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Josh Wolstenholme
@joshwolstenholme.bsky.social
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Research Fellow @lborogeog.bsky.social| Natural flood management, laser scanning, sediment transport & 360 video | https://joshwolstenholme.github.io/
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joshwolstenholme.bsky.social
It was great presenting some of my recent work to colleagues in @lborogeog.bsky.social on #flooding, #sediment and novel methods to monitor and model it... watch this space as papers coming soon 😁
lborogeog.bsky.social Geography and Environment at Loughborough University @lborogeog.bsky.social · 6d
Last week, we heard from Research Associate @joshwolstenholme.bsky.social on river sediment transport and flood risk that led to some great questions and further discussion! 🌊
GEOGRAPHY SEMINAR SERIES Join us Wednesday 29th October 1:00 PM in EHB205 Dr Josh Wolstenholme Loughborough University Sediment transport and flood risk: Why is it important and how can we monitor it? One in four people globally are at risk of extreme flooding, a number expected to rise under a changing climate. Yet current flood risk assessments often omit key river processes, notably sediment transport, due to high uncertainty, limited field data, and computational cost. In this talk, I will first present a series of numerical experiments in the upland catchment of Glenridding Beck (Cumbria) that demonstrate how sediment dynamics amplified the impacts of Storm Desmond in 2016. I will explore how increasing storm duration and intensity can trigger thresholds where sediment transport significantly enhances flood risk. Second, I will discuss new work on using smartphone LiDAR to capture small-scale river morphology, showing that it can produce results comparable to traditional survey methods while enabling low-cost, repeatable monitoring for model calibration and validation.
November 5, 2025 at 12:17 PM
joshwolstenholme.bsky.social
🚨 New paper out now in @egu-esurf.bsky.social! 🚨

We explore the geomorphic response of two river reaches to leaky dams, focusing on bathymetric change, planform evolution, water levels, and grain size distribution—helping to address the gap in field studies

📝 doi.org/10.5194/esur...
Localised geomorphic response to channel-spanning leaky wooden dams
Abstract. The introduction of leaky wooden dams (or engineered log jams or LDs) into river corridors in low-order steams in upper catchments has recently become a popular form of natural flood managem...
doi.org
July 31, 2025 at 8:26 AM
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parsnipsparsons.bsky.social
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
bedforms.bsky.social Prof Dan Parsons @bedforms.bsky.social · Jul 12
🌱 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...
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
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geoskinner.games
New article on my blog - A bunch of new research.

My latest publications and highlights from my co-authors @joshwolstenholme.bsky.social and @parsnipsparsons.bsky.social

floodskinner.games/2025/05/14/a...
A bunch of new research
I have a whole bunch of new papers recently published to tell you about. I can’t take (all) the credit though as they have been led by amazing colleagues. Huge shout out especially to Josh Wo…
floodskinner.games
May 14, 2025 at 2:35 PM
joshwolstenholme.bsky.social
🚨Come along to a webinar TODAY at 1300 by @thetreecouncil.bsky.social to listen to the latest hedgerow research for #NationalHedgerowWeek.

I'll be talking about deep learning of hedgerow gaps from aerial imagery 🛩️

Webinar: www.tickettailor.com/events/thetr...
Paper: doi.org/10.1002/rse2...
Automated identification of hedgerows and hedgerow gaps using deep learning
Hedgerows are a diverse habitat and act as wildlife corridors for traversing the agricultural landscape, however they can become fragmented due to poor management, reducing their ecological connectiv...
doi.org
May 6, 2025 at 11:15 AM
joshwolstenholme.bsky.social
Attending #EGU25? Interested in the role of #iPad #LiDAR and how well it performs in river systems for collecting #3D data? Checkout some of mine and @houseago.bsky.social's work in GM2.2 - Monday 16:15-18:00 [Hall X2, X2.92]!

meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU25/EGU25-...
Abstract EGU25-18866
meetingorganizer.copernicus.org
April 27, 2025 at 7:45 AM
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geoskinner.games
April's Imagination Engines is out!

🧱Building blocks of Env Comms.
💡Inspiring Interactions with Ayo Sokale.
🗞️Research with @joshwolstenholme.bsky.social and @parsnipsparsons.bsky.social.
🎲Good Morning - a downward counterfactual micro-RPG.
📽️YouTube Updates.

floodskinner.games/2025/04/02/i...
Imagination Engines – April 2025
Welcome to the April edition of Imagination Engines. My month ahead is going to busy getting ready for the European Geoscience Union General Assembly – I am attending as part of my day job th…
floodskinner.games
April 2, 2025 at 6:58 AM
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kinarnicholas.bsky.social
Hydrology Paper of the Day @joshwolstenholme.bsky.social on how sediment affects water transport during flooding: potential increase in flood hazard due to feedback effects, and application of the CAESAR-Lisflood2 model to the Glenridding Beck catchment for the 2015 Storm Desmond event in the UK.
March 21, 2025 at 9:10 PM
joshwolstenholme.bsky.social
Interested in the role of sediment transport processes on increasing #flooding?

Our new preprint that systematically explores the role of #rainfall on amplifying flood hazard is out!

doi.org/10.21203/rs....

@floodskinner.games @drchrishackney.bsky.social Matt Perks & @bedforms.bsky.social
Flood hazard amplification by intra-event sediment transport
Rivers are dynamic, with channel size and shape adapting to fluctuations in water and sediment supplied from their upstream catchments. These changes directly affect flood conveyance capacity, yet sed...
doi.org
March 19, 2025 at 8:50 AM
joshwolstenholme.bsky.social
🚨🚨🚨 New paper alert 🚨🚨🚨

Happy to see our new paper incorporating leaky dams into CAESAR-Lisflood published: doi.org/10.5194/gmd-...

