Open Universiteit op aardwetenschappelijke conferentie EGU22 & Dresden Nexus

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De Open Universiteit neemt van 23 tot 27 mei 2022 deel aan de jaarlijkse bijeenkomst van de Europese Geosciences Union (EGU) te Wenen. Na twee jaar online vindt deze wetenschappelijke bijeenkomst hybride plaats. Twee masterstudenten Environmental Sciences en twee jonge onderzoekers van de vakgroep Milieuwetenschappen, die valt onder de faculteit Bètawetenschappen, zijn dit jaar door de organisatie geselecteerd om hun onderzoeksresultaten te presenteren.

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Open Universiteit at EGU22 Earth Sciences Conference and Dresden Nexus
The Open University of the Netherlands will participate in the annual meeting of the European Geosciences Union (EGU) in Vienna from 23 to 27 May 2022. After two years online, this scientific meeting will take place in a hybrid format. This year, two Master's students in Environmental Sciences and two young researchers from the Department of Environmental Sciences, which falls under the Faculty of Science, have been selected by the organisation to present their research results.
Participation Open University
Master's student Luuk Timmer and junior lecturer Ruben Hage will each present their research resulting from the H2020 EIFFEL project on the use of climate data, PhD researcher Borjana Bogatinoska will present her latest findings from her PhD research within the Interreg Co-Adapt project, and (former) MSc student Barbara Goudsmit will present her MSc thesis findings that she is now continuing as a PhD student at NIOZ and Utrecht University. In addition, more lecturers from the Open University participate in the conference as co-authors. With more than 16,000 participants (pre-corona), this is one of the largest conferences in earth sciences worldwide. Themes this year are close to the heart of faculty interdisciplinary research, such as Responsible data modelling for climate sciences, Local solutions that have global impact, and Impact of land use on food production and 'natural' hazards.

Climate adaptation
In three scientific sessions, Borjana Bogatinoska, Ruben Hage and master's student Luuk Timmer will present their research work on climate adaptation. Master's student Goudsmit recently completed her graduation research at the Open University on paleoclimate, which she carried out in cooperation with Utrecht University. She is now continuing this research as PhD research at the Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research (NIOZ in Yerseke/Texel) and Utrecht University.

Attending EGU22
Interested parties can register to attend the EGU General Assembly virtually. Master students can participate free of charge. More information on registration for the event can be found on the EGU22 website. During the Earth Science Conference, the sessions will be hybrid, allowing you to participate online.

EIFFEL
The research by Luuk Timmer and Ruben Hage stems from the multi-year European research project EIFFEL. EIFFEL, led by the Technical University of Athens (ICCS), is a collaboration of several research institutes and professionals in five European studies on applications for Earth observation for climate change adaptation and mitigation. The Open University is responsible for the co-design and user analysis for these applications within the five study areas, and for the modelling of land-use change within one of the studies: the Aa/Weerijs brook area south of Breda. Together with IHE-Delft and the Province of Brabant, the impact of adaptation measures in water management on carbon sequestration in the soil is investigated. Project leader on behalf of the Open University is university lecturer Dr Angelique Lansu, with Dr Jikke van Wijnen as lecturer/examiner for Luuk Timmer and Ruben Hage and Borjana Bogatinoska as researchers. This research falls within the research programme LIRS of the Science Faculty of the Open University. The EIFFEL research runs from 2021 to 2024 and is funded by the EC Horizon 2020 programme (LC-CLA-19-2020-Building a low carbon, climate resilient future: climate action in support of the Paris Agreement).

Co-Adapt
Borjana Bogatinoska's presentation is a result of her PhD research within the multi-year project Co-Adapt: Climate Adaption through Co-Creation. Co-Adapt is carried out together with the Open University by a consortium of water managers from the Netherlands, England, France and Belgium. One of the eight brook catchments with its stakeholders in this study is also research area in EIFFEL: the Aa/Weerijs brook catchment. The Open University is responsible for the research within Co-Adapt and for the digital learning for future water professionals, with associate professor Dr Angelique Lansu as project leader, and Dr Jean Hugé, Ruben Hage and Borjana Bogatinoska as researchers. This research falls within the research programme LIRS of the Science Faculty of the Open University. The Co-Adapt project runs from 2019 to 2023 and is partly funded by the EU Interreg programme 2Seas.

