Our Final Year Dryland Environments Fieldcourse has returned from Namibia. A big thank you to the team at Gobabeb Namib Research Institute, to everyone supporting the trip logistically, and to fieldcourse leaders Dr Matt Baddock, Dr @edwinbaynes.bsky.social & Prof John Anderson!

Our Dryland Environments Fieldcourse is at the Gobabeb Namib Research Institute this week! Led by Dr Matt Baddock, Dr @edwinbaynes.bsky.social and Prof John Anderson, students are investigating the geomorphology, biogeography and climatology of dryland environments in the Namib Desert ⬇️

Just a few days left for EGU26 abstract submissions! (deadline Thursday at 13:00 CET) With 40 geomorphology sessions available, there is something for everyone! So head over to www.egu26.eu/pg/GM and get started!

We are now posting on LinkedIn too (and will remain active here!) - find us at www.linkedin.com/company/lbor...

Great day out with new Doctoral Researcher Ciaran, exploring the metal mining legacy of Swaledale @lborogeog.bsky.social #FloodCDT

🎉 Congratulations to all winners at the School of Social Sciences and Humanities Annual Staff Awards, including @lborogeog.bsky.social's Stephanie Alleyne, Matt Baddock, @edwinbaynes.bsky.social, Tom Denning, Daniel Elliott, Dave Graham, Tom Stanton, Guy Tallentire and Sarah Wappat!

Today! Analytical Laboratory Showcase @lborogeog.bsky.social | Drop by, discuss research opportunities and explore technical support 🧪⚗️

The second newsletter of the year is now out! This issue includes research highlights from Dr Jana Eichel and Prof. Jo Nield, a reflection from the AGM in Leeds and our next art competition #BSGAC25. We also include an obituary to the late Prof Joanna Bullard, who will be greatly missed. Link below👇

We will be celebrating Jo Bullard's life on Thursday 4th December, from 2.30pm at Loughborough University. Please register here if you would like to attend: forms.office.com/pages/respon... The @rgsibg.bsky.social have published an obituary of Jo: www.rgs.org/about-us/our...

*Funded #PhD opportunities on Flooding* At FloodCDT, we're currently advertising a large number of PhD projects combining cutting-edge science, engineering, and social approaches to deliver real-world impact: See here for the full list of projects: www.findaphd.com/phds/program... flood-cdt.ac.uk

Incredibly sad news from our Geography community at Loughborough www.lboro.ac.uk/subjects/geo...

It's bedform week in Loughborough! Our second year geomorphologists are getting to grips with the concept of Thresholds through a nice flume experiment! @lborouniversity.bsky.social

The call for #session #proposals for the #EGU26 General Assembly is now open! Submit short course ideas and/or proposals for Union Symposia and Great Debates by 16 September 2025. 👉 Submit your proposals here: egu.eu/60GYS7

The call for #session #proposals for the #EGU26 General Assembly is now open! Submit short course ideas and/or proposals for Union Symposia and Great Debates by 16 September 2025. 👉 Submit your proposals here: egu.eu/60GYS7

Calling for EGU 2026 session proposals! If you have an idea for a geomorphology session, head to meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU26/provis... and enter it in. Sessions on new topics and themes are extremely welcome! Help to build a great programme for EGU26!

New #OA paper: Early Holocene jökulhlaup chronology and deglaciation dynamics in central Iceland Led by Greta Wells, using 36Cl exposure dating & geomorph evidence to interpret past flood routes along course of the modern-day Hvita river Now out in Boreas: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

🎉IT'S OFFICIAL!🎉 🥳 We're applying for UNESCO Global Geopark status this year! 🌐 Read more about what this could mean for our region, and sign up to get involved: www.charnwoodforest.org/charnwood-fo...

⏰ We are still looking to fill the positions of Junior Deputy Chair and Outreach Vice Chair on our Executive Committee starting in September. Please get in touch if you are interested in applying! Brief descriptions for the roles can be found below ⬇️

We're ready for the @lborouniversity.bsky.social Open Days tomorrow & Saturday! Looking forward to meeting lots of prospective Lboro Geographers! #LboroOpenDay

Lovely to be able to order first paper mugs for Mel Guirro, Jiao Chen and David Whitfield (@dwhit.bsky.social). Well done!

First day at Flood & Coast with #FloodCDT Alan Lovell, Chair of the Environment Agency, opening the conference by setting out the context for the flood sector and future #resilience. Recent flooding examples local to @lborouniversity.bsky.social featuring heavily.

Less than two weeks left to nominate someone for an EGU award/medal! I'm sure that everyone can think of a great colleague who deserves to be recognized for their work, but that can only happen if someone nominates them. It's really not hard to do, so go for it! www.egu.eu/awards-medal...

Just a bit over two weeks left for EGU awards and medals nominations! These are really important for recognizing our excellent colleagues, so please consider nominating someone that you think does awesome science!

Seeing Blatten buried again and again, from every angle... Properly staggering! 😮😱

New Job! Please repost! We have a NERC funded PDRA position here @oxuniearthsci.bsky.social, 2 yrs, on modelling cryosphere change and hydrochemistry #models, #carbon, #permafrost, #deglaciation Come join our friendly team! Apply by 11/06, any Qs get in touch! my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...

