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BSG Geomorphology @bsg-geomorph.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
An excellent evening celebrating the winners of this year’s BSG awards at the Annual BSG conference in Lincoln. Many congratulations to the winners and new fellows. You can read the biographies of our award winners in the newsletter. www.geomorphology.org.uk/app/uploads/...
From right to left photo shows Dr Chris Skinner (Frostick Award), Dr Chris Hackney (BSG Chair), Prof Steve Rice (BSG President), Prof Steve Darby (newly elected fellow), Dr Christian Erikson (Kirkby Award), Prof Stuart Lane (Linton Award), Cameron Sanderson (Sweeting Award) and Dr Martin Hurst (Warwick Award). Also congratulations to Dr Shmilovitz (Chorley Award) who is not in the photo.
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BSG Geomorphology @bsg-geomorph.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Dr Catherine Sanders welcoming us to Lincoln for the 2026 BSG AGM! ❄️🏔️🏜️🌱🏝️ are you presenting? Tag us in your presentation and we will reshare! Excited for a few days filled with geomorphology.
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BSG Geomorphology @bsg-geomorph.bsky.social · 24/07/2026
Final day to submit abstracts 🕰️!! Hope to see many of you in Lincoln in September.
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BSG Geomorphology @bsg-geomorph.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
One day left to submit your abstracts for BSG 2026 ‼️ forms.office.com/pages/respon... ⏱️
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BSG Geomorphology @bsg-geomorph.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
One day left to submit your abstracts for BSG 2026 ‼️ forms.office.com/pages/respon... ⏱️
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BSG Geomorphology @bsg-geomorph.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
We are thrilled to share the latest edition of the bi-annual BSG Newsletter. Updates include the 2026 Medal and Award winners, articles from the sub-committees, the winner of #BSGAC25, and some exciting research highlights from ESPL and a BSG PGR Grant! www.geomorphology.org.uk/app/uploads/...
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BSG Geomorphology @bsg-geomorph.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
🌟2026 BSG Annual Conference is now open for abstracts!🌟 Join us in Lincoln between 1st and 4th September 📆 Find out more about conference preparations (including. the Cuchlaine King symposium on biogeomorphology🍃🦫) here www.geomorphology.org.uk/annual-confe... ⬇️ for the abstract submission...
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BSG Geomorphology @bsg-geomorph.bsky.social · 04/05/2026
Are you at @egu.eu? Come and visit us! We will be there in Hall #X2 at Booth #X222. Sign up for our membership and grab the limited edition coffee mugs! We also have a special session "Meet the Editor" with Prof Stuart Lane (ESP&L) today from 16:15 – 17:30 hrs (CEST). See you at there!
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BSG Geomorphology @bsg-geomorph.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
Travelling to @egu.eu 2026? Come and say us Hello! We will be there in Hall #X2 at Booth #X222. Sign up for our membership and grab the limited edition coffee mugs! We also have a special session "Meet the Editor" with Prof Stuart Lane (ESP&L) on May 4 from 16:15 – 17:30 hrs. See you at Vienna!
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BSG Geomorphology @bsg-geomorph.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
Register for our upcoming April GT-M3 webinar on 30 April 2026 from 3-4 PM (BST). Prof Gabriel Kaless from National University of Patagonia, Argentina will speak on ephemeral streams of Patagonia. #postgradwebinar #geomorphology #drylands #hydrology
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BSG Geomorphology @bsg-geomorph.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
Register for our upcoming GT-M3 webinar series on 31 March 2026 from 3-4 PM. Dr Rosie Huck from @oxfordgeography.bsky.social will speak on re-evaluating dust emissions from burned surfaces on vegetated dunes, SW Kalahari using remote sensing. #postgradwebinar #geomorphology #drylands #remotesensing
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BSG Geomorphology @bsg-geomorph.bsky.social · 13/03/2026
🚀 INQUA‑CODE 2026 Workshop | 7–11 Sept 2026 @plymuni.bsky.social A 5‑day hands‑on training event for ECRs in Quaternary science - covering Python, HPC, numerical & landscape evolution modelling. Funded places available. More details coming soon! #INQUACODE2026 #Geomorphology #QuaternaryScience
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BSG Geomorphology @bsg-geomorph.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
Today is the League of Landforms final! You have 24 hours to vote. Will meanders win for the second year? Or will the glacial and hillslope geomorphologists support cirques, waterfalls and landslides? vote on our Instagram story and let us know why ⬇️ The winner will be announced tomorrow evening! 🏆
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BSG Geomorphology @bsg-geomorph.bsky.social · 06/03/2026
It’s very tight on Instagram in Heat 4, make sure you support your favourite landform and give it a chance to reach the final. The final will be at 13:00 today until 13:00 Saturday and announced tomorrow evening! 🥇
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BSG Geomorphology @bsg-geomorph.bsky.social · 04/03/2026
#LeagueOfLandforms2026 Day 3! Which landform will progress to Friday’s final? Help us to decide on our instagram!
