All Stories

  1. Warm proglacial lake temperatures and thermal undercutting enhance rapid retreat of an Arctic glacier

    Article • The Cryosphere, October 2025, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr Robert G Bryant

  2. Coupling global climate drivers to dust emission dynamics at Etosha Pan, Namibia

    Article • The Science of The Total Environment, September 2025, Elsevier

    Dr Robert G Bryant

  3. Detecting and measuring the impacts of upland prescribed burning on air quality

    Article • People Place and Policy Online, May 2025, Sheffield Hallam University

    Dr Robert G Bryant

  4. How much deforestation in sub-Saharan Africa has been caused by mining?

    Article • Biological Conservation, April 2025, Elsevier

    Dr Robert G Bryant

  5. Climate drivers of phytoplankton production along the Chilean coast

    Article • Journal of Marine Systems, November 2024, Elsevier

    Dr Robert G Bryant

  6. Quantifying the effects of climate and environmental changes on evapotranspiration variability in the Sahel

    Article • Journal of Hydrology, October 2024, Elsevier

    Dr Robert G Bryant

  7. Quantifying Sahel Runoff Sensitivity to Climate Variability, Soil Moisture and Vegetation Changes Using Analytical Methods

    Article • Earth Systems and Environment, September 2024, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Robert G Bryant

  8. Supplementary material to "Warm proglacial lake temperatures and thermal undercutting drives rapid retreat of an Arctic glacier"

    Article • September 2024, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr Robert G Bryant

  9. Warm proglacial lake temperatures and thermal undercutting drives rapid retreat of an Arctic glacier

    Article • September 2024, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr Robert G Bryant

  10. Satellite observations of Arctic blowing dust events >82°N

    Article • Weather, August 2024, Wiley

    Dr Robert G Bryant

  11. Global threats of extractive industries to vertebrate biodiversity

    Article • Current Biology, August 2024, Elsevier

    Dr Robert G Bryant

  12. UAV‐SfM‐based field quantification of barchan dune celerity and morphodynamics in Gonghe Basin

    Article • Earth Surface Processes, April 2024, Wiley

    Dr Robert G Bryant

  13. Modelling water fluxes from urban trees using ECOSTRESS and sap-flow data

    Article • March 2024, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr Robert G Bryant

  14. Surface geochemistry controls 'hot-spots' of dust emission at Etosha Pan, Namibia

    Article • March 2024, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr Robert G Bryant

  15. Understanding Links Between Water Scarcity and Violent Conflicts in the Sahel and Lake Chad Basin Using the Water Footprint Concept

    Article • Earth s Future, February 2024, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Dr Robert G Bryant

  16. Monitoring lianas from space: Using Sentinel-2 imagery to observe liana removal in logged tropical forests

    Article • Forest Ecology and Management, February 2024, Elsevier

    Dr Robert G Bryant

  17. Physical mechanisms affecting phytoplankton variability along the Chilean coast

    Article • Journal of Marine Systems, February 2024, Elsevier

    Dr Robert G Bryant

  18. The (mis)identification of high-latitude dust events using remote sensing methods in the Yukon, Canada: a sub-daily variability analysis

    Article • Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics", June 2023, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr Robert G Bryant

  19. A quantitative understanding of the state and determinants of water-energy-food security in Africa

    Article • Environmental Science & Policy, February 2023, Elsevier

    Dr Robert G Bryant

  20. Supplementary material to "The importance of detection thresholds for the quantification of source and timing of high-latitude dust emission using remote sensing"

    Article • January 2023, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr Robert G Bryant

  21. The importance of detection thresholds for the quantification of source and timing of high-latitude dust emission using remote sensing

    Article • January 2023, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr Robert G Bryant

  22. Evaluating the accuracy of gridded water resources reanalysis and evapotranspiration products for assessing water security in poorly gauged basins

    Article • Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, November 2022, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr Robert G Bryant

  23. Proglacial lake expansion and glacier retreat in Arctic Sweden

    Article • Geografiska Annaler Series A Physical Geography, October 2022, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Robert G Bryant

  24. Quantifying Mechanisms of Aeolian Dust Emission: Field Measurements at Etosha Pan, Namibia

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Earth Surface, August 2022, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Dr Robert G Bryant

  25. Getting the right age? Testing luminescence dating of both quartz and feldspars against independent age controls

    Article • Quaternary Geochronology, June 2022, Elsevier

    Dr Robert G Bryant

  26. How useful are gridded water resources reanalysis and evapotranspiration products for assessing water security in ungauged basins?

