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Prof Dan Parsons

@bedforms.bsky.social
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Dad to 3 & husband to @ParsnipsParsons 😍 Pro-Vice Chancellor @LboroUniversity. Prof Geosciences: floods, sediments, plastics, sustainable energy & net zero 🌍

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Prof Dan Parsons @bedforms.bsky.social · 11/11/2025
🌏 New research led from @lborouniversity shows that sand mining is drastically altering the Mekong system, weakening the Tonle Sap Lake’s vital flood pulse - the heartbeat of one of the world’s most biodiverse freshwater ecosystems. ➡️ Nature Sustainability paper... www.linkedin.com/posts/dan-pa...
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Sand mining reducing the flow of Southeast Asia’s largest lake, new report warns | Dan Parsons
🌏 New research led from Loughborough University has revealed that sand mining is critically disrupting the natural flood pulse of Southeast Asia’s largest freshwater lake — Tonle Sap in Cambodia. Pub...
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Prof Dan Parsons @bedforms.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
🌊🔥 Building Resilience for a Changing World: Fully Funded PhD Opportunities at @lborouniversity As part of the UKRI Centre for Doctoral Training in Resilient Flood Futures (FLOOD-CDT). www.linkedin.com/posts/dan-pa...
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Prof Dan Parsons @bedforms.bsky.social · 01/11/2025
🌊🔥 Building Resilience for a Changing World: Fully Funded PhD Opportunities at @lborouniversity As part of the UKRI Centre for Doctoral Training in Resilient Flood Futures (FLOOD-CDT). www.linkedin.com/posts/dan-pa...
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Elizabeth Stokoe @lizstokoe.bsky.social · 27/10/2025
For anyone interested in #psychology, #research assessment and evaluation, how the expert panel rated research submitted to #REF2021 - and especially the fate of #qualitative research - our article in Cogent Psychology is #OpenAccess (link in next post). 1/2
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Psychology and research assessment in the United Kingdom
Matthew Inglis,Colin Foster,Hugues Lortie-Forgues,Victoria Simms & Elizabeth Stokoe
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What can we learn about psychology research in the UK, and its perceived quality, from examining manuscripts submitted to the psychology, psychiatry and neuroscience subpanel of the 2021 Research Excellence Framework (REF2021)? Using a latent Dirichlet allocation topic modelling approach, we identified 33 topics which collectively summarised the content of the journal articles returned to the subpanel. We found that the composition of submissions to the subpanel, in terms of these topics, explained a large proportion of the variance in the quality assessments they received from the expert peer review subpanel. Our model identified topics which were typically associated with receiving higher and lower unit-level quality assessments. In our discussion we pay particular attention to the fate of qualitative research, and discuss possible accounts for why units who returned a large amount of qualitative work tended to receive lower quality assessments than those who did not.
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Loughborough University PR @lboropr.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
The government has pledged to remove RAAC from all affected schools in England by 2029. Professor Chris Goodier comments to @bbcnewslive.bsky.social about the need for all schools to be structurally safe. Read more: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Raac will be removed from schools by 2029, government says
The Labour government makes a new promise for schools containing the unsafe concrete.
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Loughborough University PR @lboropr.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
"UK universities are quietly but undeniably at a crossroads." @bedforms.bsky.social @lborouniversity.bsky.social writes for @timeshighered.bsky.social www.timeshighereducation.com/depth/will-s...
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Will superuniversities save UK HE?
The quasi-merger of the universities of Kent and Greenwich has raised questions about how many other higher education institutions might see an opportunity – or a necessity – to team up as financial p...
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Prof Dan Parsons @bedforms.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
Bye-bye Chang Mai. Thanks for the memories! 👋🌏
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Prof Dan Parsons @bedforms.bsky.social · 07/08/2025
Rice terraces, northern Vietnam. 23 degrees, river turbulence, finches and crickets in the background.
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Prof Dan Parsons @bedforms.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
Had the great pleasure of visiting Tsinghua University yesterday for an inspiring day of discussion on our institutional partnership Loughborough University and our ongoing collaborative approaches to hazard and risk research, education and communication.
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Prof Dan Parsons @bedforms.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
What happens when rivers freeze, thaw, and flow in a warming world? ❄️🌊 Our new paper reports on novel cryolab experiments that reveal erosion peaks not at the coldest temps, but at –5.2°C. As freeze-thaw cycles shift, so will rivers. Big questions, small-scale answers. 🔗 doi.org/10.1029/2024...
