Prof Dan Parsons
@bedforms.bsky.social
Dad to 3 & husband to @ParsnipsParsons 😍 Pro-Vice Chancellor @LboroUniversity. Prof Geosciences: floods, sediments, plastics, sustainable energy & net zero 🌍
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Prof Dan Parsons
@bedforms.bsky.social
· Feb 28
Study, research, work, thrive at Loughborough University. Because The World Can’t Wait.
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🌍 Join Us @lborouniversity in Shaping a Better Future! 🌍
Despite the challenges of 2025, we're pushing ahead with confidence and innovation at Loughborough University.
Here are some highlights of our impactful work:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3fk... (1/n)
Despite the challenges of 2025, we're pushing ahead with confidence and innovation at Loughborough University.
Here are some highlights of our impactful work:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=u3fk... (1/n)
🌏 New research led from @lborouniversity shows that sand mining is drastically altering the Mekong system, weakening the Tonle Sap Lake’s vital flood pulse - the heartbeat of one of the world’s most biodiverse freshwater ecosystems.
➡️ Nature Sustainability paper...
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➡️ Nature Sustainability paper...
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Sand mining reducing the flow of Southeast Asia’s largest lake, new report warns | Dan Parsons
🌏 New research led from Loughborough University has revealed that sand mining is critically disrupting the natural flood pulse of Southeast Asia’s largest freshwater lake — Tonle Sap in Cambodia.
Pub...
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November 11, 2025 at 12:01 AM
🌏 New research led from @lborouniversity shows that sand mining is drastically altering the Mekong system, weakening the Tonle Sap Lake’s vital flood pulse - the heartbeat of one of the world’s most biodiverse freshwater ecosystems.
➡️ Nature Sustainability paper...
www.linkedin.com/posts/dan-pa...
➡️ Nature Sustainability paper...
www.linkedin.com/posts/dan-pa...
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🌊🔥 Building Resilience for a Changing World: Fully Funded PhD Opportunities at @lborouniversity
As part of the UKRI Centre for Doctoral Training in Resilient Flood Futures (FLOOD-CDT).
www.linkedin.com/posts/dan-pa...
As part of the UKRI Centre for Doctoral Training in Resilient Flood Futures (FLOOD-CDT).
www.linkedin.com/posts/dan-pa...
November 1, 2025 at 12:10 AM
🌊🔥 Building Resilience for a Changing World: Fully Funded PhD Opportunities at @lborouniversity
As part of the UKRI Centre for Doctoral Training in Resilient Flood Futures (FLOOD-CDT).
www.linkedin.com/posts/dan-pa...
As part of the UKRI Centre for Doctoral Training in Resilient Flood Futures (FLOOD-CDT).
www.linkedin.com/posts/dan-pa...
🌊🔥 Building Resilience for a Changing World: Fully Funded PhD Opportunities at @lborouniversity
As part of the UKRI Centre for Doctoral Training in Resilient Flood Futures (FLOOD-CDT).
www.linkedin.com/posts/dan-pa...
As part of the UKRI Centre for Doctoral Training in Resilient Flood Futures (FLOOD-CDT).
www.linkedin.com/posts/dan-pa...
November 1, 2025 at 12:10 AM
🌊🔥 Building Resilience for a Changing World: Fully Funded PhD Opportunities at @lborouniversity
As part of the UKRI Centre for Doctoral Training in Resilient Flood Futures (FLOOD-CDT).
www.linkedin.com/posts/dan-pa...
As part of the UKRI Centre for Doctoral Training in Resilient Flood Futures (FLOOD-CDT).
www.linkedin.com/posts/dan-pa...
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For anyone interested in #psychology, #research assessment and evaluation, how the expert panel rated research submitted to #REF2021 - and especially the fate of #qualitative research - our article in Cogent Psychology is #OpenAccess (link in next post).
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October 27, 2025 at 12:20 PM
For anyone interested in #psychology, #research assessment and evaluation, how the expert panel rated research submitted to #REF2021 - and especially the fate of #qualitative research - our article in Cogent Psychology is #OpenAccess (link in next post).
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The government has pledged to remove RAAC from all affected schools in England by 2029.
Professor Chris Goodier comments to
@bbcnewslive.bsky.social about the need for all schools to be structurally safe.
