Cathy Delaney
@mudswoman.bsky.social
Glacial geomorphology and sedimentology, mud (especially in glacial lakes), lidar
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Cathy Delaney
@mudswoman.bsky.social
· Nov 29
Delighted to see new book 'Lakes in Ireland - Mirrors of Change', edited by Catherine Dalton, @edeeyto.bsky.social and Eleanor Jennings now available on open access at oar.marine.ie/handle/10793.... Congrats to the editors!
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Hey! My first post!
Dpnt forget to sign up for the QRA ADM hosted by the Universoty of Brighton. Abstract deadline 17th November
sites.google.com/view/qraadmb...
Dpnt forget to sign up for the QRA ADM hosted by the Universoty of Brighton. Abstract deadline 17th November
sites.google.com/view/qraadmb...
QRA ADM Brighton 2026
Welcome to Brighton!
The Quaternary: Past Human and Environment Dynamics
5th-8th January 2026
sites.google.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:38 PM
Hey! My first post!
Dpnt forget to sign up for the QRA ADM hosted by the Universoty of Brighton. Abstract deadline 17th November
sites.google.com/view/qraadmb...
Dpnt forget to sign up for the QRA ADM hosted by the Universoty of Brighton. Abstract deadline 17th November
sites.google.com/view/qraadmb...
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From Chamonix to the Mer de Glace (Géant seracs) with raw LiDAR data from IGN viewed with PurpleGeo 😲 🤩
6 Billions of points.
Zero textures
Raw LiDAR, instantly understandable.
Source: Alex Ferrier
6 Billions of points.
Zero textures
Raw LiDAR, instantly understandable.
Source: Alex Ferrier
November 5, 2025 at 10:45 PM
From Chamonix to the Mer de Glace (Géant seracs) with raw LiDAR data from IGN viewed with PurpleGeo 😲 🤩
6 Billions of points.
Zero textures
Raw LiDAR, instantly understandable.
Source: Alex Ferrier
6 Billions of points.
Zero textures
Raw LiDAR, instantly understandable.
Source: Alex Ferrier
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Holy moly - this glacier detachment in Tajikistan is WILD. It appears that there was a large piece of glacier ice much farther down the valley from a first detachment which then got pushed by a second soon thereafter. 🧵@planet.com @davepetley.bsky.social 🧪⚒️
November 1, 2025 at 2:07 PM
Holy moly - this glacier detachment in Tajikistan is WILD. It appears that there was a large piece of glacier ice much farther down the valley from a first detachment which then got pushed by a second soon thereafter. 🧵@planet.com @davepetley.bsky.social 🧪⚒️
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I am very happy to advertise this PhD focusing on groundwater flooding, with partners at @bgs.ac.uk and plenty of applied and industry partnerships! www.ncl.ac.uk/postgraduate...
Search for Postgraduate Scholarships and Other Funding
Search scholarships and funding for postgraduate study at Newcastle University. Find financial support tailored to your course and eligibility.
www.ncl.ac.uk
October 30, 2025 at 5:44 PM
I am very happy to advertise this PhD focusing on groundwater flooding, with partners at @bgs.ac.uk and plenty of applied and industry partnerships! www.ncl.ac.uk/postgraduate...
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“Some time after sunrise, maybe 10 a.m., the water receded…we could see the impression in the tundra where the boardwalk used to be — it had floated about eight feet over.”
A really important read about the typhoon, Indigenous displacement from climate, & survival 🗃️
www.kyuk.org/arts-culture...
A really important read about the typhoon, Indigenous displacement from climate, & survival 🗃️
www.kyuk.org/arts-culture...
An ‘orchestra from Hell’: A firsthand account of the Halong flood
Jeron Joseph, a survivor from Kwigillingok, tells his story.
www.kyuk.org
October 22, 2025 at 3:59 PM
“Some time after sunrise, maybe 10 a.m., the water receded…we could see the impression in the tundra where the boardwalk used to be — it had floated about eight feet over.”
A really important read about the typhoon, Indigenous displacement from climate, & survival 🗃️
www.kyuk.org/arts-culture...
A really important read about the typhoon, Indigenous displacement from climate, & survival 🗃️
www.kyuk.org/arts-culture...
