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Edwin Baynes
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Geomorphologist at Loughborough
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We will be celebrating Jo Bullard's life on Thursday 4th December, from 2.30pm at Loughborough University.

Please register here if you would like to attend: forms.office.com/pages/respon...

The @rgsibg.bsky.social have published an obituary of Jo:
www.rgs.org/about-us/our...
Professor Joanna Bullard (1969-2025) | Obituary
It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Joanna Elizabeth Bullard, Professor of Physical Geography at Loughborough University.
www.rgs.org
November 17, 2025 at 6:11 PM
*Funded #PhD opportunities on Flooding*

At FloodCDT, we're currently advertising a large number of PhD projects combining cutting-edge science, engineering, and social approaches to deliver real-world impact:

See here for the full list of projects: www.findaphd.com/phds/program...

flood-cdt.ac.uk
FindAPhD : Fully funded PhD studentships at the Centre for Doctoral Training for Resilient Flood Futures (FLOOD-CDT) at University of Southampton
Apply for a PhD: Fully funded PhD studentships at the Centre for Doctoral Training for Resilient Flood Futures (FLOOD-CDT) at University of Southampton
www.findaphd.com
November 14, 2025 at 8:45 AM
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🚨 Fully funded PhD opportunity with me and Richard Hodgkins at @lborogeog.bsky.social. Please reach out with any questions, and do share widely!
Storyline approaches to regional flood risk: making climate change relatable. | Postgraduate study | Loughborough University
This project aims to bring together evidence from climate projections, risk assessment and observations to develop and evaluate event-based storylines based on recent flooding in Leicestershire, UK.
www.lboro.ac.uk
October 29, 2025 at 1:30 PM
It's bedform week in Loughborough!

Our second year geomorphologists are getting to grips with the concept of Thresholds through a nice flume experiment!

@lborouniversity.bsky.social
October 21, 2025 at 4:06 PM
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The call for #session #proposals for the #EGU26 General Assembly is now open!
Submit short course ideas and/or proposals for Union Symposia and Great Debates by 16 September 2025.

👉 Submit your proposals here: egu.eu/60GYS7
September 11, 2025 at 11:01 AM
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The call for #session #proposals for the #EGU26 General Assembly is now open!
Submit short course ideas and/or proposals for Union Symposia and Great Debates by 16 September 2025.

👉 Submit your proposals here: egu.eu/60GYS7
September 9, 2025 at 11:46 AM
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Calling for EGU 2026 session proposals! If you have an idea for a geomorphology session, head to meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU26/provis... and enter it in. Sessions on new topics and themes are extremely welcome! Help to build a great programme for EGU26!
Call for session proposals
meetingorganizer.copernicus.org
August 20, 2025 at 5:39 PM
New #OA paper: Early Holocene jökulhlaup chronology and deglaciation dynamics in central Iceland

Led by Greta Wells, using 36Cl exposure dating & geomorph evidence to interpret past flood routes along course of the modern-day Hvita river

Now out in Boreas: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Early Holocene jökulhlaup chronology and deglaciation dynamics in central Iceland
Glacial lake outburst floods (jökulhlaups) have occurred throughout the Quaternary in glaciated regions worldwide. Reconstructing flood chronology yields insight into deglaciation processes, environm...
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
August 5, 2025 at 2:38 PM
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🎉IT'S OFFICIAL!🎉

🥳 We're applying for UNESCO Global Geopark status this year!

🌐 Read more about what this could mean for our region, and sign up to get involved: www.charnwoodforest.org/charnwood-fo...
July 30, 2025 at 6:51 AM
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⏰ We are still looking to fill the positions of Junior Deputy Chair and Outreach Vice Chair on our Executive Committee starting in September. Please get in touch if you are interested in applying! Brief descriptions for the roles can be found below ⬇️
July 29, 2025 at 2:46 PM
We're ready for the @lborouniversity.bsky.social Open Days tomorrow & Saturday!

Looking forward to meeting lots of prospective Lboro Geographers!