Read more: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Professor Chris Goodier comments to
@bbcnewslive.bsky.social about the need for all schools to be structurally safe.
Read more: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Raac will be removed from schools by 2029, government says
The Labour government makes a new promise for schools containing the unsafe concrete.
www.bbc.co.uk
October 30, 2025 at 9:47 AM
The government has pledged to remove RAAC from all affected schools in England by 2029.
Professor Chris Goodier comments to
@bbcnewslive.bsky.social about the need for all schools to be structurally safe.
Read more: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Professor Chris Goodier comments to
@bbcnewslive.bsky.social about the need for all schools to be structurally safe.
Read more: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
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"UK universities are quietly but undeniably at a crossroads."
@bedforms.bsky.social @lborouniversity.bsky.social writes for @timeshighered.bsky.social
www.timeshighereducation.com/depth/will-s...
@bedforms.bsky.social @lborouniversity.bsky.social writes for @timeshighered.bsky.social
www.timeshighereducation.com/depth/will-s...
Will superuniversities save UK HE?
The quasi-merger of the universities of Kent and Greenwich has raised questions about how many other higher education institutions might see an opportunity – or a necessity – to team up as financial p...
www.timeshighereducation.com
October 13, 2025 at 8:06 AM
"UK universities are quietly but undeniably at a crossroads."
@bedforms.bsky.social @lborouniversity.bsky.social writes for @timeshighered.bsky.social
www.timeshighereducation.com/depth/will-s...
@bedforms.bsky.social @lborouniversity.bsky.social writes for @timeshighered.bsky.social
www.timeshighereducation.com/depth/will-s...
Bye-bye Chang Mai. Thanks for the memories! 👋🌏
August 22, 2025 at 3:32 AM
Bye-bye Chang Mai. Thanks for the memories! 👋🌏
Rice terraces, northern Vietnam. 23 degrees, river turbulence, finches and crickets in the background.
August 7, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Rice terraces, northern Vietnam. 23 degrees, river turbulence, finches and crickets in the background.
Had the great pleasure of visiting Tsinghua University yesterday for an inspiring day of discussion on our institutional partnership Loughborough University and our ongoing collaborative approaches to hazard and risk research, education and communication.
July 23, 2025 at 3:13 PM
Had the great pleasure of visiting Tsinghua University yesterday for an inspiring day of discussion on our institutional partnership Loughborough University and our ongoing collaborative approaches to hazard and risk research, education and communication.
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What happens when rivers freeze, thaw, and flow in a warming world? ❄️🌊
Our new paper reports on novel cryolab experiments that reveal erosion peaks not at the coldest temps, but at –5.2°C. As freeze-thaw cycles shift, so will rivers. Big questions, small-scale answers.
🔗 doi.org/10.1029/2024...
Our new paper reports on novel cryolab experiments that reveal erosion peaks not at the coldest temps, but at –5.2°C. As freeze-thaw cycles shift, so will rivers. Big questions, small-scale answers.
🔗 doi.org/10.1029/2024...
July 15, 2025 at 8:29 PM
What happens when rivers freeze, thaw, and flow in a warming world? ❄️🌊
Our new paper reports on novel cryolab experiments that reveal erosion peaks not at the coldest temps, but at –5.2°C. As freeze-thaw cycles shift, so will rivers. Big questions, small-scale answers.
🔗 doi.org/10.1029/2024...
Our new paper reports on novel cryolab experiments that reveal erosion peaks not at the coldest temps, but at –5.2°C. As freeze-thaw cycles shift, so will rivers. Big questions, small-scale answers.
🔗 doi.org/10.1029/2024...
🏆 44 years at the top!
Loughborough University crowned BUCS champions once again — an unbroken legacy of sporting excellence.
Proud of every student athlete, coach, staff & supporter who made this happen.
Here’s to passion, performance & purple. 💜💛
#BUCS44 #Loughborough #ChampionsAgain
Loughborough University crowned BUCS champions once again — an unbroken legacy of sporting excellence.
Proud of every student athlete, coach, staff & supporter who made this happen.
Here’s to passion, performance & purple. 💜💛
#BUCS44 #Loughborough #ChampionsAgain
July 17, 2025 at 9:54 PM
🏆 44 years at the top!
Loughborough University crowned BUCS champions once again — an unbroken legacy of sporting excellence.
Proud of every student athlete, coach, staff & supporter who made this happen.
