Vitus Benson
@vitusbenson.bsky.social
(machine) learning @ MPI BGC
✨ https://vitusbenson.github.io/
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Vitus Benson
@vitusbenson.bsky.social
· Nov 22
Hi friends, to get started on here i'll post a paper a day on AI for Earth and Climate Science 😊
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Our preprint is now live and open for discussion on Open Research Europe!
Empowering ECRs to Make Research Projects Flourish: Lessons from a European Research Project
Read the full preprint here: doi.org/10.12688/ope...
Empowering ECRs to Make Research Projects Flourish: Lessons from a European Research Project
Read the full preprint here: doi.org/10.12688/ope...
doi.org
October 17, 2025 at 5:47 AM
Our preprint is now live and open for discussion on Open Research Europe!
Empowering ECRs to Make Research Projects Flourish: Lessons from a European Research Project
Read the full preprint here: doi.org/10.12688/ope...
Empowering ECRs to Make Research Projects Flourish: Lessons from a European Research Project
Read the full preprint here: doi.org/10.12688/ope...
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Had never read Jane Goodall's original 1963 article in Nat Geo on the wild chimpanzees in Tanzania until now. It's a wonderful blend of science and journalism, and well worth your time.
www.nationalgeographic.com/pdf/jane-goo...
www.nationalgeographic.com/pdf/jane-goo...
October 1, 2025 at 8:15 PM
Had never read Jane Goodall's original 1963 article in Nat Geo on the wild chimpanzees in Tanzania until now. It's a wonderful blend of science and journalism, and well worth your time.
www.nationalgeographic.com/pdf/jane-goo...
www.nationalgeographic.com/pdf/jane-goo...
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An amazing bunch to follow. If you’re interested in latest science, events or webinars about emerging risks from climate extremes, have a look at the @riskkan.bsky.social starter pack.
@iiasa.ac.at @climate.columbia.edu
@iiasa.ac.at @climate.columbia.edu
We’ve just launched the Risk‑KAN Starter Pack! A curated toolkit to kickstart collaboration, insight, and impact at the intersection of emergent risks, climate change & disaster resilience 🌍 And stay informed on all the events organized by our Working Group leads.
Take a look: go.bsky.app/SpGzhJJ
Take a look: go.bsky.app/SpGzhJJ
September 16, 2025 at 11:33 AM
An amazing bunch to follow. If you’re interested in latest science, events or webinars about emerging risks from climate extremes, have a look at the @riskkan.bsky.social starter pack.
@iiasa.ac.at @climate.columbia.edu
@iiasa.ac.at @climate.columbia.edu
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Open call for new Steering Committee Members at @riskkan.bsky.social.
We invite experts in relevant fields to self-nominate for the next term: www.risk-kan.org/about-riskka...
Find out more at www.risk-kan.org and feel free to reach out in case of questions!
@iiasa.ac.at @climate.columbia.edu
We invite experts in relevant fields to self-nominate for the next term: www.risk-kan.org/about-riskka...
Find out more at www.risk-kan.org and feel free to reach out in case of questions!
@iiasa.ac.at @climate.columbia.edu
September 4, 2025 at 8:11 AM
Open call for new Steering Committee Members at @riskkan.bsky.social.
We invite experts in relevant fields to self-nominate for the next term: www.risk-kan.org/about-riskka...
Find out more at www.risk-kan.org and feel free to reach out in case of questions!
@iiasa.ac.at @climate.columbia.edu
We invite experts in relevant fields to self-nominate for the next term: www.risk-kan.org/about-riskka...
Find out more at www.risk-kan.org and feel free to reach out in case of questions!
@iiasa.ac.at @climate.columbia.edu
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📢 We have an opening for a tenure track assistant professor position (W1 t.t. W2) in AI in our CS dept @uni-goettingen.de, Germany.
⏰ Application deadline: Sept 19
🗣️ Please share!
uni-goettingen.de/en/697924.html
⏰ Application deadline: Sept 19
🗣️ Please share!
uni-goettingen.de/en/697924.html
W1-TT-W2 Artificial Intelligence - Georg-August-University Göttingen
Website of the Georg-August-University Göttingen
uni-goettingen.de
August 15, 2025 at 10:46 AM
📢 We have an opening for a tenure track assistant professor position (W1 t.t. W2) in AI in our CS dept @uni-goettingen.de, Germany.
⏰ Application deadline: Sept 19
🗣️ Please share!
uni-goettingen.de/en/697924.html
⏰ Application deadline: Sept 19
🗣️ Please share!
uni-goettingen.de/en/697924.html
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🚨New paper 🚨
We are happy to announce that our paper “Deep Learning meets Teleconnections: Improving S2S Predictions for European Winter Weather” has been published at Machine Learning: Earth @ioppublishing.bsky.social
📄 iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
💻 github.com/philine-bomm...
