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Gresley Wakelin-King

@drgres.bsky.social
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Geological⚒️🧪 geomorphologist - consultant and researcher in Australian drylands rivers & landscapes. Habitat is built on landforms, know your geomorphology! She/her. Lives Fitzroy (Ngar-go), works LEB and w-NSW

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EDIG @ediggeo.bsky.social · 09/03/2026
📣 In celebration of yesterday's International Women's Day, let us all take a moment to listen, reflect, and take action. International Women's Day is a moment to acknowledge the progress we have made, but also the barriers that shape careers, experiences, and connections in geology and beyond. 1/7
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Gresley Wakelin-King @drgres.bsky.social · 26/02/2026
Perhaps we should sort out the messes we've already got before we start a whole new one theconversation.com/too-many-sat...
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Too many satellites? Earth’s orbit is on track for a catastrophe – but we can stop it
Cultural, spiritual, and most environmental impacts aren’t taken into account when launching thousands of satellites.
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Gresley Wakelin-King @drgres.bsky.social · 24/01/2026
let the conferencing begin #isc2026
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Gresley Wakelin-King @drgres.bsky.social · 17/01/2026
another banger from @acapellascience.bsky.social Today i learned things about fungi youtube.com/shorts/hZ4l4... #scicomm #TIL #fungi #kpopdemonhunters
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KPOP MUSHROOM HUNTERS 2: MOLDIN'
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Gresley Wakelin-King @drgres.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
shout-out to "Wetlands in the arid Northern Territory" (Duguid et al. 2005) for a great discussion on classifying wetlands in a moisture-limited landscape Caryapundy Swamp is a Ramsar-listed wetland near Camerons Corner in western NSW #drylands #fluvialgeomorphology #westernLLS
Caryapundy Swamp, western NWS: a wide flat landscape of pale sand and sparse scrubby plants under a cloudless sky. Geopick (foreground) and distant person for scale.
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Gresley Wakelin-King @drgres.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
Returning to social media in time for geological commentary on the Tour de France @geotdf.bsky.social
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Gresley Wakelin-King @drgres.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
migrating my follow-following links from Xitter to here. What a big job. By some odd coincidence, much of the online community engagement dropped right off after mid-2022. I really miss the active community that was present before that time
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Gresley Wakelin-King @drgres.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
The 2026 International Conference on Geomorphology #ICG2026: so many interesting topics on offer, see them here: www.confer.co.nz/icg2026 Abstract submission date pushed back to 13 June!
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IAG International Conference on Geomorphology - 2026 IAG International Conference on Geomorphology
We look forward to welcoming you to Christchurch New Zealand for the IAG International Conference on Geomorphology in 2026. Aotearoa New Zealand offers world-class geomorphology with some of the world...
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Gresley Wakelin-King @drgres.bsky.social · 12/04/2025
FFS could the #ABCnewsAustralia please stop referring to drylands Australia in these derogatory ways. Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre is a fine piece of geography, wet or dry. Not a wasteland. Geez. Pejorative much?
Screen grab of an irritatingly judgemental and inaccurate title on an otherwise fairly informative ABC news article about floodwaters moving towards Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre "The barren wasteland about to transform into Australia's largest lake".
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Gresley Wakelin-King @drgres.bsky.social · 05/03/2025
Drylands Rivers and Waterways: a session at the 11th International Conference on Geomorphology (2-6 February 2026, Christchurch NZ). Please come along! We'd love grow the community's connections. Abstract submissions open until May 31, 2025. www.confer.co.nz/icg2026 #fluvialgeomorphology #landscape
Satellite image of the Finke River in the Simpson Desert. The longitudinal dunes are deep orange-brown and the highly sinuous river is white sand.
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Gresley Wakelin-King @drgres.bsky.social · 16/02/2025
A bit late for International Day Of Women and Girls in Science, but here's a song from A Capella Science youtube.com/shorts/I27fh...
