Kerry Leith
@stressdriven.bsky.social
Geoscientist. Alpine addict. Geomorphology, rivers, landslides, 🚴. Earth Sciences New Zealand. Views are my own.
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Kerry Leith
@stressdriven.bsky.social
· Nov 25
I made a starter pack for past and present researchers here at GNS Science. Let's see who else is hiding out there 🏔🌋🏞
go.bsky.app/4KQru6o
go.bsky.app/4KQru6o
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Expressions of Interest close on Friday! Make sure you get your applications in to join our PhD training course. A great way to meet other new PhD students in the field of geomorphology 🌍❄️💧🌊🌴
📣 @bsg-geomorph.bsky.social Windsor Workshop PhD Training 2025: Expressions of Interest Open!
Join other new geomorphology PhDs from European HE institutions for training & networking at Windsor, UK (1–4 Dec 2025).
£175 for BSG members (incl. meals & stay).
👉 www.geomorphology.org.uk/windsor-work...
Join other new geomorphology PhDs from European HE institutions for training & networking at Windsor, UK (1–4 Dec 2025).
£175 for BSG members (incl. meals & stay).
👉 www.geomorphology.org.uk/windsor-work...
November 19, 2025 at 11:39 PM
Expressions of Interest close on Friday! Make sure you get your applications in to join our PhD training course. A great way to meet other new PhD students in the field of geomorphology 🌍❄️💧🌊🌴
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Water causes #rock to shift on the #Matterhorn: #SLF research on the Matterhorn shows how meltwater in #permafrost can lead to rock slope instability – a consequence of #climatechange.
More: www.slf.ch/en/news/wate...
📷️ Samuel Weber / SLF
More: www.slf.ch/en/news/wate...
📷️ Samuel Weber / SLF
November 12, 2025 at 8:02 AM
Water causes #rock to shift on the #Matterhorn: #SLF research on the Matterhorn shows how meltwater in #permafrost can lead to rock slope instability – a consequence of #climatechange.
More: www.slf.ch/en/news/wate...
📷️ Samuel Weber / SLF
More: www.slf.ch/en/news/wate...
📷️ Samuel Weber / SLF
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📢We are hiring!
🌍 We currently have two open positions in #geoinformatics and #remotesensing - from fundamental PhD research to applied data science work. Details & application:
1.) karriere.plus.ac.at/en/jobs/9dae...
2.) karriere.plus.ac.at/de/jobs/d3a9...
#geomorphology #earthobservation #InSAR
🌍 We currently have two open positions in #geoinformatics and #remotesensing - from fundamental PhD research to applied data science work. Details & application:
1.) karriere.plus.ac.at/en/jobs/9dae...
2.) karriere.plus.ac.at/de/jobs/d3a9...
#geomorphology #earthobservation #InSAR
November 3, 2025 at 7:43 AM
📢We are hiring!
🌍 We currently have two open positions in #geoinformatics and #remotesensing - from fundamental PhD research to applied data science work. Details & application:
1.) karriere.plus.ac.at/en/jobs/9dae...
2.) karriere.plus.ac.at/de/jobs/d3a9...
#geomorphology #earthobservation #InSAR
🌍 We currently have two open positions in #geoinformatics and #remotesensing - from fundamental PhD research to applied data science work. Details & application:
1.) karriere.plus.ac.at/en/jobs/9dae...
2.) karriere.plus.ac.at/de/jobs/d3a9...
#geomorphology #earthobservation #InSAR
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On 31 October 2025, a landslide occurred at Kukas in Enga Province, Papua New Guinea, triggered by heavy rainfall at about 2 am. Reports indicate that at least 22 people were killed. This image, from Facebook, suggests that it occurred in a steep gully.
eos.org/thelandslide...
eos.org/thelandslide...
October 31, 2025 at 8:09 AM
On 31 October 2025, a landslide occurred at Kukas in Enga Province, Papua New Guinea, triggered by heavy rainfall at about 2 am. Reports indicate that at least 22 people were killed. This image, from Facebook, suggests that it occurred in a steep gully.
eos.org/thelandslide...
eos.org/thelandslide...
