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Dr Lucy Clarke

@drlucyclarke.bsky.social
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Associate Professor at @ntu_ares: fluvial geomorphology, nature based solutions, environmental resilience, physical models, image analysis. She/her. Own view

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Dr Lucy Clarke @drlucyclarke.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
Delighted to share that I've been promoted to Associate Professor in Nature-Based Solutions and Environmental Resilience at @nottinghamtrentuni.bsky.social. A huge thank you to everyone who has supported, collaborated with and inspired me along the way. Looking forward to the next chapter!
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RGS-IBG Higher Ed @rgs-ibghe.bsky.social · 13/04/2026
Welcome to our research and higher education Bluesky! 👋 Follow us to stay up to date with our work in geographical research, including events, funding opportunities, new publications and more. Learn more about how we promote geography in higher education and beyond: ow.ly/CMgN50YI795
Bright orange circular sign on a brick wall reading 'Welcome' with Royal Geographical Society branding partially obscured by green foliage.
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Dr Lucy Clarke @drlucyclarke.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
Delighted to share I’ve been awarded Chartered Geography (Geomorphology) by @rgs.org! a great opportunity to reflect on my experience and practice. I’m grateful for the support along the way and look forward to what’s next!
Blue Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) chartered geographer logo with white text on a blue background
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Dr Lucy Clarke @drlucyclarke.bsky.social · 14/04/2026
Excited our project on 'Women’s Narratives of Heat & Climate Resilience in Informal Settlements in Bangladesh & Uganda' has been funded by @britishacademy.bsky.social Over 2 years, we’ll work with partners & communities to centre women’s experiences of extreme heat & co-produce actionable insights.
Bright orange and yellow sun low in the sky, casting a warm glow over a dark, silhouetted landscape of trees against a clear horizon.
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Mark Smith @geomorphmark.bsky.social · 25/02/2026
Applications open for a 3-year Post Doc position in Leeds (UK) on the #UKRI funded Still Waters project. We are looking for #hydrology #geomorphology modelling skills to embed surface hydrology into #malaria models with fieldwork in Zambia. Pls contact me for more details: tinyurl.com/3356rt44
The Zambezi river flows under a road bridgeSunset on the ZambeziMosi-oa-Tunya (Victoria falls)
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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
A blond haired woman stands in front of a lecture in front of a projector screen
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Dr Lucy Clarke @drlucyclarke.bsky.social · 19/11/2025
Final call! Expressions of interest for the BSG Windsor Workshop close this Friday. We still have 1–2 places available, so if you’d like to attend or know someone who would be eligible, please complete the EOI form as soon as possible: www.geomorphology.org.uk/windsor-work...
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Windsor Workshop - British Society of Geomorphology
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Dr Dan Shugar 🇨🇦 @watershedlab.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
In case you're not aware, Tehran is a city of ~10 MILLION people. "Rivers and reservoirs are running dry, while groundwater sources have been overexploited to sustain agriculture and urban growth." www.newsweek.com/evacuation-w...
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Evacuation warning for Iran's capital city
President Masoud Pezeshkian warns Tehran faces a historic water crisis with shortages and possible evacuations.
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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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British Geological Survey @bgs.ac.uk · 08/10/2025
Calling students from 14 - 19! BGS & @bas.ac.uk are offering a 2 week virtual work experience event from 27 to 31 October. We hope this will introduce students to the wonders of Earth sciences & the fascinating & varied careers available. Apply: sites.google.com/view/ctcport...
A graphic which says 'virtual program (Zoom) 27 - 31 October 2025), CTC x BAS BGS 2025, autumn virtual work experience week. Open to UK residents ages 14 - 19 (whether in school, college or not currently studying). Three logos are bottom right and to the left is a picture of safety goggles in a lab setting
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I'm a Scientist, Get me out of here @imascientist.org.uk · 07/10/2025
Show students where geography can take them! I’m a Geographer, supported by @rgsibg.bsky.social, highlights how geography is used in real jobs. If you use geography in your work and have a post-16 geography qualification, apply here 👉 imageographer.uk/signup/c/
A graphic encouraging geographers to take part in 'I'm a Geographer, Get me out of here'. It reads 'Take part in easy and flexible online outreach to inspire the next generation.' with a link to sign up: imageographer.uk/signup/c. There is also a picture of a student taking part.
