Dr Lucy Clarke

Exterior building photograph of Cumberland Lodge, a historic red-brick country house surrounded by trees in Windsor Great Park with a driveway leading up to the front of the building

PhD students and researchers gathered at the BSG Windsor Workshop outside Cumberland Lodge in Great Windsor Park

Exterior building photograph of Cumberland Lodge, a historic red-brick country house in Windsor Great Park, there is a lawned area with picnic tables in the front of the photograph

Students working on round tables in one of the spacious training rooms inside Cumberland Lodge

📣 @bsg-geomorph.bsky.social Windsor Workshop PhD Training 2025: Expressions of Interest Open!
Join other new geomorphology PhDs from European HE institutions for training & networking at Windsor, UK (1–4 Dec 2025).
£175 for BSG members (incl. meals & stay).
👉 www.geomorphology.org.uk/windsor-work...

A graphic which says 'virtual program (Zoom) 27 - 31 October 2025), CTC x BAS BGS 2025, autumn virtual work experience week. Open to UK residents ages 14 - 19 (whether in school, college or not currently studying). Three logos are bottom right and to the left is a picture of safety goggles in a lab setting

Calling students from 14 - 19!

BGS & @bas.ac.uk are offering a 2 week virtual work experience event from 27 to 31 October.

We hope this will introduce students to the wonders of Earth sciences & the fascinating & varied careers available.

Apply:
sites.google.com/view/ctcport...

A graphic encouraging geographers to take part in 'I'm a Geographer, Get me out of here'. It reads 'Take part in easy and flexible online outreach to inspire the next generation.' with a link to sign up: imageographer.uk/signup/c. There is also a picture of a student taking part.

Show students where geography can take them!

I’m a Geographer, supported by @rgsibg.bsky.social, highlights how geography is used in real jobs.

If you use geography in your work and have a post-16 geography qualification, apply here 👉 imageographer.uk/signup/c/

Mont Collon and Bas Glacier d'Arolla
1888 | 2025

Nothing is left of this valley glacier today...😱

Check our paper about Arolla glaciers here:
(PDF) Tree-ring Dating of the Little Ice Age Maxima of Arolla Glaciers (Valais, Switzerland) www.researchgate.net/publication/...

That’s a wrap for #BSG25 @universityofleeds.bsky.social. Thanks to Jonathan, Mark and the wider organising team for a fantastic week covering a wide range of geomorphic processes. Thanks also to Wiley and ESPL, it was a pleasure to celebrate 50 years. See you all next year in Lincoln!

The Use of Woody Dams in Natural Flood Management—Temporal Implications on In‐Channel Hydrology, Sediment Dynamics and Ecology The use of Natural Flood Management (NFM) interventions, and in particular woody dams, has become increasingly widespread over the last ca. 15 years. These interventions help to reduce flood risk dow...

🪵🌊 Just published! Our study on #LeakyBarriers in #NaturalFloodManagement, exploring on in-channel #Hydrology, #Sediment and #Ecology w Matthew Taylor, Anne Harrison, @laurabees01.bsky.social, Estefania Golob, @hjrobson2.bsky.social @wwtworldwide.bsky.social

📖 Access here: doi.org/10.1002/rra....

A drone flies over a remote-controlled monitoring boat on a river in a scenic landscape

📣 Closing soon! Senior Research Associate (2 yrs) at @bristoluni.bsky.social with the UK Floods & Droughts Research Infrastructure. Lead the Early Adopters Programme & help shape FDRI monitoring with UKCEH, @bgs.ac.uk & @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social.

Apply by 17 Sep 🧪: tinyurl.com/4hfhe93m

Enjoying another beautiful day on NTU #Brackenhurst Campus. Such a stunning environment to work in, especially when the campus is so quiet before terms starts again!

Aug 5th 2025, flash floods due to cloudburst in Uttarakhand, India represent a tragic and complex natural disaster, highlighting the vulnerability of mountainous regions to extreme weather events. The vulnerability to extreme weather events demands urgent focus on resilient infrastructure and EWS.

New job alert! Interested in applied research increasing our understanding of water resilience, nature based solutions and rewilding? @exeter.ac.uk we are looking for a Technical Specialist, working with me and others in Geography and @uoe-creww.bsky.social

jobs.exeter.ac.uk/hrpr_webrecr...

YouTube video by Nature lover ek pahadi JAI BABA KEDAR THARALI UTTARKASHI CLOUD BURST .

A catastrophic debris flow (not, as widely reported, a flood) has struck the village of Tharali in Uttarkashi, northern India. The video is truly terrifying. Very initial reports suggest there have been four confirmed fatalities and about 50 people may be missing.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVFn...

Map showing extent of data coverage, primarily over southern Canada

A hillshade colored by elevation of downtown Toronto draped on Google Earth imagery.

A three panel figure of a section of the Athabasca River in Alberta. Figure A is the Digital Surface Model which includes buildings, trees and other structures. Figure B is the Digital Terrain Model and is a bare-earth representation of the topography. Figure C is the Canopy Height Model (CHM) which is the difference between the DSM and the DTM.

OpenTopography is excited to announce a major expansion to its international data catalog with the addition of the High Resolution Digital Elevation Model from Natural Resources Canada. This 1-meter resolution dataset is ideal for a wide range of applications.

opentopography.org/news/opentop...

