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🎨 What’s your water story? In Akuse, Ghana, students explored water, climate & health through art. Led by anthropologist Emily Ragus, their story-quilt revealed joy, fear & resilience. 🖌️

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#ClimateHealth #ArtsBasedResearch #SPRINGSproject
May 12, 2025 at 7:49 AM
Kicking off our #TeamSpotlight 🌍 Meet Hannah, former #PlanEO intern ➡️ now Knowledge Management Specialist! A #UVA med student, she’s driven by #GlobalHealth equity & supported our review on disease risk in rural life. Her work fuels #SPRINGSProject goals 🚀 #HealthEquity #PublicHealth #Episky
October 8, 2025 at 2:44 AM
Busy week for the #SPRINGSproject annual meeting in Ghana! 🇬🇭💧 Partners gathered to discuss progress & next steps, alongside workshops with local stakeholders on water safety, prioritisation of interventions & climate action. Read more: bit.ly/43RUGGn

#ClimateHealth #WaterQuality
March 18, 2025 at 9:10 AM
This week, the #SPRINGSproject is in Akuse, Ghana 🇬🇭 within the #Volta Basin region, a key case study site for our project. During this second annual gathering, we will review project progress, set objectives for the next year, and engage with local and national stakeholders and communities.
March 10, 2025 at 12:30 PM
@brasmus.bsky.social, a researcher in the #SPRINGSproject, discusses the growing climate challenges in #Africa. His article explores extreme rainfall impacts on #WaterQuality, and #PublicHealth, and how SPRINGS uses hydrological models for climate resilience.

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#ClimateChange
RealClimate: Climate change in Africa
RealClimate: [latexpage] While there have been some recent set-backs within science and climate research and disturbing news about NOAA, there is also continuing efforts on responding to climate chang...
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March 21, 2025 at 3:39 PM
From 5-8 May, the SPRINGS consortium gathered in Bucharest for our 3rd General Assembly 🇷🇴 Four days of partner sessions, PhD presentations, student workshops, and stakeholder meetings as we hit the halfway point of the project.
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#SPRINGSProject #EUResearch
May 19, 2026 at 1:28 PM
As the year ends, we’re looking back at SPRINGS’ journey from plans to action in 🇬🇭🇹🇿🇮🇹🇷🇴. Together, we’re tackling water-related health risks & climate change to protect the most vulnerable. 💧🌡️

Thank you to our partners! Onward to 2026. 🥂🚀

#ClimateHealth #SPRINGSProject
December 30, 2025 at 10:09 AM
🌍 Last September, Dr. @brasmus.bsky.social presented the #SPRINGSProject at EMS 2024 in the “Weather & Well-Being” session, sharing insights on tackling #WaterborneDiseases in a changing climate. 🌡️ 📽️ Watch here: www.youtube.com/watch?v=H9dJ...

#ClimateChange #PublicHealth
Modelling how climate change may affect outbreak of diarrhoea
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January 22, 2025 at 8:37 AM
Dr. @brasmus.bsky.social, one of the scientists behind the #SPRINGSproject used downscaling methods to show how climate change intensifies Nordic rainfall: 📈 fewer wet days, heavier rain,🌡️ emissions drive risks and 🌐 Norway's west & N. Finland most affected. Read more: bit.ly/3PAgKNA
Downscaling the probability of heavy rainfall over the Nordic countries
Abstract. We used empirical–statistical downscaling to derive local statistics for 24 h and sub-daily precipitation over the Nordic countries, based on large-scale information provided by global clima...
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January 14, 2025 at 1:46 PM
🌍 How can climate projections become useful for local planning? @brasmus.bsky.social explains how the SPRINGS weather generator creates realistic daily weather data from climate projections to support climate adaptation.

Read more: bit.ly/3TynxN3

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August 4, 2026 at 7:45 AM
The 3rd General Assembly of the SPRINGS project wrapped up in Bucharest, Romania 🇷🇴 (5–8 May).

A key milestone as the project hits the halfway point. 🧵

Great to see the full consortium together again.

#SPRINGSProject #GeneralAssembly #EUResearch
May 19, 2026 at 8:31 AM
💧 In this #MeetOurPeople episode, @liviu-chelcea.bsky.social, social anthropologist at the University of Bucharest, shares how SPRINGS studies water, sanitation & land use in Romania to understand how #ClimateChange shapes waterborne pathogen risks. ▶️

#SPRINGSproject #ClimateHealth #PublicHealth
September 3, 2025 at 8:09 AM
Droughts are hitting Europe’s communities, ecosystems & water supplies, posing growing health & economic risks. 🌿💧

Explore this interactive EEA map to see which areas are most exposed:

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#Drought #ClimateResilience #SPRINGSproject
Exposure of European ecosystems to drought
This interactive map shows the land areas currently exposed to drought across the EEA's 38 member and cooperating countries. To assess the exposure to droughts across Europe, the European Environment ...
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July 31, 2025 at 11:20 AM
💧 In Akuse, Ghana, SPRINGS explores how climate extremes affect water access and child health. Watch our video on the Ghana case study and learn more about our work in the field. #ClimateHealth #SPRINGSproject

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SPRINGS in Akuse, Ghana
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June 25, 2025 at 8:07 AM
🏜️ Today is #DesertificationAndDroughtDay
40% of land is degraded, worsening #drought and health risks. In the #SPRINGSproject, we explore how climate hazards affect water and health, and how local resilience can break the cycle. 🌱 Restoring land protects people and the planet.
#PlanetaryHealth
June 17, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Meet the @rivm-nl.bsky.social team 👋

They’re working closely with local partners in case study sites:
💧 Support the implementation of climate-resilient water safety plans
🔬 Carry out quantitative microbial risk assessments.

🎥 Watch to learn how RIVM is contributing to the #SPRINGSproject
May 20, 2025 at 11:45 AM
🌍 #SPRINGSproject at #MeAVeAS2025

In Pisa, SPRINGS shared insights from our Italy 🇮🇹 case study, showcasing surveillance data and water safety strategies to tackle climate-linked diarrhoeal disease. A great space to connect veterinary, public health & environmental science.

#ClimateHealth
May 14, 2025 at 7:26 AM
Meet Eileen 👋

Prof. Eileen Moyer shares why community-based research matters when tackling climate-related health challenges. 🌍💧

🎥 Watch to hear more about her work and how it’s shaping SPRINGS.

#SPRINGSproject #ClimateHealth #Anthropology
April 17, 2025 at 11:08 AM
🌍 How can we build resilience to drought, one of the world’s most widespread climate hazards?

💧 Drought threatens water, food, health & ecosystems. At #SPRINGSproject, we explore how it drives waterborne diseases.

📖 More: bit.ly/4jqYBi7

#ClimateHealth #Drought
April 11, 2025 at 7:35 AM
🌍 On #WorldHealthDay, we’re reminded that a healthy planet means healthy people.

The #SPRINGSproject explores how climate change affects water quality and health—working to prevent waterborne diseases and support more resilient communities.

#OurPlanetOurHealth #ClimateHealth
April 7, 2025 at 8:25 AM