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Melaine Le Roy @subfossilguy.bsky.social · 07/10/2025
Mont Collon and Bas Glacier d'Arolla 1888 | 2025 Nothing is left of this valley glacier today...😱 Check our paper about Arolla glaciers here: (PDF) Tree-ring Dating of the Little Ice Age Maxima of Arolla Glaciers (Valais, Switzerland) www.researchgate.net/publication/...
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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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Dr Lucy Clarke @drlucyclarke.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
🪵🌊 Just published! Our study on #LeakyBarriers in #NaturalFloodManagement, exploring on in-channel #Hydrology, #Sediment and #Ecology w Matthew Taylor, Anne Harrison, @laurabees01.bsky.social, Estefania Golob, @hjrobson2.bsky.social @wwtworldwide.bsky.social 📖 Access here: doi.org/10.1002/rra....
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The Use of Woody Dams in Natural Flood Management—Temporal Implications on In‐Channel Hydrology, Sediment Dynamics and Ecology
The use of Natural Flood Management (NFM) interventions, and in particular woody dams, has become increasingly widespread over the last ca. 15 years. These interventions help to reduce flood risk dow...
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UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology (UKCEH) @ukceh.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
📣 Closing soon! Senior Research Associate (2 yrs) at @bristoluni.bsky.social with the UK Floods & Droughts Research Infrastructure. Lead the Early Adopters Programme & help shape FDRI monitoring with UKCEH, @bgs.ac.uk & @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social. Apply by 17 Sep 🧪: tinyurl.com/4hfhe93m
A drone flies over a remote-controlled monitoring boat on a river in a scenic landscape
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Dr Lucy Clarke @drlucyclarke.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
Enjoying another beautiful day on NTU #Brackenhurst Campus. Such a stunning environment to work in, especially when the campus is so quiet before terms starts again!
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Praveen Kalura @praveenkalura.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
Aug 5th 2025, flash floods due to cloudburst in Uttarakhand, India represent a tragic and complex natural disaster, highlighting the vulnerability of mountainous regions to extreme weather events. The vulnerability to extreme weather events demands urgent focus on resilient infrastructure and EWS.
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Alan Puttock @alanputtock.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
New job alert! Interested in applied research increasing our understanding of water resilience, nature based solutions and rewilding? @exeter.ac.uk we are looking for a Technical Specialist, working with me and others in Geography and @uoe-creww.bsky.social jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecr...
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Dave Petley @davepetley.bsky.social · 05/08/2025
A catastrophic debris flow (not, as widely reported, a flood) has struck the village of Tharali in Uttarkashi, northern India. The video is truly terrifying. Very initial reports suggest there have been four confirmed fatalities and about 50 people may be missing. www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVFn...
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THARALI UTTARKASHI CLOUD BURST .
YouTube video by Nature lover ek pahadi JAI BABA KEDAR
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OpenTopography @opentopography.org · 23/07/2025
OpenTopography is excited to announce a major expansion to its international data catalog with the addition of the High Resolution Digital Elevation Model from Natural Resources Canada. This 1-meter resolution dataset is ideal for a wide range of applications. opentopography.org/news/opentop...
Map showing extent of data coverage, primarily over southern CanadaA hillshade colored by elevation of downtown Toronto draped on Google Earth imagery.A three panel figure of a section of the Athabasca River in Alberta. Figure A is the Digital Surface Model which includes buildings, trees and other structures. Figure B is the Digital Terrain Model and is a bare-earth representation of the topography. Figure C is the Canopy Height Model (CHM) which is the difference between the DSM and the DTM.
