: Seifu Tilahun (IWMI) Deadline: THIS THURSDAY Jan 15, 13h CET
We need communities, Indigenous peoples, NGOs & practitioners to make knowledge that works.
Part of #IAHS #HELPING decade.
Submit: lnkd.in/eBPk8kz8
We need communities, Indigenous peoples, NGOs & practitioners to make knowledge that works.
Part of #IAHS #HELPING decade.
Submit: lnkd.in/eBPk8kz8
January 12, 2026 at 11:08 AM
#Cocreation in #Hydrology & #Water Resources Management at #EGU2026! Keynote: Seifu Tilahun (IWMI) Deadline: THIS THURSDAY Jan 15, 13h CET
We need communities, Indigenous peoples, NGOs & practitioners to make knowledge that works.
Part of #IAHS #HELPING decade.
Submit: lnkd.in/eBPk8kz8
We need communities, Indigenous peoples, NGOs & practitioners to make knowledge that works.
Part of #IAHS #HELPING decade.
Submit: lnkd.in/eBPk8kz8
Working with drylands and/or (semi-)arid catchments? Please consider our session on hydrological processes in dryland catchments www.egu26.eu/session/55943
January 9, 2026 at 11:35 AM
Working with drylands and/or (semi-)arid catchments? Please consider our session on hydrological processes in dryland catchments www.egu26.eu/session/55943
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Luciano Moreira is breeding billions of mosquitoes to fight disease, such as dengue, in Brazil. He’s part of Nature’s 10. 🧪
This scientist is breeding billions of mosquitoes to fight disease in Brazil
Luciano Moreira is part of Nature’s 10, a list of people who shaped science in 2025.
go.nature.com
December 29, 2025 at 10:29 PM
Luciano Moreira is breeding billions of mosquitoes to fight disease, such as dengue, in Brazil. He’s part of Nature’s 10. 🧪
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Bettina Schaefli and I warmly invite you to submit abstracts to a new EGU session
HS2.2.5 New Developments in Hydrological Synthesis
Abstract submission: www.egu26.eu/session/55911
1/6
HS2.2.5 New Developments in Hydrological Synthesis
Abstract submission: www.egu26.eu/session/55911
1/6
Session HS2.2.5
www.egu26.eu
December 10, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Bettina Schaefli and I warmly invite you to submit abstracts to a new EGU session
HS2.2.5 New Developments in Hydrological Synthesis
Abstract submission: www.egu26.eu/session/55911
1/6
HS2.2.5 New Developments in Hydrological Synthesis
Abstract submission: www.egu26.eu/session/55911
1/6
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The second episode on the @egu.eu #Blog on our Working Group on co-creation:
Co-creating water knowledge (Part 2): Our achievements and ongoing activities of our working group
blogs.egu.eu/divisions/hs...
@natalieceperley.bsky.social @iahs-aish.bsky.social
Co-creating water knowledge (Part 2): Our achievements and ongoing activities of our working group
blogs.egu.eu/divisions/hs...
@natalieceperley.bsky.social @iahs-aish.bsky.social
Co-creating water knowledge (Part 2): Our achievements and ongoing activities of our working group
The story so far, and how it developed We left you in part 1 of our blog (Hydrological Sciences | Co-creating water knowledge (Part 1): The history and future of an interdisciplinary working group) tw...
blogs.egu.eu
December 5, 2025 at 11:05 AM
The second episode on the @egu.eu #Blog on our Working Group on co-creation:
Co-creating water knowledge (Part 2): Our achievements and ongoing activities of our working group
blogs.egu.eu/divisions/hs...
@natalieceperley.bsky.social @iahs-aish.bsky.social
Co-creating water knowledge (Part 2): Our achievements and ongoing activities of our working group
blogs.egu.eu/divisions/hs...
@natalieceperley.bsky.social @iahs-aish.bsky.social
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Why should hydrologists pay attention to #co-creation?
In this @hs.egu.eu #Blog, we tell the story of the #interdisciplinary @iahs-aish.bsky.social Working Group "Co-creating water knowledge", active since 2023. This is the first part, so stay tuned for the second one on Friday:
bit.ly/443VXcV
In this @hs.egu.eu #Blog, we tell the story of the #interdisciplinary @iahs-aish.bsky.social Working Group "Co-creating water knowledge", active since 2023. This is the first part, so stay tuned for the second one on Friday:
bit.ly/443VXcV
Co-creating water knowledge (Part 1): The history and future of an interdisciplinary working group
HELPING and the co-creation of a working group In 2023, the International Association of Hydrological Sciences (IAHS) , inaugurated a new Scientific Decade, called HELPING – IAHS Science for Solutions...
blogs.egu.eu
December 3, 2025 at 1:51 PM
Why should hydrologists pay attention to #co-creation?
