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Governing flood risk in mid seventeenth-century England (2025)
Journal Article
McDonagh, B., Worthen, H., & Mottram, S. (2025). Governing flood risk in mid seventeenth-century England. Journal of Historical Geography, 89, 13-26. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhg.2024.12.001

The paper explores how early modern people lived with and responded to extraordinary flood events at a time of environmental, social and political crisis. By focusing on a period when flood risk management ‘failed’ and houses, land and businesses sat... Read More about Governing flood risk in mid seventeenth-century England.

Mapping Flood Recovery Gaps Phase 2: Final Report. Scaling up and creating legacy (2025)
Report
Amen-Thompson, E., Davidson, G., Forrest, S., & Smith, K. (2025). Mapping Flood Recovery Gaps Phase 2: Final Report. Scaling up and creating legacy. Aviva

Executive Summary:
the Aviva Foundation, addresses critical gaps in UK post-flood recovery processes. In Phase 1, a systematic literature review and stakeholder interviews were the foundation of an innovative and interactive tool, the bespoke seriou... Read More about Mapping Flood Recovery Gaps Phase 2: Final Report. Scaling up and creating legacy.

Hedgerows: Mapping The Gaps. Phase 2 Final Report (2025)
Report
Wolstenholme, J., Townsend, E., Nolan, J., Ahmed, J., Parsons, K., Davidson, G., Thomas, R., & Parsons, D. (2025). Hedgerows: Mapping The Gaps. Phase 2 Final Report. Natural England

From Introduction:
This report aims to improve upon previous work of Wolstenholme et al. (2021). Artificial intelligence and computer vision was utilised to automatically identify hedgerows from high-resolution aerial imagery across the East Riding... Read More about Hedgerows: Mapping The Gaps. Phase 2 Final Report.

Behaviours of pyroclastic and analogue materials, in dry and wet environments, for use in experimental modelling of pyroclastic density currents (2025)
Journal Article
Walding, N., Williams, R., Rowley, P., Dowey, N., Parsons, D., & Bird, A. (2025). Behaviours of pyroclastic and analogue materials, in dry and wet environments, for use in experimental modelling of pyroclastic density currents. Volcanica, 8(1), 261-285. https://doi.org/10.30909/vol/oxkm9163

Modelling pyroclastic density currents (PDCs) is a challenging yet essential element of hazard assessment. PDCs are unpredictable and internal processes are often difficult to measure directly. Analogue experiments have been an important tool for inv... Read More about Behaviours of pyroclastic and analogue materials, in dry and wet environments, for use in experimental modelling of pyroclastic density currents.

The impacts of human-made structures on larval connectivity in the northern North Sea (2025)
Journal Article
Barton, B. I., De Dominicis, M., Woolf, D. K., Want, A., & Bell, M. C. (in press). The impacts of human-made structures on larval connectivity in the northern North Sea. Communications Earth & Environment, 6, Article 377. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43247-025-02346-6

North Sea human-made, offshore structures (e.g. oil/gas platforms, offshore wind farms) provide a hard substrate habitat for benthic marine species which can spread between sites during their larval stage. Here, we aim to address how the installation... Read More about The impacts of human-made structures on larval connectivity in the northern North Sea.

Global River Topology (GRIT): A Bifurcating River Hydrography (2025)
Journal Article
Wortmann, M., Slater, L., Hawker, L., Liu, Y., Neal, J., Zhang, B., Schwenk, J., Allen, G., Ashworth, P., Boothroyd, R., Cloke, H., Delorme, P., Gebrechorkos, S. H., Griffith, H., Leyland, J., McLelland, S., Nicholas, A. P., Sambrook-Smith, G., Vahidi, E., Parsons, D., & Darby, S. E. (2025). Global River Topology (GRIT): A Bifurcating River Hydrography. Water Resources Research, 61(5), Article e2024WR038308. https://doi.org/10.1029/2024WR038308

Existing global river networks underpin a wide range of hydrological applications but do not represent channels with divergent river flows (bifurcations, multi-threaded channels, canals), as these features defy the convergent flow assumption that ele... Read More about Global River Topology (GRIT): A Bifurcating River Hydrography.

The influence of moisture on ash strength: implications for understanding volcanic stratigraphy (2025)
Journal Article
Walding, N., Williams, R., Dowey, N., Rowley, P., Thomas, M., Osman, S., Johnson, M., & Parsons, D. R. (2025). The influence of moisture on ash strength: implications for understanding volcanic stratigraphy. Bulletin of volcanology, 87(6), Article 39. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00445-025-01821-4

Ash layers within extensive pyroclastic density current (PDC) deposits can be important in understanding the evolution of explosive eruptions. If interpreted as ashfall deposits, they may be used to identify hiatus episodes and determine how many pyr... Read More about The influence of moisture on ash strength: implications for understanding volcanic stratigraphy.