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UTTERLY SURREAL LOW ANGLE GLACIER SLIDE!! 😮😱
On Saturday at 11:00 am, a 2 km-long, 25 m-high, and 150-200 m in width section detached off the Ismoil Somoni Glacier (Tajikistan) and slid down the gorge! 🧊🌊
asiaplustj.info/en/node/354309
📽️ via @volcaholic1
On Saturday at 11:00 am, a 2 km-long, 25 m-high, and 150-200 m in width section detached off the Ismoil Somoni Glacier (Tajikistan) and slid down the gorge! 🧊🌊
asiaplustj.info/en/node/354309
📽️ via @volcaholic1
October 28, 2025 at 4:10 PM
UTTERLY SURREAL LOW ANGLE GLACIER SLIDE!! 😮😱
On Saturday at 11:00 am, a 2 km-long, 25 m-high, and 150-200 m in width section detached off the Ismoil Somoni Glacier (Tajikistan) and slid down the gorge! 🧊🌊
asiaplustj.info/en/node/354309
📽️ via @volcaholic1
On Saturday at 11:00 am, a 2 km-long, 25 m-high, and 150-200 m in width section detached off the Ismoil Somoni Glacier (Tajikistan) and slid down the gorge! 🧊🌊
asiaplustj.info/en/node/354309
📽️ via @volcaholic1
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![Comic. [two connected spacecraft hovering in space above the Earth] Houston, the view is superb. We can see the continents spread out below us, right where they’ve been since the Earth formed. [caption] I still can’t believe we developed spaceflight before we figured out that the continents moved.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreicp2ka5asjgkmgfdfj33vnjb5bbvk3vnyao6ju5kipxcdc23pqasm@jpeg)
October 27, 2025 at 8:05 PM
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You know, there’s this pervasive view that people don’t care about climate change / are bored of it / find it overwhelming but I wrote this story this week and social media went crazy over it. People care!!!! They really care are they need a way to channel it www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
New Zealand guts climate policy it bragged about on the world stage
The law was once held up internationally as a model of transparency. The government just weakened it.
www.rnz.co.nz
October 23, 2025 at 7:01 AM
You know, there’s this pervasive view that people don’t care about climate change / are bored of it / find it overwhelming but I wrote this story this week and social media went crazy over it. People care!!!! They really care are they need a way to channel it www.rnz.co.nz/news/nationa...
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CLaSH is seeking an Assistant Director to help lead an ambitious, interdisciplinary effort to transform the science of and advance community resilience for hazards like landslides and flooding. Apply by November 15th. See also csdms.colorado.edu/wiki/Jobs
October 22, 2025 at 11:43 PM
CLaSH is seeking an Assistant Director to help lead an ambitious, interdisciplinary effort to transform the science of and advance community resilience for hazards like landslides and flooding. Apply by November 15th. See also csdms.colorado.edu/wiki/Jobs
We all know that squashing a rock makes it stiffer, but did you know water makes it softer?
We wondered what happens underground, where rock is both squashed AND wet?
TLDR: moisture dominates sandstone to >400m depth, and granite to >1000m depth!
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
We wondered what happens underground, where rock is both squashed AND wet?
TLDR: moisture dominates sandstone to >400m depth, and granite to >1000m depth!
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
October 23, 2025 at 7:14 AM
We all know that squashing a rock makes it stiffer, but did you know water makes it softer?
We wondered what happens underground, where rock is both squashed AND wet?
TLDR: moisture dominates sandstone to >400m depth, and granite to >1000m depth!
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
We wondered what happens underground, where rock is both squashed AND wet?
TLDR: moisture dominates sandstone to >400m depth, and granite to >1000m depth!
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...
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How over- and underrepresented are different causes of death in the media?
Another way to visualize this data is to measure how over- or underrepresented each cause is.
To do this, we calculate the ratio between a cause’s share of deaths and its share of news articles.
Another way to visualize this data is to measure how over- or underrepresented each cause is.
To do this, we calculate the ratio between a cause’s share of deaths and its share of news articles.