Here’s to passion, performance & purple. 💜💛
#BUCS44 #Loughborough #ChampionsAgain
Loughborough University crowned BUCS champions once again — an unbroken legacy of sporting excellence.
Proud of every student athlete, coach, staff & supporter who made this happen.
Here’s to passion, performance & purple. 💜💛
#BUCS44 #Loughborough #ChampionsAgain
What happens when rivers freeze, thaw, and flow in a warming world? ❄️🌊
Our new paper reports on novel cryolab experiments that reveal erosion peaks not at the coldest temps, but at –5.2°C. As freeze-thaw cycles shift, so will rivers. Big questions, small-scale answers.
🔗 doi.org/10.1029/2024...
Our new paper reports on novel cryolab experiments that reveal erosion peaks not at the coldest temps, but at –5.2°C. As freeze-thaw cycles shift, so will rivers. Big questions, small-scale answers.
🔗 doi.org/10.1029/2024...
July 15, 2025 at 8:29 PM
What happens when rivers freeze, thaw, and flow in a warming world? ❄️🌊
Our new paper reports on novel cryolab experiments that reveal erosion peaks not at the coldest temps, but at –5.2°C. As freeze-thaw cycles shift, so will rivers. Big questions, small-scale answers.
🔗 doi.org/10.1029/2024...
Our new paper reports on novel cryolab experiments that reveal erosion peaks not at the coldest temps, but at –5.2°C. As freeze-thaw cycles shift, so will rivers. Big questions, small-scale answers.
🔗 doi.org/10.1029/2024...
Reposted by Prof Dan Parsons
Over the moon to finally announce our NERC: Natural Environment Research Council funded project Charnwood Champions 🥳
This project has been a dream of mine for many years after witnessing the inconsistancy and inequality of opportunities for children to access the natural environment
This project has been a dream of mine for many years after witnessing the inconsistancy and inequality of opportunities for children to access the natural environment
🌱 What if environmental science belonged to everyone?
We’re proud to launch Charnwood Champions: A Passport to Inclusive Environmental Science – a bold, place-based project reimagining environmental learning, opportunity, and leadership.
🔗 More here: www.lboro.ac.uk/subjects/geo...
We’re proud to launch Charnwood Champions: A Passport to Inclusive Environmental Science – a bold, place-based project reimagining environmental learning, opportunity, and leadership.
🔗 More here: www.lboro.ac.uk/subjects/geo...
New environmental education initiative tackles sector’s diversity crisis
A groundbreaking new initiative led by Loughborough University, and in collaboration with key civic partners, is set to transform environmental education and green careers access for young people acro...
www.lboro.ac.uk
July 12, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Over the moon to finally announce our NERC: Natural Environment Research Council funded project Charnwood Champions 🥳
This project has been a dream of mine for many years after witnessing the inconsistancy and inequality of opportunities for children to access the natural environment
This project has been a dream of mine for many years after witnessing the inconsistancy and inequality of opportunities for children to access the natural environment
🌱 What if environmental science belonged to everyone?
We’re proud to launch Charnwood Champions: A Passport to Inclusive Environmental Science – a bold, place-based project reimagining environmental learning, opportunity, and leadership.
🔗 More here: www.lboro.ac.uk/subjects/geo...
We’re proud to launch Charnwood Champions: A Passport to Inclusive Environmental Science – a bold, place-based project reimagining environmental learning, opportunity, and leadership.
🔗 More here: www.lboro.ac.uk/subjects/geo...
New environmental education initiative tackles sector’s diversity crisis
A groundbreaking new initiative led by Loughborough University, and in collaboration with key civic partners, is set to transform environmental education and green careers access for young people acro...
www.lboro.ac.uk
July 12, 2025 at 10:35 AM
🌱 What if environmental science belonged to everyone?
We’re proud to launch Charnwood Champions: A Passport to Inclusive Environmental Science – a bold, place-based project reimagining environmental learning, opportunity, and leadership.
🔗 More here: www.lboro.ac.uk/subjects/geo...
We’re proud to launch Charnwood Champions: A Passport to Inclusive Environmental Science – a bold, place-based project reimagining environmental learning, opportunity, and leadership.
🔗 More here: www.lboro.ac.uk/subjects/geo...