In this @hs.egu.eu #Blog, we tell the story of the #interdisciplinary @iahs-aish.bsky.social Working Group "Co-creating water knowledge", active since 2023. This is the first part, so stay tuned for the second one on Friday:
bit.ly/443VXcV
In this @hs.egu.eu #Blog, we tell the story of the #interdisciplinary @iahs-aish.bsky.social Working Group "Co-creating water knowledge", active since 2023. This is the first part, so stay tuned for the second one on Friday:
bit.ly/443VXcV
Very happy to be part of this amazing team. Thank you @cabot-institute.bsky.social for supporting us!
A team of epidemiologists and hydrologists based in the UK and Brazil are developing a novel approach to preventing leptospirosis. This disease is expected to increase as climate change brings more rainfall and flooding.
Find out more in our new video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTAv...
#COP30
Find out more in our new video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=kTAv...
#COP30
Seedcorn Fund - Modelling Leptospira transmission
YouTube video by Cabot Institute for the Environment
www.youtube.com
November 19, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Very happy to be part of this amazing team. Thank you @cabot-institute.bsky.social for supporting us!
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At @egu.eu, our #WorkingGroup "Co-creating Water Knowledge" is presenting two sessions:
Co-creation in Hydrology and Water Resources Management
bit.ly/3WAB5pv
Co-creation in Practice (Short Course)
bit.ly/4oOgPg4
Join us, and consider submitting an abstract.
For info: bit.ly/4oSImNC
Co-creation in Hydrology and Water Resources Management
bit.ly/3WAB5pv
Co-creation in Practice (Short Course)
bit.ly/4oOgPg4
Join us, and consider submitting an abstract.
For info: bit.ly/4oSImNC
November 2, 2025 at 5:13 PM
At @egu.eu, our #WorkingGroup "Co-creating Water Knowledge" is presenting two sessions:
Co-creation in Hydrology and Water Resources Management
bit.ly/3WAB5pv
Co-creation in Practice (Short Course)
bit.ly/4oOgPg4
Join us, and consider submitting an abstract.
For info: bit.ly/4oSImNC
Co-creation in Hydrology and Water Resources Management
bit.ly/3WAB5pv
Co-creation in Practice (Short Course)
bit.ly/4oOgPg4
Join us, and consider submitting an abstract.
For info: bit.ly/4oSImNC
Water deficit emerges as a key regulator of above-ground biomass across tropical dry ecoregions (in the Caatinga). Kuddos to Alexandre for leading the surveys and the discussion so well! link.springer.com/article/10.1...
Soil–climate interactions drive above-ground biomass in the Caatinga, the largest Neotropical seasonally dry tropical forest - Plant and Soil
Background and aims Soil properties are key drivers of vegetation structure, yet their influence on above-ground woody biomass (AGBW) in seasonally dry tropical forests (SDTFs) remains underexplored, ...
link.springer.com
October 27, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Water deficit emerges as a key regulator of above-ground biomass across tropical dry ecoregions (in the Caatinga). Kuddos to Alexandre for leading the surveys and the discussion so well! link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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What makes PhD students happy? Good supervision
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
What makes PhD students happy? Good supervision
Supervisors who invest in positive mentoring relationships with their PhD candidates also reap the benefits for their own research.
www.nature.com
October 23, 2025 at 9:59 PM
What makes PhD students happy? Good supervision
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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On Friday, I will present our work on #CoCreation of #WaterKnowledge at Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University, one of the historically #BlackUniversities of the US.
Thanks to Dr. Hubert Hirwa for the invitation.
doi.org/10.1080/0262...
@hsj-iahs.bsky.social @iahs-aish.bsky.social
Thanks to Dr. Hubert Hirwa for the invitation.
doi.org/10.1080/0262...
@hsj-iahs.bsky.social @iahs-aish.bsky.social
October 22, 2025 at 12:47 PM
On Friday, I will present our work on #CoCreation of #WaterKnowledge at Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University, one of the historically #BlackUniversities of the US.
Thanks to Dr. Hubert Hirwa for the invitation.
doi.org/10.1080/0262...
@hsj-iahs.bsky.social @iahs-aish.bsky.social
Thanks to Dr. Hubert Hirwa for the invitation.
doi.org/10.1080/0262...
@hsj-iahs.bsky.social @iahs-aish.bsky.social
Look at the lovely post that Christina @oriescc.bsky.social shared for the EGU Hydrology Division @hs.egu.eu ! blogs.egu.eu/divisions/hs...
Looking Back at IAHS2025 in Roorkee: Hydrologists Assemble in India
Between October 5 – 10, 2025, the XIIth Scientific Assembly of the International Association of Hydrological Sciences ( IAHS ) took place in Roorkee, India. Overall, more than 600 hydrologists assemb...
blogs.egu.eu
October 16, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Look at the lovely post that Christina @oriescc.bsky.social shared for the EGU Hydrology Division @hs.egu.eu ! blogs.egu.eu/divisions/hs...