We are happy to announce that our paper “Deep Learning meets Teleconnections: Improving S2S Predictions for European Winter Weather” has been published at Machine Learning: Earth @ioppublishing.bsky.social
📄 iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
💻 github.com/philine-bomm...
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August 5, 2025 at 7:19 AM
🚨New paper 🚨
We are happy to announce that our paper “Deep Learning meets Teleconnections: Improving S2S Predictions for European Winter Weather” has been published at Machine Learning: Earth @ioppublishing.bsky.social
📄 iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
💻 github.com/philine-bomm...
We are happy to announce that our paper “Deep Learning meets Teleconnections: Improving S2S Predictions for European Winter Weather” has been published at Machine Learning: Earth @ioppublishing.bsky.social
📄 iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
💻 github.com/philine-bomm...
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Proposed NOAA budget zeros out ALL climate laboratories and cooperative institutions.
GFDL, NSSL, GML, etc.
This appears to also end the US greenhouse gas sampling network, including at Mauna Loa, the oldest continuous carbon dioxide monitoring site on Earth.
www.commerce.gov/sites/defaul...
GFDL, NSSL, GML, etc.
This appears to also end the US greenhouse gas sampling network, including at Mauna Loa, the oldest continuous carbon dioxide monitoring site on Earth.
www.commerce.gov/sites/defaul...
June 30, 2025 at 11:11 PM
Proposed NOAA budget zeros out ALL climate laboratories and cooperative institutions.
GFDL, NSSL, GML, etc.
This appears to also end the US greenhouse gas sampling network, including at Mauna Loa, the oldest continuous carbon dioxide monitoring site on Earth.
www.commerce.gov/sites/defaul...
GFDL, NSSL, GML, etc.
This appears to also end the US greenhouse gas sampling network, including at Mauna Loa, the oldest continuous carbon dioxide monitoring site on Earth.
www.commerce.gov/sites/defaul...
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So @esa.int invited to watch their new Biomass satellite launch, and it's one of the most amazing pieces of science I've seen
youtu.be/YfqvsVgtThQ
youtu.be/YfqvsVgtThQ
We don't know what's happening with forests
YouTube video by Simon Clark
youtu.be
June 20, 2025 at 4:04 PM
So @esa.int invited to watch their new Biomass satellite launch, and it's one of the most amazing pieces of science I've seen
youtu.be/YfqvsVgtThQ
youtu.be/YfqvsVgtThQ
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🚨Preprint alert 🚨
Why limit our view to a single concept when neurons potentially encode multiple concepts? 👀
Check out 🔎PRISM🔎, our new multi-concept interpretability framework for LLMs.
Congratulations to @lkopf.bsky.social and the team!
📄: arxiv.org/abs/2506.15538
Why limit our view to a single concept when neurons potentially encode multiple concepts? 👀
Check out 🔎PRISM🔎, our new multi-concept interpretability framework for LLMs.
Congratulations to @lkopf.bsky.social and the team!
📄: arxiv.org/abs/2506.15538
🔍 When do neurons encode multiple concepts?
We introduce PRISM, a framework for extracting multi-concept feature descriptions to better understand polysemanticity.
📄 Capturing Polysemanticity with PRISM: A Multi-Concept Feature Description Framework
arxiv.org/abs/2506.15538
🧵 (1/7)
We introduce PRISM, a framework for extracting multi-concept feature descriptions to better understand polysemanticity.
📄 Capturing Polysemanticity with PRISM: A Multi-Concept Feature Description Framework
arxiv.org/abs/2506.15538
🧵 (1/7)
June 20, 2025 at 7:04 AM
🚨Preprint alert 🚨
Why limit our view to a single concept when neurons potentially encode multiple concepts? 👀
Check out 🔎PRISM🔎, our new multi-concept interpretability framework for LLMs.
Congratulations to @lkopf.bsky.social and the team!
📄: arxiv.org/abs/2506.15538
Why limit our view to a single concept when neurons potentially encode multiple concepts? 👀
Check out 🔎PRISM🔎, our new multi-concept interpretability framework for LLMs.
Congratulations to @lkopf.bsky.social and the team!
📄: arxiv.org/abs/2506.15538
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How long does it take until we detect forced signals in global and regional land carbon fluxes?
And can we use dynamical adjustment to reduce the noise and shorten the detection time?
Check out LiNa's paper 👇
egusphere.copernicus.org/preprints/20...
Co-advised by @sebastian-sippel.bsky.social
And can we use dynamical adjustment to reduce the noise and shorten the detection time?
Check out LiNa's paper 👇
egusphere.copernicus.org/preprints/20...
