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Rich Boothroyd
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Lecturer in Physical Geography at the University of Liverpool.
Fluvial geomorphology, remote sensing and river-related hazards.
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Funded PhD Opportunity 🌎🛰️🌎

**Accelerating landscape recovery from artisanal gold mining in Indonesia using Nature-based Solutions**
November 5, 2025 at 3:43 PM
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🚨 Funded PhD 🚨 How does the reproduction of trees respond to drought? How does this shape forest resilience to drought? Join us in Liverpool & Kew Gardens @rbgkew.bsky.social
to answer this question!

Details & application info here: www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Deadline: 7th January

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November 4, 2025 at 7:07 AM
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Interested in peatlands and biogeochemistry? Like fieldwork? Then come and do a PhD at @livunigeog.bsky.social
supervised by me, @rchiverrell.bsky.social, Jenny Williamson (@ukceh.bsky.social eh.bsky.social) + Dewi Davies (@nationaltrust.org.uk ltrust.org.uk) www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
November 4, 2025 at 7:56 AM
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🌎 Funded PhD Opportunity | @acce-dla.bsky.social

**The carbon drain: quantifying carbon removal from peatlands and forests by rivers in the Peruvian Amazon**
November 4, 2025 at 5:04 PM
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One year to go until Gravel Bed Rivers 10! We look forward to seeing you all in Scotland. Our confirmed speaker list is available here: www.gbr10.uk/programme
A photo of a river with the following text on top: Gravel Bed Rivers 10 From Grain to Globe ONE YEAR TO GO! The countdown begins - we are officially one year away from Gravel Bed Rivers 10 'From Grain to Globe' We look forward to welcoming you to Aviemore, the heart of the Scottish Highlands, between 7 - 11 September 2026. We are delighted to share our confirmed speaer list which can be found at https://www.gbr10.uk/programme.
September 8, 2025 at 9:35 AM
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The Gravel Bed Rivers 10 website is live! Come join us in Aviemore, Scotland, 7-11 Sept 2026.
sterice.bsky.social Stephen Rice @sterice.bsky.social · Jun 20
🎉 Excited to get the dates in my diary for Gravel Bed Rivers 10 (is it really 10, I am SO old). Sept. 7-11, 2026. Scotland. www.gbr10.uk. @rebeccahodge100.bsky.social
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June 20, 2025 at 9:14 AM
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What if you laid out all the meanders of a river along a straight line, so that you can break the river into straight-ish segments and fill arbitrary spaces? This is the Purus River in Brazil; you can see how it is getting wider and the meanders are getting larger in the downstream direction
The meandering planform of the Purus River (a tributary if the Amazon), shown as white wiggles on a black background. The width of the river and the size of the meanders are increasing downstream (top to bottom, left to right).
May 23, 2025 at 1:29 AM
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Global RIver Topology (GRIT) is a new and improved global river network that represents bifurcations, multi-thread channels and canals. Great to see this important output from the NERC-funded EVOFLOOD project. See more here: doi.org/10.1029/2024...
May 16, 2025 at 9:55 AM
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River datasets often miss forks and branches found in highly populated floodplains and deltas. As flooding grows more severe, accurate mapping of these areas is more important than ever.

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New Global River Map Is the First to Include River Bifurcations and Canals - Eos
GRIT provides a much more detailed look at how rivers merge and split, which could enhance hydrological modeling, flood forecasting, and water management efforts.
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May 15, 2025 at 2:04 PM
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NEW paper in @naturecomms.bsky.social: Satellite-derived locational probabilities offer insights into river mobility. Big data reveal the non-predictable patterns and rates of river adjustment. doi.org/10.1038/s414... 🛰️🌎 #Geomorphology #Rivers #RemoteSensing #BigData
Big data show idiosyncratic patterns and rates of geomorphic river mobility - Nature Communications
In this study, satellite-derived locational probabilities are analysed to unravel records of river adjustment in the Philippines. The data show spatially non-uniform variability in along-valley patter...
doi.org
April 7, 2025 at 9:40 AM