We explored the influence of leaky dams on sediment processes & hydrodynamics

@floodskinner.games @bedforms.bsky.social @lboroor.bsky.social @eeiathull.bsky.social
Hydro-geomorphological modelling of leaky wooden dam efficacy from reach to catchment scale with CAESAR-Lisflood 1.9j
Abstract. Leaky wooden dams (LDs) are woody structures installed in headwater streams that aim to reduce downstream flood risk through increasing in-channel roughness and decreasing river longitudinal...
doi.org
March 5, 2025 at 11:21 AM
joshwolstenholme.bsky.social
Great afternoon with @parsnipsparsons.bsky.social and Bradgate Education Partnership--looking forward to working with them and their schools moving forward towards developing their Climate Action Plans later this year
parsnipsparsons.bsky.social Dr Katie J Parsons 🏳️‍🌈🌍🇪🇺 @parsnipsparsons.bsky.social · Mar 4
A super productive afternoon for @joshwolstenholme.bsky.social & me in our roles as Climate Ambassadors

Thanks to the lovely Matilda we had the opportunity to meet with Bradgate Education Partnership who we'll be supporting across their 18 academies as they develop their Climate Action plans

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March 4, 2025 at 6:36 PM
joshwolstenholme.bsky.social
Great to see our paper on mapping #hedgerow and #hedgerowgaps using #deeplearning published earlier this week!

doi.org/10.1002/rse2...
Automated identification of hedgerows and hedgerow gaps using deep learning
Hedgerows are a diverse habitat and act as wildlife corridors for traversing the agricultural landscape, however they can become fragmented due to poor management, reducing their ecological connectiv...
doi.org
February 18, 2025 at 1:56 PM
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bedforms.bsky.social
Superb to see this paper out where we use machine learning to identify hedgerows and hedgerow gaps across #eastyorkshire - will support targeted re-planting for carbon sequestration - led by @joshwolstenholme.bsky.social 👏 zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...
Automated identification of hedgerows and hedgerow gaps using deep learning
Hedgerows are a diverse habitat and act as wildlife corridors for traversing the agricultural landscape, however they can become fragmented due to poor management, reducing their ecological connectiv...
zslpublications.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
February 15, 2025 at 4:09 PM
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geoskinner.games
New preprint out from the brilliant @joshwolstenholme.bsky.social
December 17, 2024 at 9:48 AM
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egu-esurf.bsky.social
New preprint for discussion 🚨 Localised geomorphic response to channel-spanning leaky wooden dams egusphere.copernicus.org/preprints/20... @joshwolstenholme.bsky.social @floodskinner.games @bedforms.bsky.social
Localised geomorphic response to channel-spanning leaky wooden dams
Abstract. The introduction of leaky wooden dams (or engineered log jams) into river corridors in low order steams in upper catchments has recently become a popular form of natural flood management, pa...
egusphere.copernicus.org
December 17, 2024 at 9:44 AM
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parsnipsparsons.bsky.social
Dream Team are back in town 🙌 @joshwolstenholme.bsky.social and I have been voted in to represent the researchers from @lborouniversity.bsky.social School of Social Sciences & Humanities
Keeping @drjwharrison.bsky.social & @bedforms.bsky.social on their toes making sure words are turned into action
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December 3, 2024 at 5:29 PM
joshwolstenholme.bsky.social
Of course the perfect time for my computer to restart with no warning is in the middle of responding to reviewer comments
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November 27, 2024 at 4:54 PM
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lucywolstenholme.bsky.social
When I was 5 (on Rt), my family moved to Kenya. I felt safe & happy in this vibrant place, but I soon became aware of the privilege I held. My early experiences shaped my understanding of inequality & inspired me to strive for a world where every child can thrive, just as I did 🌍💚 #WorldChildrensDay
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November 20, 2024 at 2:27 PM
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bsg-geomorph.bsky.social BSG Geomorphology @bsg-geomorph.bsky.social · Nov 20
We are now on Bluesky! ⛅ Follow us for updates from the British Society for Geomorphology
November 20, 2024 at 9:37 AM
joshwolstenholme.bsky.social
Interesting talks this morning at @crancomposites.bsky.social focusing around AI and sustainability
Woman giving presentation on the use of sustainable development goals and artificial intelligence to a crowd of people.
November 18, 2024 at 11:22 AM
joshwolstenholme.bsky.social
Travel home begins! First an overnight bus, now a 6 hour wait, two more flights and a taxi! Great time in Bolivia for #TeamOxbow
November 18, 2024 at 8:36 PM
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Last lake complete! Great week with @GeomorphicJosh boating around the Rio Mamore #TeamOxbow
November 18, 2024 at 8:36 PM
joshwolstenholme.bsky.social
Fantastic couple of days exploring Oxbow lakes in Bolivia!
November 18, 2024 at 8:36 PM
joshwolstenholme.bsky.social
Off to the #AmazonRainforest to meet @GeomorphicJosh today for some oxbow lake surveying—hope my flights are better than the nightmare that @bedform experienced 👀
November 18, 2024 at 8:36 PM
joshwolstenholme.bsky.social
Back from a great week in the US following meeting with @USGS. Lots of data to look at and hopefully a rich dataset of suspended sediment!
November 18, 2024 at 8:36 PM