Gerard Rocher-Ros
@grocherros.bsky.social
Ecosystem ecology, biogeochemistry, Limnology. Trying to combine fieldwork and modelling. In January, Assistant Professor in Ecosystem Ecology at IceLab in Umeå University (Sweden).
My latest paper is now out in Limnology and Ocenography Letters @aslo.org, titled "Emerging patterns of CO2 : O2 dynamics in rivers and their link to ecosystem carbon processing". It is open access, so go read! I am mostly proud of this figure, which I spent a lot of hours figuring out how to do it
September 5, 2025 at 1:42 PM
My latest paper is now out in Limnology and Ocenography Letters @aslo.org, titled "Emerging patterns of CO2 : O2 dynamics in rivers and their link to ecosystem carbon processing". It is open access, so go read! I am mostly proud of this figure, which I spent a lot of hours figuring out how to do it
Today was the first field day in my ERC ARIMETH project! I installed a oxygen and water level sensor in Krycklan. It was a great field day, wearing t-shirt, sunny... But this is so wrong. Mid-april in northern Sweden means a thick snow cover, but this has been an abnormally warm and dry winter.
April 17, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Today was the first field day in my ERC ARIMETH project! I installed a oxygen and water level sensor in Krycklan. It was a great field day, wearing t-shirt, sunny... But this is so wrong. Mid-april in northern Sweden means a thick snow cover, but this has been an abnormally warm and dry winter.
First experience with fractal objects
March 29, 2025 at 4:04 PM
First experience with fractal objects
Interesting article by Yi and others: "Principles for guiding future research on resilience and tipping points" iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
February 24, 2025 at 3:28 PM
Interesting article by Yi and others: "Principles for guiding future research on resilience and tipping points" iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...
I'm starting to build DIY CO2+CH4 measurement devices and I came across this kind of neat air-water equilibrator, EQSphere. Anyone heard of this before and has experience with it? eqsphere.com
February 12, 2025 at 2:48 PM
I'm starting to build DIY CO2+CH4 measurement devices and I came across this kind of neat air-water equilibrator, EQSphere. Anyone heard of this before and has experience with it? eqsphere.com
"Abrupt transformation of west Greenland lakes following compound climate extremes associated with atmospheric rivers". This new article in PNAS by Jasmine Saros and colleague Vendy Hazuková is pretty striking www.pnas.org/doi/full/10....
January 24, 2025 at 7:43 PM
"Abrupt transformation of west Greenland lakes following compound climate extremes associated with atmospheric rivers". This new article in PNAS by Jasmine Saros and colleague Vendy Hazuková is pretty striking www.pnas.org/doi/full/10....
We have a new paper out! During my stay in Blanes, Susana Bernal led this great work: "Expanding towards contraction: the alternation of floods and droughts as a fundamental component in river ecology", now published in Biogeochemistry link.springer.com/article/10.1...
January 23, 2025 at 11:43 AM
We have a new paper out! During my stay in Blanes, Susana Bernal led this great work: "Expanding towards contraction: the alternation of floods and droughts as a fundamental component in river ecology", now published in Biogeochemistry link.springer.com/article/10.1...
I'm hiring, two fully funded PhD positions! Come work in Umeå in Arctic Sweden, a leading place for high-latitude ecosystem ecology and carbon biogeochemistry
January 14, 2025 at 2:42 PM
I'm hiring, two fully funded PhD positions! Come work in Umeå in Arctic Sweden, a leading place for high-latitude ecosystem ecology and carbon biogeochemistry
The sun barely peeks above the horizon in the winter solstice in Umeå - but we still have homegrown tomatoes at latitude 63!
December 21, 2024 at 6:07 PM
The sun barely peeks above the horizon in the winter solstice in Umeå - but we still have homegrown tomatoes at latitude 63!
Here are some shitty cards I did last week with some info, but if you want more details check the website and drop me a message! www.grocher-ros.com/projects#ari...
December 8, 2024 at 8:48 PM
Here are some shitty cards I did last week with some info, but if you want more details check the website and drop me a message! www.grocher-ros.com/projects#ari...
On my way to #AGU24! I will have my presentation on Thursday on the role of groundwater to reconcile river metabolism and carbon cycling
December 7, 2024 at 10:23 AM
On my way to #AGU24! I will have my presentation on Thursday on the role of groundwater to reconcile river metabolism and carbon cycling
Today a decision that goes against the deepest core values of Swedish society has been taken by my university
November 22, 2024 at 5:53 PM
Today a decision that goes against the deepest core values of Swedish society has been taken by my university
Looks interesting, the graphical abstract is not the simplest I have seen though
November 8, 2024 at 5:11 PM
Looks interesting, the graphical abstract is not the simplest I have seen though
Today Kim Sneppen from the Niels Bohr institute gave a great talk in IceLab_Umeå on simple models in biology, showing the power and complexity arising from models of 3,2 or even 1 parameter across any biological scale
October 17, 2024 at 2:17 PM
Today Kim Sneppen from the Niels Bohr institute gave a great talk in IceLab_Umeå on simple models in biology, showing the power and complexity arising from models of 3,2 or even 1 parameter across any biological scale
My ERC Starting Grant got funded! Next year I will be back at Umeå University with the project "A mechanistic Understanding of Arctic River Methane emissions".
September 5, 2024 at 11:35 AM
My ERC Starting Grant got funded! Next year I will be back at Umeå University with the project "A mechanistic Understanding of Arctic River Methane emissions".
The northern boreal landscape in August is quite hard to beat
August 24, 2024 at 12:02 PM
The northern boreal landscape in August is quite hard to beat
I've been also checking a stream for a major upcoming experiment... anyone with experience heating up a whole stream? Because I just got some money to do that
August 14, 2024 at 3:59 PM
I've been also checking a stream for a major upcoming experiment... anyone with experience heating up a whole stream? Because I just got some money to do that
Today I went to Krycklan to see how it is going for some colleagues from Durham (Cat, Jotis and Elisabeth). They are installing wells in the soil, to study carbon processes interactions with sulphur and anoxic processes. Looks promising!
August 14, 2024 at 3:57 PM
Today I went to Krycklan to see how it is going for some colleagues from Durham (Cat, Jotis and Elisabeth). They are installing wells in the soil, to study carbon processes interactions with sulphur and anoxic processes. Looks promising!
This article by E. Freund and others is the coolest work I've seen in a while. They show how groundwater inputs determine the shape of river networks! agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
October 10, 2023 at 6:57 PM
This article by E. Freund and others is the coolest work I've seen in a while. They show how groundwater inputs determine the shape of river networks! agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....
Today's attempt of fitting a bunch of sensors in a narrow groundwater well. That needs some improvement...
September 28, 2023 at 1:31 PM
Today's attempt of fitting a bunch of sensors in a narrow groundwater well. That needs some improvement...
Living 30 minutes from the coast allows great weekend trips in Catalonia
September 17, 2023 at 2:56 PM
Living 30 minutes from the coast allows great weekend trips in Catalonia