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Alvise Finotello

@alvitello.bsky.social

Estuarine and fluvial ecomorphodynamics @GeoUnipd Loving Meandering Streamflows especially. “What one fool can do, another can” https://alvitello.weebly.com/

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And I’m not even sure about your own garage, to be honest. The front wheel might get damaged if you inadvertently push your bike to the side while it’s on the rack.

27.02.2026 19:34 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Stunning meandering tidal channels in the Waccasassa Bay Preserve State Park (Florida, USA) [29.178054° N 82.799404° W]

Elevation data: "FL Peninsular 2018 D18" Project, accessed through the USGS 3DEP LidarExplorer

13.02.2026 15:53 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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Next was PhD student Michael Hasson, giving an invited talk about how #vegetation has changed the way #rivers move through space, with implications for interpretations of river deposits through the first 90% of #Earth history (12/16 pm, EP24C-04). Published in @science.org this year.

18.12.2025 17:44 — 👍 6    🔁 1    💬 2    📌 0

who holds credits for this image? (asking for a friend who would like to showcase it in some of their presentations....)

13.02.2026 16:47 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Stunning meandering tidal channels in the Waccasassa Bay Preserve State Park (Florida, USA) [29.178054° N 82.799404° W]

Elevation data: "FL Peninsular 2018 D18" Project, accessed through the USGS 3DEP LidarExplorer

13.02.2026 15:53 — 👍 2    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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"Salinity Variations in the Venice Lagoon (Italy) Induced by Safeguard Structures: A Challenging Trade‐Off Between Urban and Ecosystem Protection in the Face of Climate Change"
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...

13.02.2026 15:24 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

is it just me or the @jgrearthsurface.bsky.social websystem has a problem? Like, I log in, and if I try to either submit a manuscript or accesso my live manuscripts, I am sent back to the login page again....

26.11.2025 13:23 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Here is a hastily constructed animated gif from different NASA satellites showing the progression of the Hayli Gubbi eruption. Note the tall ash plume spreading NE (right) and a lower, light tan ash flow(?) moving NNW. #eruption #volcano

23.11.2025 18:46 — 👍 360    🔁 97    💬 9    📌 7
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Planet imagery of the 4 November 2025 landslide at Mae Moh Mine Over the weekend, Planet captured almost perfect imagery of the 4 November 2025 landslide at Mae Moh Mine in Thailand.

Over the weekend, @planet.com captured almost perfect satellite imagery of the 4 November 2025 landslide at Mae Moh Mine in Thailand.
eos.org/thelandslide...

24.11.2025 08:02 — 👍 14    🔁 7    💬 1    📌 0
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Rethinking point-bar architecture: Insights from the meandering Powder River (Montana, USA)—Read the new study in #GSABulletin: geosociety.co/4nUzJBa

#FluvialGeomorphology #Sedimentology #Rivers #PowderRiver
Photo by USFWS

23.11.2025 16:00 — 👍 3    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0

Venice, easy :-)

21.11.2025 08:40 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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Nonequilibrium Physics -- Stochastic Dynamics & Field Theories - YouTube This lecture explores the fundamental principles and advanced concepts of nonequilibrium field theories and stochastic dynamics. The course focuses on stocha...

For anyone interested in stochastic dynamics, nonequilibrium/critical phenomena, Langevin equations, etc, I *strongly* recommend these new lectures (40x 40 min) by Erwin Frey (LMU Munich). Outstanding.
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www.youtube.com/playlist?lis...

04.10.2025 08:28 — 👍 15    🔁 5    💬 2    📌 0

That’s the thing. I can tolerate that somehow, but for ECs this is a killer.
Thank god we preprinted both papers, poor consolation but better than nothing!

19.11.2025 00:26 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Same postdoc, another paper: sat on the Editor’s desk for 5+ months, then came back with a desk rejection for being ‘out of scope.’ Five months… for a desk rejection??

18.11.2025 23:59 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Agreed! Postdoc's paper in our group: submitted early July. Editor emails: "paper is going out but needs an extra doc (declaration)". Doc sent. Then silence. After 120 days, status is still ‘Under evaluation’. I ask for clarifications. Reply: Still assigning referees, reviewer suggestions welcome.😱

18.11.2025 23:57 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
Discharge variability drives point-bar macroform degradation in the meandering Powder River (Montana, USA) | GSA Bulletin | GeoScienceWorld Most extant facies models depict the internal architecture of fluvial point bars as large-scale, inclined beds formed by the lateral migration of channel

The last piece of work from Riccardo Maitan's PhD project is finally out in @geosociety.bsky.social GSA Bullettin

"Discharge variability drives point-bar macroform degradation in the meandering Powder River (Montana, USA)"

Read more here:
doi.org/10.1130/B383...

06.11.2025 13:10 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
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The rise of plant life changed how rivers move, study shows Research reveals that unvegetated meandering rivers can geologically masquerade as braided rivers, suggesting they were much more common in the first 90 percent of Earth’s history than previously thou...

Findings from a recent study could upend the conventional view of how rivers have shaped continents over time.