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the first.. NOBEL??? 🎄
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The Guardian @theguardian.com · 09/12/2024
Drylands now make up 40% of land on Earth, excluding Antarctica, study says
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Drylands now make up 40% of land on Earth, excluding Antarctica, study says
An area nearly a third larger than India turned permanently arid in past three decades, research shows An area of land nearly a third larger than India has turned from humid conditions to dryland – arid areas where agriculture is difficult – in the past…
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Gresley Wakelin-King @drgres.bsky.social · 01/03/2024
thoughtful gift from my son : elemental sulphur from an Indonesian volcano 🧪⚒️
three yellow chunks of elemental sulphur on a black table, 50 cent piece for scale
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Gresley Wakelin-King @drgres.bsky.social · 19/02/2024
there should be some kind of Internet bingo for the offspring of scientists, to tick the boxes when the sciencies at the dinner table start using words like "polygenetic"
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Gresley Wakelin-King @drgres.bsky.social · 18/02/2024
Australia-New Zealand Geomorphology Group conference #ANZGG2024 in sunny Gisborne, NZ After a full week of interesting talks and lovely landscapes, a day of post-conference admin: receipts and updating the PD record
black-and-white photo of rapper Eminem, image mood is shadowed and grim. Text below says "back to reality"
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Gresley Wakelin-King @drgres.bsky.social · 15/02/2024
Yesterday's field trip up the Waipaoa catchment, lots to learn about uplift, lithology and landslide risk, and cyclone-driven sedimentation. 20m aggradation in this river valley! and terraces and views #geomorphology 🧪⚒️ #ANZGG2024 #Aotearoa
Green hillslope in a New Zealand valley, shows an old mass-wasting hollow, and some uplift terracesview across a river bed that's choked with coarse and very poorly sorted sediment, hills on the opposite side of the valley show pale scars of recent landsides
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Gresley Wakelin-King @drgres.bsky.social · 10/02/2024
the Long White Cloud visible ahead - arriving in NZ for the Australia New Zealand Geomorphology Group conference #Aotearoa #geomorphology
view from a plane window over the wing, looking at an expanse of high white clouds. I bet the New Zealand Alps are under thereselfie at the Auckland International airport arrival gate, which is wood carving of Maori figures
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Gresley Wakelin-King @drgres.bsky.social · 10/02/2024
yesss
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Gresley Wakelin-King @drgres.bsky.social · 10/02/2024
Hi @mattyboyd.bsky.social welcome to the blue side!⚒️🧪 How's your very neat project going?
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Gresley Wakelin-King @drgres.bsky.social · 05/02/2024
how my day is going : google "CMOS battery failure" #tech
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Gresley Wakelin-King @drgres.bsky.social · 31/01/2024
⚒️ 🧪 did a run-through of my talk for the upcoming ANZGG #geomorphology conference. So many fun things to say (but I have to cut 3 minutes ...) #killyourdarlings #fluvialgeomorphology #murraydarlingbasin @anzgeomorph #geoscience
Slide from a conference presentation. Title reads: "Landscape evolution of the Darling River (a long dance of change)". Picture is the alluvial plains: a broad landscape extending off to the flat horizon. Blue sky above, reddish dust on the horizon, landscape is flat grey dusty plains with a light cover of thin green grass, and isolated trees here and there. NSW Australia
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Gresley Wakelin-King @drgres.bsky.social · 30/11/2023
2023 for me: regional desktop study of the upper Darling River & its 2022 floods. I've been having fun with some speccy DEMs, like this avulsion of main Darling channel from its prior stream. Here's a #storymap: arcg.is/1j8Xyu @llsnsw #MurrayDarlingBasin #MDB
teal/white/brown digital elevation model of the avulsion point where the Darling River main channel diverges from the prior stream
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Gresley Wakelin-King @drgres.bsky.social · 23/11/2023
Welcome to Amelia from Avid Science @amaltr.bsky.social, she's just joined the bsky community! Check in to her podcast for a glimpse into the bright lives of science folk. @vickyveritas.bsky.social please repost?
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Gresley Wakelin-King @drgres.bsky.social · 22/11/2023
I had such a good time talking to Amelia from #AvidResearch podcast. A whole wander through about Australian drylands rivers, the beauties of Central Australia, my first job, and what cracks me up about the fish at Innamincka. Episode comes out this Friday 24 Nov on avidresearch.com.au
logo for Avid Research podcast: line drawing of a transmission tower
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Gresley Wakelin-King @drgres.bsky.social · 28/09/2023
This time last year I was hyped and ready to take my #Stardew fit to #PAXAus. This year I'm excited to be joining the Enforcer team for @PAXAus . I have no idea what lies before me, but I've got hair bobbles and I'm not afraid to use them
paper mache cosplay items hanging near a bookshelf :Stardew Valley midnight squid and midnight carphair clips and a tangle of blue yellow and mauve hair ribbons
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Gresley Wakelin-King @drgres.bsky.social · 10/08/2023
I am having a very good Thursday. 1) the client has extended the deadline *wipes nervous sweat from brow* #consulting 2) I've discovered how to vectorise a raster so I can edit the false-positives from my map #QGIS #spatialscience
meme: rich Leo de Caprio toasting himself: "Yes. I am patting myself on the back right now."
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Gresley Wakelin-King @drgres.bsky.social · 05/08/2023
It's a distinct pleasure to be married to someone who can enjoy a good Sunday morning discussion on wave physics in image processing
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Gresley Wakelin-King @drgres.bsky.social · 05/08/2023
hi @earth-science.bsky.social could you add me to your feed please? - many thanks
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Gresley Wakelin-King @drgres.bsky.social · 04/08/2023
the official start of the holiday season approaches: the Mineral Cup draws nigh! here's glauberite, a nice evaporite mineral, for your viewing pleasure pic credit assignmentpoint.com/glauberite-prop…
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Gresley Wakelin-King @drgres.bsky.social · 03/08/2023
Hi! I'm new here. I'm a fan of drylands rivers, Australian geomorphology, and science generally. Here's a nice creek bank with a mighty coolibah, location Cooper Ck in the Strzelecki Desert, Australia. Root exposure is from the river's natural channel migration.
A steep river bank with a huge coolibah tree leaning out over the water.
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