    Article • May 2022, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr Robert G Bryant

  27. Supplementary material to "How useful are gridded water resources reanalysis and evapotranspiration products for assessing water security in ungauged basins?"

    Article • May 2022, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr Robert G Bryant

  28. Structurally controlled englacial origin of supraglacial debris cover and relief at a debris-covered Alpine glacier

    Article • March 2022, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr Robert G Bryant

  29. Why is the atmosphere becoming drier? - An investigation of the role of dynamical drivers on recent trends in relative humidity

    Article • March 2022, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr Robert G Bryant

  30. Meteorological effects and impacts of the 10 June 2021 solar eclipse over the British Isles, Iceland and Greenland

    Article • Weather, March 2022, Wiley

    Dr Robert G Bryant, Professor Giles Harrison

  31. Remote Sensing of Aeolian Processes

    Article • January 2022, Elsevier

    Dr Robert G Bryant

  32. Combining Sentinel-1 and Landsat 8 Does Not Improve Classification Accuracy of Tropical Selective Logging

    Article • Remote Sensing, January 2022, MDPI AG

    Dr Robert G Bryant

  33. Water security in sub‐Saharan Africa: Understanding the status of sustainable development goal 6

    Article • Wiley Interdisciplinary Reviews Water, August 2021, Wiley

    Dr Robert G Bryant

  34. Warm Arctic Proglacial Lakes in the ASTER Surface Temperature Product

    Article • Remote Sensing, July 2021, MDPI AG

    Dr Robert G Bryant

  35. The hydrology of glacier‐bed overdeepenings: Sediment transport mechanics, drainage system morphology, and geomorphological implications

    Article • Earth Surface Processes, June 2021, Wiley

    Dr Robert G Bryant

  36. Detecting tropical selective logging with C-band SAR data may require a time series approach

    Article • Remote Sensing of Environment, June 2021, Elsevier

    Dr Robert G Bryant

  37. Blowout Morphometrics and Mass Balances

    Article • Frontiers in Earth Science, May 2021, Frontiers

    Dr Robert G Bryant

  38. Understanding dust sources through remote sensing: Making a case for CubeSats

    Article • Journal of Arid Environments, January 2021, Elsevier

    Dr Robert G Bryant

  39. Optimisation of UAVs‐SfM data collection in aeolian landform morphodynamics: A Case study from the Gonghe Basin, China

    Article • Earth Surface Processes, August 2020, Wiley

    Dr Robert G Bryant, Prof Patrick Hesp

  40. Mapping pervasive selective logging in the south-west Brazilian Amazon 2000–2019

    Article • Environmental Research Letters, July 2020, Institute of Physics Publishing

    Dr Robert G Bryant, Professor Carlos A. Peres

  41. Where are mines located in sub‐Saharan Africa and how have they expanded overtime?

    Article • Land Degradation and Development, June 2020, Wiley

    Dr Robert G Bryant

  42. Detecting tropical selective logging with SAR data requires a time series approach

    Article • April 2020, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Robert G Bryant

  43. Glacier algae accelerate melt rates on the south-western Greenland Ice Sheet

    Article • The Cryosphere, January 2020, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr Robert G Bryant

  44. The PiSpec: A Low-Cost, 3D-Printed Spectrometer for Measuring Volcanic SO2 Emission Rates

    Article • Frontiers in Earth Science, April 2019, Frontiers

    Dr Robert G Bryant

  45. Glacier algae accelerate melt rates on the western Greenland Ice Sheet

    Article • The Cryosphere Discussions, April 2019, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr Robert G Bryant

  46. Supplementary material to "Glacier algae accelerate melt rates on the western Greenland Ice Sheet"

    Article • April 2019, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr Robert G Bryant

