... interested in fluid flow, sediment transport and sedimentary environments ... both modern and ancient...and in lab and field .... views my own .....
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My review paper ‘Anthropogenic Stresses on the World’s Big Rivers’ has just been published in Nature Geoscience. Hope it may be of interest.
nature.com/articles/s41561-0…
and 'Behind the Paper' at:
go.nature.com/2Qtyq1l
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18 Jul 2024
Our new State of the Science paper on sole structures - the catchily named Flow-induced Interfacial Deformation Structures (FIDS) is now out in Sedimentology: doi.org/10.1111/sed.13219
with @KHwave @Making_Ripples @stratleeds Paul Wignall and Piotr Lapcik. Here is a taster...
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17 Nov 2023
Check out our new paper! We find the climate-driven season sediment-transport regime shift in four types of cryosphere-fed rivers. Huge thanks to our amazing team @RiverSediment @AmyEast_gmph @KHwave Albert kettner @CSDMS Jinren Ni, and Xixi Lu
13 Nov 2023
A new study finds that intensified glacier melt due to #ClimateChange increases the fluctuation of sediment levels in downstream rivers, stressing #FreshwaterEcosystems and their nearby communities. scim.ag/4Oc
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12 Nov 2023
And an equally brilliant @BBC #PlanetEarth3 segment on our remarkable @WWFPak colleague, Uzma Khan, a global expert on the Indus river dolphin - showing her involvement in rescues & the first satellite tagging of an Indus river dolphin.
bbc.co.uk/programmes/article…
@hnaqikhan
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12 Nov 2023
Amazing @BBC #PlanetEarth3 episode on #Freshwater inc an extraordinary segment on the successful rescue & relocation of a stranded Indus River dolphin
@WWF has been working with govt & communities in #Pakistan for decades to save this iconic species
bbcearth.com/shows/planet-ea…
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28 Oct 2023
High mortality of pink dolphins found in another Amazonian lake during the extreme drought
23 carcasses were found this week at Coari Lake.
More details in our communication released today @inst_mamiraua @UFAM_:
drive.google.com/file/d/1-Az…
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23 Oct 2023
Isolation of Amazon communities during the drought
Even communities along the Amazon River get isolated due to large beaches exposed during the drought
Like this one, close to the city of Alvarães in Amazonas
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20 Oct 2023
Extreme drought and fires in Amazonia: a call to action
Seca extrema nos rios e incêndios na Amazônia: um chamado à ação
Our comment published today in Jornal da Ciência @SBPCnet, with Rogério Marinho @r2marinho and Naziano Filizola / @UFAM_
jornaldaciencia.org.br/seca-…
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21 Oct 2023
40 days of the extreme drought in Lake Tefé, Central Amazon
Source: Planet satellite imagery
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16 Oct 2023
🔔NEW PAPER ALERT🔔 - Please RT
Our collaborative piece "Co-developing pathways to protect nature, land, territory and well-being in Amazonia" led by @RodolfoNobrega in @CommsEarth is just out.
nature.com/articles/s43247-0…
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12 Oct 2023
Scenes of the Amazon extreme drought in Tefé
Very low water levels, heatwave, river erosion in communities, large beaches isolating communities, fish and dolphin mortality, smoke from fires...
and now something like a sandstorm.
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29 Sep 2023
🚨Environmental disaster here at Lake Tefé, in Central Amazon
More than 100 river dolphins dead in the last few days due to the drought
At @inst_mamiraua, in collab with many institutions, we are struggling to help them and understand the actual causes
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21 Sep 2023
I took our new field-trips-forward version of Intro Geology down to Fort Smith to tour the sand mining operation there. Boat tour and everything. 10/10.
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22 Sep 2023
Rupert Murdoch is the most poisonous individual of my lifetime.
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SWOT advances already….Satellite spots marine heat wave off the California coast (image)
flip.it/4opOWl
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The @HydroLab_UIUC is unequivocally the best lab in the world. I loved my time there - check out an awesome job opportunity 👀 #flumefriday
8 Sep 2023
Looking for a job?
Faculty position. All ranks. Environmental Fluid Mechanics. @CEEatIllinois. Lots of toys.
illinois.csod.com/ux/ats/car…
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18 Aug 2023
🎉Back from holiday with good news!
Our Comment 'Putting Africa on the map' is out in Nature Africa @natAfrica1 🌍📌🗺️
The piece is a shortened version of our full call for action by @lifeinmud @KanhemaPhoto - We'll soon publish the full length text
nature.com/articles/d44148-0…
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Missing Americans: Early death in the US 1933-2021
Fascinating & sobering PNAS paper..“Learning from peer nations, the US could extend social protections & universal health coverage to non- elderly adults & enhance the regulation of pollutants & firearms.” academic.oup.com/pnasnexus/a…
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12 Jul 2023
I made an app to map the floods in Vermont. There's almost 100% state coverage by satellite images from midday July 11. I added typical summer images so you can compare.
Zoom, search, turn layers on/off! Default view is major flooding in Montpelier, VT.
edethier.users.earthengine.a…
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13 Jul 2023
I really think this is one of the central questions of our time — in an age of building and energy transition, let’s figure out how to improve extractive practices for greater sustainability, transparency, and equity. Excited to be part of this #agu2023 session!
13 Jul 2023
Join our session at #AGU2023 on The Impacts of Mineral Extraction and Artisanal Mining on Societies and Natural Environments! 👷🏾🧤🐛🌱🚚🏝️🏢⏳💰⛏️🧱🔬🔔🛰️ We welcome a broad set of approaches to and views on the topic! @KHwave @DrChrisHackney @lifeinmud
agu.confex.com/agu/fm23/prel…
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