Fleur Loveridge

Stunbing Snowdonia. Blesses to have seen some October sunshine today.

In other words, a 10 percent contraction in one of Britain’s most successful exports. If it were steel or fish or other infinitely less profitable sectors, people would be having a meltdown.

Well, this is exciting. I am collaborating on an art installation for Leeds Light Night around geothermal energy. Its going to be really cool (or hot perhaps). Do come along! openup.leeds.ac.uk/events/light...

1/ People keep saying AI is inevitable. History disagrees. Plenty of technologies were called unstoppable, and societies stopped them or shrank them down to a niche. A thread 🧵

I'm from Brighton originally. Though not a massive football fan, I was a teenager when the Goldstone Ground was sold and vividly remember the pitch invasion and chaos after the last game there. If i am supporting any team in the Premier Leaugue, then its Brighton. www.bbc.co.uk/sport/footba...

Back in civilisation after ~ 2 weeks in the wilderness. What have I missed in the world?

Having actually managed to take a pic of the eclipse earlier I feel obligued to share it. All credit to serendipitously passing clouds as I was driving home.

A traverse of Mallerstang Edge is seriously underated. Without the drama of other fells, but you can see so much from up there. The 3 peaks, wild boar fell, howgills, n lakes, eden valley, upper swaledale, gt shunner fell. The width of the vista is outstanding. And you may not see another soul.

Well that was a hoot. Not the sort of thing I usually get up to on a Thursday evening, but very worthwhile, and super interesting so hear all about our sun, other stars, and think about our human relationships with these through space and time. Sometimes it is a privilege being an academic.

A bit short notice - but I am going to be in Wakefield tonight. If you are looking to fill a hole in your life left by the football, come along and be cheered up by an evening of sunshine.

If you are above old mine workings, why not turn them from a geohazard into a geo-heat source? www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Super excited to see our work on energy tunnels out in the wild. Northen Powerhouse Rail could be an ideal place to implement this, and we show the numbers can add up.

What is geothermal energy? Pleased to have helped the Institution of Civil Engineers produce this explainer for their membership and anyone else who is interested. www.ice.org.uk/news-views-i...

Wow, most amazing long weekend on Arran, with gorgeous weather and not as hot as elsewhere. Four days, 35 miles underfoot, over 4.5km of ascent/descent and 1500m of super easy grade rock climbing. Back to work for a rest tomorrow.

Hottest day of the year so far and this morning we have seen 4 snow ploughs driving on the A66. Do they know something we don't?

Fascinating afternoon/evening out in the field, downloading the first results of our water tracing experiment. Underground water flow really does sometimes do crazy things. Some Qs answered, more posed. So reset, and more dye set running to find out!

When Sam Freedman @samfr.bsky.social shared his article about why universities were in trouble and why they need investment, a Labour MP jumped in to say they weren’t a priority for her. She may be surprised at how many people are employed in universities and how important they are to the economy.

Great to get underground over the long weekend with some fab people. Thanks to @cancerphysicist.bsky.social for the pic! Good to see you again!

Finally a glorious weather weekend. And a long overdue hands on mountain rock excursion yesterday

📌 ICYMI — From Coal Tip to Clean Energy: The UK Projects Turning Former Mines Into Renewable Powerhouses Solar farms, wind turbines and geothermal heat pumps are breathing new life into former collieries. So why don't we hear more about them?

I'd been wanting a good analysis on what the alternatives are to gas setting price of electricity. As usual @carbonbrief.org has the answer www.carbonbrief.org/qa-why-does-...

The subsurface for energy storage is still the biggest battery available and we need to be thinking in that way.

The Lone Tree, Llyn Padarn near Llanberis in Gwynedd, north-west Wales, photo by Louise France, 'Wandering Welsh Girl'.

Never mind their own contents list - most important is that there is geothermal energy on @quietriotpod.bsky.social

Oh look at that… with impeccable timing, @evanhd.bsky.social appears to be back talking about heat pumps on the BBC! www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...

Applications open for a 3-year Post Doc position in Leeds (UK) on the #UKRI funded Still Waters project. We are looking for #hydrology #geomorphology modelling skills to embed surface hydrology into #malaria models with fieldwork in Zambia. Pls contact me for more details: tinyurl.com/3356rt44

Good work going on with the Mining Remediation Authority around getting heat from old mines and into our buildings. Featuring our fibre optic cable interrogating equipment being put to good use. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Even if we ultimately went underground, it was so good to see the sunshine yesterday.

Great to see this Aberdeen geothermal exploration make the news. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Will it ever stop raining? At least our maze cave mapping project is an all weather activity. Here is some of the new 140m of cave explored and documented last weekend. What will this weekend hold i wonder?

The world, which sometimes seams a terrible place these days, is feeling a much better place with @norcrosscricket.bsky.social and Alex Hartley on my radio again.

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There are a lot of horrible things happening in the world. I can't offer answers, or even cat pics. But I have been having a go at taking some cave pics while away at new year. First time for a while. Hopefully you will like them.

What are the key things in the Warm Homes Plan? The headline is a big emphasis on electric technologies (sold, batteries, heat pumps), with less focus on insulation. That will reduce bills - we think getting the full solar-battery-heat pump combo saves £1,000 on a typical yearly energy bill…

I have been on a literally and social media holiday. While away I appeared on the One Show (segment recorded before Christmas) talking about heat pumps. Its great that such a mainstream show is covering this important topic. Should be available on iPlayer for another couple of weeks. #PumpItUp