My entry for #BSGAC25! @bsg-geomorph.bsky.social From the Alaknanda River, Garhwal Himalaya (Uttarakhand)—Field 2025. 1. Upstream reach: bedrock-confined river section; 2. Downstream reach: valley widening and sedimentation
Saraswati Thapa
@thapasara.bsky.social
Geomorphologist, Water/Civil Engineer PDRA in Multi-hazard Modelling, University of Edinburgh Professor (Asst) IOE, Pulchowk Campus, Tribhuvan University
Excited to share that the final chapter of my PhD has been published in Science Advances. We show that large post-earthquake debris flows in Wenchuan are more frequent than expected due to the large volumes of sediment stored in channels. 🏔️ www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... #landslides
The hazard of large debris flows
Large debris flows entrain sediment from extreme events like earthquakes and volcanic eruptions to form an escalating hazard.
science.org
🛎️ Call for Abstracts! Join #EGU2026 session NH10.5: “Towards Effective Multi-Hazard Communication in Mountain Regions”🌍 Share insights on recent #Alps & #Himalayan #cascades & ways to improve #multihazards #riskcommunication. 🗓️Deadline:15 Jan,13:00 CET meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU26/sessio...
🌟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/...
For geomorphologists going to EGU, here is your one-page overview of all of the GM sessions and activities next week! Looking forward to a week of free and open science, EDI discussions and activities, and plenty of talk about climate change...
A little commentary on a very nice paper (agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...) that explores the impacts of sediment on flood mitigation measures in Kathmandu. Long story short - floods are more than just water, and this can really matter! www.nature.com/articles/d41...
Shifting sands threaten flood-mitigation measures
The effect of sediment transport on floods in a changing climate.
nature.com