Tom Coulthard @tomcoulthard.bsky.social · 24/08/2025👏 👋 to @nicolegasparini.bsky.social - well worth a follow 010
Tom Coulthard @tomcoulthard.bsky.social · 23/08/2025This looks super interesting. Esp for folk at the intersection of science/humanities and water. 160
Reposted by Tom CoulthardAida Alvera-Azcárate @aida-alvera.bsky.social · 21/08/2025A wave train entering into the North Sea, seen by #Sentinel1 on 12 August. I am guessing it's tidal-related, but I have never seen this kind of signal in this region in SAR data before, pretty cool 😎 @jowilliams.bsky.social 44012
Reposted by Tom CoulthardStephen Rice @sterice.bsky.social · 18/08/2025👀 There have been some exciting arrivals since I joined MMU Dept Natural Sciences: flume for the BiG Lab, LaVision PIV, Dr Lizzie Dingle and her very cool experiments, some feisty crayfish 🦞, & now, Prof. @tomcoulthard.bsky.social 🥳. Chuffed to bits that Tom is now a colleague. Exciting times ahead! 071
Tom Coulthard @tomcoulthard.bsky.social · 18/08/2025Views from the new office @manmetuni.bsky.social 090
Tom Coulthard @tomcoulthard.bsky.social · 15/08/2025Sad news - and a lovely tribute. ges.uncg.edu/in-memoriam-...ges.uncg.eduIn Memoriam: Dr. Sarah Praskievicz | Geography, Environment, & Sustainability DepartmentIt is with deep sadness we share that Dr. Sarah Praskievicz, an associate professor in UNC Greensboro's Department of Geography, Environment, and Sustainability (GES), died on Aug. 11, 2025, at her ho... 041
Reposted by Tom CoulthardCatchmentSci @catchmentsci.bsky.social · 14/08/2025I’m delighted to share that our latest research has just been published in HESS. We developed an unsupervised workflow to estimate river surface velocities from videos. Testing on 11,000+ videos against 274 gauging measurements showed excellent agreement. hess.copernicus.org/articles/29/...hess.copernicus.orgUnsupervised image velocimetry for automated computation of river flow velocitiesAbstract. Accurate, long-term measurements of river flow are imperative for understanding and predicting a broad range of fluvial processes. Modern technological advances are enabling the development ... 1145
Tom Coulthard @tomcoulthard.bsky.social · 12/08/2025First day in the new office 😀 @manmetuni.bsky.social 3210
Reposted by Tom CoulthardDr Dan Shugar 🇨🇦 @watershedlab.bsky.social · 07/08/2025First cloud-free optical satellite imagery from @planet.com show the destruction of Dharali village in Uttarkashi, Uttarakhand, India. Unfortunately the source area in the mountains is still obscured by cloud and so the ultimate cause is still speculative. 🧪⚒️ 12411
Tom Coulthard @tomcoulthard.bsky.social · 06/08/2025I liked this from Chris @floodskinner.games (who for some reason never comes up on my Bs feed..) youtu.be/o79Ba8vqtY4?...youtu.beTerra Firma - A Game of GeomorphologyYouTube video by FloodSkinner 151
Reposted by Tom CoulthardNews Eye @newseye.bsky.social · 04/08/2025This is amongst the most impactful two minutes of broadcasting I’ve ever seen. By Emma Murphy, International Editor, ITV News. #Gaza 17046923343
Tom Coulthard @tomcoulthard.bsky.social · 30/07/2025“the entire summit is affected by an ongoing geomorphological process, likely linked to permafrost degradation” www.theguardian.com/world/2025/j...theguardian.comHundreds evacuated after series of rockfalls in Italy’s Brenta DolomitesExperts say thawing of permafrost due to climate breakdown is causing increase in rock collapses across Alps 063
Tom Coulthard @tomcoulthard.bsky.social · 24/07/2025Incredible story. Hg production fell to zero in 2020 but now rising (illegally it seems) to propel gold extraction in the Amazon financed and facilitated by Mexicos drug cartels… Horribly toxic - I thought mercury use had been nearly eliminated. 032