Interested in sediment transport of gravel bed rivers? Check out David's new paper! The first of many super interesting bits of work from David's PhD - stay tuned!

🚨 The first publication from my PhD thesis is out now in @jgrearthsurface.bsky.social! We use force-balance models to estimate grain mobility thresholds for 45 riverbeds across England and Wales With @edwinbaynes.bsky.social, @rebeccahodge100.bsky.social, @sterice.bsky.social & Elowyn Yager ⬇️⬇️

*New #OA Paper* Erosion dynamics in carbonate bedrock channels inhibit weathering processes How does dissolution impact rock erodibility throughout river cross-sections? We explore that question here, just out in ESPL: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....

‼️Only a couple of weeks left before the deadline‼️ Come spend a month at @lboroias.bsky.social! You’ll get to meet my amazing @lborouniversity.bsky.social colleagues, hang out with other IAS Fellows, focus on your research, & drink lots of coffee with me at the International House🤓 lnkd.in/e7rfbNjy

Spot the difference? Same bar, 14 months apart. Fascinating change documented by @dwhit.bsky.social for his final PhD chapter! @sterice.bsky.social @centa.bsky.social

Interested in waterfalls? My former PhD student, Sophie Rothman, (with support from NSF) made a fun outreach video about how waterfalls erode, check it out and please share widely: www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVgr...

Excited to be heading up to Lincoln this evening to talk to the local branch of the Geographical Association. Always fun to talk about waterfalls to interested Geographers!

Planning for Gravel Bed Rivers 10 is underway. We are identifying speakers, but we're short of researchers from outside Europe/N America. Do you know anyone doing exciting research on gravel bed rivers from these areas? Please get in touch! Dates are 7th to 11th Sept 2026, more to follow.

Great couple of days thinking about roughness and geomorphology. Thanks everyone for being so enthusiastic, @geogdurham.bsky.social for funding and @houseago.bsky.social for organising.

❣️Come spend a month with us! @lboroias.bsky.social is now accepting applications for Residential Fellowships! You'll get to work on your own research, chat with amazing @lborouniversity.bsky.social colleagues & drink coffee with me at the International House 🤓 www.lboro.ac.uk/research/ias...

Check out GraphFlood esurf.copernicus.org/articles/12/... by @bgailleton.bsky.social for flood extent modelling. This is a set of simulations for four different precipitation rates. Dark blue indicates larger flood extents for higher precipitation rates. Soon available for #TopoToolbox, too.

Features a write-up from the #BSG24 conference @lborouniversity.bsky.social 👇

Our new paper in discussion in @egu-esurf.bsky.social publishes the results of Scotland's Big Sediment Survey - a citizen science project to document the grain size of Scottish rivers led by Anya Towers during her PhD. Find out more here: egusphere.copernicus.org/preprints/20...

📜 New Paper Alert 💻 Come and check our latest work at Géociences Rennes: `graphflood`, a new method to efficiently simulate 2D hydrodynamics on landscapes. Python package easily installable 💻✅ Check my website for docs/info/tuto (Adding new ones every few days): bgailleton.github.io

New item in lborogeog cabinet of curiosities alongside fabulous 1st year student map. Represents our current research project exploring place belonging among new arrivals to Loughborough / first-year teaching of @allanwatson1.bsky.social looking at sense of place www.lboro.ac.uk/subjects/geo...

Always a pleasure to visit Géosciences Rennes, this time supporting Will Norriss' PhD experiments on bedrock channel evolution in response to constant forcing conditions.

We are happy to announce that the CENTA3 Doctoral Landscape Award Bid has been successful. This will allow us to continue on the work done in CENTA1 and CENTA2 to deliver excellence in PhD training within the Environmental and Earth Sciences: #CENTA3 www.birmingham.ac.uk/news/2024/ma...

Beautiful day in the Peak District, investigating gravel bar sediment structures with David Whitfield. Lots of change post highest stage level since February in recent weeks!

#PhD opportunity: 'Innovative geomorphic approaches to support better management of flood risk and ecosystem health' www.lboro.ac.uk/study/postgr... with Richard Jeffries (EA), Helen Reid (SEPA) Deadline 8 Jan 2025 Funding through floodcdt.ac.uk Open to UK & Intl applicants Please share

#PhD opportunity: 'Geomorphic mitigation of contaminated mining sediment mobilization during floods' lboro.ac.uk/study/postgr... with Mark Kincey, Jeff Warburton & Tyne Rivers Trust Deadline 8 Jan 2025 Funding through floodcdt.ac.uk Open to UK & Intl applicants Please share

Happy to support applications in geomorphology/landscape evolution/extreme events/fluvial processes! Feel free to get in touch if you would like to discuss.

Bedform fun with our 2nd year geomorphologists! Exploring the concept of thresholds.

I really have no idea what I'm doing but here is a geomorphology starter pack. Suggestions welcome. Geomorphologists: If I follow you and failed to add you to this list, send me a message and I will send you a hand crafted Microsoft Paint drawing and a grovelling apology. go.bsky.app/CNQSoJg

Great to open @bsgeomorphology annual conference @lborouniversity 💜 #bsg2024