water@leeds - University of Leeds

Do you have an idea or prototype for how we can advance hydrological monitoring? 🌊 ⚙️ Bring your ideas to FDRI's Innovation Session at #BHS2026 on 2 September! This opportunity is open to all, including non-ticket holders. Learn more and submit your idea here: fdri.org.uk/events/BHS-F...

Join our Freshwater Quality Programme webinar from UKCEH's Dr Daniel Read by joining our mailing list: campaignmonitor.leeds.ac.uk/h/y/66AF4657...

📢UK #Freshwater Quality Programme #webinar: 15 July Dr Daniel Read @danread.bsky.social @ukceh.bsky.social presents update on PACIFIC project 'Pathways of chemicals into freshwaters and their ecological impacts' More: shorturl.at/yPrPy @prof-joseph-holden.bsky.social @pippachapmn.bsky.social

🎉 🎉 NEW WEBSITE LAUNCHED! 🎉 🎉 hydrology.org.uk We have a new shiny website which we would love you to check out! We hope you'll agree it looks great and is easier to navigate! 👏 Thank you to our website team for all their hard work!

📢UK #Freshwater Quality Programme #webinar: 15 July Dr Daniel Read @danread.bsky.social @ukceh.bsky.social presents update on PACIFIC project 'Pathways of chemicals into freshwaters and their ecological impacts' More: shorturl.at/yPrPy @prof-joseph-holden.bsky.social @pippachapmn.bsky.social

We enjoyed a great session on FAIR data yesterday! Head of @water.leeds.ac.uk Gabriela Lopez-Gonzalez, joined Nick Sheppard and Scott McLaughlin at the Edward Boyle Library to deliver a presentation on implementing the FAIR Principles

Thank you so much to @water.leeds.ac.uk for choosing my research to be highlighted in their June Spotlight! Earlier this year, water@leeds awarded me their Spring Award to continue my work on the Zinal glacier! Find out more about my research at the link below ☺️ water.leeds.ac.uk/news/researc...

Be Curious is back this weekend 🎨🔬 Join us on Saturday 16 May (10am–4pm) as we celebrate 10 years of our family-friendly research event 🎉 Expect hands-on activities, interactive exhibits and fascinating discoveries for all ages 🧵👇

We're excited to be part of #BeCurious @universityofleeds.bsky.social this Saturday 16th May. 💧Join us at “Too Much Water... or Not Enough?” to spark conversation, and hear your views on water resilience. All ages welcome! @paulhutchings.bsky.social water.leeds.ac.uk/news/showcas...

First paper now out from Rossana Escanilla-Minchel's PhD - showing land cover change impacts on riverflow in central Chile during different ENSO phases. Open access here: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... @geomorphmark.bsky.social @water.leeds.ac.uk environment.leeds.ac.uk/geography/pg...

Is livestock farming a key driver for changing quality in UK rivers? Find out more in a webinar on the QUANTUM project from @pennyjohnes.bsky.social University of Bristol, 28 April. Her team of researchers is quantifying livestock impacts on UK #freshwaters. water.leeds.ac.uk/events/uk-fr...

Very happy to share the first paper of my PhD, out now in @commsearth.nature.com! Looking across the Greenland Ice Sheet, we found that glaciers flowing into lakes are up to 3.3 times faster than glaciers terminating on land 🧊 www.nature.com/articles/s43...

Hey hey this is free and open to all - come make plans with us!

Really excited that the Molecular Ecology group is going to be leading this project! ⬇️🌊 Stay tuned as we introduce our researchers working on this, and for updates on sampling and lab work!

We're looking forward to welcoming hydrologists to @universityofleeds.bsky.social September 2nd-4th for: #BHS2026 16th National Hydrology Symposium on the theme of 'Reimagining Hydrology for a Changing World'. 🔗 www.hydrology.org.uk/BHS2026.php

We're excited to lead the new CLEAR-Neagh project, a collaborative effort to support the restoration of Lough Neagh in Northern Ireland, one of the UK’s most important #freshwater systems 💧🧪

📢New Publication! Congratulations to Dr Geoff Goodwin (@gbgoodwin.bsky.social) who has a new article published in New Political Economy. This introduces a new theory of decommodification to better understand socioecological transformations Read the open access article here ⬇️ shorturl.at/1zf86

Exciting news! Dr Markus Fraundorfer @polisatleeds.bsky.social has secured ESRC funding for groundbreaking project: 💧Governing rivers as legal persons: Developing a kin-centric rights framework to address Brazil’s river crisis. water.leeds.ac.uk/news/polis-r... #RightsOfNature #WaterGoveranance

📢 #PhD opportunity in Global #MethanePolitics 2 full scholarships at University of Leeds @polisatleeds.bsky.social @janselby.bsky.social Projects on 1) the politics of coal methane and 2) the politics of #wastewater methane. #academicsky Deadline 15 Feb 2026 phd.leeds.ac.uk/project/2341...