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Prof Dan Parsons @bedforms.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
🏆 44 years at the top! Loughborough University crowned BUCS champions once again — an unbroken legacy of sporting excellence. Proud of every student athlete, coach, staff & supporter who made this happen. Here’s to passion, performance & purple. 💜💛 #BUCS44 #Loughborough #ChampionsAgain
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Prof Dan Parsons @bedforms.bsky.social · 15/07/2025
What happens when rivers freeze, thaw, and flow in a warming world? ❄️🌊 Our new paper reports on novel cryolab experiments that reveal erosion peaks not at the coldest temps, but at –5.2°C. As freeze-thaw cycles shift, so will rivers. Big questions, small-scale answers. 🔗 doi.org/10.1029/2024...
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Dr Katie J Parsons 🏳️‍🌈🌍🇪🇺 @parsnipsparsons.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
Over the moon to finally announce our NERC: Natural Environment Research Council funded project Charnwood Champions 🥳 This project has been a dream of mine for many years after witnessing the inconsistancy and inequality of opportunities for children to access the natural environment
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Prof Dan Parsons @bedforms.bsky.social · 12/07/2025
🌱 What if environmental science belonged to everyone? We’re proud to launch Charnwood Champions: A Passport to Inclusive Environmental Science – a bold, place-based project reimagining environmental learning, opportunity, and leadership. 🔗 More here: www.lboro.ac.uk/subjects/geo...
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New environmental education initiative tackles sector’s diversity crisis
A groundbreaking new initiative led by Loughborough University, and in collaboration with key civic partners, is set to transform environmental education and green careers access for young people acro...
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Prof Dan Parsons @bedforms.bsky.social · 06/07/2025
Lets go @LboroLightning @lborouniversity - and historic three-peat on the cards! #wherehistorybegins.. watch live on @SkySports this afternoon!
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Prof Dan Parsons @bedforms.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Launched @Lborouni's first ever UNESCO Day & I’m still buzzing with pride. We now have 3 UNESCO Chairs—the most of any UK university. 🌍 Sport as a force for global development (Prof Giulianotti) 🌊 Data-driven resilience against disaster (Prof Liang) 📖 Storytelling for sustainability (Prof Wilson)
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Prof Dan Parsons @bedforms.bsky.social · 02/07/2025
Walked on plastic debris today. Literally. Part of an incredible interactive art installation by Dr Katarina Dimitrijevic. Strangest feeling—the sound, the crunch, the weight of waste underfoot. It left me reflecting on how deeply plastic is entangled in our lives—and futures. Reac more here:
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📢 Walking on Waste: A Strange Encounter with the Plastic Age 💡 | Dan Parsons
📢 Walking on Waste: A Strange Encounter with the Plastic Age 💡 Today, I visited one of the most powerful and affecting installations I've seen in a long time. Dr Katarina Dimitrijevic’s (aka Kraa...
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Dr Flo Halstead @flohalstead.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
Based on work in Vietnam, we explore how place-based, intergenerational storytelling can drive real momentum and sustain engagement. @parsnipsparsons.bsky.social @bedforms.bsky.social @drchrishackney.bsky.social @lisa-jones7.bsky.social, Thu Vo, Hue Le, Anh Nguyen, Alison Lloyd Williams
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Dr Flo Halstead @flohalstead.bsky.social · 23/06/2025
Happy Monday! 🥳 Thrilled to share our new paper in Children’s Geographies: “Place-based & intergenerational storytelling for youth climate action: Moving beyond participation and towards momentum” 🌍📚 Read it here: www.tandfonline.com/eprint/IHFXJ...
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Prof Dan Parsons @bedforms.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
Lets go ✨️ @lborouniversity @LboroLightning - national super league semis live tonight on @SkySports 🙌 💜 www.netballsl.com/news/where-t...
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Prof Dan Parsons @bedforms.bsky.social · 19/06/2025
Ouch thats warm at the end of the month....would be June record I believe.....
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Globalization and World Cities @gawc.bsky.social · 14/06/2025
The Department of Geography and Environment @lborouniversity.bsky.social is launching the MSc Climate Change, Energy and Humanitarian Action, a brand-new distance learning programme co-designed and delivered with @unitar.bsky.social. 💻 Register for an open webinar at unitar.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Webinar 'Where do Climate Leaders Begin? 19 June 2025, 5-6pm (CET)
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Prof Dan Parsons @bedforms.bsky.social · 08/06/2025
Thanks so much for the invitation @landscapeslive.bsky.social - lots of fun to give the online seminar. Was great to share progress on our large NERC EvoFlood project! 💪😃
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Prof Dan Parsons @bedforms.bsky.social · 05/06/2025
BBC News - Scientists at Loughborough University create 'world's smallest violin' - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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Scientists at Loughborough University create 'world's smallest violin'
The violin is smaller than a human hair and has
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Prof Dan Parsons @bedforms.bsky.social · 04/06/2025
New paper out! Sand mining isn’t just removing riverbed material, it’s engineering entirely new bed morphologies. agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/... 🎯 Led by @drchrishackney.bsky.social Findings - mining: ➡️ Steeper, taller dunes ➡️ More flow resistance ➡️ Implications for flood risk
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Increased Hydraulic Roughness in Alluvial Rivers Created by Sand‐Mining Sculpted Bed Features
Form roughness of sand mining sculpted bed features is greater than natural dunes Strong recirculating flow is observed in the leeside of sand mining sculpted bed features Suspended sediment tra...
