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Energy and Environment Institute @eeiathull.bsky.social · 16d

Our open access publication "The Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS) Monitoring Manual" (Osborne, Johnson & McLelland, 2025) sets out detailed guidance on monitoring methods and data collection, developed through our on- and off-campus #SuDSlab @uniofhull.bsky.social
doi.org/10.5281/zeno...

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Josh Ahmed @geomorphicjosh.bsky.social · 19d

A great few days at #BSG25 where I got the chance to showcase my @leverhulme.ac.uk funded work on oxbow lakes - hopefully out in publication form soon.

BSG Geomorphology @bsg-geomorph.bsky.social · 19d

The final session of #BSG25 focused on rivers 🌧️ including beaver restoration, oxbow lake geomorphology, the impacts of rewilding and controls on river flow sensitivity!

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Hull York Medical School @hyms.ac.uk · 23d

📢Our October Inaugural Lecture is titled Entangled Evolution: The Hidden Intricacies of Implementation in Health & Care. Join Prof Mark Pearson as he lifts the lid on implementation – the gap between what is known and what is done. Book your place now: events.blackthorn.io/en/8eNd4w6/m...

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Energy and Environment Institute @eeiathull.bsky.social · Aug 8

ICYMI: Did you spot Dr Steven Forrest on BBC Look North this week? my.tvey.es/w7MRr
Steven is lead for our MSc Flood Risk Management course at the @uniofhull.bsky.social and was interviewed about flood resilience, in light of Environment Agency concerns about North Lincolnshire’s flood defences 🧪

Dr Steven Forrest being interviewed on camera by a BBC reporter

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Energy and Environment Institute @eeiathull.bsky.social · Jul 29

Research colleagues at the @uniofhull.bsky.social are seeking interviewees, to contribute to research around gender and perceptions of #climatechange & environmental crises, and a performance installation at the British Science Festival 2025.
Info at: app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/hull/expre...

Image of a woman holding a block of ice with information from the post and deadline of 10 August for participants

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Josh Ahmed @geomorphicjosh.bsky.social · Jul 29

LAST CHANCE to get abstracts in for our session at #AGU25

DEADLINE: 0359 (UTC) 31st July

All info below ⬇️⬇️

Josh Ahmed @geomorphicjosh.bsky.social · Jul 24

🚨ABSTRACT SUBMISSION🚨
We're hosting a session on CHEMICALS AND CLIMATE CHANGE at #AGU25

We want to bring academics, policymakers & practitioners together to advance our knowledge of contaminant dispersal & concentration via hydrological processes

Join us in New Orleans!

Deadline: 31 July 0300 UTC

https://agu.confex.com/agu/agu25/prelim.cgi/Session/252369

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Energy and Environment Institute @eeiathull.bsky.social · Jun 17

Congratulations to our @uniofhull.bsky.social postgraduate students, Lawrence Blay and Idris Oladapo, who have been awarded research project support from this year’s Reid-Frostick Environment Prize.
Thanks to Prof Ian Reid and Prof Lynne Frostick for their generous support.

Energy and Environment Institute @eeiathull.bsky.social · Jun 5

Congratulations to our colleague Dr Kate Smith, who last night became the proud recipient of the Rising Star category of the Women in Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management Awards. Kate teaches on our MSc Flood Risk Management and is part of the #CoastRNetwork team.
www.hull.ac.uk/research/ins...

Dr Kate Smith leading an interactive workshop

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Josh Ahmed @geomorphicjosh.bsky.social · Jun 3

Come and join us on the RACC project at @qmul.ac.uk - 2 year PDRA post to start ASAP

All details below 👇

Andy Russell @andyrussell.bsky.social · May 27

PDRA job: latest Resilience of Anthropocene Coasts and Communities postdoc job looking at evidence and policy impact. We’re open to a range of approaches. 2 years, start ASAP, lots of collaboration opportunities. #academicjobs #researchjobs #postdoc #policyjobs

qmul-jobs.tal.net/vx/candidate...

Postdoctoral Research Associate in Critical Environmental Policy Studies - QMUL Jobs

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Energy and Environment Institute @eeiathull.bsky.social · May 20

Thank you to Wybers Wood staff & students who were very enthusiastic participants in our school assembly! Ed Brookes and Hannah Worthen of our Water Data for the People project delivered some interactive demonstrations and a quiz, with help from Ed’s homemade “rain-o-meter” @uniofhull.bsky.social

Ed and Hannah in front of their student audience

Energy and Environment Institute @eeiathull.bsky.social · May 8

Last call for 17 #PhD scholarships with our EPSRC #OSWCDT in Offshore Wind Energy Sustainability & Resilience. Projects in diverse #STEM subjects, all addressing offshore wind industry challenges. Apply by 9 May for Sept 25 entry auracdt.hull.ac.uk/scholarships/
#greensky🧪 #WomenInSTEM #BlackSky

A group of smiling PhD researchers from the Offshore Wind CDT

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Nemi Walding @nemiwalding.bsky.social · May 6

NEW PAPER!
Happy to say my 3rd results chapter from my PhD has been published! link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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The influence of moisture on ash strength: implications for understanding volcanic stratigraphy - Bulletin of Volcanology

Ash layers within extensive pyroclastic density current (PDC) deposits can be important in understanding the evolution of explosive eruptions. If interpreted as ashfall deposits, they may be used to i...

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Energy and Environment Institute @eeiathull.bsky.social · May 7

Maritime Archaeologist, Dr Katerina Velentza @uniofhull.bsky.social has been carrying out archival research in support of a significant operation to locate a Lancaster Bomber, lost in the Humber during WWII, led by the University of Southampton's Prof Fraser Sturt.
www.hull.ac.uk/research/ins...

