Great day at #BSG25 in Leeds, with award of 2 @bsg-geomorph.bsky.social Fellowships (Carling & Newson) and lifetime awards for Mike Kirkby, Fiona Kirkby & Stuart Lane in ESPL’s 50th anniversary year. And of course outstanding science from NZ to Swaledale via some poetic potholes. More today!

Excited to be on my way to #BSG25 in Leeds, leaving beautiful Liverpool where civil flags are flown from civic flagpoles with civility.

Many thanks to Prof Stephen Tooth, who is a professor at @aberuni.bsky.social, you can find out about Stephen’s research here www.aber.ac.uk/en/dges/staf... #ESPLMemoriesAt50

Many thanks to Prof Robert Ferguson for his contribution and reflections. Robert is an Emeritus Professor at Durham University, you can find more about his research here: www.durham.ac.uk/staff/r-i-fe... #ESPLMemoriesAt50

Many thanks to Prof. Ian Reid, who is an Emeritus Professor at Loughborough University. You can find more about Ian’s research here: www.lboro.ac.uk/subjects/geo... #ESPLMemoriesAt50

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Staff profile for Professor Ian Reid, Emeritus Professor of Physical Geography at Loughborough University

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A PhD student applied the ecological concept of alternate states to river corridors in the Colorado Rocky Mountains that have old-growth vs managed floodplain forest. She found substantial differences in geomorphic & ecological characteristics and we were excited about the study. #ESPLMemoriesAt50

For me, as an early-career researcher half a century ago, what was inspirational wasn't any specific paper in the first volumes of ESP; rather, it was the confidence & initiative that the BGRG displayed in establishing a new international journal specifically for geomorphologists. #ESPLMemoriesAt50

It gave a young PhD student the greatest pleasure to be able to publish in the first volume of Earth Surface Processes. Our paper showed how hydraulic conductivity in frozen soils declines below 0 °C. The paper still gets cited regularly! #ESPLMemoriesAt50 - Prof. Tim Burt, Durham University

Our final #ESPLMemoriesAt50 is from Prof. Mike Kirkby on the birth of ESP(L)

We will be celebrating the 50th anniversary of ESPL as a society at the AGM next week @universityofleeds.bsky.social. Looking forward to seeing many of you there!

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Our final #ESPLMemoriesAt50 is from Prof. Mike Kirkby on the birth of ESP(L)

👀 There have been some exciting arrivals since I joined MMU Dept Natural Sciences: flume for the BiG Lab, LaVision PIV, Dr Lizzie Dingle and her very cool experiments, some feisty crayfish 🦞, & now, Prof. @tomcoulthard.bsky.social 🥳. Chuffed to bits that Tom is now a colleague. Exciting times ahead!

Great to visit @sterice.bsky.social's new lab yesterday with Takuya Inoue, and to see Lizzie Dingle's experiments.

🌟JUNE NEWSLETTER🌟 Check out the recent edition of the newsletter for #ResearchHighlights from Drs Christine Fey & Shanti Penprase, updates on #BSG25 @universityofleeds.bsky.social, how we are celebrating 50 years of ESPL 🎂 and for committee vacancies 🌍 www.geomorphology.org.uk/app/uploads/...

🎉 Excited to get the dates in my diary for Gravel Bed Rivers 10 (is it really 10, I am SO old). Sept. 7-11, 2026. Scotland. www.gbr10.uk. @rebeccahodge100.bsky.social

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Extremely pleased and excited to be welcoming world class geomorphologist and all round excellent human being, @tomcoulthard.bsky.social to Dept Nat. Sciences, Manchester Metropolitan University @manmetuni.bsky.social. Happy days 🥳

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🚨 I’m moving jobs.. after 20 years it’s a sad goodbye to @uniofhull.bsky.social @eeiathull.bsky.social and a hello to @manmetuni.bsky.social Looking forward to new colleagues and opportunities.

The presentation on the varied definitions of academic success by @drlucyclarke.bsky.social is now on our youtube page 📊📈📉 🐣🐥🐤 youtu.be/lfQbh_p3G2c?...

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Gravel structure’s effect on incipient motion, that’s what’s up. New paper, courtesy of @dwhit.bsky.social 👏 and friends, for gravel botherers and other curious folks.

David Whitfield@dwhit.bsky.social · last yr.

🚨 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 ⬇️⬇️

Are you going to @egu.eu next week? Tell us about your presentations and we’ll reshare! @egu-esurf.bsky.social #geomorphology

Great outreach resource on waterfalls prepared by Sophie Rothman & @jscheingross.bsky.social

Joel Scheingross@jscheingross.bsky.social · last yr.

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...

Remember it’s International Geomorphology Week next week, and that means League of Landforms is back! The big names in geomorphology will be there, battling against some underdogs to decide who can claim the title. Make sure you are following us on Instagram!

Did you know animals like beavers, termites, and salmon shape landscapes as powerfully as rivers and floods? A new paper by Leverhulme-funded Prof. Gemma Harvey @qmul.ac.uk reveals how over 600 species act as nature’s engineers, reshaping our planet! www.qmul.ac.uk/media/news/2... @pnas.org

Animals as Architects of the Earth: First Global Study Reveals Their Surprising Impact

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Chuffed to be part of this global #biogeomorphology study @pnas.org, led by fab Gemma Harvey & Zareena Khan @qmul.ac.uk. A great team and exciting, important results. Biological energy matters for geomorphology. A lot. Animals are earth movers that sculpt landscapes. www.mmu.ac.uk/news-and-eve...

First global study reveals impact of animals as architects of the Earth

Research uncovers the extraordinary role of animals in shaping our planet

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👀 Come and join us. My colleagues are brilliant. The University is investing. We are going places. And, we are nice. Be a big part of it. Have a look. @manmetuni.bsky.social 👀 www.minervasearch.com/current-oppo...

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Speleology 🔦 & cranking razor-sharp microdinks on limestone crags 🧗 explained at last! Delighted to read today that karst landscapes support ‘risque’ recreational activities. I’m off to Ingleborough.

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How do we increase fieldwork? Maybe if you're reviewing grants, recognise the value of natural systems. If you're reviewing papers, accept that reduced rigor due to field conditions is a price worth paying. If you're overseeing H&S, accept some risk. If you're teaching, take the students outside!

Researchers assessed the status of 23,496 species of freshwater animals in groups including fishes, crustaceans such as crabs, crayfish and shrimp, and insects such as dragonflies and damselflies, finding 24% of them at a high risk of extinction.

Study documents extinction threats to world's freshwater species

Threats to such species include pollution, dams and water extraction, agriculture and invasive species.

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📣 Come work with us! Three year Research Associate position to work as part of Leverhulme Trust funded project collecting and studying amazing Jurassic mammal fossils from the Isle of Skye. PhD not necessary; CT segmentation skills essential. Contact me for details: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLK473/r...

First post best be a flume post! Current status of the new BiG (BioGeomorphology) Lab flume @manmetuni.bsky.social. Coming along nicely. Looking forward to welcoming @rebeccahodge100.bsky.social @houseago.bsky.social @edwinbaynes.bsky.social & @dwhit.bsky.social next week 🙂