Reposted by Tom CoulthardLuke Zoet @lzoet.bsky.social · 24/07/2025New paper by Chelsea Volpano where she characterizes the role of landfast ice on coastal sediment transport. interesting nonmonotonic response in sediment transport with the termination depth, explaining much of the erosive vs protective debate of ice agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.comModeling the Influence of Grounded Landfast Ice on Nearshore Sediment TransportXBeach was used to quantify sediment transport due to grounded landfast ice Conditions were identified where sediment transport was both amplified and reduced by ice Scour of the nearshore persi... 043
Reposted by Tom CoulthardAlan Puttock @alanputtock.bsky.social · 22/07/2025New PhD funding opportunity: Quantifying natural flood management through peatland restoration in the upland moorland environment (Physical Geography @exeter.ac.uk ) @dpanici.bsky.social @philipimetcalfe.bsky.social @uoe-creww.bsky.social www.exeter.ac.uk/study/fundin...exeter.ac.ukQuantifying NFM through peatland re | University of ExeterThe University’s Department of Geography invites applications for a PhD studentship funded by the Environment Agency and South West Water and the University of Exeter to commence as soon as possible t... 1912
Reposted by Tom CoulthardDr Joanne Williams @jowilliams.bsky.social · 21/07/2025Here's a fun anomaly for an inland flood risk map. It's genuinely very helpful in places: check-long-term-flood-risk.service.gov.uk/map But it's based on scans of the ground, & the processing gets confused sometimes. I think the 4-storey pitched roof of this hospital is probably safe from flooding! 281
Tom Coulthard @tomcoulthard.bsky.social · 21/07/2025So the Cunliffe report is out today. Couple of first takes: 1. It seems comprehensive - lots of concise detail but 2. Nothing about flooding (that I can see) which in most urban areas is intrinsically linked to sewage systems and water utilities. assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/media/687d5c...assets.publishing.service.gov.uk 111
Tom Coulthard @tomcoulthard.bsky.social · 18/07/2025I see NERC is reverting to a policy from 15(??) or more years ago on resubmissions. I suspect it will be counter productive to NERC workload - as checking for this will not be easy, and building on this - it looks quite easy to game/work around. So - I’m left with why bother (with the new policy!) 120
Tom Coulthard @tomcoulthard.bsky.social · 18/07/2025Big news for the UK water industry - Cunliffe review to recommend OFWAT is abolished www.theguardian.com/business/202...theguardian.comOfwat to be abolished as ministers explore creating new water regulatorExclusive: Watchdog has faced intense criticism over sewage spills, shareholder payouts and ballooning debts 110
Tom Coulthard @tomcoulthard.bsky.social · 16/07/2025“Good geology hides alot of problems” www.theguardian.com/environment/...theguardian.com‘The place is bleached, a dead zone’: how the UK’s most beloved landscapes became biodiversity desertsNational parks, famous for their rich natural heritage, should be at the heart of efforts to protect habitats and wildlife. Instead, experts say they are declining – fast 020
Tom Coulthard @tomcoulthard.bsky.social · 14/07/2025Interesting pic of Woodhead Reservoir (A628 Woodhead pass from Manc on left) showing a mix of former valley floor, sedimentation, re-working and mixing of what looks like AMD red from the left and clearer water from the top. 141
Tom Coulthard @tomcoulthard.bsky.social · 13/07/2025Pleased to say there wasn’t an incident.. 🐈⬛ 💦 040
Tom Coulthard @tomcoulthard.bsky.social · 13/07/2025Interesting article that examines the inclusion or exclusion of properties from flood zones - in an unfortunately tragic context. Props to Mark Fonstad for the link. www.yahoo.com/news/fema-re...yahoo.comFEMA removed dozens of Camp Mystic buildings from 100-year flood map before expansion, records showFederal regulators repeatedly granted appeals to remove Camp Mystic's buildings from their 100-year flood map, loosening oversight as the camp operated and expanded in a dangerous flood plain in the y... 020
Tom Coulthard @tomcoulthard.bsky.social · 05/07/2025Evans 9th Birthday cake 😀 pleased with this one! 290
