Roland Gehrels
@rolandgehrels.bsky.social
Professor in Physical Geography and former Head of Environment and Geography at University of York. Interested in climate and sea-level change. Views my own. ⚽🍺♞🚴
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Looking for a funded PhD for September 2026? We have two saltmarsh projects available at the University of York...
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
With @rolandgehrels.bsky.social, @naturalengland.bsky.social, @naturescot.bsky.social and many other great people!
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
With @rolandgehrels.bsky.social, @naturalengland.bsky.social, @naturescot.bsky.social and many other great people!
The past, present and future resilience of UK saltmarshes in a changing climate at University of York on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - The past, present and future resilience of UK saltmarshes in a changing climate at University of York, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
November 17, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Looking for a funded PhD for September 2026? We have two saltmarsh projects available at the University of York...
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
With @rolandgehrels.bsky.social, @naturalengland.bsky.social, @naturescot.bsky.social and many other great people!
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
With @rolandgehrels.bsky.social, @naturalengland.bsky.social, @naturescot.bsky.social and many other great people!
Applications invited for a fully funded PhD project on salt marshes in Scotland's Northern and Western Isles.
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
Sea-level rise and coastal wetland vulnerability in Scotland’s Northern and Western Isles at University of York on FindAPhD.com
PhD Project - Sea-level rise and coastal wetland vulnerability in Scotland’s Northern and Western Isles at University of York, listed on FindAPhD.com
www.findaphd.com
November 17, 2025 at 12:35 PM
Applications invited for a fully funded PhD project on salt marshes in Scotland's Northern and Western Isles.
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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The age of warnings is over.
The climate and nature crisis is already here, threatening our food, health and national security.
On 27 Nov, top UK experts deliver the official briefing our leaders urgently need. Make sure your MP attends❗️
#TimeToStepUp
www.nebriefing.org
The climate and nature crisis is already here, threatening our food, health and national security.
On 27 Nov, top UK experts deliver the official briefing our leaders urgently need. Make sure your MP attends❗️
#TimeToStepUp
www.nebriefing.org
September 9, 2025 at 11:23 AM
The age of warnings is over.
The climate and nature crisis is already here, threatening our food, health and national security.
On 27 Nov, top UK experts deliver the official briefing our leaders urgently need. Make sure your MP attends❗️
#TimeToStepUp
www.nebriefing.org
The climate and nature crisis is already here, threatening our food, health and national security.
On 27 Nov, top UK experts deliver the official briefing our leaders urgently need. Make sure your MP attends❗️
#TimeToStepUp
www.nebriefing.org
Estimated costs per year for the UK:
Benefit fraud - £9.5 billion
Asylum support - £4.7 billion
Tax evasion - £5.5 billion
A 2% wealth tax on assets over £10 million can raise up to £24 billion a year.
(Sources: DWP, FCDO, HMRC, Oxfam)
Benefit fraud - £9.5 billion
Asylum support - £4.7 billion
Tax evasion - £5.5 billion
A 2% wealth tax on assets over £10 million can raise up to £24 billion a year.
(Sources: DWP, FCDO, HMRC, Oxfam)
September 1, 2025 at 2:55 PM
Estimated costs per year for the UK:
Benefit fraud - £9.5 billion
Asylum support - £4.7 billion
Tax evasion - £5.5 billion
A 2% wealth tax on assets over £10 million can raise up to £24 billion a year.
(Sources: DWP, FCDO, HMRC, Oxfam)
Benefit fraud - £9.5 billion
Asylum support - £4.7 billion
Tax evasion - £5.5 billion
A 2% wealth tax on assets over £10 million can raise up to £24 billion a year.
(Sources: DWP, FCDO, HMRC, Oxfam)
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A super proud day for everyone here 🎓
Huge congratulations to all of our brilliant graduates celebrating today -- with speeches and prizes in the department this afternoon and the full ceremony taking place later on
#York #graduation
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Huge congratulations to all of our brilliant graduates celebrating today -- with speeches and prizes in the department this afternoon and the full ceremony taking place later on
#York #graduation
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July 23, 2025 at 2:42 PM
A super proud day for everyone here 🎓
Huge congratulations to all of our brilliant graduates celebrating today -- with speeches and prizes in the department this afternoon and the full ceremony taking place later on
#York #graduation
🌍
Huge congratulations to all of our brilliant graduates celebrating today -- with speeches and prizes in the department this afternoon and the full ceremony taking place later on
#York #graduation
🌍
Kids are growing up with climate change, but aren't learning about it in school! 🤯 Let's demand climate education for every UK child. Sign the petition: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/te...