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Exciting 24-month Postdoc opportunity for a peatland palaeoecologist, working with Dr Jenna Sutherland at Leeds Beckett U. on the NERC-funded InSPIRE project. Investigating initiation of new peatlands in deglaciating parts of Alaska, including fieldwork vacancies.leedsbeckett.ac.uk/ce0984li_web...
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vacancies.leedsbeckett.ac.uk
October 17, 2025 at 11:45 AM
Exciting 24-month Postdoc opportunity for a peatland palaeoecologist, working with Dr Jenna Sutherland at Leeds Beckett U. on the NERC-funded InSPIRE project. Investigating initiation of new peatlands in deglaciating parts of Alaska, including fieldwork vacancies.leedsbeckett.ac.uk/ce0984li_web...
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First newsletter published! simple.ghost.io/what-seems-t...
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If you like this sort of thing, sign up for more
What Seems to be the Problem?
Can we make any progress on transport while we don't recognise there's a problem to be solved and can't recognise solutions?
simple.ghost.io
October 13, 2025 at 5:45 PM
First newsletter published! simple.ghost.io/what-seems-t...
If you like this sort of thing, sign up for more
If you like this sort of thing, sign up for more
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Excited to advertise a new interdisciplinary PhD opportunity at @geogdurham.bsky.social - "From ice to ecosystem: assessing the risk of glacier melt and legacy contamination for reindeer in Sápmi (Lapland)" ❄️ 🦌
To learn more about the project and how to apply visit: iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...
To learn more about the project and how to apply visit: iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...
October 13, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Excited to advertise a new interdisciplinary PhD opportunity at @geogdurham.bsky.social - "From ice to ecosystem: assessing the risk of glacier melt and legacy contamination for reindeer in Sápmi (Lapland)" ❄️ 🦌
To learn more about the project and how to apply visit: iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...
To learn more about the project and how to apply visit: iapetus.ac.uk/studentships...
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Hello BlueSky! 👋
We are thrilled to be here and connect with everyone on this new platform!
Interested in Quaternary science in the Nordics? Then follow us for news/opportunities/jobs, and more.
Our network is also free to join at nordqua.org
We are thrilled to be here and connect with everyone on this new platform!
Interested in Quaternary science in the Nordics? Then follow us for news/opportunities/jobs, and more.
Our network is also free to join at nordqua.org
NORDQUA - The Nordic Union for Quaternary Research
Welcome to Nordqua - The Nordic Union for Quaternary Research - an organization of professional scientists from the Nordic countries.
nordqua.org
September 30, 2025 at 10:08 AM
Hello BlueSky! 👋
We are thrilled to be here and connect with everyone on this new platform!
Interested in Quaternary science in the Nordics? Then follow us for news/opportunities/jobs, and more.
Our network is also free to join at nordqua.org
We are thrilled to be here and connect with everyone on this new platform!
Interested in Quaternary science in the Nordics? Then follow us for news/opportunities/jobs, and more.
Our network is also free to join at nordqua.org
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Not about the archaeology or the former “green corridors”, but for anyone who is interested in the wonderful #NamibSandSea #desert #drylands heres a short 🎦 for you…
youtu.be/AFSbln9uN-4?...
@uomseed.bsky.social @uomhums.bsky.social
youtu.be/AFSbln9uN-4?...
@uomseed.bsky.social @uomhums.bsky.social
"Dunes, diamonds and dust": An invited lecture for the RGS (Royal Geographical Society)
YouTube video by TheAbiStone
youtu.be
October 1, 2025 at 7:10 PM
Not about the archaeology or the former “green corridors”, but for anyone who is interested in the wonderful #NamibSandSea #desert #drylands heres a short 🎦 for you…
youtu.be/AFSbln9uN-4?...
@uomseed.bsky.social @uomhums.bsky.social
youtu.be/AFSbln9uN-4?...
@uomseed.bsky.social @uomhums.bsky.social
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Just now: Large slide in sensitive marine clays in Mid-Norway sweeps away the main E6 road and the railway. One person still missing. Image by Johan Arnt Nesgård, Trønder-Avisa.
August 30, 2025 at 2:06 PM
Just now: Large slide in sensitive marine clays in Mid-Norway sweeps away the main E6 road and the railway. One person still missing. Image by Johan Arnt Nesgård, Trønder-Avisa.
