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⏰ Deadline: 7th January 2026
More information about our ACCE+ funded PhD opportunity is now live - The carbon drain: quantifying carbon removal from peatlands and forests by rivers in the Peruvian Amazon
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⏰ Deadline: 7th January 2026
Simulate erosion and hydrological processes over 1-250 year timescales
Test restoration scenarios (vegetation planting, drainage modifications) to identify the most effective interventions
You'll combine cutting-edge remote sensing with landscape evolution modelling to:
Map 20+ years of mining expansion using satellite imagery and AI embeddings
Generate high-resolution DEMs to quantify geomorphological change
This project develops scalable, cost-effective restoration strategies using Nature-based Solutions to accelerate recovery of mining-affected landscapes in Central Kalimantan.
Funded PhD Opportunity 🌎🛰️🌎
**Accelerating landscape recovery from artisanal gold mining in Indonesia using Nature-based Solutions**
🚨 Funded PhD 🚨 How does the reproduction of trees respond to drought? How does this shape forest resilience to drought? Join us in Liverpool & Kew Gardens @rbgkew.bsky.social
to answer this question!
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Deadline: 7th January
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Interested in peatlands and biogeochemistry? Like fieldwork? Then come and do a PhD at @livunigeog.bsky.social
supervised by me, @rchiverrell.bsky.social, Jenny Williamson (@ukceh.bsky.social eh.bsky.social) + Dewi Davies (@nationaltrust.org.uk ltrust.org.uk) www.findaphd.com/phds/project...
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🌎 International applicants *very welcome* & eligible for funding.
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You'll gain highly transferable skills in satellite remote sensing, big data analysis, and machine learning.
You'll also gain professional experience through a 3-month placement with RED YAKU, working on hydro-environmental challenges across South America.
Working in some of the most spectacular landscapes of the Peruvian Amazon, you will investigate how river dynamics influence the storage, erosion, and transport of carbon.
The project combines hands-on fieldwork with cutting-edge technical and computational approaches.
🌎 Funded PhD Opportunity | @acce-dla.bsky.social
**The carbon drain: quantifying carbon removal from peatlands and forests by rivers in the Peruvian Amazon**
A photo of a river with the following text on top: Gravel Bed Rivers 10 From Grain to Globe ONE YEAR TO GO! The countdown begins - we are officially one year away from Gravel Bed Rivers 10 'From Grain to Globe' We look forward to welcoming you to Aviemore, the heart of the Scottish Highlands, between 7 - 11 September 2026. We are delighted to share our confirmed speaer list which can be found at https://www.gbr10.uk/programme.
One year to go until Gravel Bed Rivers 10! We look forward to seeing you all in Scotland. Our confirmed speaker list is available here: www.gbr10.uk/programme
The Gravel Bed Rivers 10 website is live! Come join us in Aviemore, Scotland, 7-11 Sept 2026.
The meandering planform of the Purus River (a tributary if the Amazon), shown as white wiggles on a black background. The width of the river and the size of the meanders are increasing downstream (top to bottom, left to right).
What if you laid out all the meanders of a river along a straight line, so that you can break the river into straight-ish segments and fill arbitrary spaces? This is the Purus River in Brazil; you can see how it is getting wider and the meanders are getting larger in the downstream direction
Global RIver Topology (GRIT) is a new and improved global river network that represents bifurcations, multi-thread channels and canals. Great to see this important output from the NERC-funded EVOFLOOD project. See more here: doi.org/10.1029/2024...
River datasets often miss forks and branches found in highly populated floodplains and deltas. As flooding grows more severe, accurate mapping of these areas is more important than ever.
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Great to share the latest output from the UK-Philippines project (funded by NERC/DOST-PCIEERD), with inputs from @uofgges.bsky.social, @livunigeog.bsky.social and many others.
Local factors did not predict river mobility (e.g., active channel width, valley floor width, confinement ratio) and we found no relation between channel pattern type (e.g., braided vs. meandering) and patterns/rates of adjustment.
Rivers were characterised by zones of relative stability interspersed with zones of high mobility, but these patterns varied between systems and even between different reaches of the same river, highlighting the idiosyncratic nature of river mobility.
We analysed 32 years of Landsat satellite imagery for 10 major river systems in the Philippines, processing over 10,000 images through Google Earth Engine (GEE) to quantify patterns and rates of river mobility.
NEW paper in @naturecomms.bsky.social: Satellite-derived locational probabilities offer insights into river mobility. Big data reveal the non-predictable patterns and rates of river adjustment. doi.org/10.1038/s414... 🛰️🌎 #Geomorphology #Rivers #RemoteSensing #BigData