Teach children in the UK how to help the planet!
We would like the UK government to implement climate change and protecting the earth into all school curriculums to ensure that our generation are informed about the choices they make and the impact w...
you.38degrees.org.uk
July 21, 2025 at 2:49 PM
Kids are growing up with climate change, but aren't learning about it in school! 🤯 Let's demand climate education for every UK child. Sign the petition: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/te...
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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...
🌳 Dame Judi Dench is calling for the return of ancient woodlands. Will you sign the petition to help restore the Ghost Woods and protect our green spaces for future generations? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/br...
Bring back the ancient woodlands smothered beneath your timber plantations
Ancient woodlands are vanishing – and with them, some of our most loved and endangered wildlife. Forestry England manages over 100,000 acres of land that used to be ancient woodland - that’s bigger th...
you.38degrees.org.uk
July 6, 2025 at 9:14 AM
🌳 Dame Judi Dench is calling for the return of ancient woodlands. Will you sign the petition to help restore the Ghost Woods and protect our green spaces for future generations? you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/br...
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The National Climate Assessment, and all special reports and past assessments, are now offline. Federal climate science is being systematically erased.
June 30, 2025 at 7:49 PM
The National Climate Assessment, and all special reports and past assessments, are now offline. Federal climate science is being systematically erased.
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We do not need new roads; we need better transport options. Think of what could be done with £9.2bn, which is to be spent on just 14 miles of road! It could transform bus services and/or cycling and pedestrian infrastructure across Britain. www.theguardian.com/business/202...
UK government pledges further £590m for delayed Lower Thames Crossing
Rachel Reeves calls Britain’s biggest road-building project a ‘turning point for our national infrastructure’
www.theguardian.com
June 16, 2025 at 6:33 AM
We do not need new roads; we need better transport options. Think of what could be done with £9.2bn, which is to be spent on just 14 miles of road! It could transform bus services and/or cycling and pedestrian infrastructure across Britain. www.theguardian.com/business/202...
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Deserts are spreading across Britain, yet scarcely anyone in public life even seems to have noticed. This week's column seeks to open our eyes to something that has been too big to see. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
There’s an invader turning huge swathes of Britain into deserts – and these dead zones are spreading | George Monbiot
Vast areas of land are now dominated by one species – purple moor-grass – and good luck with seeing a bird or insect there. How do we revive these habitats, asks Guardian columnist George Monbiot
www.theguardian.com
June 9, 2025 at 5:38 AM
Deserts are spreading across Britain, yet scarcely anyone in public life even seems to have noticed. This week's column seeks to open our eyes to something that has been too big to see. www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...
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Cheerio Obergurgl. We've had a blast. Now the long journey back home begins for UoY Department of Environment & Geography students. @uoyenvironment.bsky.social #Austria #Obergurgl #photography #landscape #landscapephotography #OPOTY #PhotoRippin
June 8, 2025 at 7:40 AM
Cheerio Obergurgl. We've had a blast. Now the long journey back home begins for UoY Department of Environment & Geography students. @uoyenvironment.bsky.social #Austria #Obergurgl #photography #landscape #landscapephotography #OPOTY #PhotoRippin
Our @uoyenvironment.bsky.social students take to the sea to investigate seagrass beds off the #Islay coast.
June 6, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Our @uoyenvironment.bsky.social students take to the sea to investigate seagrass beds off the #Islay coast.
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Students from the Department of Environment and Geography at the University of York, hanging out in the amazing forests that surround Obergurgl, learing all about alpine ecology.
@uoyenvironment.bsky.social #Obergurgl #Austria #PhotoRippin
@uoyenvironment.bsky.social #Obergurgl #Austria #PhotoRippin
June 5, 2025 at 7:47 PM
Students from the Department of Environment and Geography at the University of York, hanging out in the amazing forests that surround Obergurgl, learing all about alpine ecology.
@uoyenvironment.bsky.social #Obergurgl #Austria #PhotoRippin
@uoyenvironment.bsky.social #Obergurgl #Austria #PhotoRippin
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There’s another scandal buried in the Trump-Republican budget plan that’s not getting enough attention: massive giveaways to Big Oil.