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Gloomy tourism by TikTokers among the fresh GLOF deposits of the Ghizer Valley! 😲
Via Araib Ali Baig
Via Araib Ali Baig
August 24, 2025 at 10:33 PM
Gloomy tourism by TikTokers among the fresh GLOF deposits of the Ghizer Valley! 😲
Via Araib Ali Baig
Via Araib Ali Baig
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Satellite images reveal how a subglacial lake erupted through the Greenland ice sheet – a phenomenon never witnessed before which could be driven by rising temperatures.
Meltwater bursts through Greenland ice in first-of-a-kind eruption
Satellite images reveal how a subglacial lake erupted through the Greenland ice sheet – a phenomenon never witnessed before which could be driven by rising temperatures
www.newscientist.com
July 31, 2025 at 11:00 AM
Satellite images reveal how a subglacial lake erupted through the Greenland ice sheet – a phenomenon never witnessed before which could be driven by rising temperatures.
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Part of the Point Beach beach ridge complex, at two different scales. Not happy with the color scheme but something like this has potential, if I had the time to work on it. Data from USGS via @opentopography.org
July 28, 2025 at 2:42 AM
Part of the Point Beach beach ridge complex, at two different scales. Not happy with the color scheme but something like this has potential, if I had the time to work on it. Data from USGS via @opentopography.org
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Join us for the Sea Level and Coastal Change @slacc-qra.bsky.social conference from 8-10th September hosted by @uoyenvironment.bsky.social. Submit abstracts here forms.gle/tDxUpGK4QeYW... and register at store.york.ac.uk/product-cata...
SLaCC: Abstract submission
Deadline: 15th August 2025
The Sea Level and Coastal Change Field Meeting will be hosted by the Department of Environment and Geography at the University of York from 8th - 10th September 2025. This ...
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July 14, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Join us for the Sea Level and Coastal Change @slacc-qra.bsky.social conference from 8-10th September hosted by @uoyenvironment.bsky.social. Submit abstracts here forms.gle/tDxUpGK4QeYW... and register at store.york.ac.uk/product-cata...
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SAVE THE DATE!! 5-8 Jan 2026 QRA Annual Discussion Meeting: “The Quaternary - Past Human and Environment Dynamics” at University of Brighton. Website and registration coming soon!! @quaternaryra.bsky.social
June 23, 2025 at 3:17 PM
SAVE THE DATE!! 5-8 Jan 2026 QRA Annual Discussion Meeting: “The Quaternary - Past Human and Environment Dynamics” at University of Brighton. Website and registration coming soon!! @quaternaryra.bsky.social
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Placing Ireland's lakes on the international stage as a critical resource responding to a changing world - #Lakes in #Ireland - Mirrors of Change" eds. @cathdalt.bsky.social @edeeyto.bsky.social & Eleanor Jennings
Read my #bookreview The Niche @britishecologicalsociety.org
#limnology #research 🇮🇪
Read my #bookreview The Niche @britishecologicalsociety.org
#limnology #research 🇮🇪
June 12, 2025 at 2:20 PM
Placing Ireland's lakes on the international stage as a critical resource responding to a changing world - #Lakes in #Ireland - Mirrors of Change" eds. @cathdalt.bsky.social @edeeyto.bsky.social & Eleanor Jennings
Read my #bookreview The Niche @britishecologicalsociety.org
#limnology #research 🇮🇪
Read my #bookreview The Niche @britishecologicalsociety.org
#limnology #research 🇮🇪
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Today's walk was along the Ystwyth Trail, Llanilar to the bandstand in Aber.
13.5 miles this week, walking 60 miles in June to support pancreatic cancer research. Thinking of special friends all the way.
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13.5 miles this week, walking 60 miles in June to support pancreatic cancer research. Thinking of special friends all the way.
www.justgiving.com/fundraising/...
June 8, 2025 at 3:33 PM
Today's walk was along the Ystwyth Trail, Llanilar to the bandstand in Aber.
13.5 miles this week, walking 60 miles in June to support pancreatic cancer research. Thinking of special friends all the way.
www.justgiving.com/fundraising/...
13.5 miles this week, walking 60 miles in June to support pancreatic cancer research. Thinking of special friends all the way.
www.justgiving.com/fundraising/...
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Please sign this petition to argue against compulsory redundancies at Newcastle University.
