Benjamin Kraemer

#WARR
@carowinter.bsky.social + Ashley Helton on
water quality (C, N, salts, ..) in troubled waters during #floods #droughts

Register: psu.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

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@devonkerins.bsky.social @margaretzimmer.bsky.social @waterbarnes.bsky.social @agu-h3s.bsky.social

Here's why you'll want to be there:

💧Inspiring speakers: Prof. Dr. Julia Knapp and Dr. Joachim Rozemeijer
💧Two full days of oral and poster presentations
💧Excursion (tentative) to our Ecosense field site
💧Potential for a community paper

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We look forward to seeing you!

Five people bundled up in cold weather gear stand on the ice in front of a military cargo plane, in Antarctica

K051 (my “event number”, the unique identifier for each science project) made it to Antarctica! Flew on a C17, only delayed by an hour, too. Thanks US Air Force and Antarctica NZ, now the fun begins.
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This @gleonetwork.bsky.social workshop series is aimed at limnologists but it's open to all. We are targetting PhD students and postdocs across the environmental sciences.

Poster for 90 minute workshop on HOW TO DESIGN BETTER EXPERIMENTS, by Mridul Thomas & Ravi Ranjan. Details: September 23rd 16:00 CEST ; 14:00 UTC Description: Experimental designs can make or break an experiment. A good experiment has a clear goal and efficiently uses experimental resources to achieve that goal. In this workshop, we will review what experiments are for, basic and advanced principles of designing experiments, and how to use simulations to evaluate designs before actually doing the experiment. We’ll do a moderate amount of coding in R and so experience with this would be helpful but is not required. We intend to have small-group discussions to help participants develop their own experiments, and encourage participants to think of a specific question they would like to answer with an experiment.

@raviranjan.bsky.social & I are teaching a free online workshop with on experimental design for environmental scientists on the 23rd.

We'll focus on using simulations to evaluate how well different experimental designs help achieve your goals.

Please sign up & share! forms.gle/MZTxeQs4UpMr...

Clarifying the trophic state concept to advance macroscale freshwater science and management For over a century, ecologists have used the concept of trophic state (TS) to characterize an aquatic ecosystem's biological productivity. However, multiple TS classification schemes, each relying on....

It takes patience to have a conversation about definitions as a collaboration begins... but it is important!
"Trophic state" in lakes is one of those concepts! It really makes a difference which definition we use... @mishafredmeyer.bsky.social
esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

📢 Job alert 📢

Doctoral position at the University of Freiburg in the DFG Research Training Group FORESCALE (Scale Effects in the Forest Adaptation to Climate Change) on the topic of water quantity and quality 🍁💧🍁

For details see: uni-freiburg.de/stellenangeb...

Historical satellite imagery provides crucial insights, not only for penguin colonies but also for establishing realistic baselines to support conservation efforts and effective management across broad spatial scales. academic.oup.com/bioscience/a...

We've detected penguin guano stains across Antarctica with cold-war era spy satellites. Remarkably, data from the Cape Washington colony shows exceptional stability, defying decades of environmental change. www.biorxiv.org/content/10.1...

a large flock of penguins are walking in the snow with national geographic wild written on the bottom right ALT: a large flock of penguins are walking in the snow with national geographic wild written on the bottom right

Analog US spy satellite images from the 1960s are revealing unexpected surprises—this time, it's penguin poop! So, what does the poop tell us in our latest preprint? Work lead by Martynas Bielinis, @drmichellelarue.bsky.social, myself, and Catalina Munteanu

A couple of forthcoming workshops on experimental design and data analysis, taught by @christinamcgraw.bsky.social, Peter Dillingham, @sineadcollins.bsky.social, Sam Dupont, and me.

Back in my happy place: sending more fully equipped students out to explore lakes in the Black Forest—waters which, to my knowledge, have never been touched by aquatic ecologists. Let the discoveries begin. 🛶🧪🌲

"Absolute teaching bliss" ☺️ is sending two bachelors students in a kayak to collect the first ecological data in over 70 years from a lake so protected, swimming and boating are off-limits. With special permission granted, they’re experiencing something virtually no living human has experienced.🚣‍♀️⛰️🌊

Researchers launch study of hundreds of Adirondack lakes A consortium of scientists and other researchers are starting a three-year survey of hundreds of Adirondacks lakes and ponds

Extremely proud to be working on the Survey of Climate and Adirondack Lake Ecosystems (SCALE)! Check out this article which highlights what we will be doing.

www.adirondackexplorer.org/stories/rese...

I'm very excited to share that Hacking Limno + DSOS are coming back for the FIFTH time 21-25 July! If you're interested in #machinelearning #remotesensing #modeling #limnology #oceanography, this is for YOU! Registration is FREE + open to ALL! #DSOS25 aquaticdatasciopensci.github.io/registration/

So happy to share the news that we’re hosting the FIFTH iteration of Hacking Limnology/DSOS this summer! It will be a fest!

Replies to criticisms of my posts on ChatGPT & the environment Why I used 3 Wh, and why I don't say "Every Watt-hour matters"

Here is the response to reviewers: andymasley.substack.com/p/replies-to...