  47. A Rapidly Convecting Lava Lake at Masaya Volcano, Nicaragua

    Article • Frontiers in Earth Science, February 2019, Frontiers

    Dr Robert G Bryant

  48. A machine learning approach to map tropical selective logging

    Article • Remote Sensing of Environment, February 2019, Elsevier

    Dr Robert G Bryant

  49. THE PROMISE OF HYPERSPATIAL REMOTE SENSING FOR UNDERSTANDING AEOLIAN PROCESSES: AN EXAMPLE USING PLANETSCOPE AT “THE DUSTIEST PLACE ON EARTH”

    Article • January 2019, Geological Society of America

    Dr Robert G Bryant

  50. Fifty years of Area : Taking stock, looking forward

    Article • Area, November 2018, Wiley

    Dr Robert G Bryant

  51. A Machine Learning Approach To Map Tropical Selective Logging

    Article • October 2018, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press

    Dr Robert G Bryant

  52. Quantifying bioalbedo: a new physically based model and discussion of empirical methods for characterising biological influence on ice and snow albedo

    Article • The Cryosphere, November 2017, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr Robert G Bryant

  53. Quantifying bioalbedo: A new physically-based model and critique of empirical methods for characterizing biological influence on ice and snow albedo

    Article • The Cryosphere Discussions, April 2017, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr Robert G Bryant

  54. Evaporative sodium salt crust development and its wind tunnel derived transport dynamics under variable climatic conditions

    Article • Aeolian Research, December 2016, Elsevier

    Dr Robert G Bryant

  55. Editorial

    Article • Area, November 2016, Wiley

    Dr Robert G Bryant

  56. Ultraviolet Imaging with Low Cost Smartphone Sensors: Development and Application of a Raspberry Pi-Based UV Camera

    Article • Sensors, October 2016, MDPI AG

    Dr Robert G Bryant

  57. Enhancing weak transient signals in SEVIRI false color imagery: Application to dust source detection in southern Africa

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, September 2016, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Dr Robert G Bryant

  58. Meteorological effects of the solar eclipse of 20 March 2015: analysis of UK Met Office automatic weather station data and comparison with automatic weather station data from the Faroes and Iceland

    Article • Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A Mathematical Physical and Engineering Sciences, August 2016, Royal Society Publishing

    Dr Robert G Bryant

  59. Pre-melt-season sediment plume variability at Jökulsárlón, Iceland, a preliminary evaluation using in-situ spectroradiometry and satellite imagery

    Article • Annals of Glaciology, May 2016, Cambridge University Press

    Dr Robert G Bryant, Professor Mark A Brandon

  60. Analysis of remotely sensed data for fluvial geomorphology and river science

    Article • April 2016, Wiley

    Dr Robert G Bryant

  61. Climate-surface-pore-water interactions on a salt crusted playa: implications for crust pattern and surface roughness development measured using terrestrial laser scanning

    Article • Earth Surface Processes, December 2015, Wiley

    Dr Robert G Bryant

  62. Application of Spatial Interpolation Method for Estimating the Spatial Variability of Rainfall in Semiarid New Mexico, USA

    Article • Mediterranean Journal of Social Sciences, August 2015, Mediterranean Center of Social and Educational Research

    Dr Robert G Bryant

  63. Testing the performance of state-of-the-art dust emission schemes using DO4Models field data

    Article • Geoscientific Model Development, February 2015, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr Robert G Bryant

  64. The dynamism of salt crust patterns on playas

    Article • Geology, December 2014, Geological Society of America

    Dr Robert G Bryant

  65. Testing the performance of state-of-the-art dust emission schemes using DO4Models field data

    Article • September 2014, Copernicus GmbH

    Dr Robert G Bryant

  66. A prospectus for future geomorphological investigation of the Namib Sand Sea

    Article • Transactions of the Royal Society of South Africa, July 2014, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Robert G Bryant

  67. Estimating aerodynamic roughness over complex surface terrain

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, December 2013, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Dr Robert G Bryant