Co-advised by @sebastian-sippel.bsky.social
Constraining the time of emergence of anthropogenic signal in the global land carbon sink
Abstract. The global land carbon sink has increased since the preindustrial period, driven by increasing atmospheric CO2 concentration and climate change. However, detecting these anthropogenic signal...
egusphere.copernicus.org
May 20, 2025 at 10:28 AM
How long does it take until we detect forced signals in global and regional land carbon fluxes?
And can we use dynamical adjustment to reduce the noise and shorten the detection time?
Check out LiNa's paper 👇
egusphere.copernicus.org/preprints/20...
Co-advised by @sebastian-sippel.bsky.social
And can we use dynamical adjustment to reduce the noise and shorten the detection time?
Check out LiNa's paper 👇
egusphere.copernicus.org/preprints/20...
Co-advised by @sebastian-sippel.bsky.social
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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
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
May 13, 2025 at 8:33 AM
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
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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📯Calling all AI x Climate researchers!
The CMCC Workshop on AI for Carbon (June 30-July 2, Lake Como) just opened their poster submissions!
The venue and list of speakers are absolutely stunning 😍
More info: www.cmcc.it/lectures_con...
#AI4Climate #CallForPosters @climatechangeai.bsky.social
The CMCC Workshop on AI for Carbon (June 30-July 2, Lake Como) just opened their poster submissions!
The venue and list of speakers are absolutely stunning 😍
More info: www.cmcc.it/lectures_con...
#AI4Climate #CallForPosters @climatechangeai.bsky.social
April 11, 2025 at 12:18 PM
📯Calling all AI x Climate researchers!
The CMCC Workshop on AI for Carbon (June 30-July 2, Lake Como) just opened their poster submissions!
The venue and list of speakers are absolutely stunning 😍
More info: www.cmcc.it/lectures_con...
#AI4Climate #CallForPosters @climatechangeai.bsky.social
The CMCC Workshop on AI for Carbon (June 30-July 2, Lake Como) just opened their poster submissions!
The venue and list of speakers are absolutely stunning 😍
More info: www.cmcc.it/lectures_con...
#AI4Climate #CallForPosters @climatechangeai.bsky.social
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Must-read @thebulletin.org article by Eric Morgan & Ralph Keeling: The Keeling curve, which has continuously tracked atmospheric CO2 levels for *67* years, has always been vulnerable to funding ebbs and flows—but under Trump II, is facing its most dire threat yet
thebulletin.org/2025/05/how-...
thebulletin.org/2025/05/how-...
How the dismantling of NOAA threatens the Keeling Curve
How the Trump administration's dismantling of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration threatens the Keeling Curve, an iconic measure used in climate change research. As explained by the so...
thebulletin.org
May 6, 2025 at 2:27 PM
Must-read @thebulletin.org article by Eric Morgan & Ralph Keeling: The Keeling curve, which has continuously tracked atmospheric CO2 levels for *67* years, has always been vulnerable to funding ebbs and flows—but under Trump II, is facing its most dire threat yet
thebulletin.org/2025/05/how-...
thebulletin.org/2025/05/how-...
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Thank you to all the speakers and attendees to our #EGU25 session on interdisciplinary approaches to climate risk for weather extremes. Here is @janasillmann.bsky.social giving her excellent invited talk and outlining the importance of considering impacts when connecting science and decision making.
April 30, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Thank you to all the speakers and attendees to our #EGU25 session on interdisciplinary approaches to climate risk for weather extremes. Here is @janasillmann.bsky.social giving her excellent invited talk and outlining the importance of considering impacts when connecting science and decision making.
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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
🗓️ 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
April 29, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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
🗓️ 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
Wednesday @egu.eu :
- ITS2.6/CL0.4 with fantastic contributions on Extreme Climate Risks: Assessments & Forecasts @janasillmann.bsky.social @timraupach.com
- AS3.44 with amazing studies about Greenhouse gases, in many cases leveraging AI @sanamnv.bsky.social @kaihcohrs.bsky.social
Come by! 😇
- ITS2.6/CL0.4 with fantastic contributions on Extreme Climate Risks: Assessments & Forecasts @janasillmann.bsky.social @timraupach.com
- AS3.44 with amazing studies about Greenhouse gases, in many cases leveraging AI @sanamnv.bsky.social @kaihcohrs.bsky.social
Come by! 😇
April 29, 2025 at 3:17 PM
Wednesday @egu.eu :
- ITS2.6/CL0.4 with fantastic contributions on Extreme Climate Risks: Assessments & Forecasts @janasillmann.bsky.social @timraupach.com
- AS3.44 with amazing studies about Greenhouse gases, in many cases leveraging AI @sanamnv.bsky.social @kaihcohrs.bsky.social
Come by! 😇
- ITS2.6/CL0.4 with fantastic contributions on Extreme Climate Risks: Assessments & Forecasts @janasillmann.bsky.social @timraupach.com
- AS3.44 with amazing studies about Greenhouse gases, in many cases leveraging AI @sanamnv.bsky.social @kaihcohrs.bsky.social
Come by! 😇
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Great @riskkan.bsky.social symposium and working group kick-off at @iiasa.ac.at yesterday.
