Nice to contribute to Lo Squaderno, an Italian magazine of essays on issues related to society and space. My essay "Against awe: towards everynight darkness" argues against a reliance on soliciting feelings of awe as a route for #darksky advocacy. Take a look at www.losquaderno.net/wp-content/u...

New from our recent PhD graduate and research associate, Brett Cherry -

Graduation is my favourite day of the academic calendar- this year with the wonderful poet and Chancellor of Newcastle University, Imtiaz Dharker. @ncl-geography.bsky.social @hassfacultyncl.bsky.social

🚢 𝗕𝗮𝗰𝗸 𝗳𝗿𝗼𝗺 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗳𝗶𝗲𝗹𝗱 Newcastle geographers Christine Batchelor, Louise Callard, Andrew Henderson and Bridget Tiller have returned from a research cruise to Norway, where they mapped the seafloor and collected sediment cores with colleagues from Loughborough University, UCL and Aarhus University.

We can successfully fight back against the neoliberal university managers. Newcastle UCU's success proves it: @isrfoundation.bsky.social @vickyblake.bsky.social @hassfacultyncl.bsky.social @ncl-geography.bsky.social @ucu.org.uk isrf.org/blog/target-...

If we want to Hold the Line with fixed sea defences, ongoing intervention and maintenance are simply part of the deal. www.itv.com/watch/news/d... @newcastleuni.bsky.social @ncl-geography.bsky.social @hassfacultyncl.bsky.social

Why is studying geography important today? 🌍 We asked some of our 2026 medal and award recipients - recognised for their outstanding contributions to geographical research, fieldwork, teaching and public engagement - to share their thoughts 👇

Congratulations to Professor Bethan Davies @iceybethan.bsky.social on joining award-winning @carbonbrief.org as a contributing editor 👏 Bethan is among a select group of experts supporting the editorial team over two years, drawing on her expertise in glacial geology to inform climate reporting.

Our new paper out in *Applied Geochemistry*: erosion of historic colliery spoil on the Durham coast is still releasing ~6.6 tonnes of arsenic into the North Sea every year. This flux is comparable to, or exceeds, many regulated industrial discharges. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

New paper: Glaciers, lakes and wetlands in the high Peruvian Andes. How do these systems interact and how important are glaciers for maintaining wetlands? onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Research led by Dr Matthew Perks at @ncl-geography.bsky.social with @nationaltrust.org.uk shows that reconnecting rivers to their floodplains can slow flows and create better-quality habitats. At Goldrill Beck, flood waters were delayed by an average of 25 minutes. Read more: bit.ly/4dtXGNF

The recipient of this year's Murchison Award for publications judged to contribute most to geographical science in recent years is Professor Anoop Nayak @anoop79.bsky.social. @ncl-geography.bsky.social

The recipient of the 2026 Victoria Medal for conspicuous merit in research in geography is Professor Rachel Pain @rachelpain.bsky.social. @ncl-geography.bsky.social

It is a delight to launch our Greenland Connection resources! These tell the hidden stories and histories of the UK-led exploration of Greenland. www.antarcticglaciers.org/glaciers-and...

🎉 Delighted to share that our colleagues, Professor Rachel Pain and Professor Anoop Nayak have received recognition from the Royal Geographical Society (with IBG). Congratulations to both on these outstanding achievements!

New research bulletin published by CL:AIRE detailing our work to understand the fate and mobility of legacy waste in the coastal zone, following the conclusion of the NERC highlight topics grant: claire.co.uk/legacy-waste... @ncl-geography.bsky.social

📣 We’re excited to share that Geography at Newcastle University is now ranked 𝟮𝟮𝗻𝗱 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱—Top 25 in the QS World University Rankings by Subject 2026 🌍✨ A proud moment reflecting the strength of our research, teaching, and community 👏🎉 #WeAreNCL #NewcastleUniversity @newcastleuni.bsky.social

🥳Congratulations to our colleagues, Dr Michael Joseph Richardson (@michaeljrichardson.bsky.social) and Professor Jen Bagelman (@bagelwoman.bsky.social), on being shortlisted for the 𝗘𝗻𝗴𝗮𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗔𝘄𝗮𝗿𝗱𝘀 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲 in the category of 𝘌𝘯𝘨𝘢𝘨𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘚𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘦𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘌𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘭 𝘉𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘧𝘪𝘵.

