Chris Hackney

Where do 850million plastic pellets go when they are released into an estuary? We’ve been modelling the Port of Tyne nurdle spill to inform the multi agency response - press release below. @catchmentsci.bsky.social @louisecallard.bsky.social @drchrishackney.bsky.social @aockelford.bsky.social

Abstract submission here - deadline 17th July - forms.office.com/pages/respon...

🌟2026 BSG Annual Conference is now open for abstracts!🌟 Join us in Lincoln between 1st and 4th September 📆 Find out more about conference preparations (including. the Cuchlaine King symposium on biogeomorphology🍃🦫) here www.geomorphology.org.uk/annual-confe... ⬇️ for the abstract submission...

A challenge for students on the @ncl-geography.bsky.social Netherlands fieldtrip today with ~1m storm surge completely inundating de Slufter field site - great resilience reconsidering what was possible, and retargeting some of their project work. Fantastic to show this dynamic environment in flood!

This study from 'Biological Invasions' shows invasive non-native plants indirectly destabilise riverbanks by suppressing native vegetation, increasing bare ground, and reducing winter shear strength by around 30%. bit.ly/4qJilB3 @zarahpattison.bsky.social @drchrishackney.bsky.social #bioinvasions

🚨 4 days left to enter 🚨 submit your photos and drawings of geomorphological features by midnight on Friday tagging us and the tag #BSGAC25 to win up to £100 🥇 last years winners and runners up for inspiration ⬇️

My third PhD chapter has just been published, we assessed the impact of Himalayan balsam invasion on riverbank stability. A massive thanks to @zarahpattison.bsky.social @drchrishackney.bsky.social @dralanlaw.bsky.social link.springer.com/article/10.1...

A study co-led by our experts highlights how sand mining is endangering the normal functioning of the Tonle Sap Lake, the largest freshwater lake in Southeast Asia, potentially affecting 23 million people. Read more here. ⬇ https://bit.ly/47V2Eza #WeAreNCL

Important work here from @drchrishackney.bsky.social and colleagues -

The Junior Deputy Chair (JDC) assists the Chair and Senior Deputy Chair with the day to day running of the society. The JDC is an elected one-year role, with the incumbent assuming the role of Senior Deputy Chair in the subsequent year, and then the role of Chair in the year after.

Outreach Vice Chair is responsible for coordinating the Outreach Committee’s activities, including promoting geomorphology to the public and encouraging the teaching of geomorphology at schools, colleges, universities, and to the wider public. The position is held for a three-year term.

⏰ We are still looking to fill the positions of Junior Deputy Chair and Outreach Vice Chair on our Executive Committee starting in September. Please get in touch if you are interested in applying! Brief descriptions for the roles can be found below ⬇️

China rare earths: The BBC visits the world's mining capital for the metals - BBC News www.bbc.co.uk/news/resourc...

📢June Issue of Area📢 This latest issue pulls together the fully #OpenAccess 'Rivers as Borders' Special Section alongside papers on topics including de-development, AI, and diary methods. Read all the papers here: rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/14754762... #geosky

We also announce this year's photo competition winners: congratulations @thapasara.bsky.social, Stephen Tooth. @drchrishackney.bsky.social 🥇🥈🥉

Based on work in Vietnam, we explore how place-based, intergenerational storytelling can drive real momentum and sustain engagement. @parsnipsparsons.bsky.social @bedforms.bsky.social @drchrishackney.bsky.social @lisa-jones7.bsky.social, Thu Vo, Hue Le, Anh Nguyen, Alison Lloyd Williams

Test match special back on whilst marking - must be summer!

New Special Section in Area! 'Rivers as Borders', edited by Rebekka Kanesu, @drvanessalamb.bsky.social & Eva McGrath, features 6 #OpenAccess papers on river-borders from the Yarmouk and Salween to the Moselle and Torridge. Read all papers here ⬇️ rgs-ibg.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1... #geo

Booming factory growth in Vietnam is requiring more sand to be imported from its neighbours www.bloomberg.com/graphics/202...

As the world constructs ever more buildings, we're destabilising rivers, lakes, deltas & loughs to gather the sand we need for all that concrete. What harm are we causing? How can we reduce that harm? Can we use alternative materials in concrete or reduce the amount of concrete we use?