From records to river

The EEI

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Energy and Environment Institute @eeiathull.bsky.social · Apr 25

The Programme lead for our @uniofhull.bsky.social MSc Renewable Energy & Low Carbon Solutions, Dr Ben Kolosz was recently interviewed for this Bloomberg News article on the role of the carbon removal industry in fighting the climate crisis #greensky 🧪 #scisky
www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

Big Bets on Speculative Carbon Capture Tech Ignore Today’s Solutions

Investors and buyers are backing futuristic carbon cleanup technologies rather than ones working at scale now.

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Energy and Environment Institute @eeiathull.bsky.social · Apr 11

Don’t miss this opportunity to join our EPSRC CDT in Offshore Wind Energy Sustainability & Resilience. Apply by 9 May for 17 funded #PhD scholarships for #STEM graduates including many with a focus on environmental & social impacts: auracdt.hull.ac.uk/scholarships/
🧪 #greensky #geosky #WomenInSTEM

A fishing vessel casts its nets in front of an offshore wind farm

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Energy and Environment Institute @eeiathull.bsky.social · Apr 7

Congratulations to our @uniofhull.bsky.social #PhD student, Sarena Banu on publishing her first academic paper, investigating how heatwaves affect the development of cell populations and the fitness of the resulting organism:
link.springer.com/article/10.1...

Simulated Heat Waves Affect Cell Fate and Fitness in the Social Amoeba Dictyostelium discoideum - Microbial Ecology

The effects of heatwaves at organism and population levels have been widely investigated; however, little is known about how they affect the development of cell populations and the fitness of the resu...

link.springer.com

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Black Ocean Citizens @blackoceancitizens.bsky.social · Mar 26

PhD opportunity with University of Hull.

Tackling fisheries and wind trade-offs.

Anyone interested in diversifying offshore renewables and fisheries governance?

auracdt.hull.ac.uk/research-pro...

Conservation Economics: Evaluating Trade-offs in Offshore Wind Farm Development - Aura Centre for Doctoral Training

Recruiting for Offshore Wind CDT PhD research project on Conservation Economics: Evaluating Trade-offs in Offshore Wind Farm Development

auracdt.hull.ac.uk

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Energy and Environment Institute @eeiathull.bsky.social · Mar 26

We’re welcoming Prof Neil Macdonald from @liverpooluni.bsky.social at 2pm today to deliver his talk “A history of UK droughts and associated impacts” as part of our Centre for Water Cultures Seminar Series.
Sign up to attend free online or in person: www.hull.ac.uk/research/ins...

Energy and Environment Institute @eeiathull.bsky.social · Mar 21

Congratulations to Jessica Hurley who successfully defended her #PhD thesis in “The Physiological Effects of Microplastic Contamination of Polar and Temperate Ecotherms” this week.
Jess was part of the @uniofhull.bsky.social Plastics in the Environment Cluster, working with British Antarctic Survey

Jess collecting samples on board a research vessel and viewing samples through a microscope

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Energy and Environment Institute @eeiathull.bsky.social · Mar 12

Recruitment is open for 17 #PhD scholarships with our EPSRC #OSWCDT in Offshore Wind Energy Sustainability & Resilience. We have a diverse range of #STEM research projects, all addressing offshore wind industry challenges.
Apply by 9 May for Sept 25 entry auracdt.hull.ac.uk/scholarships/

Image of a man at a microscope and a woman and man in hard hats and safety gear

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Dr Rebecca Williams @volcanologist.bsky.social · Feb 26

TONIGHT! Come along to this great webinar 🌋

IAVCEI Commission on Volcanic Sediments @comvolcseds.bsky.social · Feb 12

Upcoming Webinar 🌋

Join us online for a webinar by Kristin Sweeney (University of Portland) on “Topographic, climatic, and age controls of the fluvial reworking of volcanic debris avalanche deposits”

When: Wednesday 26th February 2025
Time: 12:00 PST/ 20:00 GMT/ 21:00 CET

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Energy and Environment Institute @eeiathull.bsky.social · Feb 24

We’re hosting two contrasting speakers this week and look forward to welcoming guests with an interest in digital twins for offshore wind blade design or high-resolution data and flume experiments to quantify the shape of upland river channels. @uniofhull.bsky.social
www.hull.ac.uk/research/ins...

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Energy and Environment Institute @eeiathull.bsky.social · Feb 19

Today 2-3pm, we welcome Dr Hana Morel from UCL for an online talk: “From Global to Local: Exploring the Importance of Local Knowledge in Climate Action”, exploring the crucial role of heritage in shaping climate futures.
#greensky
Free signup via:
www.hull.ac.uk/research/ins...

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Dr Rebecca Williams @volcanologist.bsky.social · Feb 13

Santorini volcano is not erupting. But there's plenty of folk who'll try and make you believe it is. Now AI videos are becoming prevalent. Learn how to spot the fakes with this blog ⚒️🌍🪨🌋

inthecompanyofvolcanoes.blogspot.com/2025/02/volc...

Volcano misinformation gets tricky with AI

Alison Graettinger, Ph.D., and Janine Krippner, Ph.D. Two volcanologists blogging about volcano science, research, hazards, and experiments.

inthecompanyofvolcanoes.blogspot.com

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Energy and Environment Institute @eeiathull.bsky.social · Feb 12

A big welcome to Dr Saraswati Thapa who has joined the EEI @uniofhull.bsky.social as a Post Doctoral Research Associate on the Pamana project, which looks at long-term impacts of mining on Philippine River systems and sustainability.
Find out more about Pamana: www.hull.ac.uk/research/ins...

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