Hongbo Ma
@sedimentdynamics.bsky.social
Assis. Prof. at UIUC. Study sediment transport, fluid mechanics and geomorphology
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Our new paper is on the cover of Science! “Apparent Hack’s law in river deltas”.
Big thanks for all the fun to the lead author @tydelta.bsky.social and all the coauthors @lvulis.bsky.social @sedimentdynamics.bsky.social&Tim!
doi.org/10.1126/scie...
#Science #Deltas #Hackslaw
Big thanks for all the fun to the lead author @tydelta.bsky.social and all the coauthors @lvulis.bsky.social @sedimentdynamics.bsky.social&Tim!
doi.org/10.1126/scie...
#Science #Deltas #Hackslaw
May 1, 2026 at 8:07 AM
Our new paper is on the cover of Science! “Apparent Hack’s law in river deltas”.
Big thanks for all the fun to the lead author @tydelta.bsky.social and all the coauthors @lvulis.bsky.social @sedimentdynamics.bsky.social&Tim!
doi.org/10.1126/scie...
#Science #Deltas #Hackslaw
Big thanks for all the fun to the lead author @tydelta.bsky.social and all the coauthors @lvulis.bsky.social @sedimentdynamics.bsky.social&Tim!
doi.org/10.1126/scie...
#Science #Deltas #Hackslaw
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I am excited to share that my research article is now published in Science and featured on the cover! I am very grateful to all of the coauthors (@lvulis.bsky.social @sedimentdynamics.bsky.social, @atejedor.bsky.social and Tim Goudge) for this major team effort.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
In a global assessment of global river deltas, researchers uncovered a scaling relationship between channel length and land-building extent that echoes the so-called “Hack’s law” in river networks.
Learn more this week in Science: https://scim.ag/4tCrHk5
Learn more this week in Science: https://scim.ag/4tCrHk5
May 2, 2026 at 4:23 PM
I am excited to share that my research article is now published in Science and featured on the cover! I am very grateful to all of the coauthors (@lvulis.bsky.social @sedimentdynamics.bsky.social, @atejedor.bsky.social and Tim Goudge) for this major team effort.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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The crowd from the sky in San Francisco for @standupforscience.bsky.social
#New: Huge crowd gathers for #StandUpForScience2025 rally in San Francisco:
March 7, 2025 at 9:51 PM
The crowd from the sky in San Francisco for @standupforscience.bsky.social
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Why do scientists choose science as a career? A lab coat provided some answers at #StandUpForScience2025 in Denver—learn more about the coat and its owner here. eos.org/articles/cro...
March 8, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Why do scientists choose science as a career? A lab coat provided some answers at #StandUpForScience2025 in Denver—learn more about the coat and its owner here. eos.org/articles/cro...
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Breaking news: Thousands of researchers and their supporters, including recently fired federal workers, have gathered across the U.S. in response to layoffs and funding cuts ordered by the Trump administration. scim.ag/41zlPv4
Thousands gather across U.S. in Stand Up for Science events
Scientists rally across the country in response to layoffs and funding cuts ordered by the Trump administration
scim.ag
March 7, 2025 at 6:27 PM
Breaking news: Thousands of researchers and their supporters, including recently fired federal workers, have gathered across the U.S. in response to layoffs and funding cuts ordered by the Trump administration. scim.ag/41zlPv4
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Wow. Just wow.
www.newscientist.com/article/2467...
www.newscientist.com/article/2467...
Stunning image shows the closest ever Einstein ring
Albert Einstein himself thought that the eponymous Einstein ring would be impossible to observe, but the Euclid telescope has picked one up just 600 million light years from Earth
www.newscientist.com
February 10, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Wow. Just wow.
www.newscientist.com/article/2467...
www.newscientist.com/article/2467...
1. How can the restored groundwater table change the earthquake risk? Our work published at
@NatureComms
made the first cut on this issue. (shorturl.at/orgnj) In short, the restored groundwater table INCREASES earthquake-induced liquefaction extent and severity. a thread
@NatureComms
made the first cut on this issue. (shorturl.at/orgnj) In short, the restored groundwater table INCREASES earthquake-induced liquefaction extent and severity. a thread
Rising groundwater table due to restoration projects amplifies earthquake induced liquefaction risk in Beijing - Nature Communications
The authors find that groundwater table recovery leads to a remarkable increase in seismic liquefaction risk in Beijing. The findings highlight the necessity to consider the influence of rapid groundw...
shorturl.at
February 10, 2025 at 10:56 PM
1. How can the restored groundwater table change the earthquake risk? Our work published at
@NatureComms
made the first cut on this issue. (shorturl.at/orgnj) In short, the restored groundwater table INCREASES earthquake-induced liquefaction extent and severity. a thread
@NatureComms
made the first cut on this issue. (shorturl.at/orgnj) In short, the restored groundwater table INCREASES earthquake-induced liquefaction extent and severity. a thread
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In 2006, we determined that climate change would drive "consistent shifts in Santa Ana events from earlier to later in the season" and said this "may significantly increase the extent of CA coastal areas burned by wildfires, loss of life, and property."