Lets go @LboroLightning @lborouniversity - and historic three-peat on the cards! #wherehistorybegins.. watch live on @SkySports this afternoon!
July 6, 2025 at 9:42 AM
Lets go @LboroLightning @lborouniversity - and historic three-peat on the cards! #wherehistorybegins.. watch live on @SkySports this afternoon!
Launched @Lborouni's first ever UNESCO Day & I’m still buzzing with pride.
We now have 3 UNESCO Chairs—the most of any UK university.
🌍 Sport as a force for global development (Prof Giulianotti)
🌊 Data-driven resilience against disaster (Prof Liang)
📖 Storytelling for sustainability (Prof Wilson)
We now have 3 UNESCO Chairs—the most of any UK university.
🌍 Sport as a force for global development (Prof Giulianotti)
🌊 Data-driven resilience against disaster (Prof Liang)
📖 Storytelling for sustainability (Prof Wilson)
July 2, 2025 at 10:30 PM
Launched @Lborouni's first ever UNESCO Day & I’m still buzzing with pride.
We now have 3 UNESCO Chairs—the most of any UK university.
🌍 Sport as a force for global development (Prof Giulianotti)
🌊 Data-driven resilience against disaster (Prof Liang)
📖 Storytelling for sustainability (Prof Wilson)
We now have 3 UNESCO Chairs—the most of any UK university.
🌍 Sport as a force for global development (Prof Giulianotti)
🌊 Data-driven resilience against disaster (Prof Liang)
📖 Storytelling for sustainability (Prof Wilson)
Walked on plastic debris today. Literally.
Part of an incredible interactive art installation by Dr Katarina Dimitrijevic.
Strangest feeling—the sound, the crunch, the weight of waste underfoot.
It left me reflecting on how deeply plastic is entangled in our lives—and futures.
Reac more here:
Part of an incredible interactive art installation by Dr Katarina Dimitrijevic.
Strangest feeling—the sound, the crunch, the weight of waste underfoot.
It left me reflecting on how deeply plastic is entangled in our lives—and futures.
Reac more here:
📢 Walking on Waste: A Strange Encounter with the Plastic Age 💡 | Dan Parsons
📢 Walking on Waste: A Strange Encounter with the Plastic Age 💡
Today, I visited one of the most powerful and affecting installations I've seen in a long time. Dr Katarina Dimitrijevic’s (aka Kraa...
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July 2, 2025 at 10:25 PM
Walked on plastic debris today. Literally.
Part of an incredible interactive art installation by Dr Katarina Dimitrijevic.
Strangest feeling—the sound, the crunch, the weight of waste underfoot.
It left me reflecting on how deeply plastic is entangled in our lives—and futures.
Reac more here:
Part of an incredible interactive art installation by Dr Katarina Dimitrijevic.
Strangest feeling—the sound, the crunch, the weight of waste underfoot.
It left me reflecting on how deeply plastic is entangled in our lives—and futures.
Reac more here:
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Based on work in Vietnam, we explore how place-based, intergenerational storytelling can drive real momentum and sustain engagement.
@parsnipsparsons.bsky.social @bedforms.bsky.social @drchrishackney.bsky.social @lisa-jones7.bsky.social, Thu Vo, Hue Le, Anh Nguyen, Alison Lloyd Williams
@parsnipsparsons.bsky.social @bedforms.bsky.social @drchrishackney.bsky.social @lisa-jones7.bsky.social, Thu Vo, Hue Le, Anh Nguyen, Alison Lloyd Williams
June 23, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Based on work in Vietnam, we explore how place-based, intergenerational storytelling can drive real momentum and sustain engagement.
@parsnipsparsons.bsky.social @bedforms.bsky.social @drchrishackney.bsky.social @lisa-jones7.bsky.social, Thu Vo, Hue Le, Anh Nguyen, Alison Lloyd Williams
@parsnipsparsons.bsky.social @bedforms.bsky.social @drchrishackney.bsky.social @lisa-jones7.bsky.social, Thu Vo, Hue Le, Anh Nguyen, Alison Lloyd Williams
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Happy Monday! 🥳
Thrilled to share our new paper in Children’s Geographies:
“Place-based & intergenerational storytelling for youth climate action: Moving beyond participation and towards momentum” 🌍📚
Read it here: www.tandfonline.com/eprint/IHFXJ...
