A reminder that the application window for this PDRA vacancy closes on Sunday! Any questions, drop me a line 👍

My term as BSG Treasurer ends this September - feel free to get in touch if you're interested in taking it on and want to discuss. It's a substantive role, and you gain a massive amount of insight as to how a charity like the BSG is run. Key duties summarised in the newsletter.

Zermatt yesterday night... 😱 8 DAYS after last major flood! And majority still think this is a normal climate We are LIGHT YEARS AWAY any kind of awareness and yet everything around us is collapsing Was so predictable (and predicted) that it is almost laughable!

MASSIVE amount of sediments are exported downvalley after extreme torrential events in the Alps! 🌊🪨 Here in Valpelline, a crater tens of meters deep opened up 300 m south of Aosta Hut (2788 m, south of Matterhorn)! 😱 Incision downstream is extreme too youtube.com/watch?v=45xRbR…

Happy to announce the publication of a special issue on geomorphology and glacier/ice sheet behaviour! 🧊🏔️ We have 22 research articles, covering a range of timescales, spatial scales, methodological approaches and glacial processes. 🔗onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.100…

Delighted that our englacial esker paper has been included in this ESPL special issue on geomorphology and glacier/ice-sheet behaviour - check it out ❄️❄️❄️ onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.100…

Delighted to be a part of this effort, helmed most excellently by Richard Selwyn Jones. Many thanks to all who contributed! 🧊📈💧

📢we are advertising two, 2-year postdocs on our Losing their Cool project! The first is for a firn modeller, based at University of Leeds : bit.ly/3ymlEbX The second is for a field glaciologist, based at Aberystwyth University : bit.ly/4fmI2Tl Please spread the word!

Members, we need a new Junior Vice Chair, Honorary Treasurer, Vice-Chair of Research Sub-committee, Professional Geomorphology Secretary & Education and Outreach Secretary. Please check your emails linked to BSG for a recent update from us on how to apply by 31/08.

🚨🔉Calling the #geomorphology #earthscience #geography community. The BSG Geomorphology needs you!! 🫵 Sciencist, practitioner, teacher, student - doesn't matter. Join us and help promote geomorphology & drive EDI in our community 🌎🏞️🚨 Royal Geographical Society (with IBG) EGU Geomorphology AGU_EPSP

Saddened to hear of the devastation caused to #Thame by a glacial lake outburst flood. Away from the usual trek to Everest Base Camp, we visited briefly in 2010 and 2011 on the way to explore Dig Tsho. A small community in a stunning setting, the people were warm and welcoming.

Most coverage of the #Thame GLOF has drawn comparisons with the 1985 GLOF from Dig Tsho, located one valley further north, caused by suspected ice avalanche into brimful lake. A few photos here for context. Like Thame, the 1985 GLOF carved a path through the village of Langmoche.

Aimed at boosting biodiversity, improving water quality & strengthening flood protection amid worsening storms, campaign to demolish dams dates back several decades has intensified with funding infusion from $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill. apnews.com/article/dam-re…

3 Million Displaced in India & Bangladesh as Historic Rains Cause Devastating Floods. Cumilla, in the Meghna river basin, recorded 2.5 times its normal monthly rainfall in just three days. Homes, fields, roads, and infrastructure are submerged. Rivers in the Meghna and Ganges

I am looking for a new PhD student to work on an exciting remote sensing project using airborne hyperspectral imagery and machine learning/AI to find ancient trees in the rugged and remote Tasmanian landscape. More information here: utas.edu.au/research/degre…

This year again, we are happy to offer 3 Grants of 300€ to help PhD students to attend the BSG Geomorphology Post-Graduate Training Workshop in Windsor (UK, 2-5 December 2024)! Find details here: geomorph.org/2024/09/call-f… And visit the Workshop website here: geomorphology.org.uk/windsor-worksh…

There has been a major dam failure in Poland. The translation of the Polish text is: "The current situation at the Topola reservoir seen from the helicopter." The location is 50.48, 16.95. It seems that the spillway has failed. Immediately downstream is another reservoir.

Nice press release about our new Natural Environment Research Council PTF award led by Matt Westoby with @DrGeorgieB Stuart Dunning rockavalanches.bsky.social

£1m project aims to forecast long-term effects of debris transported by natural disasters 🌀🌪️plymouth.ac.uk/news/1m-projec…

Well, I'm outta here... the whole auto-follow/migration thing isn't nearly as seamless as I'd hoped, so if you spot me on b*sky (same handle), give me a follow to reconnect and I'll do the same! See you on the other side...✌️