Dad to 3 & husband to @ParsnipsParsons ๐Ÿ˜ Pro-Vice Chancellor @LboroUniversity. Prof Geosciences: floods, sediments, plastics, sustainable energy & net zero ๐ŸŒ

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๐ŸŒ Join Us in Shaping a Better Future! ๐ŸŒ @lborouniversity Despite the challenges of 2025, we're pushing ahead with confidence and innovation at Loughborough University. Here are some highlights of our impactful work: youtube.com/watch?v=u3fkr_2hโ€ฆ
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Any pharmacist out there be kind enough to explain why it takes SO long to get prescribed medication from a counter. What exactly are they would back there that consumes so much time!?
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๐Ÿ‡ฎ๐Ÿ‡ฉ Sumatra disaster Update: As of 18 December 2025, the disaster has affected a wide area, with impacts recorded across 52 regencies/cities. Human Impact ๐Ÿ”ธ Deceased: 1,068 people ๐Ÿ”ธ Missing: 190 people ๐Ÿ”ธ Injured: approximately 7,000 people Damage to Infrastructure ๐Ÿ”ธ Public facilities damaged: ~1,600 ๐Ÿ”ธ Places of worship damaged: 434 ๐Ÿ”ธ Health facilities damaged: 219 ๐Ÿ”ธ Educational facilities damaged: 967 ๐Ÿ”ธ Bridges damaged: 145 ๐Ÿ”ธ Houses damaged: 147,236
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Bring your talent to Loughborough University. We're seeking top research talent from around the world to build, join and shape the teams facing down the most pressing challenges of our time. Apply now โžก๏ธ lboro.uk/JoinLboro
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๐ŸŒŠ๐Ÿ”ฅ Building Resilience for a Changing World: Fully Funded PhD Opportunities at @lborouniversity As part of the UKRI Centre for Doctoral Training in Resilient Flood Futures (FLOOD-CDT). linkedin.com/posts/dan-parsoโ€ฆ
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Category 5 Hurricane Melissa has officially made landfall on Jamaica as the strongest landfalling hurricane in Atlantic history, with sustained winds of 185 mph and gusts up to 225 mph. A tragic moment for Jamaica.
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A display of pure power from Hurricane Melissa today. Remarkable satellite imagery.
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Obvious wavenumber-5 mesovortex pattern within Hurricane Melissaโ€™s eyewall earlier today โ€” when the simulation matches reality. Just two decades ago, the very existence of mesovortices was still a matter of debate.
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892 mb at sea level is absurd. You would need to climb to 1.1 km (3600 ft) above sea level to experience the same pressure on a normal day. A slab of air 1.1 km thick was essentially removed from the column above the Melissaโ€™s center.
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To give you a sense of how incredibly rare and unique Hurricane #MELISSA is, here are the most-intense landfalling Atlantic hurricanes that we have on record. MELISSA is now tied with LABOR DAY 1935 at the top โ€“ something I'd never imagine to see in my lifetime.
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The Sentinel-2 satellite captured this image of Melissa's eye at peak intensity. 10m pixel resolution - one of the best satellite images ever captured of a hurricane of this intensity. Image from 16z this morning.
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Prayers up for Jamaica ๐Ÿ‡ฏ๐Ÿ‡ฒ๐Ÿ™ Hurricane Melissa has unleashed winds over 180 mph, with gusts reaching 225 mph โ€” one of the strongest storms in world history. ๐Ÿ’” Stay safe, Jamaica. The world is with you. ๐ŸŒ๐Ÿ’š๐Ÿ’›๐Ÿ–ค #Prayers #Jamaica #HurricaneMelissa
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From a crewmember on yesterday's Teal 74 mission into now-Category 5 Hurricane #Melissa. As clear of an eye as you will see in the Atlantic basin.
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"The question is no longer whether change is coming. Itโ€™s whether we will shape it intentionally, with fairness and purpose โ€“ or allow market forces to push us blindly towards potential disaster." @bedform @lborouniversity writes for @timeshighered timeshighereducation.com/depโ€ฆ
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The moment we became Champions ๐Ÿ† #UpTheRobins๐Ÿ”ดโšช๏ธ
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#UpTheRobins ๐Ÿ’ฅโค๏ธ
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THE ROBINS HAVE SEALED THE LEAGUE TITLE ๐Ÿ†๐Ÿฅ‡ #UpTheRobins ๐Ÿ”ดโšช๏ธ
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Great to see @lborouniversity Professor Dominic Malcolm presenting his work here on sports concussion at @GSUN_Network in Brisbane ๐Ÿ™Œ๐Ÿป
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Fantastic GSUN Council meeting hosted by @UQ_News โ€” thank you so much to their Vice-Chancellor Professor Deborah Terry and all their staff for the incredible welcome. The council spent the day going through final preparations for the Summit opening tomorrow,
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What a start! Great opening for the second event GSUN'25 Summit - being hosted by The University of Queensland in Brisbane - 200 people from around the world gathered for this years theme - "Harnessing the Power of Sport for Innovation" and we are ready to get into our range of sessions ranging from technology, global issues, the Olympic Games and so much more! Our MC for the event @TraceyLeeHolmes opened our summit, followed by a welcome from Professor Deborah Terry - Vice Chancellor and President of @UQ_News . GSUN Chair and Pro Vice-Chancellor of Loughborough University @Joannemaher opened the conference on behalf of Council and introduced the final welcoming message from President of World Athletics Lord @sebcoe. Find out all about the programme and discussions for the next two days at gsun.org/program
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