'She mines sand at the Mwamphanzi River, even though she knows this makes the flooding worse. "We don't have any other choice. Like today, I left early in the morning leaving children without even porridge"'. The women mining sand to make our concrete: www.context.news/socioeconomi...

A beautiful morning setting up for today’s Young Coastal Scientists’ & Engineers’ Conference here at @newcastleuni.bsky.social Dove Marine Lab! We’re delighted to welcome 30 early career researchers and practitioners to our little corner of paradise!! @hassfacultyncl.bsky.social @sagencl.bsky.social

Interested in the role of sediment transport processes on increasing #flooding? Our new preprint that systematically explores the role of #rainfall on amplifying flood hazard is out! doi.org/10.21203/rs.... @floodskinner.games @drchrishackney.bsky.social Matt Perks & @bedforms.bsky.social

Teams information shown on the advert & on our website www.geomorphology.org.uk/2025/02/19/i... @rgs-ibghe.bsky.social @rgs-ibgschools.bsky.social @rgsibg.bsky.social @hywelgriffiths.bsky.social @aockelford.bsky.social @sgrieve.bsky.social @drchrishackney.bsky.social @geomorphicjosh.bsky.social

Next week we are hosting two talks to celebrate International Geomorphology week. Dr Lynda Yorke will discuss inclusive fieldwork in the geosciences on Wednesday. On Friday, Gwyn Nelson from the Wales Coastal Monitoring Centre will present a national approach to communicating coastal change.

And so...after 13 years on short term contracts in academia, I can finally enjoy an open ended contract. Time to change the email signatures and social media handles #academia #science @newcastleuni.bsky.social

And so...after 13 years on short term contracts in academia, I can finally enjoy an open ended contract. Time to change the email signatures and social media handles #academia #science @newcastleuni.bsky.social

First day of our joint IISER Bhopal - @newcastleuni.bsky.social workshop on geospatial techniques for monitoring sand mining. Looking forward to welcoming students and practitioners for the week #earthscience #remotesensing #rivers #india #sandmining

📸BSG ART COMPETITION 2024🎨 🚨FIVE days🚨 Scroll through your field photos or get out your paint brush #geomorphology Prizes: £100 🥇 £50 🥈🥉 Deadline: 10th Jan T&Cs: geomorphology.org.uk/2024/11/26/n... Make sure you tag us, #BSGAC24 and add a caption!

This was a fun, if scary (as a single author piece) at times, experience. Thank @drvanessalamb.bsky.social and the rest of the special issue editors for pushing beyond by comfort zone to think about this from a more human geography perspective

New #microplastics paper alert. Led by the awesome Dr Freija Mendrik, from her PhD work, we show that 86 % of microplastics are transported below the water surface. For representative samples, sample at 0.5-0.6 of the depth www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Polluted rivers, uprooted farmland and lost taxes: Ghana counts cost of illegal gold mining boom www.theguardian.com/world/2024/n...

I made a starter pack of those voices speaking to all things geomorph/glacio/geo/earth sci. Follow them if it's of interest. Will update as the site grows #earthsci #geomorphology #physgeog #science #glaciology go.bsky.app/ME4GNao

PhD opp: Interested in the combined impact of sand extraction and invasive species?!! Check this out: Invasions and extractions in Lough Neagh and their role in water quality deterioration with @drchrishackney.bsky.social! #invasivespecies #freshwater #PhD iapetus2.ac.uk/studentships...

I made a starter pack of those voices speaking to all things geomorph/glacio/geo/earth sci. Follow them if it's of interest. Will update as the site grows #earthsci #geomorphology #physgeog #science #glaciology go.bsky.app/ME4GNao

For all those interested in #geomorphology @bsg-geomorph.bsky.social has joined Bluesky! Give them a follow to keep up with everything we're doing, webinars, grants and new exciting science 🌍⛰️🏞️

Having some fun in community workshops on sand harvesting and water availability in Kenya. Quite a difference from the #rivers I'm used too

Thinking of building a small (2.5 m x 2.5m) delta basin for teaching delta growth, morphology and strat (plus maybe some research). Any one got any tips or recommendations for good kit (hoppers, sensors etc.)?

Beach sand being mined and sold for profit in Cornwall #sandmining #dredging www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2024/09...