Reposted by Tom CoulthardDaniel Swain @weatherwest.bsky.social · 05/07/2025There have been claims that NOAA/NWS did not foresee catastrophic TX floods--but that's simply not true. This was undoubtedly an extreme event, but messaging rapidly escalated beginning ~12 hrs prior. Flood Watch mid PM, "heads up" outlook late PM, flash flood warnings ~1am. 572068860
Tom Coulthard @tomcoulthard.bsky.social · 26/06/2025Here @itvnews.bsky.social repost a report of the 1990 Towyn floods. Interesting to see this now. www.itv.com/watch/news/i...itv.com 030
Tom Coulthard @tomcoulthard.bsky.social · 24/06/2025Great to spend the day catching up with long time collaborator and friend Greg Hancock - over from Oz for a couple of weeks. 140
Reposted by Tom CoulthardRebecca Hodge @rebeccahodge100.bsky.social · 20/06/2025The Gravel Bed Rivers 10 website is live! Come join us in Aviemore, Scotland, 7-11 Sept 2026. 072
Tom Coulthard @tomcoulthard.bsky.social · 18/06/2025🚨 I’m moving jobs.. after 20 years it’s a sad goodbye to @uniofhull.bsky.social @eeiathull.bsky.social and a hello to @manmetuni.bsky.social Looking forward to new colleagues and opportunities. 7230
Reposted by Tom CoulthardAngus Young @angusyoung61.bsky.social · 01/06/2025Really enjoy telling the ongoing story of post-2007 flood alleviation work in Hull. @curiosityhull.bsky.social @tomcoulthard.bsky.social 032
Tom Coulthard @tomcoulthard.bsky.social · 11/04/2025Interesting push back on Beds councils report on Jan flooding www.theguardian.com/news/2025/ap...theguardian.comWeatherwatch: How one council seems to skirt a key factor in UK winter floodsCentral Bedfordshire’s report into Storm Henk fails to mention the rapid expansion of the built environment 010
Reposted by Tom CoulthardAngus Young @angusyoung61.bsky.social · 05/04/2025aqyoung61.substack.com/p/tall-tales...aqyoung61.substack.comTall tales and long tails in a rat-catcher's chronicleHull archives reveals hidden history 011
Tom Coulthard @tomcoulthard.bsky.social · 25/03/2025Fantastic work. Great to see LEMs used for such trans disciplinary work. 010
Tom Coulthard @tomcoulthard.bsky.social · 19/03/2025Great looking paper here from Briony, Hannah and Stewart of the Risky Cities team. "Governing flood risk in mid seventeenth-century England": www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...sciencedirect.comGoverning flood risk in mid seventeenth-century EnglandThe paper explores how early modern people lived with and responded to extraordinary flood events at a time of environmental, social and political cri… 140
Tom Coulthard @tomcoulthard.bsky.social · 18/03/2025Anyone else see the Thames Water doc on BBC2 last night? Felt like a revealing insight into how they operate - at all levels. www.theguardian.com/business/202...theguardian.comThames Water data reveals raw sewage discharges in rivers rose 50% in 2024Exclusive: Almost 300,000 hours of raw effluent poured into waterways, figures show, up from 196,000 in 2023 000
Reposted by Tom CoulthardAngus Young @angusyoung61.bsky.social · 16/03/2025Just been confirmed that 17.5k barrels of jet fuel were lost from a cargo of 220k. Could have been a lot worse. 172
Tom Coulthard @tomcoulthard.bsky.social · 13/03/2025This is a great précis of present state - and reasons why UK HE is in a mess. I’m not sure about the essays answers for this - but there’s a lot that resonates with me in the article. 👏👏 040
Reposted by Tom CoulthardDr. Becca @docbecca.bsky.social · 13/03/2025I am somehow for the first time ever reviewing for PNAS and their reviewer instructions include this BANGER of a line: "The purpose of peer review is not to demonstrate proficiency in identifying flaws" Print it in eleventy point font and hang it from the hillside. Scream it from the rooftops. 20727138
Reposted by Tom CoulthardRebecca Williams @volcanologist.bsky.social · 13/03/2025Proud to see the announcement that @uniofhull.bsky.social are officially moving away from X and instead focusing their social media presence elsewhere! It can be hard for institutions to make moves like this, when they are so well established on certain platforms. But it makes a statement. 1271