Newcastle University Geography (@ncl-geography.bsky.social)

@ncl-geography.bsky.social Oct 12, 2026, 6:22 PM

More from @coastalscoop.bsky.social @catchmentsci.bsky.social @drchrishackney.bsky.social @louisecallard.bsky.social and colleagues on their nurdle modelling and ongoing research plans -

www.ncl.ac.uk/press/articl...

Dr Seb Pitman, Senior Lecturer in Physical Geography at Newcastle University, said: "Our model reproduces the tide through the Tyne very closely, which gives us real confidence in what it says about the estuary itself. Even after allowing for everything the clean-up teams recovered, more than two tonnes of pellets were still in the river six weeks after the spill. Where the rest went at sea is much less certain, and we've been careful to present those maps as possibilities rather than predictions."

@ncl-geography.bsky.social Oct 10, 2026, 11:23 AM

Reports from rapid Tyne nurdle research by @coastalscoop.bsky.social, Matt Perks and colleagues

www.chroniclelive.co.uk/news/north-e...

"When elevated river flows arrive, some of that material is likely to be flushed downstream, so now is the time to consider where it could be intercepted. Over the coming months our fieldwork will measure directly how pellets move with the tide, which will let us test and improve these predictions."

@ncl-geography.bsky.social Aug 28, 2026, 1:20 PM

New from colleagues @jessaloomis.bsky.social and @lukegreen.bsky.social -

@iceybethan.bsky.social Aug 27, 2026, 9:29 AMReposted by @ncl-geography.bsky.social

The devastating events in Nepal & Tibet originated from a glacier collapsing on the N side of Langtang-Lirung mountain. @gunjan87.bsky.social recent paper on Langtang glaciers shows that they are rapidly warming, and that the rate of recession is accelerating. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...