Dresden Nexus Conference 22
Overlapping with EGU22 is the fully online Dresden Nexus Conference, which focuses on strengthening biodiversity while addressing other challenges in society (e.g. climate change, urban and regional development, and circular economy). At this conference, Borjana Bogatinoska will present her sub-research on the use of consensus techniques in the collaborative design of natural solutions in water management. For more information, see the conference page.

Sessions at EGU22 with Open University
Luuk Timmer, Jikke van Wijnen, & Angelique Lansu
Nature-based Solutions in Brook Catchments: Modelling Land Use Change and its Impact on Terrestrial Carbon Pools (1960 - 2010 - 2050).
Session HS5.5/ERE1.20 - 'Multi-scale water-energy-land nexus planning to manage socio-economic, climatic, and technological change'. Monday 23 May, 13.50 -13.56 hrs.
Barbara Goudsmit, Angelique Lansu, Anna S. von der Heydt, Yurui Zhang, and Martin Ziegler The relationship between the global mean deep-sea and surface temperature during the Early Eocene.
Session CL5.3.1/BG5.4/NP4.4/OS1.26 - 'Palaeoclimate modelling: from time-slices and sensitivity experiments to transient simulations into the future'. Monday 23 May, 15.13 - 15.20 hrs.
Borjana Bogatinoska, Angelique Lansu, Dave Huitema, Jean Hugé, & Stefan Dekker
Designing Nature-based Solutions in a Participatory Way: Usability of Tools for Water Professionals.
Session HS1.1.2 - 'Role of Hydrology in policy, society and interdisciplinary collaborations: across disciplines and beyond scientists'. Wednesday 25 May, 09.25 - 09.30 hrs.
Ruben Hage, Angelique Lansu, Borjana Bogatinoska, & Joop de Kraker
Co-designing User Stories for Geodata Applications to Support Climate Action in 5 GEO Societal Benefit Areas.
Session CL5.1.1 - 'Climate Services - Underpinning Science' Thursday 26 May, 13.57 - 14.03.
Session at DNC22 with Open University
Borjana Bogatinoska, Angelique Lansu, Dave Huitema, Jean Hugé, Stefan C. Dekker
NGT methodology for cross-border knowledge exchange NbS.
Session S01-21339 - 'Theoretical and Methodical Challenges of a Cross-scale Integrated Earth System Assessment'. Monday 23 May, 16.30-16.45 hrs.
In addition, at EGU22, OU professors Stefan Dekker (Utrecht University), Carolien Kroeze (Wageningen University) and Jetse Stoorvogel (Wageningen University) are (co)-authoring presentations from the aforementioned university. These presentations also provide a glimpse into environmental science research.

Hugo Lambrechts, Robijn Brongersma, Spyridon Paparrizos, Cathelijne Stoof, Fulco Ludwig, and Carolien Kroeze
Lessons from Dutch Water Management for Wildfire Prevention. Wednesday 25 May, 09.09 - 09.14 hrs.
Jolanda Theeuwen, Arie Staal, Bert Hamelers, Mohsen Soltani, Obbe Tuinenburg, and Stefan Dekker 'Using local moisture recycling to assess the impact of regreening on the local water cycle in five Mediterranean regions'. Wednesday 25 May, 09.27 - 09.33 hrs.
Stefan C. Dekker, John C. O'Connor, Arie Staal, Obbe Al. Tuinenburg, Karin T. Rebel, and Maria J. Santos 'How forests transpiration and interception evaporation can buffer variations in precipitation downwind'. Wednesday, May 25, 10:41-10:47 am.
Abbey L. Marcotte, Juul Limpens, Cathelijne Stoof, and Jetse Stoorvogel
The impact of peatland wildfires on soil acidity'. Wednesday 25 May, 10.48 - 10.53 am
Rudrani Gajraj, Josef Eitzinger, and Stefan C. Dekker 'Modelling the impacts of climate and socio-economic changes on pesticide use and fate by Poornima Nagesh. Thursday 26 May, 11.42 - 11.48.
Siluo Chen, Rashmi Sasidharan, Stefan C. Dekker, Kirsten H. W. J. ten Tusscher, and Hugo J. de Boer 'Parallels between drought and flooding: an integrated framework for plant eco-physiological responses to water stress'. Friday 27 May, 10.29 - 10.35 hrs.
From our EIFFEL study area Aa/Weerijs presents the first results:

M. Haris Ali, Ioana Popescu, Andreja Jonoski, and Dimitri Solomatine
Review of scientific literature on the use of globally available remote sensed data products for distributed hydrological modelling'. Friday 27 May, 13.20 - 13.30 hrs.