October 9, 2025 at 5:08 PM
How over- and underrepresented are different causes of death in the media?
Another way to visualize this data is to measure how over- or underrepresented each cause is.
To do this, we calculate the ratio between a cause’s share of deaths and its share of news articles.
Another way to visualize this data is to measure how over- or underrepresented each cause is.
To do this, we calculate the ratio between a cause’s share of deaths and its share of news articles.
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An example of how *not* to do a research findings article headline. By using "Scientists finally reveal", it sounds like scientists were holding back from telling the public something. I can't think of anything further from the truth.
Scientists Finally Reveal Biological Basis of Long COVID Brain Fog
Researchers employed a specialized brain imaging technique to identify a potential biomarker and therapeutic target for Long COVID. More than four years after the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, scien...
scitechdaily.com
October 2, 2025 at 2:36 AM
An example of how *not* to do a research findings article headline. By using "Scientists finally reveal", it sounds like scientists were holding back from telling the public something. I can't think of anything further from the truth.
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If you are attending the 11th IGC Conference in February 2026. Come along on the mid-conference Glacial Geomorphology fieldtrip to the Waimakariri to see landscapes like this...
#geomorphology #NewZealand #Christchurch #geoscience #geology #geography #Aotearoa
#geomorphology #NewZealand #Christchurch #geoscience #geology #geography #Aotearoa
September 28, 2025 at 8:47 AM
If you are attending the 11th IGC Conference in February 2026. Come along on the mid-conference Glacial Geomorphology fieldtrip to the Waimakariri to see landscapes like this...
#geomorphology #NewZealand #Christchurch #geoscience #geology #geography #Aotearoa
#geomorphology #NewZealand #Christchurch #geoscience #geology #geography #Aotearoa
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I'm giving social media a go after a hiatus, so hi! I'm a Kiwi volcanologist working on Ngāuruhoe (Mt Doom) in NZ, the 2021 La Palma/Tajogaite eruption impacts, seafloor geologic hazards, & collaborate w. @geotenerife.bsky.social.
More on my work here: janinekrippner.weebly.com
Nice to meet you❤️🌋
More on my work here: janinekrippner.weebly.com
Nice to meet you❤️🌋
September 19, 2025 at 8:34 PM
I'm giving social media a go after a hiatus, so hi! I'm a Kiwi volcanologist working on Ngāuruhoe (Mt Doom) in NZ, the 2021 La Palma/Tajogaite eruption impacts, seafloor geologic hazards, & collaborate w. @geotenerife.bsky.social.
More on my work here: janinekrippner.weebly.com
Nice to meet you❤️🌋
More on my work here: janinekrippner.weebly.com
Nice to meet you❤️🌋
🚨A reminder that the submission deadline for abstracts to the '8th International Conference on Rock Physics' closes tomorrow (20th September)! 🚨
Feb 22 - 27, Auckland, New Zealand
www.8iwrp.auckland.ac.nz/abstract-sub...
Feb 22 - 27, Auckland, New Zealand
www.8iwrp.auckland.ac.nz/abstract-sub...
September 19, 2025 at 2:16 AM
🚨A reminder that the submission deadline for abstracts to the '8th International Conference on Rock Physics' closes tomorrow (20th September)! 🚨
Feb 22 - 27, Auckland, New Zealand
www.8iwrp.auckland.ac.nz/abstract-sub...
Feb 22 - 27, Auckland, New Zealand
www.8iwrp.auckland.ac.nz/abstract-sub...
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'Swiss government tasked with developing strategy for Long Covid'
'The Swiss government is to draw up a national strategy to improve the medical situation of people suffering from Long Covid. On Thursday, Senate tacitly accepted a House of Representatives motion'
www.swissinfo.ch/eng/health-s...
'The Swiss government is to draw up a national strategy to improve the medical situation of people suffering from Long Covid. On Thursday, Senate tacitly accepted a House of Representatives motion'
www.swissinfo.ch/eng/health-s...