"If you're already trying to live low-impact—recycling, avoiding plastic, limiting flights—here’s a chance to make a meaningful tech choice that aligns with those values. LLMs aren't evil by default, but they’re energy-intensive, and we need to ask whether the benefits we get justify their costs."

"ChatGPT, how could I reframe my post so that it is more constructive and persuasive?"

Forest Dieback in Drinking Water Protection Areas—A Hidden Threat to Water Quality Forests cover 43% of German drinking water protection areas, making their vitality state critical for safeguarding drinking water quality German drinking water protection areas experienced a 4.8%...

Read the paper → agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...

SWR Aktuell Baden-Württemberg: Sendung 19:30 Uhr vom 9.5.2025 - hier anschauen Nachrichten aus Baden-Württemberg mit Florian Buchmaier.

@carowinter.bsky.social recently appeared on SWR to talk about her new paper on how forest dieback from drought is threatening groundwater quality in Germany. A must-watch segment on the hidden risks to our drinking water.

Catch her at 14:59 into the video → www.ardmediathek.de/video/swr-ak...

Water at the Movies Water is a theme that runs through all forms of popular culture, from books to myths to documentariesto Hollywood and international films, with a growing number of shorter video pi

Do you like water?
Do you like movies?

I've updated my compilation of water-related movies, documentaries, TV series, and sci-fi disasters related to water. Here it is:

www.gleick.com/blog/water-a...

YouTube video by Benjamin Kraemer The blue planet and beyond

Mini-lecture #3 in my series called #AquaticPerspectives– Are We the Only Blue Planet? Earth is rich in water—but so are Europa, Enceladus, and Titan, among others. In this episode, I explore what these alien oceans mean for Earth and the search for life beyond. youtu.be/nboQ28tLuBU

YouTube video by Benjamin Kraemer The shape of waterbodies

Can a lake’s shape tell its story? Video #2 in my Aquatic Ecology mini-lecture series is now live! This one explores how the curves, contours, and complexity of waterbodies can reveal their origin, function, and fate. Watch here and let me know what you think: youtu.be/mFXD1F00lHs

Forest Dieback in Drinking Water Protection Areas—A Hidden Threat to Water Quality Forests cover 43% of German drinking water protection areas, making their vitality state critical for safeguarding drinking water quality German drinking water protection areas experienced a 4.8%...

🗞️New paper in Earth's Future🗞️

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#Forest dieback in drinking #water protection areas - a hidden threat to water quality

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Paper👉 doi.org/10.1029/2025...
Press release👉 uni-freiburg.de/waldsterben-...

@uni-freiburg.de @hydrofreiburg.bsky.social @mixedforests.bsky.social

Find us at EGU 🤓 I will talk about our paper published today on the hidden threat of forest dieback to drinking water quality
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🙌 Great interdisciplinary collaboration, highlighting the important but threatened role of forests for drinking water protection, together with Sarina Müller, Teja Kattenborn, Kerstin Stahl, Kathrin Szillat, Markus Weiler & Florian Schnabel (@mixedforests.bsky.social)

YouTube video by Universität Konstanz Tag 2: Das Konstanzer Wissenschaftsforum – Wasser im Wandel

Did you miss the Wasser im Wandel event at the Konstanzer Wissenschaftsforum? Watch it online — including a presentation by our very own Kerstin Stahl, titled “Drought and its changing consequences.”
Watch here → youtu.be/IBrUiRCcJHo?t=4279
Event details → www.uni-konstanz.de/wasser-im-wa...

📌 Monday Heinke Paulsen | Storage and redistribution of water in the forest floor... (Poster, X3, 10:45–12:30) Jonas Pyschik | Insights into Preferential Flow from Sprinkling Experiments (Poster, Hall A, 10:45–12:30) Immanuel Frenzel | Diffuse sources of TFA at the catchment scale (Poster, Hall A, 14:00–15:45) Lea Dedden | Spatio-temporal throughfall patterns in forests (Poster, Hall A, 14:00–15:45) Carolin Winter | Forest Dieback & Drinking Water Quality (Oral Highlight, R 2.15, 17:50–18:00) 📌 Tuesday Sebastian Gnann | Large sample hydrology and the value of data (Invited PICO, Spot A, 08:30–08:40) Markus Weiler | The crux with variability (Oral, R -2.33, 17:40–17:50) 📌 Wednesday Sebastian Gnann | Streamflow sensitivity in alpine catchments (Poster, Hall A, 08:30–10:15) 📌 Thursday Markus Weiler | Flood source areas & peak contribution (Oral, Room B, 16:45–16:55) 📌 Friday Heinke Paulsen (with Christoph Huebner) | Monitoring groundwater recharge & DOC (Poster, Hall A, 10:45–12:30) Kerstin Stahl (with Robin Schwemmle) | Groundwater stressors from agriculture & hydrology (Poster, Hall A, 10:45–12:30) Stefan Seeger | How many sensors do you need for sap flux? (Oral, R 2.44, 11:50–12:00)

Excited to share our research at this year’s #EGU25 next week— from forest water fluxes to flood mapping and groundwater stressors. Thanks to @carowinter.bsky.social for pulling together our schedule! Come find us if you’re curious, collaborative, or just passing by.