Our colleague, Professor Bethan Davies has been invited to serve as a 𝗖𝗼𝗻𝘁𝗿𝗶𝗯𝘂𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗘𝗱𝗶𝘁𝗼𝗿 for 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗯𝗼𝗻 𝗕𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗳 for the next two years. Congratulations to Bethan (@iceybethan.bsky.social) on this well-deserved recognition!🎉 ➡️𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗮𝗯𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗯𝗼𝗻 𝗕𝗿𝗶𝗲𝗳📝: www.carbonbrief.org/introducing-...

We’re delighted to share that 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝙎𝙪𝙗𝙟𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝘼𝙩𝙡𝙖𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝘽𝙤𝙨𝙣𝙞𝙖 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙃𝙚𝙧𝙯𝙚𝙜𝙤𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙖 by Dr. James Riding is now on view at the Historical Museum of Bosnia and Herzegovina in Sarajevo. The exhibition runs from March 30 to April 6. 🔎𝗟𝗲𝗮𝗿𝗻 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲: muzej.ba www.subjectiveeditions.org/mapping/subj...

The 𝙎𝙪𝙗𝙟𝙚𝙘𝙩𝙞𝙫𝙚 𝘼𝙩𝙡𝙖𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝘽𝙤𝙨𝙣𝙞𝙖 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙃𝙚𝙧𝙯𝙚𝙜𝙤𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙖 by Dr. James Riding has reached an incredible milestone and is now available at the Buybook bookstore. It's even placed on the shelf just above 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘉𝘳𝘪𝘥𝘨𝘦 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘋𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘢, the Nobel Prize–winning novel. A truly meaningful achievement. Congratulations!🎉

Geography has today been ranked #22 in the QS World University Rankings by Subject, up from #36 in 2025 and #40 in 2024. This is the highest subject ranking of all disciplines at Newcastle University. Superb achievement!

📢 We're celebrating 10 subjects being ranked within the world's top 100 in the latest QS Rankings 🎉 It's a fantastic achievement and testament to the hard work and dedication from our staff and students. #WeAreNCL

Following recent debate sparked by the Bank of England’s announcement that future banknotes will feature wildlife, Dr Michael J Richardson, Senior Lecturer in Human Geography, has shared his perspective in The Guardian. www.theguardian.com/politics/202...

A challenge for students on the @ncl-geography.bsky.social Netherlands fieldtrip today with ~1m storm surge completely inundating de Slufter field site - great resilience reconsidering what was possible, and retargeting some of their project work. Fantastic to show this dynamic environment in flood!

🗣📢 𝗡𝗘𝗫𝗧 𝗪𝗘𝗘𝗞: 𝗚𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗿 𝗿𝗲𝘁𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝗔𝗹𝗮𝘀𝗸𝗮 Our colleague, Professor Bethan Davies (@iceybethan.bsky.social) will be speaking at an upcoming webinar next week on glacier loss in Alaska. 🗓 𝗠𝗼𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝟮𝟯 🕕 𝟭𝟴:𝟬𝟬–𝟭𝟵:𝟯𝟬 𝗖𝗘𝗧 🖥️𝗥𝗲𝗴𝗶𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿: futureearth.confetti.events/glacier-loss...

A new study shows how Antarctic Peninsula systems will be affected under different emissions scenarios. 🧪 Research led by @iceybethan.bsky.social from @ncl-geography.bsky.social with colleagues from @bas.ac.uk, @pml.ac.uk, and elsewhere. eos.org/articles/ant...