Unravelling the Sequence and Timing of Fault-Related Deformation in Superimposed Rift Basins, Inner Moray Firth, NE Scotland (2025)
Journal Article
Tamas, A., Holdsworth, R. E., Tamas, D. M., Dempsey, E. D., Hardman, K., Bird, A., Underhill, J. R., McCarthy, D., McCaffrey, K. J. W., & Selby, D. (2025). Unravelling the Sequence and Timing of Fault-Related Deformation in Superimposed Rift Basins, Inner Moray Firth, NE Scotland. Lithosphere, 2024(Special15), Article 183. https://doi.org/10.2113/2024/lithosphere_2024_183

Devonian rocks of the Palaeozoic Orcadian Basin are well exposed along the northern flanks of the younger Mesozoic to Cenozoic Inner Moray Firth Basin in Scotland. These rocks preserve a succession of structures related to superimposed rifting and in... Read More about Unravelling the Sequence and Timing of Fault-Related Deformation in Superimposed Rift Basins, Inner Moray Firth, NE Scotland.

Performance Evaluation of an Energy-Efficient Oscillating Air-Conditioning Dehumidification System through Experimental Testing and Numerical Modelling (2025)
Journal Article
Yue, J., Zeng, C., Wang, Z., Lu, J., Qin, J., Shang, X., Liu, L., & Pei, Z. (online). Performance Evaluation of an Energy-Efficient Oscillating Air-Conditioning Dehumidification System through Experimental Testing and Numerical Modelling. Building services engineering research & technology : BSER & T, https://doi.org/10.1177/01436244251333135

This study examines the performance of a new oscillating air-conditioning dehumidification system, designed to overcome the limitations of traditional methods, such as energy-intensive defrost cycles and inconsistent dehumidification in high-humidity... Read More about Performance Evaluation of an Energy-Efficient Oscillating Air-Conditioning Dehumidification System through Experimental Testing and Numerical Modelling.

Multi Point Sensing and Defect Detection of Wind Turbine Blades: An Approach Using Fibre Bragg Gratings (2025)
Thesis
Sihivahana Sarma, A. (2025). Multi Point Sensing and Defect Detection of Wind Turbine Blades: An Approach Using Fibre Bragg Gratings. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/5126324

Structural Health Monitoring (SHM) of Wind Turbine Blades (WTBs) plays a critical role in ensuring safe and cost-effective operations of these complex structures. However, detecting manufacturing-induced defects and operation-induced damages poses si... Read More about Multi Point Sensing and Defect Detection of Wind Turbine Blades: An Approach Using Fibre Bragg Gratings.

The role of virtual field trips in Geography higher education: A perspective paper (2025)
Journal Article
Hurrell, E. R., Hutchinson, S. M., Yorke, L., Batty, L. C., Bunting, M. J., Swanton, D., McDougall, D. A., & Parsons, D. R. (in press). The role of virtual field trips in Geography higher education: A perspective paper. Area, Article e70011. https://doi.org/10.1111/area.70011

In this perspective paper, we explore the role virtual field trips (VFTs) may play in creating a more resilient, sustainable and equitable field education for Geography students in higher education as we move away from the pandemic but into a financi... Read More about The role of virtual field trips in Geography higher education: A perspective paper.

Time, Tide, and Tempestuous Flooding: ‘To his Coy Mistress’ in an Age of Storms (2025)
Journal Article
Mottram, S., McDonagh, B., & Worthen, H. (online). Time, Tide, and Tempestuous Flooding: ‘To his Coy Mistress’ in an Age of Storms. Review of English Studies, https://doi.org/10.1093/res/hgaf012

Why might Marvell complain ‘by the tide | Of Humber’ in ‘To his Coy Mistress’? This article reads these lines in light of little-known records of flood risk management, housed at East Riding of Yorkshire Archives, Beverley, to uncover a new approach... Read More about Time, Tide, and Tempestuous Flooding: ‘To his Coy Mistress’ in an Age of Storms.

Tsunami Risk to UK Offshore Wind: Paleo-evidence and numerical model simulation (2025)
Thesis
Pickett, B. (2025). Tsunami Risk to UK Offshore Wind: Paleo-evidence and numerical model simulation. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/5126372

The UK produces over 45% of its energy through renewable means, the majority of this through wind power. The mainstay of this capacity is located offshore in the North Sea, a region and capacity which is set to significantly expand in the coming year... Read More about Tsunami Risk to UK Offshore Wind: Paleo-evidence and numerical model simulation.

