Gresley Wakelin-King

Returning to social media in time for geological commentary on the Tour de France
@geotdf.bsky.social

migrating my follow-following links from Xitter to here. What a big job. By some odd coincidence, much of the online community engagement dropped right off after mid-2022. I really miss the active community that was present before that time

IAG International Conference on Geomorphology - 2026 IAG International Conference on Geomorphology We look forward to welcoming you to Christchurch New Zealand for the IAG International Conference on Geomorphology in 2026. Aotearoa New Zealand offers world-class geomorphology with some of the world...

The 2026 International Conference on Geomorphology #ICG2026: so many interesting topics on offer, see them here: www.confer.co.nz/icg2026
Abstract submission date pushed back to 13 June!

Screen grab of an irritatingly judgemental and inaccurate title on an otherwise fairly informative ABC news article about floodwaters moving towards Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre "The barren wasteland about to transform into Australia's largest lake".

FFS could the #ABCnewsAustralia please stop referring to drylands Australia in these derogatory ways. Kati Thanda-Lake Eyre is a fine piece of geography, wet or dry. Not a wasteland. Geez. Pejorative much?

Satellite image of the Finke River in the Simpson Desert. The longitudinal dunes are deep orange-brown and the highly sinuous river is white sand.

Drylands Rivers and Waterways: a session at the 11th International Conference on Geomorphology (2-6 February 2026, Christchurch NZ). Please come along! We'd love grow the community's connections. Abstract submissions open until May 31, 2025. www.confer.co.nz/icg2026
#fluvialgeomorphology #landscape

wondering why his abstract was accepted for an oral slot? I'd hate to think any ECR researchers missed an opportunity to present their stuff

@acapellascience.bsky.social

YouTube video by acapellascience the first.. NOBEL??? 🎄

A bit late for International Day Of Women and Girls in Science, but here's a song from A Capella Science

youtube.com/shorts/I27fh...

Drylands now make up 40% of land on Earth, excluding Antarctica, study says An area nearly a third larger than India turned permanently arid in past three decades, research shows An area of land nearly a third larger than India has turned from humid conditions to dryland – arid areas where agriculture is difficult – in the past…

Drylands now make up 40% of land on Earth, excluding Antarctica, study says

three yellow chunks of elemental sulphur on a black table, 50 cent piece for scale

thoughtful gift from my son : elemental sulphur from an Indonesian volcano
🧪⚒️

there should be some kind of Internet bingo for the offspring of scientists, to tick the boxes when the sciencies at the dinner table start using words like "polygenetic"

black-and-white photo of rapper Eminem, image mood is shadowed and grim. Text below says "back to reality"

Australia-New Zealand Geomorphology Group conference
#ANZGG2024 in sunny Gisborne, NZ
After a full week of interesting talks and lovely landscapes, a day of post-conference admin: receipts and updating the PD record

Green hillslope in a New Zealand valley, shows an old mass-wasting hollow, and some uplift terraces

view across a river bed that's choked with coarse and very poorly sorted sediment, hills on the opposite side of the valley show pale scars of recent landsides

Yesterday's field trip up the Waipaoa catchment, lots to learn about uplift, lithology and landslide risk, and cyclone-driven sedimentation. 20m aggradation in this river valley! and terraces and views
#geomorphology 🧪⚒️ #ANZGG2024 #Aotearoa

view from a plane window over the wing, looking at an expanse of high white clouds. I bet the New Zealand Alps are under there

selfie at the Auckland International airport arrival gate, which is wood carving of Maori figures

the Long White Cloud visible ahead - arriving in NZ for the Australia New Zealand Geomorphology Group conference
#Aotearoa #geomorphology

yesss

Hi @mattyboyd.bsky.social welcome to the blue side!⚒️🧪 How's your very neat project going?

photo, computer tower lying on the floor with a side panel removed, I'm bent over peering into it and reaching inside it to do repair

today I learned how to fix the CMOS, that was fun

also learned more than I ever want to know about a computer tower's navel fluff

well, mine's certainly having an existential crisis

how my day is going :
google "CMOS battery failure"
#tech

Slide from a conference presentation. Title reads: "Landscape evolution of the Darling River (a long dance of change)". Picture is the alluvial plains: a broad landscape extending off to the flat horizon. Blue sky above, reddish dust on the horizon, landscape is flat grey dusty plains with a light cover of thin green grass, and isolated trees here and there. NSW Australia

⚒️ 🧪 did a run-through of my talk for the upcoming ANZGG #geomorphology conference. So many fun things to say
(but I have to cut 3 minutes ...) #killyourdarlings
#fluvialgeomorphology #murraydarlingbasin @anzgeomorph #geoscience

👋 hi! which drylands are your jam? Do you have a favorite place/biota?

teal/white/brown digital elevation model of the avulsion point where the Darling River main channel diverges from the prior stream

2023 for me: regional desktop study of the upper Darling River & its 2022 floods. I've been having fun with some speccy DEMs, like this avulsion of main Darling channel from its prior stream.
Here's a #storymap: arcg.is/1j8Xyu
@llsnsw #MurrayDarlingBasin #MDB

Google Earth pic: scroll plains on the Murray River, Australia. The grey alluvium of the river corridor contrasts the rich red-brown of the surrounding country's regolith.

Hi, geomorphologist and spatial scientist here. Landscapes! Maps! Field work! Deep time!It's the best.
Here's a paper doi.org/10.1080/0372... and a sweet landform. 🧪🇦🇺⚒️

Welcome to Amelia from Avid Science @amaltr.bsky.social, she's just joined the bsky community! Check in to her podcast for a glimpse into the bright lives of science folk.
@vickyveritas.bsky.social please repost?

Wow! I always thought those were lizard burrows

Wait, what? I turned off my socials for a bit. What's happened with Reseachgate? It's absolutely my go-to for finding other people's grey literature, and posting my own.

logo for Avid Research podcast: line drawing of a transmission tower

I had such a good time talking to Amelia from #AvidResearch podcast.
A whole wander through about Australian drylands rivers, the beauties of Central Australia, my first job, and what cracks me up about the fish at Innamincka.
Episode comes out this Friday 24 Nov on avidresearch.com.au

paper mache cosplay items hanging near a bookshelf :Stardew Valley midnight squid and midnight carp

hair clips and a tangle of blue yellow and mauve hair ribbons

This time last year I was hyped and ready to take my #Stardew fit to #PAXAus.

This year I'm excited to be joining the Enforcer team for @PAXAus . I have no idea what lies before me, but I've got hair bobbles and I'm not afraid to use them

meme: rich Leo de Caprio toasting himself: "Yes. I am patting myself on the back right now."

I am having a very good Thursday.
1) the client has extended the deadline *wipes nervous sweat from brow* #consulting
2) I've discovered how to vectorise a raster so I can edit the false-positives from my map
#QGIS #spatialscience

All the good things! I'm a fan of S Oz also. Would love to get to AZ