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Sign the Petition
End unnecessary redundancies at Newcastle University
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June 1, 2025 at 9:08 AM
Please sign this petition to argue against compulsory redundancies at Newcastle University.
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BEFORE / AFTER Birch glacier collapse 😮😱
There WAS a glacier here! 🧊
Not only the front, but the entire ice mass has slid down the valley! 🌊
Glad Alain Amherd took two pics with the same angle! 📷🙏
There WAS a glacier here! 🧊
Not only the front, but the entire ice mass has slid down the valley! 🌊
Glad Alain Amherd took two pics with the same angle! 📷🙏
May 29, 2025 at 9:42 PM
BEFORE / AFTER Birch glacier collapse 😮😱
There WAS a glacier here! 🧊
Not only the front, but the entire ice mass has slid down the valley! 🌊
Glad Alain Amherd took two pics with the same angle! 📷🙏
There WAS a glacier here! 🧊
Not only the front, but the entire ice mass has slid down the valley! 🌊
Glad Alain Amherd took two pics with the same angle! 📷🙏
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Absolutely stunning frontal views of the entire path of the #Blatten event! 😮
Numerous debris flow run through the avalanche fan! 🌊
Shot by @ABettmeralp in early afternoon 🙏
Numerous debris flow run through the avalanche fan! 🌊
Shot by @ABettmeralp in early afternoon 🙏
May 29, 2025 at 1:24 PM
Absolutely stunning frontal views of the entire path of the #Blatten event! 😮
Numerous debris flow run through the avalanche fan! 🌊
Shot by @ABettmeralp in early afternoon 🙏
Numerous debris flow run through the avalanche fan! 🌊
Shot by @ABettmeralp in early afternoon 🙏
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Here is a factsheet on what is currently known about Birchgletscher, the Swiss glacier that catastrophically collapsed on 28 May 2025, following heavy debris loading from Kleines Nesthorn.
Our thoughts are with all those most deeply affected.
polybox.ethz.ch/index.php/s/...
Our thoughts are with all those most deeply affected.
polybox.ethz.ch/index.php/s/...
88028-VAW-2025-05_Birchgletscher_Factsheet_20250529_layouted.pdf
polybox - Use it as a logical memory stick, store your data on the ETH campus!
polybox.ethz.ch
May 29, 2025 at 10:28 AM
Here is a factsheet on what is currently known about Birchgletscher, the Swiss glacier that catastrophically collapsed on 28 May 2025, following heavy debris loading from Kleines Nesthorn.
Our thoughts are with all those most deeply affected.
polybox.ethz.ch/index.php/s/...
Our thoughts are with all those most deeply affected.
polybox.ethz.ch/index.php/s/...
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FACTSHEET about Birch Glacier collapse by glaciologists of ETHZ @vaw-glaciology.bsky.social 🧊❄️
Don't miss that read! 🙏
polybox.ethz.ch/index.php/s/...
📷 Pomona
Don't miss that read! 🙏
polybox.ethz.ch/index.php/s/...
📷 Pomona
May 29, 2025 at 10:50 AM
FACTSHEET about Birch Glacier collapse by glaciologists of ETHZ @vaw-glaciology.bsky.social 🧊❄️
Don't miss that read! 🙏
polybox.ethz.ch/index.php/s/...
📷 Pomona
Don't miss that read! 🙏
polybox.ethz.ch/index.php/s/...
📷 Pomona
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First heli inspection of what remains of Blatten yesterday evening... 🚁😱🌊
SHOCKING!
Few buildings left are flooded
Little debris flow run through the deposit
Look at the height reached on the counterslope! 😮
🎥 Pomona
SHOCKING!
Few buildings left are flooded
Little debris flow run through the deposit
Look at the height reached on the counterslope! 😮
🎥 Pomona
May 29, 2025 at 11:08 AM
First heli inspection of what remains of Blatten yesterday evening... 🚁😱🌊
SHOCKING!
Few buildings left are flooded
Little debris flow run through the deposit
Look at the height reached on the counterslope! 😮
🎥 Pomona
SHOCKING!
Few buildings left are flooded
Little debris flow run through the deposit
Look at the height reached on the counterslope! 😮
🎥 Pomona
Video of the collapse occurring in the link - thanks, Melanie!
May 28, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Video of the collapse occurring in the link - thanks, Melanie!