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Prof Sam Illingworth @samillingworth.com · 13/07/2025
🌊 Big flood, deeper danger A huge 2021 flood in the Meuse River carved deep holes (over 15 metres) into the riverbed. A new study shows this was made worse by past changes to the river and hidden soft layers underground. 🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41... #SciComm #Flooding 🧪
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Extreme river flood exposes latent erosion risk - Nature
Nature - Extreme river flood exposes latent erosion risk
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Adam Vaughan @adamvaughan.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
Yorkshire Water becomes first big water company this year to impose a hosepipe ban due to dry conditions - starts 11 July As first revealed by The Times a week ago www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...
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Dr Lucy Clarke @drlucyclarke.bsky.social · 07/07/2025
🌼 Gorgeous summer blooms at NTU Brackenhurst Campus – a paradise for bees and butterflies! 🐝🦋 Nature is thriving. #Biodiversity at its best. #NaturePositive
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Leana Hosea @leanahosea.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
It's going to take more than a couple of new reservoirs to prevent the UK's coming water crisis, writes hydrologist @hancloke.bsky.social - we need to rethink how we build homes & communities to avoid a future of alternating flood & drought: theconversation.com/englands-wat...
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England’s water crisis needs more than just new reservoirs – here’s what will help
The changing climate and growing population means England is facing a water crisis.
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Landscapes Live Seminar series @landscapeslive.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
The presentation on the varied definitions of academic success by @drlucyclarke.bsky.social is now on our youtube page 📊📈📉 🐣🐥🐤 youtu.be/lfQbh_p3G2c?...
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Lucy Clarke: LL 29.05.25
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Dr Dan Shugar 🇨🇦 @watershedlab.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
Absolutely stunning ultra-high resolution @planet.com SkySat imagery of the Klein Nesthorn landslide, which buried the village of Blatten, Switzerland yesterday. @davepetley.bsky.social @eth-eaps.bsky.social @vaw-glaciology.bsky.social @kristencook.bsky.social @annepellegrino.bsky.social 🧪⚒️🛰️
Satellite image of a landslide-dammed lake in Switzerland, which is flooding homesMassive landslide in a Swiss valley
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Melaine Le Roy @subfossilguy.bsky.social · 28/05/2025
Seeing Blatten buried again and again, from every angle... Properly staggering! 😮😱
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Dr Lucy Clarke @drlucyclarke.bsky.social · 29/05/2025
🎤 Today (Thurs 29 May) at 15:00 UK time, I’m giving a Landscapes Live seminar: “Reflections on Success in Academia”. This will explore ECR challenges, defining success, and its role in climate & equity. Free on Zoom, register in advance: 🔗 gfz-de.zoom-x.de/meeting/regi... 🌐 www.landscapeslive.org
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Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: LL: Lucy Clarke. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
Reflections on success in academia
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EGU Geomorphology @egu-gm.bsky.social · 24/05/2025
🌍✨ What is success in academia? Join Dr. Lucy Clarke as she shares how we define success—especially for ECRs navigating job insecurity, life choices, and the climate crisis. 🔗 Register here: gfz-de.zoom-x.de/meeting/regi... #ECRchat #WorkLifeBalance #AcademicSuccess #ClimateAcademia
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Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: LL: Lucy Clarke. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.
Reflections on success in academia
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Geo: Geography and Environment @geoopenaccess.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
🎓New in Geo!🎓 'Should academic success be redefined amidst the climate and environmental crisis? A dialogue between five UK geographers' by @drlucyclarke.bsky.social, Stephen Tooth, @geodiverse.bsky.social, @danielschillereff.bsky.social & @erinlharvey.bsky.social ⬇️ doi.org/10.1002/geo2... #OA
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Should academic success be redefined amidst the climate and environmental crisis? A dialogue between five UK geographers
This article explores how academic geographers, institutions and organisations can respond to the climate and environmental crisis while addressing concerns about increasing workloads. Through a dial...