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BSG Geomorphology @bsg-geomorph.bsky.social · 03/03/2026
Head over to Instagram to vote for heat 2’s League of Landforms winner …
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BSG Geomorphology @bsg-geomorph.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
🌟BSG LEAGUE OF LANDFORMS 2026🌟 Hope over to Instagram to decide this year's winner. In the first round we have - #fjords, #waterfalls, #moraine and #beaches 🏞️ #geomorphology www.instagram.com/bsgeomorphol...
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Rebecca Hodge @rebeccahodge100.bsky.social · 13/02/2026
We are delighted to announce that registration and abstract submission for Gravel Bed Rivers 10 are now open! See our website for all information: www.gbr10.uk
A photo of a gravel bed river with hills in the background, superimposed with the text: Gravel Bed Rivers 10, from grain to globe. Registration and abstract submission now open. Aviemore Scotland, 7th - 11th September 2026. For all information, go to our website: https://www.gbr10.uk/
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Saraswati Thapa @thapasara.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
My entry for #BSGAC25! @bsg-geomorph.bsky.social From the Alaknanda River, Garhwal Himalaya (Uttarakhand)—Field 2025. 1. Upstream reach: bedrock-confined river section; 2. Downstream reach: valley widening and sedimentation
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Libby Pattison @libbypattison.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
@bsg-geomorph.bsky.social My entry for the #BSGAC25 ! A question of scale- a little artistic interpretation of my PhD fieldwork, with a watercolour map of my study area Blaisen, Norway, and handmade and hand-painted ceramic tiles of the glacial geomorphology, field sketches and sediment logs :)
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BSG Geomorphology @bsg-geomorph.bsky.social · 09/01/2026
FINAL DAY 🌟 today is the final day you can enter #BSGAC25, tag us in your entries!!
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Hywel Griffiths @hywelgriffiths.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
@bsg-geomorph.bsky.social #BSGAC25 river pothole, Afon Dulas near Llanidloes, Powys
River pothole with reflections of leaves in the water
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Hywel Griffiths @hywelgriffiths.bsky.social · 08/01/2026
@bsg-geomorph.bsky.social #BSGAC25 Afon Lliw, near Llanuwchllyn, Gwynedd
Composite vertical river bank and gravel bar in an upland environment.
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BSG Geomorphology @bsg-geomorph.bsky.social · 06/01/2026
🚨 4 days left to enter 🚨 submit your photos and drawings of geomorphological features by midnight on Friday tagging us and the tag #BSGAC25 to win up to £100 🥇 last years winners and runners up for inspiration ⬇️
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BSG Geomorphology @bsg-geomorph.bsky.social · 02/01/2026
Make sure to enter by 9th Jan! ⬇️
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BSG Geomorphology @bsg-geomorph.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
🎨 BSG ART COMPETITION 2025 🖼️ Submit your fieldwork & holiday snaps, pretty sketches, drawings of geomorphic features! Make sure you tag #BSGAC25. Winners will win…🥇 £100 🥈 🥉 £50 deadline 9th Jan 2026!