June 5, 2025 at 5:27 PM
There’s another scandal buried in the Trump-Republican budget plan that’s not getting enough attention: massive giveaways to Big Oil.
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Brilliant collaborative #YorkResearch in Nature Sustainability - examining ways to consolidate transformative economic approaches and support future efforts to synthesize conceptual models, methodologies and policy solutions 👇🌍
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
June 5, 2025 at 10:16 PM
Brilliant collaborative #YorkResearch in Nature Sustainability - examining ways to consolidate transformative economic approaches and support future efforts to synthesize conceptual models, methodologies and policy solutions 👇🌍
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
A field course to #Islay wouldn’t be complete without a deep investigation into... whisky 🥃🔬 It’s important to distill the scientific facts. @uoyenvironment.bsky.social
June 5, 2025 at 4:21 PM
A field course to #Islay wouldn’t be complete without a deep investigation into... whisky 🥃🔬 It’s important to distill the scientific facts. @uoyenvironment.bsky.social
Our @uoyenvironment.bsky.social field course in the stunning Austrian Alps continues to provide Environmental Science and Environmental Geography students with hands-on learning and unforgettable experiences in one of Europe’s most breathtaking landscapes. 🌍⛰️
June 5, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Our @uoyenvironment.bsky.social field course in the stunning Austrian Alps continues to provide Environmental Science and Environmental Geography students with hands-on learning and unforgettable experiences in one of Europe’s most breathtaking landscapes. 🌍⛰️
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Midway through the University of York Department of Environment & Geography's annual field trip to Obergurgl in Austria.
Mountains, glaciers, rivers, engaged and enthusiastic students, and a lot of marmots!
@uoyenvironment.bsky.social #Obergurgl #Austria #PhotoRippin
Mountains, glaciers, rivers, engaged and enthusiastic students, and a lot of marmots!
@uoyenvironment.bsky.social #Obergurgl #Austria #PhotoRippin
June 4, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Midway through the University of York Department of Environment & Geography's annual field trip to Obergurgl in Austria.
Mountains, glaciers, rivers, engaged and enthusiastic students, and a lot of marmots!
@uoyenvironment.bsky.social #Obergurgl #Austria #PhotoRippin
Mountains, glaciers, rivers, engaged and enthusiastic students, and a lot of marmots!
@uoyenvironment.bsky.social #Obergurgl #Austria #PhotoRippin
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Very powerful to experience what can happen when a Landowner decides to convert poor, unproductive agricultural land for nature. With Beavers around the corner the landscape of Bog Hall @castlehowardestate.bsky.social will be transformed with net gain biodiversity.
@uoyenvironment.bsky.social
@uoyenvironment.bsky.social
June 4, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Very powerful to experience what can happen when a Landowner decides to convert poor, unproductive agricultural land for nature. With Beavers around the corner the landscape of Bog Hall @castlehowardestate.bsky.social will be transformed with net gain biodiversity.
@uoyenvironment.bsky.social
@uoyenvironment.bsky.social
Our low-carbon field course in the Austrian Alps for York Environmental Science and Environmental Geography students is in full swing! @uoyenvironment.bsky.social
June 4, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Our low-carbon field course in the Austrian Alps for York Environmental Science and Environmental Geography students is in full swing! @uoyenvironment.bsky.social
Our @uoyenvironment.bsky.social student fieldtrip to #Islay includes a community talk by @edtgarrett.bsky.social and Ollie Moore on Wednesday evening. Meanwhile, our students are having fun investigating some beautiful beaches and salt marshes.
June 3, 2025 at 9:49 AM
Our @uoyenvironment.bsky.social student fieldtrip to #Islay includes a community talk by @edtgarrett.bsky.social and Ollie Moore on Wednesday evening. Meanwhile, our students are having fun investigating some beautiful beaches and salt marshes.
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Excellent start to the week of fieldwork fun across Yorkshire. #Seawater monitoring, bird surveying and environmental assessment of the #blue economy around seaweed production in #Scarborough @uoyenvironment.bsky.social
June 2, 2025 at 11:15 AM
Excellent start to the week of fieldwork fun across Yorkshire. #Seawater monitoring, bird surveying and environmental assessment of the #blue economy around seaweed production in #Scarborough @uoyenvironment.bsky.social