Dad to 3 & husband to @ParsnipsParsons 😍 Pro-Vice Chancellor @LboroUniversity. Prof Geosciences: floods, sediments, plastics, sustainable energy & net zero 🌍
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Prof. Dan Parsons @LboroUniversity 🌏💧🛰🌊⚽️🏏⛳🏈 retweeted
🇮🇩 Sumatra disaster Update:
As of 18 December 2025, the disaster has affected a wide area, with impacts recorded across 52 regencies/cities.
Human Impact
🔸 Deceased: 1,068 people
🔸 Missing: 190 people
🔸 Injured: approximately 7,000 people
Damage to Infrastructure
🔸 Public facilities damaged: ~1,600
🔸 Places of worship damaged: 434
🔸 Health facilities damaged: 219
🔸 Educational facilities damaged: 967
🔸 Bridges damaged: 145
🔸 Houses damaged: 147,236
Prof. Dan Parsons @LboroUniversity 🌏💧🛰🌊⚽️🏏⛳🏈 retweeted
Bring your talent to Loughborough University.
We're seeking top research talent from around the world to build, join and shape the teams facing down the most pressing challenges of our time.
Apply now ➡️ lboro.uk/JoinLboro
ALT A promotional graphic featuring Loughborough academic Dr Serhat Yilmaz seated in front of a row of colourful sports jerseys hanging on hooks. The left side of the image has a large purple section with bold white and light purple text that reads: “JOIN OUR TEAM, BRING YOUR TEAM, BUILD YOUR TEAM.” The background includes a locker room setting with wooden panels and tiled walls.
Prof. Dan Parsons @LboroUniversity 🌏💧🛰🌊⚽️🏏⛳🏈 retweeted
🌊🔥 Building Resilience for a Changing World: Fully Funded PhD Opportunities at @lborouniversity
As part of the UKRI Centre for Doctoral Training in Resilient Flood Futures (FLOOD-CDT).
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Prof. Dan Parsons @LboroUniversity 🌏💧🛰🌊⚽️🏏⛳🏈 retweeted
Category 5 Hurricane Melissa has officially made landfall on Jamaica as the strongest landfalling hurricane in Atlantic history, with sustained winds of 185 mph and gusts up to 225 mph.
A tragic moment for Jamaica.
Prof. Dan Parsons @LboroUniversity 🌏💧🛰🌊⚽️🏏⛳🏈 retweeted
A display of pure power from Hurricane Melissa today.
Remarkable satellite imagery.
Prof. Dan Parsons @LboroUniversity 🌏💧🛰🌊⚽️🏏⛳🏈 retweeted
Obvious wavenumber-5 mesovortex pattern within Hurricane Melissa’s eyewall earlier today — when the simulation matches reality.
Just two decades ago, the very existence of mesovortices was still a matter of debate.
Prof. Dan Parsons @LboroUniversity 🌏💧🛰🌊⚽️🏏⛳🏈 retweeted
892 mb at sea level is absurd. You would need to climb to 1.1 km (3600 ft) above sea level to experience the same pressure on a normal day. A slab of air 1.1 km thick was essentially removed from the column above the Melissa’s center.
Prof. Dan Parsons @LboroUniversity 🌏💧🛰🌊⚽️🏏⛳🏈 retweeted
To give you a sense of how incredibly rare and unique Hurricane #MELISSA is, here are the most-intense landfalling Atlantic hurricanes that we have on record.
MELISSA is now tied with LABOR DAY 1935 at the top – something I'd never imagine to see in my lifetime.
Prof. Dan Parsons @LboroUniversity 🌏💧🛰🌊⚽️🏏⛳🏈 retweeted
The Sentinel-2 satellite captured this image of Melissa's eye at peak intensity. 10m pixel resolution - one of the best satellite images ever captured of a hurricane of this intensity.
Image from 16z this morning.
Prof. Dan Parsons @LboroUniversity 🌏💧🛰🌊⚽️🏏⛳🏈 retweeted
From a crewmember on yesterday's Teal 74 mission into now-Category 5 Hurricane #Melissa. As clear of an eye as you will see in the Atlantic basin.
Prof. Dan Parsons @LboroUniversity 🌏💧🛰🌊⚽️🏏⛳🏈 retweeted
"The question is no longer whether change is coming. It’s whether we will shape it intentionally, with fairness and purpose – or allow market forces to push us blindly towards potential disaster."
@bedform @lborouniversity writes for @timeshighered
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Prof. Dan Parsons @LboroUniversity 🌏💧🛰🌊⚽️🏏⛳🏈 retweeted
The moment we became Champions 🏆
#UpTheRobins🔴⚪️
Prof. Dan Parsons @LboroUniversity 🌏💧🛰🌊⚽️🏏⛳🏈 retweeted
Great to see @lborouniversity Professor Dominic Malcolm presenting his work here on sports concussion at @GSUN_Network in Brisbane 🙌🏻
Prof. Dan Parsons @LboroUniversity 🌏💧🛰🌊⚽️🏏⛳🏈 retweeted
Fantastic GSUN Council meeting hosted by @UQ_News — thank you so much to their Vice-Chancellor Professor Deborah Terry and all their staff for the incredible welcome.
The council spent the day going through final preparations for the Summit opening tomorrow,
Prof. Dan Parsons @LboroUniversity 🌏💧🛰🌊⚽️🏏⛳🏈 retweeted
What a start! Great opening for the second event GSUN'25 Summit - being hosted by The University of Queensland in Brisbane - 200 people from around the world gathered for this years theme - "Harnessing the Power of Sport for Innovation" and we are ready to get into our range of sessions ranging from technology, global issues, the Olympic Games and so much more!
Our MC for the event @TraceyLeeHolmes opened our summit, followed by a welcome from Professor Deborah Terry - Vice Chancellor and President of @UQ_News . GSUN Chair and Pro Vice-Chancellor of Loughborough University @Joannemaher opened the conference on behalf of Council and introduced the final welcoming message from President of World Athletics Lord @sebcoe.
Find out all about the programme and discussions for the next two days at gsun.org/program
Prof. Dan Parsons @LboroUniversity 🌏💧🛰🌊⚽️🏏⛳🏈 retweeted
245 days since the last full NFL Sunday… but now, THE WAIT IS OVER.
Let’s GO!! #NFLRedZone
Prof. Dan Parsons @LboroUniversity 🌏💧🛰🌊⚽️🏏⛳🏈 retweeted
Chelsea owners BlueCo have signed Julio Enciso and he will play for Strasbourg, who are also owned by BlueCo, before being transferred back to Chelsea.
Good thing UEFA have thrown Crystal Palace out of Europe, though.