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Ending the week with this paper just out "Global Assessment of Environmental and Plant-Trait Influences on Root: Shoot Biomass Ratios" @globalchangebio.bsky.social by Ruijie Ding, Colin Prentice & @rodolfonobrega.bsky.social
🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Funded by REALM-precursor to LT
🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Funded by REALM-precursor to LT
October 10, 2025 at 9:19 AM
Ending the week with this paper just out "Global Assessment of Environmental and Plant-Trait Influences on Root: Shoot Biomass Ratios" @globalchangebio.bsky.social by Ruijie Ding, Colin Prentice & @rodolfonobrega.bsky.social
🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Funded by REALM-precursor to LT
🔗 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Funded by REALM-precursor to LT
The Ganges river yesterday. Incredible visit. Thank you IIT Roorkee for organising this!
October 10, 2025 at 1:55 AM
The Ganges river yesterday. Incredible visit. Thank you IIT Roorkee for organising this!
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Photo of the Amazon Tall Tower Observatory (ATTO, 235 m) captured from the smaller installation tower (81 m).
October 8, 2025 at 2:08 AM
Photo of the Amazon Tall Tower Observatory (ATTO, 235 m) captured from the smaller installation tower (81 m).
Do conservative leaf traits drive biomass allocation strategies that optimise root-zone water storage and help maintain transpiration under highly seasonal precipitation? Not sure we answer this in this paper, but at least we have results to start discussing it... doi.org/10.1111/gcb....
Global Assessment of Environmental and Plant‐Trait Influences on Root: Shoot Biomass Ratios
We assembled a large global dataset by combining several previous compilations to test eco-evolutionary optimality (EEO) hypotheses about how plants allocate carbon above- and below-ground (root: sho...
doi.org
October 7, 2025 at 12:17 PM
Do conservative leaf traits drive biomass allocation strategies that optimise root-zone water storage and help maintain transpiration under highly seasonal precipitation? Not sure we answer this in this paper, but at least we have results to start discussing it... doi.org/10.1111/gcb....
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📢Call for Abstracts📢
Two-day workshop aiming to develop an #interdisciplinary discussion about the epistemologies & practices of scale
Scholars from ANY discipline are invited to submit by 3rd Nov 2025
📅23-24 Feb 2026
📍Bristol, UK
🌐 bit.ly/438ddgt
#CallforAbstracts #CallforPapers
Two-day workshop aiming to develop an #interdisciplinary discussion about the epistemologies & practices of scale
Scholars from ANY discipline are invited to submit by 3rd Nov 2025
📅23-24 Feb 2026
📍Bristol, UK
🌐 bit.ly/438ddgt
#CallforAbstracts #CallforPapers
October 7, 2025 at 12:00 PM
📢Call for Abstracts📢
Two-day workshop aiming to develop an #interdisciplinary discussion about the epistemologies & practices of scale
Scholars from ANY discipline are invited to submit by 3rd Nov 2025
📅23-24 Feb 2026
📍Bristol, UK
🌐 bit.ly/438ddgt
#CallforAbstracts #CallforPapers
Two-day workshop aiming to develop an #interdisciplinary discussion about the epistemologies & practices of scale
Scholars from ANY discipline are invited to submit by 3rd Nov 2025
📅23-24 Feb 2026
📍Bristol, UK
🌐 bit.ly/438ddgt
#CallforAbstracts #CallforPapers
It's been fantastic working with this team and I'm very happy our paper is out!
I'm proud to share the first paper on co-creating water knowledge from our #IAHS #cocreatingwaterknowledge group! We're centering diverse knowledges in hydrology—a return to my ethnobotany roots. It's not always easy, but sparks creative ways of thinking about water. doi.org/10.1080/0262...
Co-creating water knowledge: a community perspective
Navigating the complexities of global and local water resources challenges requires collaboration and mutual learning among diverse knowledge systems and disciplines. However, Western philosophical...
doi.org
October 6, 2025 at 4:13 PM
It's been fantastic working with this team and I'm very happy our paper is out!
And here is our latest blog post on Parenting in Academia, shared as a contribution to the Young Hydrologic Society (@younghydrology.bsky.social): younghs.com/2025/09/05/n...
Parents in Academia
Raising a child in combination with a full-time career is no easy feat. That is true in general and maybe even more true in academia. Juggling the workload, conference attendance, or the potential …
younghs.com
September 16, 2025 at 5:18 PM
And here is our latest blog post on Parenting in Academia, shared as a contribution to the Young Hydrologic Society (@younghydrology.bsky.social): younghs.com/2025/09/05/n...
All set for another intense week of work in the tropics!
August 27, 2025 at 8:47 AM
All set for another intense week of work in the tropics!
Embolism resistance supports the contribution of dry-season precipitation to transpiration in eastern Amazon forests: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... 👏🏾
PNAS
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...
www.pnas.org
August 15, 2025 at 9:17 AM
Embolism resistance supports the contribution of dry-season precipitation to transpiration in eastern Amazon forests: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... 👏🏾