Look at the size of this seaweed collected by my PhD student Freya Alldred in Antarctica. It’s 5.5m in length. 😳
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Look at the size of this seaweed collected by my PhD student Freya Alldred in Antarctica. It’s 5.5m in length. 😳
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I just supported this case!
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Well, that is it for 2025. My instruments have been shut down, the lab has had a clean up and the lights are off now until the 05 January 2025. I much needed rest. 😁
Out today collecting amphipods at the Tees Estuary - let’s see if they contain any pathogens 🧐
Scientists from @durhamearthsci.bsky.social have helped study a rare rock core taken from deep inside the Great Glen Fault in the Scottish Highlands. @bgs.ac.uk
Learn more: www.durham.ac.uk/news-events/...
The EPA has removed references about humans causing climate change from its website. No US government website can be trusted for science information.
How does global warming cause colder winter storms? whowhatwhy.org/2019/11/23/t...
🌊 Sargassum in the north Sargasso Sea has dramatically declined since 2015, with seasonal growth cycles disrupted and biomass maxima shifting
…potentially driven by rising SSTs and marine heatwaves
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Lovely photos BTW. 😁
So great to hear the really exciting research you are doing to enhance our palaeo-reconstruction on the South Asian Monsoon and its pivotal role in recording ancient climates
@durhamearthsci.bsky.social @durham.ac.uk @exeter.ac.uk
Using nitrogen isotopes in seaweed over a 2-year period we have been able to pinpoint the source of poor water quality in Scarborough - further research is required in Scalby Beck to pinpoint the sources of human sewage and agricultural manure
www.durham.ac.uk/news-events/...
🌏 Why was the #KelpSummit2025 so important?
Hear from some of our key speakers: Cat Wilding @thembauk.bsky.social, Erin Lawes (Environment Agency), @rodneyforster.bsky.social, @grockesibl.bsky.social & @pippajmoore.bsky.social
To view more from the Summit, visit the link in our bio.
Bronze and Iron Age farmers in the Middle East prioritised wine production over olive growing in times of climatic change. Researchers in our Department of Archaeology and @durhamearthsci.bsky.social analysed charred seeds and wood samples 👉 www.durham.ac.uk/news-events/...
Our sunflower experiment is coming along nicely. No clear relationship between soil amendment and growth yet. But I’m hypothesising we will see a difference in the actual flower and seeds. Time will tell…
Working on a Sunday to collect some heritage long-straw rye plants as part of a bread study - lovely field setting
Today we are coring soil again in Cumbria but today we have supervisors making sure we do it properly 😂
As an Aussie who has visited and marvelled at its beauty over 30 years ago it is disheartening to read of its decline and pressure to survive.
Great Barrier Reef suffers worst coral decline on record www.bbc.com/news/article...
A scientist’s wine decanter 😂🍷🤪
Thank you Fisher Scientific UK
Our grass experiment is coming along very nicely in Cumbria. Rain and warm weather has helped. Now we leave it for a month and see what impact the soil amendments have had.
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In Cumbria again today measuring our Miyawaki trees and seeds no if our grass experiments have started to sprout. 😁😁
Westmorland Furness Council
Lynster Farmers Group
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Back in Cumbria - glorious weather for fieldwork - been worried about our Miyawaki trees but they are sprouting - and tonight we came across a herd of deers including an albino deer 😁 wow
North East universities get £8.9m to commercialise research
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
This morning I am analysing some alcohol / spirit dated back to 1760… oh it smells heavenly. I wonder what carbon sources were used in its creation ???
1200 trees planted in a day - just another 800 to go. An amazing job by Ellie Ward and Myself although we are suffering from abundant nettle stings 😬
1600 kg of biochar and 2000 native trees - let the games begin
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Brodie Biomass
Trees Please
Lynster Farmers Group
Ok. It looks like a more daunting task in the field compared to drawing up the designs on Google Earth - I barely see the car!!! Thank heavens for the LFG farmers who have come to the rescue - more photos tomorrow
No not yet. I’m hoping to present at Groundswell this summer. 😁
Off to Cumbria and the farms again this week… soil coring, water monitoring and planting over 2000 trees in a woodland experiment
Hugh Ward, Emma Donnelly, Tamara Finkelstein
Agriculture and Horticulture Development Board
Woodland Trust
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Shout out 📣 For those of you who follow us, you'll have had the pleasure of being whisked away to the silky, caramel fronds of a Sussex kelp bed thanks to the beautiful images and footage taken by Paul Boniface, from the amazing Sussex Underwater team.
📸 Guess who? Paul Boniface/Sussex Underwater
Farmers and I have been battling for over 12 months to get a permit / license to repair non-functioning tidal gates, but it’s too late… the River Winster is now showing signs of decay and death - bureaucracy and stone walling has stopped us from stopping environmental damage