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Chris Hackney @drchrishackney.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
🚨New paper alert 🚨 Ever wondered how sand extraction may be altering the bed of sandy rivers? How these changes influence flow and sediment transport? Well wonder no more! agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
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Prof Dan Parsons @bedforms.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
Great to welcome Prof Jeff Nittrouer (Texas Tech) to @lborouniversity.bsky.social as an IAS Residential Fellow! He’ll work on joint bids, publish from current projects & build new research links across campus. Exciting times for delta and sediment science! 🌍 🔗 www.lboro.ac.uk/research/ias... #IAS
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Prof Dan Parsons @bedforms.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
🚨 We’re hiring at Loughborough! 🚨 This is a strategic investment in teams of academic staff focused on Research & Innovation. Ready to help shape the future of your field and of a top 10 UK university? www.lboro.ac.uk/join-us/acad...
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Join your team. Bring your team. Build your team.
Loughborough University is seeking top research talent from around the world to build, join and shape the teams facing down the most pressing challenges of our time.
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Prof Dan Parsons @bedforms.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
🚨 We’re hiring at Loughborough! 🚨 This is a strategic investment in teams of academic staff focused on Research & Innovation. Ready to help shape the future of your field and of a top 10 UK university? www.lboro.ac.uk/join-us/acad...
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Join your team. Bring your team. Build your team.
Loughborough University is seeking top research talent from around the world to build, join and shape the teams facing down the most pressing challenges of our time.
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Prof Dan Parsons @bedforms.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Join Us @lborouniversity – Shape the Future of Research 💜🙌 Are you ready to lead, collaborate, and innovate? We are seeking ~100 exceptional academics to join our vibrant community and tackle some of the world's most pressing challenges. www.lboro.ac.uk/join-us/acad... DMs open for informal chat
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Join your team. Bring your team. Build your team.
Loughborough University is seeking top research talent from around the world to build, join and shape the teams facing down the most pressing challenges of our time.
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Prof Dan Parsons @bedforms.bsky.social · 16/05/2025
Delighted to see our @NERCscience @EvoFlood project research on changing flood hazard and risk profiled by @theAGU 💜 @lborouniversity eos.org/research-spo...
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Prof Dan Parsons @bedforms.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
Join Us @lborouniversity – Shape the Future of Research 💜🙌 Are you ready to lead, collaborate, and innovate? We are seeking ~100 exceptional academics to join our vibrant community and tackle some of the world's most pressing challenges. www.lboro.ac.uk/join-us/acad... DMs open for informal chat
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Join your team. Bring your team. Build your team.
Loughborough University is seeking top research talent from around the world to build, join and shape the teams facing down the most pressing challenges of our time.
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Prof Dan Parsons @bedforms.bsky.social · 10/05/2025
Big news yesterday: Forging Ahead is go! Honoured to lead this hub for research commercialisation across the Midlands. Backed by major investment, announced by Lord Vallance. We will supercharge innovation, keep talent rooted, & turn ideas into real-world impact. www.linkedin.com/posts/dan-pa...
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Nemi Walding @nemiwalding.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
NEW PAPER! Happy to say my 3rd results chapter from my PhD has been published! link.springer.com/article/10.1... (1/)
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The influence of moisture on ash strength: implications for understanding volcanic stratigraphy - Bulletin of Volcanology
Ash layers within extensive pyroclastic density current (PDC) deposits can be important in understanding the evolution of explosive eruptions. If interpreted as ashfall deposits, they may be used to i...
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Prof Dan Parsons @bedforms.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Ha... brilliant 👏
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Prof Dan Parsons @bedforms.bsky.social · 06/05/2025
Just Published! 💥 Moisture Matters: Rethinking Ash Layers in Volcanic Stratigraphy... our latest research is now published open access in Bulletin of Volcanology! 🧪🌋 👉 The influence of moisture on ash strength: implications for understanding volcanic stratigraphy 👀 www.linkedin.com/posts/dan-pa...
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The influence of moisture on ash strength: implications for understanding… | Dan Parsons
Just Published! 💥 Moisture Matters: Rethinking Ash Layers in Volcanic Stratigraphy....... I'm thrilled to share that our latest research is now published open access in Bulletin of Volcanology! 🧪...