In case you are at @egu.eu feel free to reach out to me or @marleenderuiter.bsky.social to learn more and get involved.
@futureearth.bsky.social @wcrpclimate.bsky.social
@lamont.columbia.edu
In case you are at @egu.eu feel free to reach out to me or @marleenderuiter.bsky.social to learn more and get involved.
@futureearth.bsky.social @wcrpclimate.bsky.social
@lamont.columbia.edu
April 29, 2025 at 7:33 AM
Great @riskkan.bsky.social symposium and working group kick-off at @iiasa.ac.at yesterday.
In case you are at @egu.eu feel free to reach out to me or @marleenderuiter.bsky.social to learn more and get involved.
@futureearth.bsky.social @wcrpclimate.bsky.social
@lamont.columbia.edu
In case you are at @egu.eu feel free to reach out to me or @marleenderuiter.bsky.social to learn more and get involved.
@futureearth.bsky.social @wcrpclimate.bsky.social
@lamont.columbia.edu
How AI may improve Early Warning Systems. Curious to hear your thoughts!
In the era of #ClimateChange human societies face growing exposure to disasters and complex #climate risks. In this perspective, @reichstein-bgc.bsky.social, @vitusbenson.bsky.social, et al., explore the potential of integrated #ArtificialIntelligence in developing multi-hazard #EarlyWarningSystems
Early warning of complex climate risk with integrated artificial intelligence - Nature Communications
In the era of climate change, human societies face growing exposure to disasters and complex climate risks. This perspective explores the transformative potential of integrated Artificial Intelligence...
www.nature.com
March 18, 2025 at 7:53 AM
How AI may improve Early Warning Systems. Curious to hear your thoughts!
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The Trump administration is planning to cancel its lease at a government laboratory in Hawaii, a site where scientists support key observations of surging greenhouse gas levels in the atmosphere, according to a list obtained by Democratic members of Congress and shared with The Post.
Trump moves to close facility that helps track planet-warming pollution
The lab is connected to the Mauna Loa Observatory, where scientists gather data to produce the Keeling Curve, a chart on the daily status of atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations.
www.washingtonpost.com
March 14, 2025 at 7:43 PM
The Trump administration is planning to cancel its lease at a government laboratory in Hawaii, a site where scientists support key observations of surging greenhouse gas levels in the atmosphere, according to a list obtained by Democratic members of Congress and shared with The Post.
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Just heard that Trump is putting an end to atmospheric monitoring site NY67 that is run out of my lab. This is one of the oldest NADP sites in the US, continually measuring acid rain and other pollutants since 1977. Closing it down is tragic.
March 14, 2025 at 4:23 PM
Just heard that Trump is putting an end to atmospheric monitoring site NY67 that is run out of my lab. This is one of the oldest NADP sites in the US, continually measuring acid rain and other pollutants since 1977. Closing it down is tragic.
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We would like to share a recent paper from group alumni, Wantong Li, entitled "Disentangling Effects of Vegetation Structure and Physiology on Land–Atmosphere Coupling" published in @globalchangebio.bsky.social ! 🌍🌿
Read more: doi.org/10.1111/gcb....
Read more: doi.org/10.1111/gcb....
Disentangling Effects of Vegetation Structure and Physiology on Land–Atmosphere Coupling
This study investigates the regulation of vegetation structure and physiology in land-atmosphere interactions. Using an explainable machine learning approach, we quantify the importance of leaf area ....
doi.org
February 18, 2025 at 2:12 PM
We would like to share a recent paper from group alumni, Wantong Li, entitled "Disentangling Effects of Vegetation Structure and Physiology on Land–Atmosphere Coupling" published in @globalchangebio.bsky.social ! 🌍🌿
Read more: doi.org/10.1111/gcb....
Read more: doi.org/10.1111/gcb....
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🚀 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
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
February 3, 2025 at 3:54 PM
🚀 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
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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Same. Yesterday in my last lecture of the semester, we discussed the importance of defending science and knowledge against the rising threats globally. CO2 will keep rising if we don't do anything about it, and it will keep warming the planet. With or without a website. It's just plain physics...
February 5, 2025 at 8:43 AM
Same. Yesterday in my last lecture of the semester, we discussed the importance of defending science and knowledge against the rising threats globally. CO2 will keep rising if we don't do anything about it, and it will keep warming the planet. With or without a website. It's just plain physics...