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Geography at Durham @geogdurham.bsky.social · 1d

Professor Hannah Cloke OBE is an internationally recognised hydrologist specialising in floods, climate extremes, and disaster risk reduction. She works with news media and the entertainment industry on climate, water and environmental issues.

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Rebecca Hodge @rebeccahodge100.bsky.social · 1d

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BSG Geomorphology @bsg-geomorph.bsky.social · 20d

That’s a wrap for #BSG25 @universityofleeds.bsky.social. Thanks to Jonathan, Mark and the wider organising team for a fantastic week covering a wide range of geomorphic processes. Thanks also to Wiley and ESPL, it was a pleasure to celebrate 50 years. See you all next year in Lincoln!

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Rebecca Hodge @rebeccahodge100.bsky.social · Sep 8

One year to go until Gravel Bed Rivers 10! We look forward to seeing you all in Scotland. Our confirmed speaker list is available here: www.gbr10.uk/programme

A photo of a river with the following text on top:
Gravel Bed Rivers 10
From Grain to Globe
ONE YEAR TO GO!
The countdown begins - we are officially one year away from Gravel Bed Rivers 10 'From Grain to Globe' We look forward to welcoming you to Aviemore, the heart of the Scottish Highlands, between 7 - 11 September 2026. We are delighted to share our confirmed speaer list which can be found at https://www.gbr10.uk/programme.

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Rebecca Hodge @rebeccahodge100.bsky.social · Sep 8

One year to go until Gravel Bed Rivers 10! We look forward to seeing you all in Scotland. Our confirmed speaker list is available here: www.gbr10.uk/programme

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Rebecca Hodge @rebeccahodge100.bsky.social · Jul 10

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

A women standing in front of a long flume in a large room.

Some red paper bunting shaped like crayfish

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Rebecca Hodge @rebeccahodge100.bsky.social · Jul 10

Congratulations!

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Robert (Bobby) Houseago @houseago.bsky.social · Jul 9

📣 New paper: Quantifying river bed roughness.

💧Multiple metrics are required to fully describe river bed roughness.
💧River beds with differing features can be distinguished using roughness data.
💧Potential implications on flow resistance and sediment transport.

📖 doi.org/10.1029/2024...

Quantifying Bed Surface Roughness in Bedrock and Boulder‐Bed Rivers

Using high-resolution river bed topography, surface roughness metrics are quantified across various spatial scales A comprehensive description river bed topographic variability requires the concu...

doi.org

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Geography at Durham @geogdurham.bsky.social · Jul 9

Such a pleasure to welcome our students and their supporters to the Department yesterday on graduation day and to celebrate your achievements. We hope you have some great memories of your time with us and we wish you all every happiness and success as you set off on the next stage of your journeys ❤️

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Rebecca Hodge @rebeccahodge100.bsky.social · Jul 2

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Rebecca Hodge @rebeccahodge100.bsky.social · Jul 1

Does anyone have any experience with sticking together gravel in a flume? Ideally we want to waterwork it and then stick it in place. Any suggestions for what to use?

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Rebecca Hodge @rebeccahodge100.bsky.social · Jun 20

Lovely to be able to order first paper mugs for Mel Guirro, Jiao Chen and David Whitfield (@dwhit.bsky.social). Well done!

Three mugs with the typeset first page of academic papers on them.

The backs of the three mugs, which have figures from the papers on them.

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Rebecca Hodge @rebeccahodge100.bsky.social · Jun 20

The Gravel Bed Rivers 10 website is live! Come join us in Aviemore, Scotland, 7-11 Sept 2026.

Stephen Rice @sterice.bsky.social · Jun 20

🎉 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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Caroline Clason @carolineclason.bsky.social · Jun 11

As part of Durham University’s Heritage 360 initiative, @geogdurham.bsky.social are seeking an Associate Professor in Heritage Landscapes and/or Social Justice and Wellbeing in Heritage. The application deadline is 30th June and all details can be found here: durham.taleo.net/careersectio...

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Mary Kelly Foy MP @marykfoymp.bsky.social · Jun 4

🚂 RAIL SURVEY UPDATE!

Wow, just under 600 people have completed my rail survey. There’s still time to have your say. It closes at 23:59 on Fri 6 June & then my team & I will pull all of the information together. 👩🏻‍💻

Thanks to everyone who has contributed so far!

survey.labour.org.uk/mprailsurvey...

Rail Survey

Mary Kelly Foy's Rail Timetable survey

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James Bradley @drbradbrad.bsky.social · Jun 3

Permanent Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Earth Sciences at UCL, London.
Application deadline: 24 June
#AcademicJobs
www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/...

UCL – University College London

UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).

www.ucl.ac.uk

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Rebecca Hodge @rebeccahodge100.bsky.social · May 6

Great to see this published!

David Whitfield @dwhit.bsky.social · May 6

🚨 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

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The Influence of Gravel‐Bed Structure on Grain Mobility Thresholds: Comparison of Force‐Balance Approaches

Two different novel force-balance models are used to estimate grain mobility thresholds using resistance force and microtopography data An automated point cloud segmentation approach is compared ...

agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Rebecca Hodge @rebeccahodge100.bsky.social · May 3

Thanks to you too!

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Rebecca Hodge @rebeccahodge100.bsky.social · May 2

Excellent week at #EGU25 and happy anniversary to @egu-gm.bsky.social! Now it's time for #TrainFromEGU

Niels Hovius giving a talk with EGU Geomorphology 20th anniversary on a slide.

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Rebecca Hodge @rebeccahodge100.bsky.social · Apr 29

There's even more - Taís' poster A.106 tomorrow afternoon as well!

Robert (Bobby) Houseago @houseago.bsky.social · Apr 29

EGU tomorrow (Wednesday) - come chat about river roughness and flow resistance, 1045-1230 Hall X3 - posters X3.102 and X3.95! @rebeccahodge100.bsky.social @dwhit.bsky.social

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Rebecca Hodge @rebeccahodge100.bsky.social · Apr 29

At #EGU25 PICO 2 now: New approaches to modelling and monitoring sediment transport. Great to see a good turn out. @egu-gm.bsky.social

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Rebecca Hodge @rebeccahodge100.bsky.social · Apr 26

Another #Train2EGU almost complete.

A slightly blurry photo of green fields, a small sliver of lake and mountains in the background.

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Rebecca Hodge @rebeccahodge100.bsky.social · Apr 16

Looking forward to being in Vienna soon for EGU. This photo from a previous trip seems appropriate today.

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Geography at Durham @geogdurham.bsky.social · Apr 4

We are currently offering offer up to five Student Support Scholarships of £1,000 each for applicants beginning a Masters (MA or MSc) by Research ('MRes') degree in the Department in 2025/26. For more details👉 tinyurl.com/yf5k7d47

Graham Earp scholarships - Durham University

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Rebecca Hodge @rebeccahodge100.bsky.social · Mar 28

Heading home from Skye. Stopped in Aviemore for a productive Gravel Bed Rivers planning meeting. More info to follow soon.

Scottish mountains with a dusting of snow.

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