
Danny White
@dannywhitewater
Assistant Professor @CSU_CivE. Ecohydraulics, floodplains, river restoration, fluvial geomorphology. Views my own.
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https://www.engr.colostate.edu/ce/daniel-white/ 10-12-2018 15:35:29
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The #ParkFire is burning near two creeks that provide critical habitat for struggling salmon. Even before the fire, biologists were alarmed about a recent crash in the spring-run Chinook salmon population. "It's a very serious threat." Andrew Rypel latimes.com/california/sto…


Here’s an elevation change map of the Chilcotin landslide using pre and post event lidar. Estimated volume about 6x10^6 m^3. Map and comparison by Hakai Institute, flown by KÎSIK, data GeoBC




A perfect example of the near-critical flow phenomenon that @ElowynYager, Gordon Grant, Carl Legleiter, myself, and other project team members are currently studying. On the Chilcotin River following landslide dam failure a few days ago.





New paper out in pnas with Marwan Hassan, Gary Parker, Yarra Hassan, Chenge An, Professor Fu and myself on the magical effect sand has on gravel beds. Simon Fraser University University of British Columbia Tsinghua University pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…






I am happy to share 2 new open access papers from our lab led by @ice_rivers_sam with coverage below by Simon Fraser University. The papers explore heatwaves and river flow, at the regional and continental scale using existing records: dx.doi.org/10.1029/2024EF… doi.org/10.1088/1748-9…


WANTED: Assistant Professor in climate-related extreme events & hazards 🌊 Floods 🥵 Droughts 🔥 Wildfires 🧊 Glacial failure 🏔️ Landslides Joint appointment with 1 of these CU Boulder 🦬 departments: ATOC, CEAE, ENVS, GEOG, or GEOL Apply by Dec 15th buff.ly/3zXzyCh


The scale of the flooding in Valencia, Spain is pretty insane - the region received a year’s worth of rain in just eight hours. Satellite images from USGS Landsat and processed by ESA Earth Observation.