Swiss government tasked with developing strategy for Long Covid
The Swiss government is to draw up a national strategy to improve the medical situation of people suffering from Long Covid following a Senate vote.
www.swissinfo.ch
September 18, 2025 at 1:34 PM
'Swiss government tasked with developing strategy for Long Covid'
'The Swiss government is to draw up a national strategy to improve the medical situation of people suffering from Long Covid. On Thursday, Senate tacitly accepted a House of Representatives motion'
www.swissinfo.ch/eng/health-s...
'The Swiss government is to draw up a national strategy to improve the medical situation of people suffering from Long Covid. On Thursday, Senate tacitly accepted a House of Representatives motion'
www.swissinfo.ch/eng/health-s...
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New JGR paper led by Zihua Niu! Evolving off-fault brittle damage alters elastic moduli between 3D fault step-overs, enabling dynamic rupture to cascade onto neighboring faults with rheology-dependent delay times and radiates isotropic high-frequency waves.
doi.org/10.1029/2025...
doi.org/10.1029/2025...
September 17, 2025 at 2:59 AM
New JGR paper led by Zihua Niu! Evolving off-fault brittle damage alters elastic moduli between 3D fault step-overs, enabling dynamic rupture to cascade onto neighboring faults with rheology-dependent delay times and radiates isotropic high-frequency waves.
doi.org/10.1029/2025...
doi.org/10.1029/2025...
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🚨Job Alert 🚨 The Department of #Geology at the University of Otago in #NewZealand invites applications for a faculty position (Lecturer – equivalent to Assistant Professor in North American academic systems) in Earth sciences or adjacent field. ⚒️🧪 #Geosciences
otago.taleo.net/careersectio...
otago.taleo.net/careersectio...
Lecturer/Pūkenga - Geology
Click the link provided to see the complete job description.
otago.taleo.net
September 16, 2025 at 6:31 AM
🚨Job Alert 🚨 The Department of #Geology at the University of Otago in #NewZealand invites applications for a faculty position (Lecturer – equivalent to Assistant Professor in North American academic systems) in Earth sciences or adjacent field. ⚒️🧪 #Geosciences
otago.taleo.net/careersectio...
otago.taleo.net/careersectio...
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📣📣 Call For Donations! 💰💰
I am raising funds to finance the 2025 'glacier subfossil wood' field campaign!
Do you want to continue hearing tales about glaciers and trees? 🧊🌲💍
I need your help! 🤍
To learn more:
wemakeit.com/projects/gla...
🙏🙏 Please share it widely! 🙏🙏
I am raising funds to finance the 2025 'glacier subfossil wood' field campaign!
Do you want to continue hearing tales about glaciers and trees? 🧊🌲💍
I need your help! 🤍
To learn more:
wemakeit.com/projects/gla...
🙏🙏 Please share it widely! 🙏🙏
September 11, 2025 at 7:16 PM
📣📣 Call For Donations! 💰💰
I am raising funds to finance the 2025 'glacier subfossil wood' field campaign!
Do you want to continue hearing tales about glaciers and trees? 🧊🌲💍
I need your help! 🤍
To learn more:
wemakeit.com/projects/gla...
🙏🙏 Please share it widely! 🙏🙏
I am raising funds to finance the 2025 'glacier subfossil wood' field campaign!
Do you want to continue hearing tales about glaciers and trees? 🧊🌲💍
I need your help! 🤍
To learn more:
wemakeit.com/projects/gla...
🙏🙏 Please share it widely! 🙏🙏
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More cuts to the Marsden Fund of @royalsocietynz.bsky.social. This takes it down to $10/capita in real terms when it was over $16 for most of this century. Australia's equivalent, the ARC, is NZ$42/capita, as is the US NSF (despite ongoing attempts to gut the latter).
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
Fewer Marsden Fund grants after government cuts
A major research fund has been forced to slash its grant allocation by more than $20 million next year.
www.rnz.co.nz
September 7, 2025 at 11:28 PM
More cuts to the Marsden Fund of @royalsocietynz.bsky.social. This takes it down to $10/capita in real terms when it was over $16 for most of this century. Australia's equivalent, the ARC, is NZ$42/capita, as is the US NSF (despite ongoing attempts to gut the latter).