Only just seen this! Wow what a change, but you’re joining a fantastic team at Man Met. I hope it goes well!

🌊 Big flood, deeper danger

A huge 2021 flood in the Meuse River carved deep holes (over 15 metres) into the riverbed. A new study shows this was made worse by past changes to the river and hidden soft layers underground.

🔗 www.nature.com/articles/s41...

#SciComm #Flooding 🧪

Yorkshire Water becomes first big water company this year to impose a hosepipe ban due to dry conditions - starts 11 July

As first revealed by The Times a week ago

www.thetimes.com/uk/environme...

🌼 Gorgeous summer blooms at NTU Brackenhurst Campus – a paradise for bees and butterflies! 🐝🦋 Nature is thriving. #Biodiversity at its best. #NaturePositive

England’s water crisis needs more than just new reservoirs – here’s what will help The changing climate and growing population means England is facing a water crisis.

It's going to take more than a couple of new reservoirs to prevent the UK's coming water crisis, writes hydrologist @hancloke.bsky.social - we need to rethink how we build homes & communities to avoid a future of alternating flood & drought:

theconversation.com/englands-wat...

YouTube video by Landscapes Live Lucy Clarke: LL 29.05.25

The presentation on the varied definitions of academic success by @drlucyclarke.bsky.social is now on our youtube page

📊📈📉
🐣🐥🐤

youtu.be/lfQbh_p3G2c?...

Satellite image of a landslide-dammed lake in Switzerland, which is flooding homes

Massive landslide in a Swiss valley

Absolutely stunning ultra-high resolution @planet.com SkySat imagery of the Klein Nesthorn landslide, which buried the village of Blatten, Switzerland yesterday. @davepetley.bsky.social @eth-eaps.bsky.social @vaw-glaciology.bsky.social @kristencook.bsky.social @annepellegrino.bsky.social 🧪⚒️🛰️

Seeing Blatten buried again and again, from every angle...

Properly staggering! 😮😱

🎤 Today (Thurs 29 May) at 15:00 UK time, I’m giving a Landscapes Live seminar: “Reflections on Success in Academia”.
This will explore ECR challenges, defining success, and its role in climate & equity.
Free on Zoom, register in advance:
🔗 gfz-de.zoom-x.de/meeting/regi...
🌐 www.landscapeslive.org

🌍✨ What is success in academia?

Join Dr. Lucy Clarke as she shares how we define success—especially for ECRs navigating job insecurity, life choices, and the climate crisis.

🔗 Register here: gfz-de.zoom-x.de/meeting/regi...

#ECRchat #WorkLifeBalance #AcademicSuccess #ClimateAcademia

Should academic success be redefined amidst the climate and environmental crisis? A dialogue between five UK geographers This article explores how academic geographers, institutions and organisations can respond to the climate and environmental crisis while addressing concerns about increasing workloads. Through a dial...

🎓New in Geo!🎓

'Should academic success be redefined amidst the climate and environmental crisis? A dialogue between five UK geographers'

by @drlucyclarke.bsky.social, Stephen Tooth, @geodiverse.bsky.social, @danielschillereff.bsky.social & @erinlharvey.bsky.social ⬇️

doi.org/10.1002/geo2... #OA

Should academic success be redefined amidst the climate and environmental crisis? A dialogue between five UK geographers This article explores how academic geographers, institutions and organisations can respond to the climate and environmental crisis while addressing concerns about increasing workloads. Through a dial...

📢 New article out now!

How should we define academic success in the face of the climate crisis?

Read here: doi.org/10.1002/geo2...

@danielschillereff.bsky.social @erinlharvey.bsky.social @geodiverse.bsky.social

#ClimateCrisis #Geography #AcademicLife #Sustainability #HigherEd

Fantastic fieldtrip this week with NTU geography students looking at flood risk management, the Colwick fish pass and #naturalfloodmanagement around Nottinghamshire. Thanks to the EA & Southwell Flood Forum for their support on the day!

Lecturer in Physical Geography :Oxford Road

JOB ALERT Exciting opportunity for a Lecturer (equivalent to Assistant Professor) in #PhysicalGeography specialising in #peatland science to join our #Geography department at @uniofmanchester.bsky.social.

Full details for the job can be found here: www.jobs.manchester.ac.uk/Job/JobDetai...

It’s been a while but I’m finally back for #FlumeFriday! Fantastic to use the #Armfield sediment transport flume with NTU geographers to explore bed forms! #geomorphology #rivers

The multiple benefits of leaky barriers summarized in a diagram

Title page of the Working with natural processes: Evidence directory update report

Great the see the updated EA “Working with natural processes to reduce flood risk 2024” is now published - just time to review this for my lecture on this in a couple of weeks! www.gov.uk/flood-and-co... #SlowTheFlow #NFM #NaturalFloodManagment

The Guardian view on campus cuts: academics pay a high price for Westminster’s mistakes | Editorial Editorial: The government should not stand aloof as a crisis unfolds in our universities. A new settlement is needed

'A £285 rise to £9,535 will modestly increase the debts of individual students, while doing little to address the overall problem. A new settlement is desperately needed – one that properly restores a sector that delivers a public good to the public realm'

www.theguardian.com/commentisfre...

Stunning #sunrise earlier this morning at the Brackenhurst campus at NTU - makes coming into work that bit easier!