Dr Catherine Russell

I saw some research in the past couple of years talking about how they may produce oxygen and things in the deep ocean. The problem is that we don’t know, it’s not just about kicking up sediment, it’s that we don’t understand the ecosystem consequences of removing the nodules.

The Anthropocene Sediment Network Conference 2025 - YouTube Today's sediment doesn't just route through natural systems, but also engineered channels, infrastructures, economies, and legislation. We have entangled the...

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Restoring sea floor after mining may not be possible, researchers warn Scientists present at the latest effort to hash out international rules for deep-sea mining say it's unclear if it's possible to restore damaged seafloor ecosystems—or how long it would take.

It’s never a good idea to mess with something before we fully understand it. 🥔🥔

Potato-sized metal nodules in the deep sea might sound like easy pickings, but studies increasingly show ocean floor recovery may never happen.

So why are we still talking about it?

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So excited about this! ✨😁✨

Increase in methane emissions from fossil fuels has been underestimated. Our new PNAS paper just published today:
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It’s our first conference so please help us to spread the word!

And don’t forget to register 😁
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#ASN2025 #ASN25 #Anthropocene #Multidisciplinary

England’s water crisis needs more than just new reservoirs – here’s what will help The changing climate and growing population means England is facing a water crisis.

It's going to take more than a couple of new reservoirs to prevent the UK's coming water crisis, writes hydrologist @hancloke.bsky.social - we need to rethink how we build homes & communities to avoid a future of alternating flood & drought:

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I'm ✨SO EXCITED✨ for this!

All things that move on #Earth are #sediments, from sand to #plastic, and things that we #trade. If your work, research, or interests include #sediment in any way, this #conference is for you 😄

The #conference is free and online! See you there 🌍

#Anthropocene #ASN25

These are approx. 3 M m3 that collapsed from the Birch Glacier! 🧊🌊

The deposit spans 2.3 km of the Lötschental valley floor!

Swiss village almost entirely destroyed after collapse of glacier buries it in mud One person missing and Blatten devastated after huge cloud of ice and rubble inundates evacuated town

Preparedness planning for high-risk, high-impact, high-velocity events by govts is broader than geotech hazards - but seldom so dramatically needed, nor as metaphorical.
@laurielaybourn.bsky.social @jamesgdyke.info @rupertread.bsky.social @katharinehayhoe.com

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At least not nervous!

A projected screen with the words “applied anthropocene sedimentology” as a title slide. The text is black on white in a green and gold box, there is a green banner along the top of the slide and the logo for the Anthropocene sediment network in the bottom right corner. There is a model skeleton standing to the left positioned as if presenting the lecture

Finally secured the dream Applied #Anthropocene #Sedimentology speaker to show students the backbone of the course 😅

She is more femur-liar with legacy #sediment than me 💀

Warming of +1.5 °C is too high for polar ice sheets - Communications Earth & Environment Warming of +1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels is too high for the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets, and even the current climate forcing of +1.2 °C is likely to lead to several meters of sea-level ...

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View from an airplane window showing the wing against a backdrop of white cloud. On the clouds below, the faint shadow of the plane is surrounded by a circular rainbow-like halo (a “glory”), visible through the frosted ice crystals on the window.

Just before landing in #Vienna, we hit the clouds and the sun behind us cast a perfect halo around the plane’s shadow!

One of the coolest things I’ve ever seen from a plane! ✈️☁️

Aerial photograph of Woodhead Reservoir in the Peak District, England. The image shows a dark blue body of water with sinuous river channels feeding in. The pale sediment band around the edge, and the length of the fluvial plain, indicates that the reservoir level is lower than normal. The surrounding terrain is patchwork fields and moorland.

Whilst flying to Vienna to teach the first “Applied #Anthropocene #Sedimentology” field course, I caught this amazing view of Woodhead #Reservoir! 🤩

#Rivers are feeding in, #water levels are low, so much #engineered terrain… you can see a LOT!

Easily one of my favorite photos I’ve ever taken ✈️🌍

Hahaha 😂🤣

I actually didn’t bring a stripy shirt with me… 😲 That old shirt is on my sewing pile for a repair. Still me, promise 😂

Catherine and her husband in front of a Lauda plane. The day is sunny and the plane is white with red capital text saying LAUDA and red design. Picture is at Manchester Airport

Boarding a giga metalliplasticlast fueled by ancient plankton! 🦠

See you soon #Vienna for some more #Anthropocene adventures 😊✈️

#manchesterairport #nextadventure #Wien

Sounds lovely in total, but certainly managed! Except the wastewater bit, that’s gross.

Fascinating how shifting baselines work!

View across a calm reservoir to a rocky outcrop and green hillside, with patchwork fields and scattered trees. In the foreground, a small stony island with bird deterrent wires and nets on it.

A beautiful landscape of the Roaches, but look closely and you’ll see how much of it is us.

Fields, fertilizers, a reservoir in the foreground, an island with deterrents for nesting birds, and more... What did it look like before us? And how will it be interpreted after?
#Anthropocene

Fossils of the Anthropocene.

A grid of concrete grass pavers in a car park near a reservoir. The pavers form a regular pattern, with tufts of grass growing between the concrete cells. The surface appears both structured and semi-natural, showing signs of wear from foot or vehicle traffic.

I spotted this patterned ground in a carpark by a #reservoir.
It’s called #concrete grass paver 🌱
Designed to stabilise soil, reduce runoff, and support weight while letting water through.
🚗 🌱🌧️
^^^^^^^^
A future layer of the #Anthropocene!

#AnthropoceneSediment #GeoDesign #GroundEngineering

2025 Conference ASN Conference 2025 18th June 2025 Join us in exploring materials and their motion on Earth, through an interdisciplinary lens. We encourage submissions from archaeology, environmental science, art…

You asked, we listened!📣

Abstract submission deadline for the ASN meeting is extended till 23rd May!🌞

We welcome anyone working at the interface between Earth and humanity🌍

To find out more / reach out and ask questions / submit something, info is at this link: anthrosednet.com/2025-confere...

I watched this recently and can confirm it’s brilliant.

It ends by saying that half the world will be under water stress by 2025… I had to double take. That’s now! 😳

It’s a powerful reminder of how urgent it is to protect the #water we do have access to.

#WaterJustice #EnvironmentalMonitoring

Latte-ral accretion?

A schematic diagram illustrating the existing zonation of the fluvial system (A)–(C), and the proposed implications of this zonation for the occurrence and pathways of plastic fragmentation and the long-term storage of secondary microplastics (D)–(F).

New paper! 📣
#Rivers don’t just carry #microplastics, they create them too 🟦🔹…

We explored “Rivers as #microplastic factories” incorporating #geomorphology and #sedimentology!

Beyond reducing input, we need targeted action to reduce microplastic generation 📉

iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1...

The top 8 posts in my feed today are about #ForeverChemicals. Every one tested so far is toxic in some way. ☠️
We’re still building our awareness and understanding of them, so tracking, research, and long-term management are more important than ever. 🧪

Beaver reintroduction is such a powerful reminder of how deeply entangled human and natural agency has become in the #Anthropocene.

How will decisions like this be archived by Earth? Will we be able to tell the difference between the signals of humans, paws, and policies? 🦫🌍
#BeaverDay #Rewilding

This is great news. But we need to be clear that if energy comes at the cost of natural ecosystems, there's nothing 'clean' about it.

Perfect examples of this are burning old growth native forests as 'renewable biomass', or most river-based hydro power.

Emissions reduction MUST respect nature.