Spatial and temporal heterogeneity of the marine nitrogen cycle during the end-Triassic mass extinction (2025)
Journal Article
Li, J., Song, H., Du, Y., Wignall, P. B., Bond, D. P., Grasby, S. E., Song, H., Dal Corso, J., Tian, L., & Chu, D. (2025). Spatial and temporal heterogeneity of the marine nitrogen cycle during the end-Triassic mass extinction. Chemical Geology, 682, Article 122752. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chemgeo.2025.122752

The end-Triassic mass extinction (ETME) marks a pivotal event in Earth's history, characterized by major environmental changes in both marine and terrestrial settings and significant perturbations in the carbon and nitrogen biogeochemical cycles alon... Read More about Spatial and temporal heterogeneity of the marine nitrogen cycle during the end-Triassic mass extinction.

Hydro-geomorphological modelling of leaky wooden dam efficacy from reach to catchment scale with CAESAR-Lisflood 1.9j (2025)
Journal Article
Wolstenholme, J. M., Skinner, C. J., Milan, D., Thomas, R. E., & Parsons, D. R. (2025). Hydro-geomorphological modelling of leaky wooden dam efficacy from reach to catchment scale with CAESAR-Lisflood 1.9j. Geoscientific Model Development, 18(5), 1395-1411. https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-18-1395-2025

Leaky wooden dams (LDs) are woody structures installed in headwater streams that aim to reduce downstream flood risk through increasing in-channel roughness and decreasing river longitudinal connectivity in order to desynchronise flood peaks within c... Read More about Hydro-geomorphological modelling of leaky wooden dam efficacy from reach to catchment scale with CAESAR-Lisflood 1.9j.

Automated identification of hedgerows and hedgerow gaps using deep learning Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation (2025)
Journal Article
Wolstenholme, J. M., Cooper, F., Thomas, R. E., Ahmed, J., Parsons, K. J., Parsons, K. J., & Parsons, D. R. (online). Automated identification of hedgerows and hedgerow gaps using deep learning Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation. Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation, https://doi.org/10.1002/rse2.432

Hedgerows are a key component of the UK landscape that form boundaries, borders and limits of land whilst providing vital landscape-scale ecological connectivity for a range of organisms. They are diverse habitats in the agricultural landscape provid... Read More about Automated identification of hedgerows and hedgerow gaps using deep learning Remote Sensing in Ecology and Conservation.

Written evidence submitted by the Energy and Environment Institute, University of Hull to the Environmental Audit Committee inquiry on Flood Resilience. FRE0093 (2025)
Report
Smith, K., McLelland, S., Davidson, G., & McDonagh, B. (2025). Written evidence submitted by the Energy and Environment Institute, University of Hull to the Environmental Audit Committee inquiry on Flood Resilience. FRE0093

Opening paragraph:
The Energy and Environment Institute at the University of Hull has a research focus encompassing many of the challenges highlighted by this inquiry’s terms of reference. We work in inter- and transdisciplinary ways on a range of f... Read More about Written evidence submitted by the Energy and Environment Institute, University of Hull to the Environmental Audit Committee inquiry on Flood Resilience. FRE0093.

Community Waterscapes: Uncovering tangible and intangible heritage of watery landscapes through community engagement in the Hull region (2025)
Newspaper / Magazine
Velentza, K., Worthen, H., & Brookes, E. (2025). Community Waterscapes: Uncovering tangible and intangible heritage of watery landscapes through community engagement in the Hull region

Excerpt:
Community Waterscapes, funded by the University of Hull and supported by Hull Maritime, the Living with Water Partnership and an endorsed action of the UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development, is carrying out community-driven... Read More about Community Waterscapes: Uncovering tangible and intangible heritage of watery landscapes through community engagement in the Hull region.

Modelling the Effects of Anthropogenic Disturbances on the Evolution of a Mega- Delta (2025)
Thesis
Le, Q. Q. (2025). Modelling the Effects of Anthropogenic Disturbances on the Evolution of a Mega- Delta. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/5087525

River deltas provide ecosystem services that are vital to the world's population, supporting both lives and livelihoods. However, these low-lying areas face heightened vulnerability to the effects of climate change. This is intensified by local resou... Read More about Modelling the Effects of Anthropogenic Disturbances on the Evolution of a Mega- Delta.

Modelling the Effects of Anthropogenic Disturbances on the Evolution of a Mega-Delta (2025)
Thesis
Le, Q. (2025). Modelling the Effects of Anthropogenic Disturbances on the Evolution of a Mega-Delta. (Thesis). University of Hull. https://hull-repository.worktribe.com/output/5087962

River deltas provide ecosystem services that are vital to the world's population, supporting both lives and livelihoods. However, these low-lying areas face heightened vulnerability to the effects of climate change. This is intensified by local resou... Read More about Modelling the Effects of Anthropogenic Disturbances on the Evolution of a Mega-Delta.