  68. Patterns of Aerosol Over Malaysia from Multiple Satellite-Borne Sensors

    Article • November 2013, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Robert G Bryant

  69. A sub‐basin scale dust plume source frequency inventory for southern Africa, 2005–2008

    Article • Geophysical Research Letters, October 2013, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Dr Robert G Bryant

  70. Environmental controls at multiple scales for the western Pacific: An Okinawan case study

    Article • Estuarine Coastal and Shelf Science, August 2013, Elsevier

    Dr Robert G Bryant

  71. Recent advances in our understanding of dust source emission processes

    Article • Progress in Physical Geography Earth and Environment, April 2013, SAGE Publications

    Dr Robert G Bryant

  72. Northern Peatland Vegetation and the Carbon Cycle: A Remote Sensing Approach

    Article • March 2013, Wiley

    Dr Robert G Bryant

  73. On the formation of sand ramps: A case study from the Mojave Desert

    Article • Geomorphology, August 2012, Elsevier

    Dr Robert G Bryant

  74. Synoptic climatology of cold air drainage in the Derwent Valley, Peak District, UK

    Article • Meteorological Applications, March 2012, Wiley

    Dr Robert G Bryant

  75. UVolc: A software platform for measuring volcanic SO2 fluxes

    Article • Computers & Geosciences, March 2012, Elsevier

    Dr Robert G Bryant

  76. Pans, Playas and Salt Lakes

    Article • March 2011, Wiley

    Dr Robert G Bryant

  77. The evolution of coastal barrier systems: a case study of the Middle-Late Pleistocene Wilderness barriers, South Africa

    Article • Quaternary Science Reviews, January 2011, Elsevier

    Dr Robert G Bryant

  78. Increasing rain intensity over Okinawa, 1982-2005, and the link to changes in characteristics of northwest Pacific typhoons

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, December 2010, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Dr Robert G Bryant

  79. The Namib Sand Sea digital database of aeolian dunes and key forcing variables

    Article • Aeolian Research, November 2010, Elsevier

    Dr Robert G Bryant

  80. Protocols for UV camera volcanic SO2 measurements

    Article • Journal of Volcanology and Geothermal Research, July 2010, Elsevier

    Dr Robert G Bryant

  81. Deserts and Desert Environments - By Julie Laity

    Article • Geographical Journal, March 2010, Wiley

    Dr Robert G Bryant

  82. Dust source identification using MODIS: A comparison of techniques applied to the Lake Eyre Basin, Australia

    Article • Remote Sensing of Environment, July 2009, Elsevier

    Dr Robert G Bryant

  83. A multi-scale remote sensing approach for monitoring northern peatland hydrology: Present possibilities and future challenges

    Article • Journal of Environmental Management, May 2009, Elsevier

    Dr Robert G Bryant

  84. Comparison of Low Cost Miniature Spectrometers for Volcanic SO2 Emission Measurements

    Article • Sensors, April 2009, MDPI AG

    Dr Robert G Bryant

  85. The hydrochemistry of a semi-arid pan basin case study: Sua Pan, Makgadikgadi, Botswana

    Article • Applied Geochemistry, June 2008, Elsevier

    Dr Robert G Bryant

  86. Hydrochemical fluctuations and crustacean community composition in an ephemeral saline lake (Sua Pan, Makgadikgadi Botswana)

    Article • Hydrobiologia, August 2007, Springer Science + Business Media

    Dr Robert G Bryant

  87. Dust emission response to climate in southern Africa

    Article • Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres, May 2007, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Dr Robert G Bryant

  88. Mapping the effects of water stress on Sphagnum: Preliminary observations using airborne remote sensing

    Article • Remote Sensing of Environment, February 2006, Elsevier

    Dr Robert G Bryant

  89. Analysis of Aerial Photography and Other Remotely Sensed Data

    Article • September 2005, Wiley

    Dr Robert G Bryant

  90. Detecting near-surface moisture stress in spp.

    Article • Remote Sensing of Environment, August 2005, Elsevier

    Dr Robert G Bryant

  91. Mapping intertidal estuarine sediment grain size distributions through airborne remote sensing

    Article • Remote Sensing of Environment, August 2003, Elsevier

    Dr Robert G Bryant

  92. Monitoring hydrological controls on dust emissions: preliminary observations from Etosha Pan, Namibia

    Article • Geographical Journal, June 2003, Wiley

    Dr Robert G Bryant

  93. Ephemeral lakes and desert dust sources

    Article • Geophysical Research Letters, January 2003, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Dr Robert G Bryant

