Derrick Muheki

PhD researcher in the field of climate science at @VUBrussel | Water resources engineer

[Wim Thiery @WimThiery]

Derrick Muhecki, PhD Fellow @VUBrussel, is leading a project to digitise and transcribe hydroclimatic datasets from 36 climate stations across DR Congo from the early 1950’s to date.

@CopernicusECMWF @CopernicusEU news article: https://t.co/nLqAHUJiRe

[Derrick Muheki @DerrickMuheki]

FactCheck over het hitte-eilandeffect in steden.
https://t.co/GmD3gQBacL

[Derrick Muheki @DerrickMuheki]

Perfecte storm: hittegolven én bosbranden zullen 9 keer vaker voorkomen in Oost-Afrika - MO* https://t.co/iBFMmKCECd via @mondiaalnieuws

[Derrick Muheki @DerrickMuheki]

@KatoMpanga Thank you @KatoMpanga 🙏

[Derrick Muheki @DerrickMuheki]

@WimThiery @ZscheischlerJak @Bevacqua_E @deijns_axel https://t.co/Zs4CW1SC1u

[Derrick Muheki @DerrickMuheki]

🚨New Paper Alert!

In our latest research, we investigate the joint occurrence of pairs of river floods, heatwaves, wildfires, droughts, crop failures, and tropical cyclones in East Africa under past and future climate scenarios.

[EarthSystemDynamics @EGU_ESD]

New #EGUhighlights: The perfect storm? Co-occurring climate extremes in East Africa https://t.co/mn5Aowc1E1

[Derrick Muheki @DerrickMuheki]

Our results show that increase in the frequency and spatial extent of these co-occurring extremes will become the norm in East Africa by the end of the century, even under low-end warming scenarios @WimThiery, @ZscheischlerJak, @Bevacqua_E, @deijns_axel, & Gabriele Messori.

[Derrick Muheki @DerrickMuheki]

. See our abstract here: https://t.co/p4xyVXsety

Appreciation also goes to Research Foundation Flanders - FWO who are funding this project, and our collaborators at INERA RDC, Ghent University, Royal Museum for Central Africa and State Archives of Belgium, to mention but a few.

[Derrick Muheki @DerrickMuheki]

Special thanks to @EuroGeosciences for the platform to present our work within the @hydr_vub at #EGU24. I gave a presentation on how we are using ML algorithms to unlock a unique database of temperature and precipitation records for the Congo Basin from archived data

[Derrick Muheki @DerrickMuheki]

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[Derrick Muheki @DerrickMuheki]

Interested in knowing how we are unlocking a unique database of precipitation and temperature records for the Congo Basin from archives within the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Belgium? Follow my PICO presentation at #EGU24 this Thur 18th Apr 24 at 16h38 CET in PICO spot 3

[Derrick Muheki @DerrickMuheki]

@Bevacqua_E @dfg_public @Compound_Event Congrats @Bevacqua_E

[Wim Thiery @WimThiery]

How much damage and human suffering is climate change causing? Last month we discussed this question @VUBrussel during the @COSTprogramme @climateimpacts_ workshop "Bridging climate and impact attribution". Watch the aftermovie here:

[VUB @VUBrussel]

Het lijkt simpel: je neemt een oldtimer, haalt er de motor en benzinetank uit en vervangt alles door een batterijpack en geschikte elektromotor. Ingenieursstudenten van de @VUBrussel gingen de uitdaging aan. Of hij rijdt? Dat ontdekken ze vandaag tijdens een testrit op de campus!

[Pieter Ballon @PieterBallon]

De wetenschap achter de klimaatjongeren: top-klimaatwetenschapper @WimThiery van @VUBrussel maakt pijnlijk concreet wat klimaatverandering voor volgende generaties betekent https://t.co/AEtphB7NQB

[PROCLIAS - COST Action 19139 @climateimpacts_]

PROCLIAS-ISIMIP workshop is ongoing in Prague at CZU! @ISIMIPImpacts @climateimpacts_

[Ann van Griensven @ann_griensven]

Congrats to Estifanos Addisu Yimer
@YimerAddisu of @hydr_vub for the publication of his paper on the impact of extensive agricultural water drainage on the hydrology of the Kleine Nete watershed, Belgium
https://t.co/N6GWTQdur9

[Derrick Muheki @DerrickMuheki]

Bekijk dit artikel (https://t.co/d4Pgrvt5qZ ) over ons onderzoek in samenwerking met ngo Save the Children. We bespreken het rapport 'Generation Hope: 2.4 billion reasons to end the global climate and inequality crisis'. @WimThiery @save_children @deMensnu

[Inne Vanderkelen @ivanderkelen]

"We have to put intergenerational justice at the heart of our climate communication"

Couldn't be more proud of @WimThiery, my mentor, for winning the Arne Richter Award and giving a mind-blowing talk at #EGU23!

Inspiring me, and now also an entire cohort of geoscientists ✨

[Wim Thiery @WimThiery]

#EGU23 was mindblowing. Thank you so much @EuroGeosciences for honoring me with the Arne Richter Award, and for the incredible opportunity to present my work in Vienna. Most award and medal lectures (including mine) were recorded and can be viewed here: https://t.co/SQz6PtVAsC