📣 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗼𝘂𝘁 𝗻𝗼𝘄🎉 A new paper by Dr Robin Finlay, Dr Matt Benwell and Professor Peter Hopkins (@peterhopkins.bsky.social) has been published in 𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙂𝙚𝙤𝙜𝙧𝙖𝙥𝙝𝙞𝙘𝙖𝙡 𝙅𝙤𝙪𝙧𝙣𝙖𝙡. Check it out! 🔓 𝗢𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀 – 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲 👉 rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Congratulations to three of our academics, Professors Gina Heathcote, Kyle Grayson and Louise Kempton, who have been elected as Fellows of the Academy of Social Sciences, recognising their excellence in their fields. 👏 Read more here. ⬇ https://bit.ly/47edsJh #WeAreNCL

🔎See this interesting blog post about our colleague Dr James Riding’s atlas, 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑺𝒖𝒃𝒋𝒆𝒄𝒕𝒊𝒗𝒆 𝑨𝒕𝒍𝒂𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝑩𝒐𝒔𝒏𝒊𝒂 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑯𝒆𝒓𝒛𝒆𝒈𝒐𝒗𝒊𝒏𝒂 — a collection of hand-drawn, personal maps created during participatory workshops in Sarajevo, Srebrenica and Vitez. 👉𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲: from.ncl.ac.uk/how-hand-dra...

📣Our colleague, Professor 𝗕𝗲𝘁𝗵𝗮𝗻 𝗗𝗮𝘃𝗶𝗲𝘀 (@iceybethan.bsky.social) will be speaking at an upcoming webinar on glacier loss in Alaska. 🗓 Monday, March 23 ⏰ 18:00–19:30 CET 🔗 futureearth.confetti.events/glacier-loss...

Great to see this new Handbook of Cultural Geographies out, with chapters by Newcastle Geography’s @peterhopkins.bsky.social on Intersection, @anoop79.bsky.social & Daniel Barwick on Black Lives, @alisonstenning.bsky.social on Playing, and @bagelwoman.bsky.social (& Noam Leshem) on Witness.

📝 𝗛𝗼𝘁 𝗼𝗳𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀! Our colleague, Dr Mohamed El-Shewy (@moshewy.bsky.social) has published a new paper, in 𝘌𝘯𝘷𝘪𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘗𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘊: 𝘗𝘰𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘚𝘱𝘢𝘤𝘦. Check it out! ➡️ 𝗥𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗵𝗲𝗿𝗲: journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

📣 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗣𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗔𝗹𝗲𝗿𝘁! 🔥 𝗛𝗼𝘁 𝗼𝗳𝗳 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗿𝗲𝘀𝘀! Professor Peter Hopkins(@peterhopkins.bsky.social) and Dr James Carr have published a new paper in 𝘌𝘵𝘩𝘯𝘪𝘤 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘙𝘢𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘚𝘵𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘦𝘴, reviewing Islamophobia and anti-Muslim racism and suggesting some possibilities for future research. Check it out!

WWII pillbox at Blast Beach left with part of the structure hanging mid-air after the beach level dropped around it. Footage from today’s post-winter survey shows significant beach rotation, eroding the south and accreting the north @ncl-geography.bsky.social #geoscience #earthscience

📣 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗣𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗔𝗹𝗲𝗿𝘁! We’re pleased to share that our colleagues, Professor Peter Hopkins (@peterhopkins.bsky.social) and Dr Matt Benwell have published a paper, along with Dr Robin Finlay at the University of Sunderland, The Institute for Economic and Social Inclusion.🎉

📌NEW PAPER - about how the UK asylum system actively promotes disorientation for asylum seekers - led by @robinfinlay.bsky.social with Matt Benwell and I from our HERA/AHRC funded work about refugee youth. @ncl-geography.bsky.social www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Alaskan glaciers are retreating faster than ever, threatening ecosystems, communities, and ways of life. ❄️ Join me and others for a webinar on glacier loss, tipping points, and cultural consequences in Alaska. 🗓 Monday, March 23 ⏰ 18:00–19:30 CET 🔗 futureearth.confetti.events/glacier-loss...