Here we are today.... @umairfan.bsky.social
Here we are today.... @umairfan.bsky.social
January 8, 2025 at 10:28 PM
In 2006, we determined that climate change would drive "consistent shifts in Santa Ana events from earlier to later in the season" and said this "may significantly increase the extent of CA coastal areas burned by wildfires, loss of life, and property."
Here we are today.... @umairfan.bsky.social
Here we are today.... @umairfan.bsky.social
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#AGU2024 has come and gone. Super^100 fun to celebrate @agunn.bsky.social Andrew Gunn with other past Leopold awardees @dougjerolmack.bsky.social @sedimentdynamics.bsky.social @jscheingross.bsky.social (Hongbo Ma Joel Scheingros Jeff Nittrouer Isaac Larsen Doug Jerolmack). My voice is still gone!
December 19, 2024 at 2:38 AM
#AGU2024 has come and gone. Super^100 fun to celebrate @agunn.bsky.social Andrew Gunn with other past Leopold awardees @dougjerolmack.bsky.social @sedimentdynamics.bsky.social @jscheingross.bsky.social (Hongbo Ma Joel Scheingros Jeff Nittrouer Isaac Larsen Doug Jerolmack). My voice is still gone!
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#AGU2024 @agunn.bsky.social will awarded the Luna B. Leopold award (+ giving the Sharp Lecture) & has agreed to help restart an EPSP tradition (thx @sedimentdynamics.bsky.social & Ajay Limaye)- a hearty celebration of all of the #EPSP awardees (Andy Wickert -YEAH!) starting ~9PM Th @ Lost & Found
December 6, 2024 at 2:54 AM
#AGU2024 @agunn.bsky.social will awarded the Luna B. Leopold award (+ giving the Sharp Lecture) & has agreed to help restart an EPSP tradition (thx @sedimentdynamics.bsky.social & Ajay Limaye)- a hearty celebration of all of the #EPSP awardees (Andy Wickert -YEAH!) starting ~9PM Th @ Lost & Found
🚨Preprint Alert🚨
We develop a new layer-averaged, two layer formulation for long-runout turbidity currents!
Overthickening⚔️NO!
Overdilute⚔️NO!
A simple model for fluid and morpho-dynamics of long-runout turbidity currents.
Check it out!
shorturl.at/H2eW7
We develop a new layer-averaged, two layer formulation for long-runout turbidity currents!
Overthickening⚔️NO!
Overdilute⚔️NO!
A simple model for fluid and morpho-dynamics of long-runout turbidity currents.
Check it out!
shorturl.at/H2eW7
Two-layer formulation for long-runout turbidity currents: theory and bypass flow case
shorturl.at
August 29, 2024 at 6:26 PM
🚨Preprint Alert🚨
We develop a new layer-averaged, two layer formulation for long-runout turbidity currents!
Overthickening⚔️NO!
Overdilute⚔️NO!
A simple model for fluid and morpho-dynamics of long-runout turbidity currents.
Check it out!
shorturl.at/H2eW7
We develop a new layer-averaged, two layer formulation for long-runout turbidity currents!
Overthickening⚔️NO!
Overdilute⚔️NO!
A simple model for fluid and morpho-dynamics of long-runout turbidity currents.
Check it out!
shorturl.at/H2eW7
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The brief history of meandering of the Rio Mamoré, Bolivia, as seen in Landsat data (playing with some new tools)
December 23, 2023 at 2:46 AM
The brief history of meandering of the Rio Mamoré, Bolivia, as seen in Landsat data (playing with some new tools)
wow, thank you Jill! I cannot use this plate anymore as CA requires a numbered front plate. But this is my favorite one
FB reminded me of this post from 4 years ago - spotted on a car at UARK. Fittingly it was @sedimentdynamics.bsky.social ‘s car - the 2023 Luna B. Leopold awardee. Clearly he did and does science the crap out of this and that
December 27, 2023 at 3:19 AM
wow, thank you Jill! I cannot use this plate anymore as CA requires a numbered front plate. But this is my favorite one
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FB reminded me of this post from 4 years ago - spotted on a car at UARK. Fittingly it was @sedimentdynamics.bsky.social ‘s car - the 2023 Luna B. Leopold awardee. Clearly he did and does science the crap out of this and that
December 6, 2023 at 5:12 AM
FB reminded me of this post from 4 years ago - spotted on a car at UARK. Fittingly it was @sedimentdynamics.bsky.social ‘s car - the 2023 Luna B. Leopold awardee. Clearly he did and does science the crap out of this and that