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Dr Lucy Clarke @drlucyclarke.bsky.social · 16/04/2025
📢 New article out now! How should we define academic success in the face of the climate crisis? Read here: doi.org/10.1002/geo2... @danielschillereff.bsky.social @erinlharvey.bsky.social @geodiverse.bsky.social #ClimateCrisis #Geography #AcademicLife #Sustainability #HigherEd
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Should academic success be redefined amidst the climate and environmental crisis? A dialogue between five UK geographers
This article explores how academic geographers, institutions and organisations can respond to the climate and environmental crisis while addressing concerns about increasing workloads. Through a dial...
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Dr Lucy Clarke @drlucyclarke.bsky.social · 04/04/2025
Fantastic fieldtrip this week with NTU geography students looking at flood risk management, the Colwick fish pass and #naturalfloodmanagement around Nottinghamshire. Thanks to the EA & Southwell Flood Forum for their support on the day!
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Dr Emma Shuttleworth @em-shuttleworth.bsky.social · 11/03/2025
JOB ALERT Exciting opportunity for a Lecturer (equivalent to Assistant Professor) in #PhysicalGeography specialising in #peatland science to join our #Geography department at @uniofmanchester.bsky.social. Full details for the job can be found here: www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...
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Lecturer in Physical Geography :Oxford Road
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Dr Lucy Clarke @drlucyclarke.bsky.social · 14/02/2025
It’s been a while but I’m finally back for #FlumeFriday! Fantastic to use the #Armfield sediment transport flume with NTU geographers to explore bed forms! #geomorphology #rivers
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Dr Lucy Clarke @drlucyclarke.bsky.social · 13/02/2025
Great the see the updated EA “Working with natural processes to reduce flood risk 2024” is now published - just time to review this for my lecture on this in a couple of weeks! www.gov.uk/flood-and-co... #SlowTheFlow #NFM #NaturalFloodManagment
The multiple benefits of leaky barriers summarized in a diagram Title page of the Working with natural processes: Evidence directory update report
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Cllr Dr Alex Powell @apowelllaw.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
'A £285 rise to £9,535 will modestly increase the debts of individual students, while doing little to address the overall problem. A new settlement is desperately needed – one that properly restores a sector that delivers a public good to the public realm' www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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The Guardian view on campus cuts: academics pay a high price for Westminster’s mistakes | Editorial
Editorial: The government should not stand aloof as a crisis unfolds in our universities. A new settlement is needed
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Dr Lucy Clarke @drlucyclarke.bsky.social · 28/01/2025
Stunning #sunrise earlier this morning at the Brackenhurst campus at NTU - makes coming into work that bit easier!
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Dr Catherine Russell @seddyrocks.bsky.social · 18/01/2025
Plastic actively affects a #river system, it is not passive! 📿 I wrote a feature article on our research for #Geoscientist in 2023 on “The peculiar processes of #plastic riddled #riverbeds”. We are still learning the extent of plastics #environmental impact. 🌍 geoscientist.online/sections/fea...
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Sedimentation shifted - GEOSCIENTIST
We find plastic particles everywhere that we look, in the deepest ocean trenches, at the top of the highest mountains, even in rainwater and our own bodies. Current management strategies for plastic w...
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Richard Mason @riccomason.bsky.social · 07/01/2025
We often think of rivers as linear features, but lateral dynamics are just as important and often overlooked! In our paper we present a framework for the study and management of rivers which emphasises lateral connectivity. #floodplainconnectivity #riverrestoration Link to paper shorturl.at/ri3lA
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BSG Geomorphology @bsg-geomorph.bsky.social · 06/01/2025
📸BSG ART COMPETITION 2024🎨 🚨FIVE days🚨 Scroll through your field photos or get out your paint brush #geomorphology Prizes: £100 🥇 £50 🥈🥉 Deadline: 10th Jan T&Cs: geomorphology.org.uk/2024/11/26/n... Make sure you tag us, #BSGAC24 and add a caption!
