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Ahmad Al Bitar

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Scientist | Engineer | Earth Observation 🌍 | Hydrology 💧 | Carbon 🌿 https://www.cesbio.cnrs.fr/author/ahmad-al-bitar/

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Latest posts by ahmadalbitar.bsky.social on Bluesky

Here's a small window into what's actually going on for our situation... 😩

16.04.2025 16:57 — 👍 283    🔁 90    💬 8    📌 3
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A third of the Arctic’s vast carbon sink now a source of emissions, study reveals Critical CO2 stores held in permafrost are being released as the landscape changes with global heating, report shows

"There is a load of carbon in the Arctic soils. It’s close to half of the Earth’s soil carbon pool."

“But now the temperatures are warmer, there’s more organic matter available for decomposition, and carbon gets released into the atmosphere.”

Humankind is so badly f%&ked

#Climate

21.01.2025 21:49 — 👍 26    🔁 7    💬 0    📌 3
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Time to reshare on of my all time favourite interactive globes. The "Ancient Earth" globe shows us how the world changed over the last 240 million years. Great fun to spot your home and see how it moved around over time. Source: buff.ly/2YSZuct

11.12.2024 20:33 — 👍 65    🔁 20    💬 0    📌 0

We need « translate » function in Bluesky.

04.12.2024 18:52 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

We need « translate » function in Bluesky.

04.12.2024 18:52 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

carbon farming?

04.12.2024 16:18 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Always at the forefront of geospatial analysis @gishub.org 👏. What I like the most is how new socio-economic data are strongly getting there way into geospatial analysis.

27.11.2024 22:16 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
A short guide to Copernicus Browser
YouTube video by Copernicus Data Space Ecosystem A short guide to Copernicus Browser

Need to explore earth observation data, check the Copernicus Browser with very similar front-end ti the Sentinel-hub browser youtu.be/F0lIn5r6ZWk?...

24.11.2024 22:27 — 👍 1    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
A short guide to Copernicus Browser
YouTube video by Copernicus Data Space Ecosystem A short guide to Copernicus Browser

Need to explore earth observation data, check the Copernicus Browser with very similar front-end ti the Sentinel-hub browser youtu.be/F0lIn5r6ZWk?...

24.11.2024 22:27 — 👍 1    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Satellite images reveal massive crop losses in war-torn Ukraine As Russia’s invasion creeps inward, farmers are abandoning millions of hectares of farmland

Our paper on the impact of war in Ukraine on wheat production is featured in AAAS Science News www.science.org/content/arti...
@cnrs.bsky.social

22.11.2024 04:20 — 👍 5    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
Impact4Soil - Horizon Europe Initiative Powered by the Soil Carbon International Research Consortium, Impact4soil offers data and meta-analysis on soil carbon, practices, and land management solutions.

If your searching for a knowledge hub on soil with a focus on monitoring reporting and verification MRV for SOC check www.impact4soil.com
to which #CESBIO is contributing.
#CIRAD #horizon #ORCaSa #ISRIC #INRAE #CNRS

22.11.2024 17:32 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Pour l’enseignement supérieur et la recherche, 904 millions d’euros de coupes budgétaires Selon le décret paru mercredi, le secteur est parmi les plus touchés. Les annulations de crédits représentent presque 3 % de son budget total, alors qu’Emmanuel Macron s’était engagé en décembre à « c...

Dans le journal le monde, une coupe budgetaire de 1Milliards d’euro pour l’enseignement supérieur et la recherche. www.lemonde.fr/societe/arti...

22.11.2024 17:42 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Good news for sustainability efforts in wetlands! Wetlands are not a disconnected landscape.

22.11.2024 17:39 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Impact4Soil - Horizon Europe Initiative Powered by the Soil Carbon International Research Consortium, Impact4soil offers data and meta-analysis on soil carbon, practices, and land management solutions.

If your searching for a knowledge hub on soil with a focus on monitoring reporting and verification MRV for SOC check www.impact4soil.com
to which #CESBIO is contributing.
#CIRAD #horizon #ORCaSa #ISRIC #INRAE #CNRS

22.11.2024 17:32 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

Great explanatory material, thank you for sharing!

22.11.2024 16:16 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
Arianespace to Launch European Union's Copernicus Earth Observation Sentinel-1C Satellite on December 3, 2024 - Arianespace


Sentinel-1C launch is getting closer!
www.arianespace.com/news/arianes...

22.11.2024 08:23 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Satellite images reveal massive crop losses in war-torn Ukraine As Russia’s invasion creeps inward, farmers are abandoning millions of hectares of farmland

Our paper on the impact of war in Ukraine on wheat production is featured in AAAS Science News www.science.org/content/arti...
@cnrs.bsky.social

22.11.2024 04:20 — 👍 5    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

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