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BSG Geomorphology @bsg-geomorph.bsky.social · 11/12/2025
🎨 BSG ART COMPETITION 2025 🖼️ Submit your fieldwork & holiday snaps, pretty sketches, drawings of geomorphic features! Make sure you tag #BSGAC25. Winners will win…🥇 £100 🥈 🥉 £50 deadline 9th Jan 2026!
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BSG Geomorphology @bsg-geomorph.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
BSG Postgrad Form invites you to its December webinar initiative "Geomorph Talks: Methods, Models & More". Join us on 18 Dec from 3 pm (UK Time) to learn about microplastic sedimentology from Dr @seddyrocks.bsky.social (@lborouniversity.bsky.social). Register by 15 Dec. Link is provided below 👇
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BSG Geomorphology @bsg-geomorph.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
The second newsletter of the year is now out! This issue includes research highlights from Dr Jana Eichel and Prof. Jo Nield, a reflection from the AGM in Leeds and our next art competition #BSGAC25. We also include an obituary to the late Prof Joanna Bullard, who will be greatly missed. Link below👇
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Dr Emma Shuttleworth @em-shuttleworth.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
@drlucyclarke.bsky.social kicking off the @bsg-geomorph.bsky.social Windsor Workshop for first year PGRs with the importance of having an online presence #PhDchat #AcademicSky #BSGWindsor2025 #BSGTNG
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BSG Geomorphology @bsg-geomorph.bsky.social · 01/12/2025
🌟Awards Deadline - One Month Left 🌟 Send in your nominations for the David Linton, Gordon Warwick, Lynne Frostick (New!), and Dick Chorley awards by 31st December. Please help the Society recognise deserving individuals. Find out how to nominate here: www.geomorphology.org.uk/funding-and-...
The winners of the 2025 BSG awards. Photo showing 7 people, with the 5 in the centre holding their award certificates
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BSG Geomorphology @bsg-geomorph.bsky.social · 29/11/2025
Heartiest thanks to Dr @aflatley.bsky.social from UNSW Canberra for a wonderful afternoon webinar on applications of TL Scanners in Geomorphology for the Postgraduate Forum initiative GT-M3. Here's the YouTube link - youtu.be/H22LS7XnXmg?...
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BSG Geomorphology @bsg-geomorph.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
Expressions of Interest close on Friday! Make sure you get your applications in to join our PhD training course. A great way to meet other new PhD students in the field of geomorphology 🌍❄️💧🌊🌴
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BSG Geomorphology @bsg-geomorph.bsky.social · 28/10/2025
BSG Postgrad Form invites you to its November webinar initiative "Geomorph Talks: Methods, Models & More". Join us on 28 Nov from 12 pm (UK Time) to learn about terrestrial laser scanners from Dr aflatley.bsky.social (UNSW, Australia). Register by 23 Nov. Link is provided below 👇
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Dr Lucy Clarke @drlucyclarke.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
📣 @bsg-geomorph.bsky.social Windsor Workshop PhD Training 2025: Expressions of Interest Open! Join other new geomorphology PhDs from European HE institutions for training & networking at Windsor, UK (1–4 Dec 2025). £175 for BSG members (incl. meals & stay). 👉 www.geomorphology.org.uk/windsor-work...
Exterior  building photograph of Cumberland Lodge, a historic red-brick country house surrounded by trees in Windsor Great Park with a driveway leading up to the front of the buildingPhD students and researchers gathered at the BSG Windsor Workshop outside Cumberland Lodge in Great Windsor ParkExterior  building photograph of Cumberland Lodge, a historic red-brick country house in Windsor Great Park, there is a lawned area with picnic tables in the front of the photographStudents working on round tables in one of the spacious training rooms inside Cumberland Lodge
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Dr Emma Shuttleworth @em-shuttleworth.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
🚨 Expressions of Interest Now Open! 🚨 Are you a new #PhD student in #geomorphology who started in 2025? Or are you supervising a new PhD student in geomorphology? Don’t miss the chance to join the @bsg-geomorph.bsky.social Windsor PhD Training Workshop. 1/
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BSG Geomorphology @bsg-geomorph.bsky.social · 26/09/2025
🔔 Final Call: BSG Grant Applications! The deadline for the next round of BSG grants is 30 September 2025 – just days away! 🌍 BSG offers a wide range of grants to support geomorphological research and outreach. Open to all BSG members worldwide to secure funding for impactful work.