📢3 x Research Fellowship Opportunities! 🌍Global #MethanePolitics. 🌍3 positions available on the methane politics of livestock, oil and gas, and solid waste respectively. #academicsky Led by @janselby.bsky.social @polisatleeds.bsky.social 🔗https://jobs.leeds.ac.uk/ESLPO1108

📢Looking to start a funded #PhD in 2026? The @yes-dtn.bsky.social is a partnership between the Universities of Leeds, York, and National Centre for Atmospheric Science. Projects tackle the global #environmental #science questions of the future. #academicsky Deadline 7 January yes-dtn.ac.uk

🌊 Here are our water@leeds 2025 Highlights – showcasing how #interdisciplinary research can tackle global #water challenges. 🌍Thanks to our members and collaborators in the UK and worldwide. 🔗Follow the link: chalciporus.us-west.host.bsky.network/xrpc/com.atp...

Today is #InternationalMountainDay, and this year's theme highlights the importance of glacier preservation. On our How To Fix… podcast, Leeds academics Duncan Quincey and Lauren Rawlins, with alum Kenton Cool, discussed how we can minimise the impact of melting glaciers. Listen: pod.fo/e/34cbac

COP - a failing approach in need of radical change? 🌎 Professor Jan Selby writes how COP30 in Belém promised ambition and inclusivity, yet like COP29 in Baku, it ended in disappointment. What do you think about COP? Let us know in the comments! climate.leeds.ac.uk/a-tale-of-tw...

Good to see research led by @carterlj.bsky.social and team at @universityofleeds.bsky.social School of Geography featured here. Assessing emerging #contaminant levels in English soils as a critical step toward understanding #soil pollution at national scale. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

📢 Leeds PGRs - Win up to £500 for your research project! Our SPRING Award is open for applications! If you are a PhD candidate at the University of Leeds working on a #water related #research from any discipline, you are eligible. Deadline: 18 Dec 2025 👉 Apply: water.leeds.ac.uk/news/pgr-fun...

@theguardian.com predictably quick in its good coverage. This is the start. We need community organisations not centered on climate to convene tlscreenings of rhe film , and discussion www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Glaciers are a vital water source but how much longer will we have them?🏔️ Scaling some of the most challenging heights and battling extreme conditions, our researchers have found some shocking truths about the glaciers❄️ To read more about their journey, click the link below👇 https://bit.ly/4nP14EZ

📢New Paper #flooding Sam Ramsden, @birchcathryn.bsky.social, Ashar Aslam, Sarah Jenkins, Jake Anderson @yorkshireicasp.bsky.social Exploring the Use of Flood Early Warning Systems by Communities in England | Ramsden 2025 | Journal of Flood Risk Management onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Geosolutions Leeds researchers, Dr Adam Booth and Prof Fleur Loveridge, recently completed the first distributed acoustic sensing survey at the Cheshire Observatory, demonstrating the potential to map thermal changes in the subsurface using sound waves. Read full article 👉https://bit.ly/3WTPcX7

Hello freshwater friends and fellow lovers of leeches... our October edition of FBA Voice is out now! This month includes features on #Riverkin #Riverflies #FreshwaterPearlMussels #FBAHistory #CitizenScience #MedicinalLeech and more! Check out the October FBA Voice here: mailchi.mp/fba/welcome-...

🌍Week One at COP30: Leeds delegate Jyoti Narsude shares her reflections. There’s progress on climate finance, forests & Indigenous rights, but pledges still fall short of Paris Agreement goals. The challenge - to turn progress into real implementation. Read more ➡️ climate.leeds.ac.uk/cop30-first-...

England faces drastic measures due to extreme drought. Our research colleague Dr Megan Klaar provides expert comment in the @theguardian.com #drought #water #research www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Today is the first day of #COP30! 🌍 What is COP? What’s on the agenda this year? How is the university involved? Here’s everything you need to know 👇🧵

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New PhD studentship opportunity in my lab & with collaborators from the Pinniped Genomes Consortium. Come help us unravel the genomics of seal physiological super powers! Closing date 7th January 2026 🧪🦭🧬🌍🦑🐳 #marine #mammals #consgen #popgen #phylo #molevol #evolution yes-dtn.ac.uk/research/the...

Rivers in dry landscapes are absorbing more CO2 than we thought according to new @science.org paper led by Taylor Maavara of @caryinstitute.bsky.social + School of Geography @universityofleeds.bsky.social. Under certain conditions, rivers can even act as carbon sinks. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

The impact of Melting Glaciers - find out more on the 'How to Fix' podcast with @duncanquincey.bsky.social ⛰️

As #COP30 heads to the heart of the Amazon, the stakes for land and nature have never been higher. Jyoti Narsude, PhD student and COP30 delegate, explores how this COP could be a turning point for climate justice, forest protection, and Indigenous rights. climate.leeds.ac.uk/how-will-thi...

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