@HughSinclair

Geologist interested in mountain ranges, erosion, sedimentation, flood hazard and building resilience

 University of Edinburgh
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Joined December 2010
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Hugh Sinclair retweeted
Laura Quick@laura_quick23 Aug 2023
🚨Hot off the press 🚨 Woo hoo! Last paper from my PhD is published 🥳 Hyperconcentrated floods cause extreme gravel transport through the sandy rivers of the Gangetic Plains - Go give it a read 🤓> rdcu.be/dkdsD
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Lectureship in Hydrology at Edinburgh University The School of GeoSciences is currently advertising for a lectureship in Hydrology. elxw.fa.em3.oraclecloud.com/… @britishhydrosoc @EdinLandSurf @GeosciencesEd
DGPS, ADCP and Van Dorn sampler on the Karnali River in Nepal - all part of a project on flood risk and sediment transport.

ALT DGPS, ADCP and Van Dorn sampler on the Karnali River in Nepal - all part of a project on flood risk and sediment transport.

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UK Aid cuts further damage UK's reputation and increase future risk from natural hazards to marginalised communities across the globe theguardian.com/global-devel…

‘Shortsighted’: UK cuts aid to project preparing cities for natural disaster

From Quito to Kathmandu, millions will be endangered by cuts affecting planning for floods, earthquakes and fires, experts say

theguardian.com
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I gave a seminar on lateral capture of Himalayan river catchments recently, and one of the students made an animation to summarise it - They've captured the story perfectly! - youtube.com/watch?v=7GpWbUix…
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First measurement of the life history of river pebbles from the stratigraphic record of the Great Plains using stable cosmogenic nuclides. Results require significant decoupling of source area forcings from depositional record. pubs.geoscienceworld.org/gsa…
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Remarkably effective landslide trigger!
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28 years since Molnar and England 1990, but the debate continues. Kirby's News and Views captures our latest contribution well. nature.com/articles/d41586-0…

Doubt cast on how the pace of global glacial erosion responds to climate cooling

Nature - Mountain erosion is thought to have sped up globally over the past few million years as the climate cooled and glaciers grew. A reassessment of the data suggests that this acceleration was...

nature.com
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Bihar's scary new flood: The state's annual tragedy is striking new areas and growing more intense hindustantimes.com/interacti… via @httweets
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Why should religion influence how our taxes are spent? adrianshort.org/2012/06/19/s…
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Hugh Sinclair retweeted
Simon Mann@Cricket_Mann19 Jan 2013
Watching England play ODI cricket in India is like viewing a breached dam. Once the water starts flowing, they seem powerless to stop it.
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