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Adam Hartley @wildathartley.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
Had a fantastic few days at #BSG25 in my old stomping ground of Leeds. Always fun meeting new people and catching up with friends! I am grateful to have had the opportunity to share some of my PhD work and receive valuable feedback and advice for the final sprint of my PhD.
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Josh Ahmed @geomorphicjosh.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
A great few days at #BSG25 where I got the chance to showcase my @leverhulme.ac.uk funded work on oxbow lakes - hopefully out in publication form soon.
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BSG Geomorphology @bsg-geomorph.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
That’s a wrap for #BSG25 @universityofleeds.bsky.social. Thanks to Jonathan, Mark and the wider organising team for a fantastic week covering a wide range of geomorphic processes. Thanks also to Wiley and ESPL, it was a pleasure to celebrate 50 years. See you all next year in Lincoln!
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BSG Geomorphology @bsg-geomorph.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
The final session of #BSG25 focused on rivers 🌧️ including beaver restoration, oxbow lake geomorphology, the impacts of rewilding and controls on river flow sensitivity!
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BSG Geomorphology @bsg-geomorph.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Thanks to all who joined the AGM this afternoon and to those who provided committee updates. Big thanks go to the outgoing members of the exec @aockelford.bsky.social, @hywelgriffiths.bsky.social, Mattie Biddulph and Lizzie Dingle for their generous contributions. Find out how you can get involved ⬇️
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BSG Geomorphology @bsg-geomorph.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
For our final morning in Leeds, we had two sessions covering a wide range of geomorphology from dryland channels to glacial landforms and the interestingly named murdlins to coseismic landslide prediction and mapping and the potential to use sonic geomorphology for ecosystems ☀️❄️🌧️🏔️ #BSG25
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BSG Geomorphology @bsg-geomorph.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Celebrating the Gordon Warwick award by Prof @lisamol.bsky.social this morning. Very inspiring to see Lisa’s research on heritage geomorphology in conflict zones, highlighting her outreach initiatives and the importance of partner organisations #BSG25
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BSG Geomorphology @bsg-geomorph.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
🌟 BSG Highlights Thursday 🌟 - Warwick award lecture - More great talks! - AGM - members check your emails to join online
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BSG Geomorphology @bsg-geomorph.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Another excellent Cuchlaine King Symposium! We enjoyed talks from Andres Payo Garcia, Lizzie Dingle and Irina Overeem covering a range of geomorphology from coastal processes and the new CoastME to glacial legacy in tectonically quiescent environments & icy landscapes in response to climate change
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BSG Geomorphology @bsg-geomorph.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Starting this afternoon with Linton Award winner, Prof Dave Thomas (@oxfordgeography.bsky.social), a fantastic summary of the evolution of dryland aeolian research over the last 50 years from hand mapping to AI. A talk filled with dunes, dating and fieldwork. Thanks Dave. #BSG25
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BSG Geomorphology @bsg-geomorph.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Two excellent talks from Marjorie Sweeting award winner, Sophie Snowball (Newcastle), and runner up Adam Wright (Sussex) on the role of geomorphology in historic landfill waste and coastal pollution in the north east and glaciofluvial geomorphology on Mars. #BSG25
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BSG Geomorphology @bsg-geomorph.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
A session filled with models! Great range of talks on landscape evolution, from uncertainty and new statistics to measure model performance, estimates of future sediment transport in Scotland, asymmetric glaciation as a control on drainage divides to divide asymmetry on Mars and its link to process.
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Stephen Rice @sterice.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Great day at #BSG25 in Leeds, with award of 2 @bsg-geomorph.bsky.social Fellowships (Carling & Newson) and lifetime awards for Mike Kirkby, Fiona Kirkby & Stuart Lane in ESPL’s 50th anniversary year. And of course outstanding science from NZ to Swaledale via some poetic potholes. More today!
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