#LboroOpenDay
June 26, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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Lovely to be able to order first paper mugs for Mel Guirro, Jiao Chen and David Whitfield (@dwhit.bsky.social). Well done!
June 20, 2025 at 9:29 AM
First day at Flood & Coast with #FloodCDT

Alan Lovell, Chair of the Environment Agency, opening the conference by setting out the context for the flood sector and future #resilience.

Recent flooding examples local to @lborouniversity.bsky.social featuring heavily.
June 3, 2025 at 8:42 AM
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Less than two weeks left to nominate someone for an EGU award/medal! I'm sure that everyone can think of a great colleague who deserves to be recognized for their work, but that can only happen if someone nominates them. It's really not hard to do, so go for it! www.egu.eu/awards-medal...
Awards & medals nomination
EGU, the European Geosciences Union, is Europe’s premier geosciences union, dedicated to the pursuit of excellence in the Earth, planetary, and space sciences for the benefit of humanity, worldwide.
www.egu.eu
June 2, 2025 at 12:20 PM
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Just a bit over two weeks left for EGU awards and medals nominations! These are really important for recognizing our excellent colleagues, so please consider nominating someone that you think does awesome science!
The EGU Awards & Medals honours #scientists every year for their outstanding #research contribution in the Earth, planetary and space sciences

Nominations are now open until 15 June 2025!

👉 Learn more and submit here: egu.eu/1WJWEA
May 29, 2025 at 1:43 PM
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Seeing Blatten buried again and again, from every angle...

Properly staggering! 😮😱
May 28, 2025 at 6:51 PM
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New Job! Please repost!

We have a NERC funded PDRA position here @oxuniearthsci.bsky.social, 2 yrs, on modelling cryosphere change and hydrochemistry

#models, #carbon, #permafrost, #deglaciation

Come join our friendly team!

Apply by 11/06, any Qs get in touch!

my.corehr.com/pls/uoxrecru...
May 15, 2025 at 9:30 AM
Interested in sediment transport of gravel bed rivers?

Check out David's new paper! The first of many super interesting bits of work from David's PhD - stay tuned!
May 6, 2025 at 12:59 PM
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🚨 The first publication from my PhD thesis is out now in @jgrearthsurface.bsky.social!

We use force-balance models to estimate grain mobility thresholds for 45 riverbeds across England and Wales

With @edwinbaynes.bsky.social, @rebeccahodge100.bsky.social, @sterice.bsky.social & Elowyn Yager

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The Influence of Gravel‐Bed Structure on Grain Mobility Thresholds: Comparison of Force‐Balance Approaches
Two different novel force-balance models are used to estimate grain mobility thresholds using resistance force and microtopography data An automated point cloud segmentation approach is compared ...
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
May 6, 2025 at 10:26 AM
*New #OA Paper*

Erosion dynamics in carbonate bedrock channels inhibit weathering processes

How does dissolution impact rock erodibility throughout river cross-sections? We explore that question here, just out in ESPL: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10....
April 28, 2025 at 9:26 AM
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‼️Only a couple of weeks left before the deadline‼️
Come spend a month at @lboroias.bsky.social! You’ll get to meet my amazing @lborouniversity.bsky.social colleagues, hang out with other IAS Fellows, focus on your research, & drink lots of coffee with me at the International House🤓 lnkd.in/e7rfbNjy
Residential Fellowships | Institute of Advanced Studies | Loughborough University
www.lboro.ac.uk
April 8, 2025 at 10:57 AM
Spot the difference?

Same bar, 14 months apart.

Fascinating change documented by @dwhit.bsky.social for his final PhD chapter!

@sterice.bsky.social @centa.bsky.social
April 7, 2025 at 2:57 PM
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Interested in waterfalls? My former PhD student, Sophie Rothman, (with support from NSF) made a fun outreach video about how waterfalls erode, check it out and please share widely:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVgr...
Waterfalls and how they erode
YouTube video by Sophie Rothman
www.youtube.com
March 31, 2025 at 10:40 PM
Excited to be heading up to Lincoln this evening to talk to the local branch of the Geographical Association. Always fun to talk about waterfalls to interested Geographers!
March 20, 2025 at 12:24 PM