It’s “a significant revision to our understanding of the history of the Earth,” said lead author Michael Hasson.
@marslogander.bsky.social

25.08.2025 16:08 — 👍 3    🔁 3    💬 0    📌 0
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Did you know that sand records its transport history as it moves across Earth's surface? We developed a new tool to investigate billion-year-old rocks by looking at microscopic features on zircon sand grains. Check out our new paper in @geosociety.bsky.social to see how!

doi.org/10.1130/G537...

16.10.2025 06:43 — 👍 69    🔁 10    💬 2    📌 0
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Just out: PhD candidate @mcolinmarvin.bsky.social shows that like in quartz, #zircon grains preserve microscopic archives of their transport history. But unlike in quartz, those archives remain decipherable for billions of years, unlocking first 90% of #Earth ’s history
@stanforddoerr.bsky.social

16.10.2025 16:39 — 👍 6    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0
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The DEM is much less exciting.

09.09.2025 11:39 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
A stark-looking satellite image, mostly gray to dark red and black. On the west side are many fresh-looking cinder cones and lava flows. On the east side, desert mountain ranges with alluvial fans around them. There is a dry river bed crossing the southeast part of the image.

A stark-looking satellite image, mostly gray to dark red and black. On the west side are many fresh-looking cinder cones and lava flows. On the east side, desert mountain ranges with alluvial fans around them. There is a dry river bed crossing the southeast part of the image.

Can you tell where this fascinating landscape is? Sentinel1 GRD synthetic aperture radar, seasonal change using VV polarization, descending. In theory, related to a lot of news these days, especially the faintly visible ESE to WNW line in the northern part.

09.09.2025 03:12 — 👍 12    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 1
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🌊 A wednesday full of science @ #RCEM2025
From fascinating talks on coasts, rivers & estuaries to the second poster session, has been packed with insights and exchange. 💡🖼️

👏 Thanks to all presenters for pushing the boundaries of our field—discussion & collaboration are thriving!

04.09.2025 07:56 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
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🌅 Final day begins @ #RCEM2025
We’re kicking it off with the keynote of Dr. Zheng 🎤 —bringing fresh perspectives on biomorphodynamics.

It’s being an incredible week of talks, posters & community—let’s make this last day just as inspiring! 💡🌊

#RCEM2025 #Keynote #CoastalScience

04.09.2025 07:59 — 👍 1    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

So proud of Michael!! 😎

This work was a collaboration with @alvitello.bsky.social at @unipd.bsky.social and A. Ielpi and @ubcokanagan.bsky.social

Check also:

- Perspective by J. Pizzuto: doi.org/10.1126/scie...

- Stanford’s press release: sustainability.stanford.edu/news/rise-pl...

22.08.2025 19:17 — 👍 2    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 0
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Vegetation changes the trajectory of river bends A primary axiom in geoscience is that the evolution of plants drove global changes in river dynamics. Notably, the apparent sinuosity of rivers, derived from the variance of sediment accretion directi...

Plants change how river bends move - paper by PhD student Michael Hasson out as First Release in #Science!!

Paper: doi.org/10.1126/scie...

Before #plants, #meanders did not grow laterally as much but translated downstream, making them look like braided rivers in rocks.

@stanforddoerr.bsky.social

22.08.2025 19:17 — 👍 7    🔁 4    💬 1    📌 0
A series of graphs that show relationships between variables such as the divorce rate in Maine and the per capita consumption of margarine. The words "correlation does not equal causation" are written on the slide.

A series of graphs that show relationships between variables such as the divorce rate in Maine and the per capita consumption of margarine. The words "correlation does not equal causation" are written on the slide.

Showed this slide in class and it didn't elicit a single giggle or guffaw. Something's up.

19.08.2025 20:20 — 👍 35    🔁 6    💬 6    📌 0
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Enormous Erin Growing Larger: Violent Seas, Dangerous Waves, and Treacherous Surf Expected Along the U.S. East Coast Tropical storm conditions and coastal flooding will begin affecting North Carolina’s Outer Banks by this evening

Erin is truly an extraordinary hurricane, one of the biggest and most powerful we've seen in this part of the Atlantic. Mercifully, it'll spare the U.S. an otherwise extensive and devastating blow, but we won't escape major coastal problems. My very latest ⬇️

20.08.2025 16:11 — 👍 121    🔁 38    💬 4    📌 4
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Bob Marshall: End of diversion plan costs Louisiana its good name Gov. Jeff Landry's cancellation of the Mid-Barataria Sediment Diversion is a blow for coastal restoration -- and for Louisiana's hard-earned reputation as a state that bases its policies on science, c...

Politics beats out science in Louisiana. www.nola.com/opinions/mid...

13.08.2025 02:54 — 👍 13    🔁 6    💬 0    📌 1

Could you please share that? So I can possibly better guide grad students interested in going abroad?
Thx

20.08.2025 16:05 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
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Elements of a landscape, the Netherlands. Where rivers once slowly meandered through lowland peat bogs, straight lines now cross them out.

This is the Angstel river, between Loenen aan de Vecht and Baambrugge, the Netherlands. On the right the Vecht river.

11.08.2025 20:18 — 👍 20    🔁 6    💬 3    📌 1