We are looking forward to welcoming @josepchanza.bsky.social to the department on March 11th for a talk on his newly published book 'Women Leaders, Queer Faithfuls: Reinventing Religion in Contemporary Spain'. This will be held 14:00-16:00pm in room W414. All welcome!

Our new paper on the future of the Antarctic Peninsula published today, showing how the various systems across the Peninsula will be impacted by different global warming scenarios. www.frontiersin.org/journals/env...

The future of the Antarctic Peninsula under three different scenarios - the choices we make today determine the future. Policy Brief with @granthamicl.bsky.social spiral.imperial.ac.uk/entities/pub...

The best and worst case futures for the Antarctic Peninsula- covered in the @dailymail.co.uk www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/...

🌊 Storm Babet impacted large parts of the North East. Using high-resolution wave modelling, we can now simulate wave heights and energy across the full event and apply the same approach to past and future storms to better understand coastal impacts. #WaveModelling #StormBabet #CoastalScience

A really important piece for university Geography from colleagues across the country, including our @peterhopkins.bsky.social

We are pleased to share that our colleague, Dr Michael Richardson's work “𝙉𝙤𝙧𝙩𝙝 𝙀𝙖𝙨𝙩 𝙔𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙜 𝘿𝙖𝙙𝙨 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙇𝙖𝙙𝙨” through the Birds, Bees, Bikes and Trees project, has been selected as one of the top 10 in the Environment and Climate category of the 𝗕𝗶𝗴 𝗜𝘀𝘀𝘂𝗲'𝘀 𝟭𝟬𝟬 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲. Congratulations!🎉

I’m so happy for / proud of / inspired by my brilliant student Zena Agha who just passed her viva. Congratulations Dr Agha!

This week saw our annual 𝗗𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗣𝗮𝗻𝗲𝗹 event. Each year our stage 3 students volunteer to present and reflect on their Dissertation projects to our current stage 2 students, who are now in the planning stages of their own dissertation journey.

Our first results from analysing your #CoastSnapNewbiggin submissions. It’s been a pretty energetic winter in the North East, and so overall we’ve seen retreat (with lots of variability - albeit corrected for tide). Keep the submissions coming! @ncl-geography.bsky.social @hassfacultyncl.bsky.social

📢 𝗡𝗲𝘄 𝗣𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝗔𝗹𝗲𝗿𝘁! We’re pleased to share that our colleague, Dr Kean Fan Lim has published his new paper in the 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘑𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘌𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘤 𝘎𝘦𝘰𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘩𝘺.🎉 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗶𝗰𝗹𝗲 𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝘃𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗹𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗱 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝗮𝗰𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀. 𝗖𝗵𝗲𝗰𝗸 𝗶𝘁 𝗼𝘂𝘁! academic.oup.com/joeg/advance...

🎉 Congratulations to our colleague, Dr Josep Almudéver Chanzà (@josepchanza.bsky.social), on his first monograph, "𝙒𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙣 𝙇𝙚𝙖𝙙𝙚𝙧𝙨, 𝙌𝙪𝙚𝙚𝙧 𝙁𝙖𝙞𝙩𝙝𝙛𝙪𝙡𝙨: 𝙍𝙚𝙞𝙣𝙫𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙍𝙚𝙡𝙞𝙜𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙞𝙣 𝘾𝙤𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙢𝙥𝙤𝙧𝙖𝙧𝙮 𝙎𝙥𝙖𝙞𝙣" 𝗖𝗵𝗲𝗰𝗸 𝗶𝘁 𝗼𝘂𝘁! www.bloomsbury.com/uk/women-lea...