Photo showing a braided river with mountains in the background
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Pauline Couper @paulinecouper.bsky.social · 28/12/2024
Apparently 'Geographer' is among the highest paid jobs with the least stress, according to Resume Genius. Always good to see the value of a Geography degree recognised, but as a geographer... 🤔 #Geosky www.independent.co.uk/life-style/j...
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The top 10 highest-paying jobs with the least amount of stress in 2025
The highest-paid job on the list had an annual median salary of $157,740
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Dr Lucy Clarke @drlucyclarke.bsky.social · 22/12/2024
The festive lights in #Newark were looking beautiful this weekend, a mini illumination display!
Newark town hall with light display projected on it showing snowflakesChain Lane in Newark in the dark with illumination from the shops and fairy lights strung across the top of the streetNewark Royal market square in the dusk with the Christmas tree in the centre lit in blue and purple, around this are the market stalls with green lights strung over them Newark Royal market square in the dusk looking towards the town hall with the Christmas tree in the lit in pink and white, next to this is a market stall with green lights strung over it and the silhouette of St Mary Magdalene church behind this
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Michael Le Page @mjflepage.bsky.social · 17/12/2024
The biodiversity, climate, health, water and food crises are interconnected and need to be addressed together rather than regarded as separate issues 🧪 🧵 1/ So says a major report from @ipbes.bsky.social #climate www.newscientist.com/article/2461...
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Unified approach could improve nature, climate and health all at once
The biodiversity, climate, health, water and food crises need to be addressed together rather than regarded as separate issues, urges a major report
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Dave Throup @davethroup.bsky.social · 13/12/2024
Major floods on the Severn, Teme & Wye Updated in light of another big one on the Wye last week. Current 5 year period 3x more than any previous period in last 30 years. We can either hope it goes away or start adapting. Fast.
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Zack Labe @zacklabe.com · 08/12/2024
100 years of December sea ice. Note that variability is always confined to the outer marginal seas during winter (North Pacific/North Atlantic). Data set available from 1850 through 2017. Summary of methods: carbonbrief.org/guest-post-p...
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Dr Lucy Clarke @drlucyclarke.bsky.social · 08/12/2024
Lots of #geomorphology to see on the Yorkshire coastline following #StormDarragh
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Dr Lucy Clarke @drlucyclarke.bsky.social · 07/12/2024
Fantastic week at the @bsg-geomorph.bsky.social Windsor Workshop at Cumberland Lodge with @em-shuttleworth.bsky.social @tjohnwainwright.bsky.social. We have an exciting bunch of #geomorphology PhD projects to watch develop over the next few years…
View of buildings of Cumberland Lodge in Great Windsor Park in London The group of attendees standing together in front of the grounds of Cumberland Lodge in Great Windsor Park, LondonLooking out at the conference tables filled with the attendees at the Windsor WorkshopView of the living room at Cumberland Lodge, Windsor Parm showing the Christmas tree, leather sofas and staircase
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Dr Emma Shuttleworth @em-shuttleworth.bsky.social · 02/12/2024
The @bsg-geomorph.bsky.social #BSGWindsor2024 workshop is underway! Looking forward to getting to know our new cohort of #geomorphology PGRs and hearing about their exciting research plans
Lucy Clarke introducing the importance of having an online presence [Image description: a blonde woman stands in front of a PowerPoint presentation]Cumberland Lodge [Image description: a long red brick building and a straight road stretching into the distance with a wintery sky and sunlit trees]First lunch of the workshop [Image description: a tray of delicious food and a sign saying British Society for Geomorphology]
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Dr Lucy Clarke @drlucyclarke.bsky.social · 06/12/2024
Hi Everyone 👋 Just starting to connect on this platform. Interests/ Research: #floodmitigation, #naturalfloodmanagement, #naturebasedsolutions, #geomorphology, #remotesensing, #STEM, and many other science related topics!
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