  94. The spectral behaviour ofSphagnumcanopies under varying hydrological conditions

    Article • Geophysical Research Letters, January 2003, American Geophysical Union (AGU)

    Dr Robert G Bryant

  95. Investigation of flood inundation on playas within the Zone of Chotts, using a time-series of AVHRR

    Article • Remote Sensing of Environment, October 2002, Elsevier

    Dr Robert G Bryant

  96. The mapping of hydrothermal alteration zones on the island of Lesvos, Greece using an integrated remote sensing dataset

    Article • International Journal of Remote Sensing, January 2002, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Robert G Bryant

  97. Modelling landscape-scale habitat use using GIS and remote sensing: a case study with great bustards

    Article • Journal of Applied Ecology, April 2001, Wiley

    Dr Robert G Bryant

  98. The influence of surface and interstitial moisture on the spectral characteristics of intertidal sediments: Implications for airborne image acquisition and processing

    Article • International Journal of Remote Sensing, January 2000, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Robert G Bryant

  99. Quantifying geomorphic and riparian land cover changes either side of a large flood event using airborne remote sensing: River Tay, Scotland

    Article • Geomorphology, September 1999, Elsevier

    Dr Robert G Bryant

  100. Application of AVHRR to monitoring a climatically sensitive playa. case study: Chott El Djerid, Southern Tunisia

    Article • Earth Surface Processes, April 1999, Wiley

    Dr Robert G Bryant

  101. Relict Soils and Early Arable Land Management in Lofoten, Norway

    Article • Journal of Archaeological Science, December 1998, Elsevier

    Dr Robert G Bryant

  102. Techniques for measuring rock weathering: application to a dated fan segment sequence in southern Tunisia

    Article • Earth Surface Processes, November 1998, Wiley

    Dr Robert G Bryant

  103. The Use of Image Analysis in the Micromorphological Study of Old Cultivated Soils: an Evaluation Based on Soils from the Island of Papa Stour, Shetland

    Article • Journal of Archaeological Science, November 1996, Elsevier

    Dr Robert G Bryant

  104. Validated linear mixture modelling of Landsat TM data for mapping evaporite minerals on a playa surface: methods and applications

    Article • International Journal of Remote Sensing, January 1996, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Robert G Bryant

  105. A preliminary investigation into the spectral characteristics of inter-tidal estuarine sediments

    Article • International Journal of Remote Sensing, January 1996, Taylor & Francis

    Dr Robert G Bryant

  106. Salt ramps: Wind-induced depositional features on Tunisian playas

    Article • Earth Surface Processes, March 1995, Wiley

    Dr Robert G Bryant

  107. Hydrochemical and water source variations across a floodplain mire, Insh Marshes, Scotland

    Article • Hydrological Processes, January 1995, Wiley

    Dr Robert G Bryant

  108. Marine-like potash evaporite formation on a continental playa: case study from Chott el Djerid, southern Tunisia

    Article • Sedimentary Geology, May 1994, Elsevier

    Dr Robert G Bryant

  109. PLAYA SEDIMENTOLOGY AND GEOMORPHOLOGY: MIXTURE MODELLING APPLIED TO LANDSAT THEMATIC MAPPER DATA OF CHOTT EL DJERID, TUNISIA

    Article • January 1994, Society for Sedimentary Geology

    Dr Robert G Bryant

  110. THE CHEMICAL EVOLUTION OF THE BRINES OF CHOTT EL DJERID, SOUTHERN TUNISIA, AFTER AN EXCEPTIONAL RAINFALL EVENT IN JANUARY 1990

    Article • January 1994, Society for Sedimentary Geology

    Dr Robert G Bryant