Thrilled to share our new paper in Children’s Geographies:
“Place-based & intergenerational storytelling for youth climate action: Moving beyond participation and towards momentum” 🌍📚
Read it here: www.tandfonline.com/eprint/IHFXJ...
June 23, 2025 at 8:22 AM
Happy Monday! 🥳
Thrilled to share our new paper in Children’s Geographies:
“Place-based & intergenerational storytelling for youth climate action: Moving beyond participation and towards momentum” 🌍📚
Read it here: www.tandfonline.com/eprint/IHFXJ...
Thrilled to share our new paper in Children’s Geographies:
“Place-based & intergenerational storytelling for youth climate action: Moving beyond participation and towards momentum” 🌍📚
Read it here: www.tandfonline.com/eprint/IHFXJ...
Lets go ✨️ @lborouniversity @LboroLightning - national super league semis live tonight on @SkySports 🙌 💜
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June 20, 2025 at 7:51 AM
Lets go ✨️ @lborouniversity @LboroLightning - national super league semis live tonight on @SkySports 🙌 💜
www.netballsl.com/news/where-t...
www.netballsl.com/news/where-t...
Ouch thats warm at the end of the month....would be June record I believe.....
June 19, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Ouch thats warm at the end of the month....would be June record I believe.....
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The Department of Geography and Environment @lborouniversity.bsky.social is launching the MSc Climate Change, Energy and Humanitarian Action, a brand-new distance learning programme co-designed and delivered with @unitar.bsky.social.
💻 Register for an open webinar at unitar.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
💻 Register for an open webinar at unitar.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
June 14, 2025 at 1:03 PM
The Department of Geography and Environment @lborouniversity.bsky.social is launching the MSc Climate Change, Energy and Humanitarian Action, a brand-new distance learning programme co-designed and delivered with @unitar.bsky.social.
💻 Register for an open webinar at unitar.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
💻 Register for an open webinar at unitar.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Thanks so much for the invitation @landscapeslive.bsky.social - lots of fun to give the online seminar. Was great to share progress on our large NERC EvoFlood project! 💪😃
Dan Parsons' presentation ( @bedforms.bsky.social ) is now on youtube:
The evolution of flood hazard and risk: the impact of morphological change
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youtu.be/jS8iLNkPqbA
The evolution of flood hazard and risk: the impact of morphological change
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youtu.be/jS8iLNkPqbA
Dan Parsons: LL 05.05.25
YouTube video by Landscapes Live
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June 8, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Thanks so much for the invitation @landscapeslive.bsky.social - lots of fun to give the online seminar. Was great to share progress on our large NERC EvoFlood project! 💪😃
BBC News - Scientists at Loughborough University create 'world's smallest violin' - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Scientists at Loughborough University create 'world's smallest violin'
The violin is smaller than a human hair and has
www.bbc.co.uk
June 5, 2025 at 10:17 PM
BBC News - Scientists at Loughborough University create 'world's smallest violin' - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
New paper out!
Sand mining isn’t just removing riverbed material, it’s engineering entirely new bed morphologies.
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
🎯 Led by @drchrishackney.bsky.social
Findings - mining:
➡️ Steeper, taller dunes
➡️ More flow resistance
➡️ Implications for flood risk
Sand mining isn’t just removing riverbed material, it’s engineering entirely new bed morphologies.
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
🎯 Led by @drchrishackney.bsky.social
Findings - mining:
➡️ Steeper, taller dunes
➡️ More flow resistance
➡️ Implications for flood risk
Increased Hydraulic Roughness in Alluvial Rivers Created by Sand‐Mining Sculpted Bed Features
Form roughness of sand mining sculpted bed features is greater than natural dunes Strong recirculating flow is observed in the leeside of sand mining sculpted bed features Suspended sediment tra...
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
June 3, 2025 at 11:09 PM
New paper out!
Sand mining isn’t just removing riverbed material, it’s engineering entirely new bed morphologies.
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
🎯 Led by @drchrishackney.bsky.social
Findings - mining:
➡️ Steeper, taller dunes
➡️ More flow resistance
➡️ Implications for flood risk
Sand mining isn’t just removing riverbed material, it’s engineering entirely new bed morphologies.
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
🎯 Led by @drchrishackney.bsky.social
Findings - mining:
➡️ Steeper, taller dunes
➡️ More flow resistance
➡️ Implications for flood risk