Christopher J. White
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Christopher J. White
@drchriswhite.bsky.social

Head of the Centre for Water, Environment, Sustainability & Public Health at the University of Strathclyde | WP lead for MEDiate https://mediate-project.eu/

multi-hazard risks | compound events | flood and droughts | S2S .. more

Environmental science 51%
Geography 16%

ANTICIPATE @costprogramme.bsky.social www.cost.eu/join-ca24-co... will activities that build capacity and support innovation across Europe, focusing on supporting #PhDs and #ECRs thru summer schools, mobility and exchange programs, workshops and conferences. @unistrathclyde.bsky.social
70 new COST Actions now online: apply to join
70 new CA24 COST Actions are now available on the COST website. Apply to join the Working Group of an Action that's of interest to you.
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📢 Research news! Super pleased to announce that I will be leading a new ANTICIPATE 4-yr European @costprogramme.bsky.social with 46 researchers and practitioners from 26 countries across #multihazard #predictions, #earlywarnings and #anticipatoryaction. More info 👉 www.cost.eu/actions/CA24...
Join us in Manchester from 2–4 July for the @rmets.org Annual Weather and Climate Conference 2025 – featuring a mix of oral presentations, workshops and posters, showcasing cutting-edge science & applications.

All the details, event programme & registration here: www.rmets.org/conference/2...

Great opportunity to apply for a bursary from @jbatrust.bsky.social and @britishhydrosoc.bsky.social of up to £3,000 to support your studies if you are thinking of doing a water-related MSc in the next academic year 👇
💧 Apply for a bursary of up to £3,000 to support a water related masters in 2025-26! 💧
BHS & JBA Trust Studentship Awards support students studying a hydrology or catchment management related MSc/MRes.
Closing date is 12:00 Monday 7 July 2025.
Apply online here:
www.jbatrust.org/funding-and-...
💧 Apply for a bursary of up to £3,000 to support a water related masters in 2025-26! 💧
BHS & JBA Trust Studentship Awards support students studying a hydrology or catchment management related MSc/MRes.
Closing date is 12:00 Monday 7 July 2025.
Apply online here:
www.jbatrust.org/funding-and-...

Great to see the revised @undrr.bsky.social Hazard Information Profiles (HIPs) published today! I contributed through the #multi-hazard Expert User Group that helped refine / test the new definitions to encompass complex interconnected risks. Full details below 👇

@unistrathclyde.bsky.social
Out now: UNDRR-ISC updated hazard profiles offer ✔️ science-based, ✔️ standardized definitions to help us navigate today’s interconnected risks.

Discover how this guide can support early warning, emergency planning, and disaster resilience: https://council.science/news/hazard-profiles-2025/
Out now: UNDRR-ISC updated hazard profiles offer ✔️ science-based, ✔️ standardized definitions to help us navigate today’s interconnected risks.

Discover how this guide can support early warning, emergency planning, and disaster resilience: https://council.science/news/hazard-profiles-2025/
We've taken our #multiHazard impact framework (De Angeli et al., 2022) to the next level, developing a mathematical model to quantify #damage over time from #concurrent & #consecutive hazards.
📝 Now open for discussion on NHESS:
egusphere.copernicus.org/preprints/20...

#multiRisk #Recovery
A mathematical framework for quantifying physical damage over time from concurrent and consecutive hazards
Abstract. Space and time play a crucial role in multi-hazard impact assessment. When two or more natural hazards occur at the same location simultaneously or within a short time frame, the physical in...
egusphere.copernicus.org

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HEPEX, the Hydrological Ensemble Prediction EXperiment, is now on Bluesky! Find it at @hepexorg.bsky.social
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HEPEX, the Hydrological Ensemble Prediction EXperiment, is now on Bluesky! Find it at @hepexorg.bsky.social

We have 8 fully-funded PhDs (UK home rates) @unistrathclyde.bsky.social & Uni of Surrey as part of the ReDI resilient digital critical infrastructure collab. Very keen for applicants in climate resilience and cascading risks. Deadline 31 May… so be quick! Details 👇

www.strath.ac.uk/studywithus/...
Resilience for Digitalised Critical Infrastructure (ReDI) Collaboration | University of Strathclyde
www.strath.ac.uk
Register for the RMetS Annual Weather and Climate Conference 2025🎊

The event brings together the UK weather and climate community to showcase cutting-edge science and facilitate new ideas and collaborations.

View the programme now: www.rmets.org/annualconfer...

#Meteorology

Is the UK in a drought? No, not yet. Is it heading for a drought? Maybe. Does the UK need to do more to be more resilient to future droughts? Definitely. Read more here on @theguardian.com (including a quote from me): www.theguardian.com/environment/...
@unistrathclyde.bsky.social
England faces drought this summer as reservoir water levels dwindle
Exclusive: Government and water firms preparing for possible shortages as dry weather is expected to continue
www.theguardian.com

#S2S subseasonal to seasonal prediction session at @egu.eu #EGU25 in full swing in 0.11/12!

meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU25/sessio...
In the #EGU25 afternoon coffee break today we’ll have an @rmets.org special #MeetTheEditors session with editors from the International Journal of Climatology (including @drchriswhite.bsky.social) and Atmospheric Science Letters available to chat. Pop to booth 57 to say hi (and have some cake!).
Abstract submission now open for the UK National Climate Impacts meeting. Climate and health focus on one day, and a general impacts/risks focus on the other. We would love to see you. @eunicelo.bsky.social @richardabetts.bsky.social @hayleyjfowler.bsky.social www.climatebristol.org/projects/nci...
National Climate Impacts & Risk Meetings – Bristol Climate Dynamics Group
www.climatebristol.org

Looking forward to @egu.eu #EGU2025 next week! We'll be hosting a 'meet the Editor' session for the @rmets.org International Journal of Climatology at Wiley stand 57 on Wed 30 April 3.45pm-4.15pm CET. William Collins, Enric Aguilar and myself will be there. Look forward to seeing you!
#RMetSJournals

Pleased to have contributed to the compound events paper in this important annual '2024 year in review' climate chronicle: www.nature.com/articles/s43...
What better way to spend three days in July than by coming to Manchester for this year's @rmets.org Annual Weather and Climate Conference? 😁

Please consider submitting an abstract – deadline 14 February.

We look forward to seeing you there! More details: www.rmets.org/annualconfer...

The PhD will cover full fees at the @ukri.org rate starting at £19,237 p.a. Applications can only be accepted from British Nationals and internationals that are exempt from ATAS (i.e. EU/EEA/Swiss/Australia/ Canada/Japan/New Zealand/Singapore/S. Korea/USA or with indefinite leave to remain).

The successful candidate will be supervised by a cross-disciplinary team comprising @drchriswhite.bsky.social and Prof Becky Lunn from @unistrathclyde.bsky.social, and Dr Emily Wallace from @metoffice.bsky.social.

We have a funded PhD on long-term climate change risk scenarios for nuclear storage at the @unistrathclyde.bsky.social! If you are interested in mixing climate science and decision-making to address compounding risks and tipping points, then apply: www.findaphd.com/phds/project.... Closes 31/01/25.
Have a look at this session and consider submitting and abstract!

Join us at #EGU25 to hear and discuss the latest advances in subseasonal-to-seasonal #S2S prediction and applications. Please submit your abstracts to AS1.7 meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU25/sessio... by 15 January 2025 13:00 CET.