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
www.rnz.co.nz/news/politic...
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Completely agree with this. A Minister who believes all kids brains develop the same and that outdoor ed offers nothing worthwhile let alone for the economy when they go on to find work is ignoring evidence that proves otherwise.
This is such a dumb idea/false economy - please consider signing: our.actionstation.org.nz/petitions/ke...
Stop the Government taking away Outdoor Education
Outdoor Education gives young people opportunities they can’t always get in a classroom. It builds resilience, confidence, leadership, teamwork, and problem-solving skills. It keeps students engaged i...
our.actionstation.org.nz
September 7, 2025 at 2:25 AM
Completely agree with this. A Minister who believes all kids brains develop the same and that outdoor ed offers nothing worthwhile let alone for the economy when they go on to find work is ignoring evidence that proves otherwise.
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#Christchurch #NZ #eqnz
AA Insurance says they are to stop opening _new_ policies in Lincoln (7608) and Rolleston (7615) due to reaching their earthquake cover limit.
They can extend existing policies in those postcodes.
www.odt.co.nz/star-news/st...
AA Insurance says they are to stop opening _new_ policies in Lincoln (7608) and Rolleston (7615) due to reaching their earthquake cover limit.
They can extend existing policies in those postcodes.
www.odt.co.nz/star-news/st...
Insurance company stops offering new policies to homes in two 'high risk' areas
A major insurance company has hit pause on new home insurance policies for properties in two Canterbury postcodes.
www.odt.co.nz
September 4, 2025 at 12:31 AM
#Christchurch #NZ #eqnz
AA Insurance says they are to stop opening _new_ policies in Lincoln (7608) and Rolleston (7615) due to reaching their earthquake cover limit.
They can extend existing policies in those postcodes.
www.odt.co.nz/star-news/st...
AA Insurance says they are to stop opening _new_ policies in Lincoln (7608) and Rolleston (7615) due to reaching their earthquake cover limit.
They can extend existing policies in those postcodes.
www.odt.co.nz/star-news/st...
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At least 1,000 people are reported to have died in a landslide in Sudan, triggered by heavy rainfall. Tirsin in Central Darfur’s Amo District, was completely buried. There was just one survivor.
bnonews.com/index.php/20...
bnonews.com/index.php/20...
Over 1,000 reported dead in Sudan landslide
An armed faction in Sudan says more than 1,000 people were killed when a landslide buried a village after days of heavy rain. In a statement on Monday, the Sudan Liberation Movement/Army (SLM/A) said ...
bnonews.com
September 2, 2025 at 2:12 AM
At least 1,000 people are reported to have died in a landslide in Sudan, triggered by heavy rainfall. Tirsin in Central Darfur’s Amo District, was completely buried. There was just one survivor.
bnonews.com/index.php/20...
bnonews.com/index.php/20...
The disastrous impacts of debris flows at Dharali village in Uttarakhand this week are an important reminder of the need for good risk communication.
Maps that clearly communicate relative risk levels can save lives, by flagging areas that are marginal for development - before an event occurs.
Maps that clearly communicate relative risk levels can save lives, by flagging areas that are marginal for development - before an event occurs.
August 6, 2025 at 10:23 PM
The disastrous impacts of debris flows at Dharali village in Uttarakhand this week are an important reminder of the need for good risk communication.
Maps that clearly communicate relative risk levels can save lives, by flagging areas that are marginal for development - before an event occurs.
Maps that clearly communicate relative risk levels can save lives, by flagging areas that are marginal for development - before an event occurs.
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A very initial perspective on the 5 August 2025 debris flow at Tharali / Dharali in northern India:-
eos.org/thelandslide...
eos.org/thelandslide...
The 5 August 2025 debris flow at Tharali in northern India
A very initial perspective on the 5 August 2025 debris flow at Tharali / Dharali in northern India, which may have killed 50 or more people.
eos.org
August 5, 2025 at 4:40 PM
A very initial perspective on the 5 August 2025 debris flow at Tharali / Dharali in northern India:-
eos.org/thelandslide...
eos.org/thelandslide...