
Benjamin Campforts
195 posts

Benjamin Campforts
@BenjaminCa
Assistant Professor in Earth surface dynamics at @VU_EarthScience @VU_Science @VUamsterdam (He/him)





🔴 @smets_b & @BrosensLiesa currently training experts from ministries to use #ecosystem #accounting as a tool for regional #restoration 🙌 💚🌍 📍 Madagascar 🇲🇬 🤝 on behalf of @UNEP_FI, in collaboration with @MeddMadagascar (Ministry of #Ecology & #Sustainable Development)






Apply soon! 2024 Earth Surface Processes Summer Institute (ESPIn) July 29th through August 6th in Boulder, CO. Application deadline January 26, 2024. Details: csdms.colorado.edu/wiki/ESPIn




(1/5) 🌍🌾 Exciting Research Paper Alert! We explore the future of the African Rice System, considering socioeconomic developments and climatic changes. Let's dive in below! #AfricanRiceSystem #FoodSecurity #NatureFood #OpenAccess Link: nature.com/articles/s4301…

On long timescales (30-250 kyr) Madagascar is eroding at a low pace, with 10Be erosion rates ranging between 2 and 50 mm/kyr. This confirms that subtropical environments, even when characterised by strong relief and steep slopes, can be geomorphically stable over long timepans






Congratulations to Wim Thiery (@WimThiery), @VUBrussel for being awarded one of the Arne Richter Awards for Outstanding Early Career Scientists. Read more: egu.eu/3DMFD6/

Congratulations to Harry Zekollari (@HarryZeko), @VAW_glaciology for being awarded one of the Arne Richter Awards for Outstanding Early Career Scientists. Read more: egu.eu/3DMFD6/










