πŸŽ“ Next up in the #AI4PEX Science Talks!

🌍 Hadi Shokati
AI for soil erosion, flood segmentation & rainfall erosivity forecasting
🧠 René Geist
SoftJAX & SoftTorch: differentiable programming for scientific ML

πŸ“… Thursday, 25. June 2026 at 13:00 CEST

Join us for a deep dive into Earth observation, AI & scientific machine learning.
πŸ‘‰ Register now! https://survey.academiccloud.de/f/668874?lang=en

#AI4Earth #MachineLearning #ClimateScience

πŸŽ₯ Looking back at the ELLIS Winter School 2026 in Athens!

A week full of AI, climate science, hands-on projects, inspiring discussions & new collaborations. πŸŒπŸ€–

Watch our highlight video and hear from participants, instructors & organizers.

Special thanks to Olyvon for producing this amazing video and supporting the school.

#AI4PEX #AI4Earth #ClimateScience #ELLISWinterSchool

πŸ’‘ New Paper on global plant functional diversity 🌍🌿
Using remote sensing, biodiversity observations & trait databases, this study maps key plant traits worldwide at 1-km resolution β€” offering new insights into ecosystem functioning, biodiversity & resilience under environmental change. πŸ›°οΈπŸŒ±

πŸ‘‰ https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-026-72111-6

#AI4PEX #Ecology #RemoteSensing #Biodiversity #EarthObservation

🌍 AI4PEX 2nd General Assembly in Brest, France!

The week combines scientific exchange, collaboration & hands-on sessions on CNNs, AI agents, Generative approaches & Uncertainty Quantification.

A highlight: dedicated discussions for ECRs on careers, funding & supervision β€” followed by a beautiful coastal hike 🌊

Thanks to for hosting us!

#AI4PEX #AI4Earth #ClimateScience #MachineLearning

πŸ’‘ New Paper on physics-aware AI for #EarthObservation πŸŒπŸ€–

By combining physical models with symbolic regression & sparse ML, this work moves toward more interpretable and trustworthy emulators for atmospheric radiative transfer.

πŸ‘‰https://doi.org/10.1109/TGRS.2026.3676858

A step toward explainable AI in Earth system science πŸš€

#AI4PEX #ExplainableAI #AI4Earth #RemoteSensing

🎀 #EGU26 Spotlight

AI must go beyond prediction 🌍
Gustau Camps-Valls on AI for climate resilience β€” from explainable AI to early warning systems & causal models.

πŸ”— https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU26/EGU26-22994.html

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🎀 #EGU26 Spotlight

Climate extremes don’t always happen alone 🌑️
Sonia Seneviratne on compound events β€” rising risks, near-permanent extremes, and limits to adaptation. How multiple climate extremes interact & amplify impacts.

πŸ”— https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU26/EGU26-14314.html

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🎀 #EGU26 Spotlight

How do soil moisture & temperature drive extremes? 🌍
Feini Huang combines causal AI + ML to disentangle land–atmosphere feedbacks β€” and benchmark climate models.

πŸ”— https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU26/EGU26-12361.html

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🎀 #EGU26 Spotlight

Are AI climate models really more efficient? πŸ€–πŸŒ
Tom Beucler compares AI, hybrid & GPU-based models β€” and finds the advantage isn’t always clear-cut.

πŸ”— https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU26/EGU26-18440.html

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🎀 #EGU26 Spotlight

Some regions are β€œbehind” or β€œahead” in warming 🌑️
Dominik Schumacher shows: areas lagging today may see faster rises in extreme heat soon.

πŸ”— https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU26/EGU26-13840.html

#AI4PEX