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Katie Hughes

@katieehughes.bsky.social
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Kiwi-Canadian, postdoc ‪@uvicgeography.bsky.social, multibeam enthusiast. Researching landslide-generated tsunamis in lakes and fjords in New Zealand, Canada, and Alaska.

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Dr Dan Shugar 🇨🇦 @watershedlab.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
This is one of those "wait for it" things: simulation of the #TracyArm landslide tsunami by Pat Lynett for our paper that came out this week in @science.org. This one is from the vantage point of a jetski at sea level. 🧪⚒️ www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Katie Hughes @katieehughes.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Exciting to see lake tsunami research in the spotlight! I joined CBC to talk about our work at Chehalis Lake and how we can go about better understanding lake tsunami hazard here in BC. #Geohazards #LakeTsunami #ScienceCommunication
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B.C. has seen a lake tsunami before — and it could happen again | CBC News
In 2007, a massive landslide crashed into B.C.'s Lake Chehalis, triggering a tsunami that surged 38 metres up the shore — one of the most dramatic inland waves ever recorded. CBC’s Johanna Wagstaffe l...
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Katie Hughes @katieehughes.bsky.social · 23/10/2025
A successful summer of fieldwork for my postdoc at UVic. Here are some photos from our field campaigns at Chehalis Lake, where I’m investigating the offshore evidence of the 2007 landslide-generated tsunami.
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Katie Hughes @katieehughes.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
I am thrilled to announce that I have successfully defended my PhD! A huge thank you to my amazing supervisors (Jamie Howarth & Sean Fitzsimons) and everyone who helped along the way at @vicuniwgtn.bsky.social , @universityofotago.bsky.social and GNS.
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Katie Hughes @katieehughes.bsky.social · 26/05/2025
Presented my PhD research #EGU25 a few weeks ago — an incredible experience sharing my research and connecting with a global community of scientists.
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Dr Dan Shugar 🇨🇦 @watershedlab.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
Today we collected data from the lakebed of kootenay lake yeehaw! 🧪⚒️
A laptop in a blue tote on a boat on a lake with a landslide (outlined in red) in backgroundA finger pointing at high resolution bathymetric data A perspective view of a steep sided lake bed
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Dr Dan Shugar 🇨🇦 @watershedlab.bsky.social · 23/05/2025
Absolute glassy day out multibeaming on Kootenay Lake today with @jedokaplan.bsky.social and @katieehughes.bsky.social 🧪⚒️
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Katie Hughes @katieehughes.bsky.social · 13/05/2025
Great #nzherald article highlighting the findings from our new research. www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/ancient-w...
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Ancient waves: Scientists uncover evidence of massive South Island lake tsunamis
Scientists say new findings highlight danger of poorly understood earthquake hazard.
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Katie Hughes @katieehughes.bsky.social · 25/08/2024
Excited to have the first paper of my PhD out in Geomorphology this week, using multibeam bathymetry to explore the sources lake tsunami in active tectonic settings. To find out more visit: doi.org/10.1016/j.geomorph.2024.109… #Geohazards #Geomorphology #Tsunami
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Katie Hughes @katieehughes.bsky.social · 07/07/2023
Excited to share my fieldwork experience in Lituya Bay! Conducted a fascinating multibeam survey and witnessed the aftermath of the 1958 landslide-generated tsunami. The trimline from the 524 m high wave is still very evident! #LituyaBay #Fieldwork #NaturePower #womeninSTEM
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Katie Hughes @katieehughes.bsky.social · 08/02/2022
Subaqueous geomorphology! Hunting for landslide deposits on the lakebed of Lake Rotoroa using multibeam sonar and CHIRP with @seismiccycle and @MountainGeomorp
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