Chris Hackney
@drchrishackney.bsky.social
Senior Lecturer in Physical Geography at Newcastle University. Vice chair of the British Society for Geomorphology. Researching sand mining, river morophodynamics, microplastics and deltas ⛏️🏞️
This means they provide more friction and resistance to the flows of water in the river, and change the dynamics of suspended sediment flowing over them.
June 3, 2025 at 3:33 PM
This means they provide more friction and resistance to the flows of water in the river, and change the dynamics of suspended sediment flowing over them.
🚨New paper alert 🚨 Ever wondered how sand extraction may be altering the bed of sandy rivers? How these changes influence flow and sediment transport? Well wonder no more!
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
June 3, 2025 at 3:31 PM
🚨New paper alert 🚨 Ever wondered how sand extraction may be altering the bed of sandy rivers? How these changes influence flow and sediment transport? Well wonder no more!
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
And so...after 13 years on short term contracts in academia, I can finally enjoy an open ended contract. Time to change the email signatures and social media handles #academia #science @newcastleuni.bsky.social
February 11, 2025 at 2:26 PM
And so...after 13 years on short term contracts in academia, I can finally enjoy an open ended contract. Time to change the email signatures and social media handles #academia #science @newcastleuni.bsky.social
First day of our joint IISER Bhopal - @newcastleuni.bsky.social workshop on geospatial techniques for monitoring sand mining. Looking forward to welcoming students and practitioners for the week #earthscience #remotesensing #rivers #india #sandmining
January 13, 2025 at 1:25 PM
First day of our joint IISER Bhopal - @newcastleuni.bsky.social workshop on geospatial techniques for monitoring sand mining. Looking forward to welcoming students and practitioners for the week #earthscience #remotesensing #rivers #india #sandmining
New #microplastics paper alert. Led by the awesome Dr Freija Mendrik, from her PhD work, we show that 86 % of microplastics are transported below the water surface. For representative samples, sample at 0.5-0.6 of the depth
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
December 5, 2024 at 5:33 PM
New #microplastics paper alert. Led by the awesome Dr Freija Mendrik, from her PhD work, we show that 86 % of microplastics are transported below the water surface. For representative samples, sample at 0.5-0.6 of the depth
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
I made a starter pack of those voices speaking to all things geomorph/glacio/geo/earth sci. Follow them if it's of interest. Will update as the site grows #earthsci #geomorphology #physgeog #science #glaciology
go.bsky.app/ME4GNao
go.bsky.app/ME4GNao
November 20, 2024 at 5:37 PM
I made a starter pack of those voices speaking to all things geomorph/glacio/geo/earth sci. Follow them if it's of interest. Will update as the site grows #earthsci #geomorphology #physgeog #science #glaciology
go.bsky.app/ME4GNao
go.bsky.app/ME4GNao
For all those interested in #geomorphology @bsg-geomorph.bsky.social has joined Bluesky! Give them a follow to keep up with everything we're doing, webinars, grants and new exciting science 🌍⛰️🏞️
November 20, 2024 at 12:21 PM
For all those interested in #geomorphology @bsg-geomorph.bsky.social has joined Bluesky! Give them a follow to keep up with everything we're doing, webinars, grants and new exciting science 🌍⛰️🏞️
Here's the evening before looking upstream
November 13, 2024 at 7:01 PM
Here's the evening before looking upstream
We could cross this yesterday evening!! It was ankle deep. Shows what a couple of hour's rain can do on a saturated ephemeral river!
November 13, 2024 at 7:00 PM
We could cross this yesterday evening!! It was ankle deep. Shows what a couple of hour's rain can do on a saturated ephemeral river!
Having some fun in community workshops on sand harvesting and water availability in Kenya. Quite a difference from the #rivers I'm used too
November 12, 2024 at 12:22 PM
Having some fun in community workshops on sand harvesting and water availability in Kenya. Quite a difference from the #rivers I'm used too
First day on Texel for #NewcastleUni Phys Geog field course and there's a beach renourishment program using 1.3 MT of sand going on #sand #geography #beachmanagement
April 6, 2024 at 3:54 PM
First day on Texel for #NewcastleUni Phys Geog field course and there's a beach renourishment program using 1.3 MT of sand going on #sand #geography #beachmanagement
Perfecting some #microplastics separation protocols for upcoming student field courses #FieldLabs #STEM #teaching
March 28, 2024 at 1:01 PM
Perfecting some #microplastics separation protocols for upcoming student field courses #FieldLabs #STEM #teaching
Cracking views from the top of Whernside and Ingleborough today. Never wetter!
February 16, 2024 at 5:10 PM
Cracking views from the top of Whernside and Ingleborough today. Never wetter!
Opened BlueSky and my feed was full of cat and dog pictures, so...here's Ginny dreaming of being Tom Daley diving off the 10 m board
February 8, 2024 at 7:12 AM
Opened BlueSky and my feed was full of cat and dog pictures, so...here's Ginny dreaming of being Tom Daley diving off the 10 m board
December 5, 2023 at 4:15 PM
Took the 4yr up the top of Roseberry Topping this morning. Stormed up it...it's amazing how much energy they have when they want to ⛰️👪🚶
November 12, 2023 at 5:12 PM
Took the 4yr up the top of Roseberry Topping this morning. Stormed up it...it's amazing how much energy they have when they want to ⛰️👪🚶
Been trying to calculate how exposed global sand resources are to development pressures. Always nice when your ideas produce nice visuals, even if you're not sure what they mean yet! #SandMining #ExtractiveIndustries #datavis #EarthEngine #ArcGISPro #EarthSci ⚒️
October 30, 2023 at 5:34 PM
Been trying to calculate how exposed global sand resources are to development pressures. Always nice when your ideas produce nice visuals, even if you're not sure what they mean yet! #SandMining #ExtractiveIndustries #datavis #EarthEngine #ArcGISPro #EarthSci ⚒️
Word cloud of some of my research outputs, pretty good idea of what I'm interested in 😬
September 28, 2023 at 9:33 AM
Word cloud of some of my research outputs, pretty good idea of what I'm interested in 😬
I'm Chris. I use high-resolution bathymetry and flow data, as well as satellite imagery to unravel the impacts of sand mining on river bank erosion and channel dynamics, particularly in SE Asia. I'm based at Newcastle Uni in the UK.
September 27, 2023 at 2:36 PM
I'm Chris. I use high-resolution bathymetry and flow data, as well as satellite imagery to unravel the impacts of sand mining on river bank erosion and channel dynamics, particularly in SE Asia. I'm based at Newcastle Uni in the UK.