Jim Best

My review paper ‘Anthropogenic Stresses on the World’s Big Rivers’ has just been published in Nature Geoscience. Hope it may be of interest. nature.com/articles/s4156… and 'Behind the Paper' at: go.nature.com/2Qtyq1l

Our new State of the Science paper on sole structures - the catchily named Flow-induced Interfacial Deformation Structures (FIDS) is now out in Sedimentology: doi.org/10.1111/sed.13… with @KHwave @Making_Ripples @stratleeds Paul Wignall and Piotr Lapcik. Here is a taster...

@garethkeevil Fantastic image Gareth

@RishiSunak ….really delivering racism for the British people … and ensuring UK international competitiveness goes down. Awful start to the new year and let’s hope 2024 is when this useless bunch of entitled wasters gets kicked out of office.

From today, the majority of foreign university students cannot bring family members to the UK. In 2024, we’re already delivering for the British people.

@bedform Rishi’s plan to really deliver racism for the British people ….

What a depressingly sad way to open a new year... #uksciencesuperpower #weareinternational 👀🤷‍♂️

@WaterSHEDLab @grahamca Oh dear… you’ve yet to realize memory loss comes after vision loss. Two pairs!

Check out our new paper! We find the climate-driven season sediment-transport regime shift in four types of cryosphere-fed rivers. Huge thanks to our amazing team @RiverSediment @AmyEast_gmph @KHwave Albert kettner @CSDMS Jinren Ni, and Xixi Lu

@David_Cameron The man who was largely responsible for getting into this shit returns to even more shit. A sad state showing complete lack of any new talent. Lets just hold an election now.

The Prime Minister has asked me to serve as his Foreign Secretary and I have gladly accepted. We are facing a daunting set of international challenges, including the war in Ukraine and the crisis in the Middle East. At this time of profound global change, it has rarely been more important for this country to stand by our allies, strengthen our partnerships and make sure our voice is heard. While I have been out of front-line politics for the last seven years, I hope that my experience – as Conservative Leader for eleven years and Prime Minister for six – will assist me in helping the Prime Minister to meet these vital challenges. Britain is a truly international country. Our people live all over the world and our businesses trade in every corner of the globe. Working to help ensure stability and security on the global stage is both essential and squarely in our national interest. International security is vital for our domestic security. Though I may have disagreed with some individual decisions, it is clear to me that Rishi Sunak is a strong and capable Prime Minister, who is showing exemplary leadership at a difficult time. I want to help him to deliver the security and prosperity our country needs and be part of the strongest possible team that serves the United Kingdom and that can be presented to the country when the General Election is held. I believe in public service. That is what first motivated me to get involved in politics in the 1980s, to work in government in the 1990s, become a Member of Parliament in the 2000s and put myself forward as Party Leader and Prime Minister. The UK’s Foreign Office, our Diplomatic Service, our Intelligence Services and our Aid and Development capabilities are some of the finest assets of their kind anywhere in the world. I know from my time in office that they are staffed by brilliant, patriotic and hard-working people. They have been well led by James Cleverly, with whom I look forward to working in his vital new role. It will be an honour to serve our country alongside our dedicated FCDO staff and provide the continued leadership and support that they deserve.

And an equally brilliant @BBC #PlanetEarth3 segment on our remarkable @WWFPak colleague, Uzma Khan, a global expert on the Indus river dolphin - showing her involvement in rescues & the first satellite tagging of an Indus river dolphin. bbc.co.uk/programmes/art… @hnaqikhan

Amazing @BBC #PlanetEarth3 episode on #Freshwater inc an extraordinary segment on the successful rescue & relocation of a stranded Indus River dolphin @WWF has been working with govt & communities in #Pakistan for decades to save this iconic species bbcearth.com/shows/planet-e…

@rafaelotinoco Fantastic!

Bringing the V3V back to life for some 3D fun with oyster reefs. #FlumeFriday

@anne_baar @EEIatHull Good luck in whatever is next Anne…

Thanks to my amazing colleagues at @EEIatHull for the awesome goodbye party!! Going to miss you all ♥️

@RioParana @bedform @MoodieStrat I think Dans lectures are ‘the history of geomorphology’ surely!! Checking copyright now….!!

@bedform @MoodieStrat @KHwave Will need updating then! I’m sure @bedform will have added some Parana-Paraguay confluence MBES images somewhere

I've been assigned to teach "Geomorphology" in the spring (with a lab), but it hasn't been taught in years and there are NO OLD MATERIALS AVAILABLE 😱 Please, if any of you dear people would be willing to share any materials for your similar course I would be so grateful 🙏

High mortality of pink dolphins found in another Amazonian lake during the extreme drought 23 carcasses were found this week at Coari Lake. More details in our communication released today @inst_mamiraua @UFAM_: drive.google.com/file/d/1-AzWAT…

Isolation of Amazon communities during the drought Even communities along the Amazon River get isolated due to large beaches exposed during the drought Like this one, close to the city of Alvarães in Amazonas

Extreme drought and fires in Amazonia: a call to action Seca extrema nos rios e incêndios na Amazônia: um chamado à ação Our comment published today in Jornal da Ciência @SBPCnet, with Rogério Marinho @r2marinho and Naziano Filizola / @UFAM_ jornaldaciencia.org.br/seca-extrema-n…

@hyperpeaknal @stratleeds Oh no! PIV it??!

@KHwave @stratleeds Q is too big a number for a tweet!

My office today. Everything already sodden. Only about 75 mm of rain to come by Monday. I can't imagine it will be habitable for some time. May swap offices with @stratleeds whilst he is not looking!

40 days of the extreme drought in Lake Tefé, Central Amazon Source: Planet satellite imagery

🔔NEW PAPER ALERT🔔 - Please RT Our collaborative piece "Co-developing pathways to protect nature, land, territory and well-being in Amazonia" led by @RodolfoNobrega in @CommsEarth is just out. nature.com/articles/s4324…

Scenes of the Amazon extreme drought in Tefé Very low water levels, heatwave, river erosion in communities, large beaches isolating communities, fish and dolphin mortality, smoke from fires... and now something like a sandstorm.