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Prof Dan Parsons @bedforms.bsky.social · 02/05/2025
Gatecrashed an EOS poster session at @egu.eu with @parsnipsparsons.bsky.social Flood Fortune Teller poster just now...lots of new connections on education and community climate risk. meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU25/session/…
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European Geosciences Union (EGU) @egu.eu · 02/05/2025
We are thrilled to announce the winners of the EGU photo competition 2025! Congratulations ✨ 🙌 ! Thank you again for your vote 🙏 ! 🔗 Read more here: egu.eu/5XN995
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Prof Dan Parsons @bedforms.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Come and make a Flood Resilience Fortune Teller at Poster @egu.eu #EGU25 X3.77 in the late afternoon session today! 😃 @parsnipsparsons.bsky.social 💦🌊💓
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Prof Dan Parsons @bedforms.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Reflecting on our superb @egu.eu at #EGU25 yesterday pm - exploring interactions between flooding & hydro-geomorphological proceses 🙌 ...thanks to all the presenters & attendees! ⤵️ meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU25/sessio...
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Dr Katie J Parsons 🏳️‍🌈🌍🇪🇺 @parsnipsparsons.bsky.social · 01/05/2025
Unfortunately, I can't be in person @egu.eu today to present. But project team member @bedforms.bsky.social will be presenting in my place. Join Dan at #EGU25 to find out more 🗓️Today 1st May 🕝14:00-18:00 📍Hall X3, X3.77 Feel free to get in contact with me or any of the team in Vienna
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Prof Dan Parsons @bedforms.bsky.social · 27/04/2025
Super to make it to #EGU25 @egu.eu @egu-gm.bsky.social and @steepestdescent.bsky.social today. Ran into a few folks on the way too @geomorphicjosh.bsky.social
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EGU Geomorphology @egu-gm.bsky.social · 22/04/2025
🗻 Geomorphologists heading to #EGU25 — don’t miss these community events celebrating 20 years! Add them to your EGU app calendar now! #Geomorphology #EGU #EGU2025 #EGUECS #GM
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Loughborough IAS @lboroias.bsky.social · 14/04/2025
Another week, another funding deadline at the IAS! @lborouniversity.bsky.social colleagues - Applications for the next quarter of Open Programme Fellows closes this Friday, more details here - www.lboro.ac.uk/research/ias... Treat yourself to an early egg once you've submitted! 🥚🍫
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Open Programme | Institute of Advanced Studies | Loughborough University
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Prof Dan Parsons @bedforms.bsky.social · 10/04/2025
Was awesome speaking with the former presidents about this 20 year anniversary. Very proud of my 6 year term and the way we addressed covid19 in particular.
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Josh Ahmed @geomorphicjosh.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Gotta thanks @bedforms.bsky.social for convincing me to come in the first place 😂 Far too many memories to share, but here's a few from the good times...
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Dr Katie J Parsons 🏳️‍🌈🌍🇪🇺 @parsnipsparsons.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Check out our new preprint at @egu.eu on how disadvantaged communities on the climate frontline can be empowered through creative engagement. Using art & intergenerational dialogue to bridge climate knowledge gaps and tackle misinformation 🌍🌊 egusphere.copernicus.org/preprints/20...
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Loughborough University PR @lboropr.bsky.social · 17/03/2025
A fantastic event marking the launch of the @lborouniversity.bsky.social Women in Sport Research and Innovation Hub. Thank you to Stephanie Peacock, Minister for Sport, Tourism, and Civil Society, for joining us. Find out more here: www.lboro.ac.uk/media-centre...
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New multi-million-pound research and innovation hub will transform the landscape of women’s sport
Loughborough University has officially launched its groundbreaking Women in Sport Research and Innovation Hub – underpinning its commitment to accelerating growth and excellence in the women’s sport s...
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Josh Wolstenholme @joshwolstenholme.bsky.social · 19/03/2025
Interested in the role of sediment transport processes on increasing #flooding? Our new preprint that systematically explores the role of #rainfall on amplifying flood hazard is out! doi.org/10.21203/rs.... @floodskinner.games @drchrishackney.bsky.social Matt Perks & @bedforms.bsky.social
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Flood hazard amplification by intra-event sediment transport
Rivers are dynamic, with channel size and shape adapting to fluctuations in water and sediment supplied from their upstream catchments. These changes directly affect flood conveyance capacity, yet sed...
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Prof Dan Parsons @bedforms.bsky.social · 28/02/2025
🌍 Join Us @lborouniversity in Shaping a Better Future! 🌍 Despite the challenges of 2025, we're pushing ahead with confidence and innovation at Loughborough University. Here are some highlights of our impactful work: www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3fk... (1/n)
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Study, research, work, thrive at Loughborough University. Because The World Can’t Wait.
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