And then to SE Australia to explore Holocene vegetation change and which models to employ for facilitating quantitative reconstructions with Alastair Wills
#QRA2026ADM
@nottspollen.bsky.social
News and research updates for pollen lovers from the Nottingham pollen laboratory. Based in England, tweets have a Southern Hemisphere flavour: https://nottspollen.wordpress.com/
And then to SE Australia to explore Holocene vegetation change and which models to employ for facilitating quantitative reconstructions with Alastair Wills
#QRA2026ADM
Ground-based validation is crucial ! Alastair Wills at @nottspollen.bsky.social shows how pollen-based vegetation reconstuctions (from 4 different models !) compare with vegetation survey data for SE Australia.
Well done Alastair on this pollen modelling overload for the #QRA2026ADM audience!
Enjoying a couple of days of Brighton sunshine and Quaternary-dense conversations to start 2026 ! @quaternaryra.bsky.social
#QRA2026ADM
We are here ! π₯³πͺπΌ
06.01.2026 15:53 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Absolutely a pleasure to be in Brighton to attend QRA in flesh this year ! #QRA2026ADM
06.01.2026 15:52 β π 7 π 3 π¬ 0 π 0See you in 2026 pollen people π€©
May the next year be filled with smiles and success stories ππΌ
Are you going to #EGU26 and you'd like to present about past human-fire-landscape interactions?π₯
Check our session below !
β° Abstract deadline is on the 15th of January! β°
I feel like I am back to Kangaroo Island while counting these modern pollen samples ππ₯ a lovely mixture of Acacia, Banksia and other Proteaceae π€
Sorry pics not to scale (shot using the phone camera on microscope technique) π
#kangarooisland #pollen #palynology #pollencounting #australia
Today's sunset. No filter needed !
@uniofnottingham.bsky.social
π₯ Call for Abstracts β #EGU26 Interdisciplinary Session: Cultural Pyroscapes Through Time ITS3.5/BG5.6 π₯ π
Deadline 15/01/2026.
@gilromera.bsky.social @hcadd.bsky.social @thatpollenguy.bsky.social
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#Wildfire #Palaeoecology #Archaeology #ClimateChange #FireEcology
@ipe-csic.bsky.social
17.10.2025 09:34 β π 5 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0It's such a pleasure to have Kilian around ! Looking forward to collaborating further and seeing his novel work being published ! β¨
17.10.2025 10:20 β π 2 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0Be sure to check out our key messages report, which not only covers our global findings but also includes a regional breakdown of the wacky wildfire events of the fire season.
stateofwildfires.com/latest-report/
Not just Aussie pollen this time ! π
15.10.2025 21:25 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Photo of the "Paleo" board game box, which has a mammoth drawn on it.
Post-work round of the #Paleo board game with fellow researchers of our @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social #paleoecology group - we survived the wolf pack attacks and made it to the next level πΊπ₯
09.10.2025 08:28 β π 5 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0You can't beat the company of 5 palynologists from 5 different countries π
24.09.2025 17:13 β π 2 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Our first research project based right in Nottingham city !π
08.07.2025 20:53 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0Our first research project based right in Nottingham city !π
08.07.2025 20:53 β π 1 π 1 π¬ 0 π 0This week we hosted @hcadd.bsky.social at the Nottingham Pollen Lab @nottspollen.bsky.social ! Lots of great discussions about present and future work to unpack π₯, human activities and climate change through past millennia in Australia and beyond.
Homemade pistachio cake post-seminar was delicious!
π₯ Job Alert π₯
Weβre currently seeking a Heritage Science Technician to join us in the Department of Classics & Archaeology at the University of Nottingham.
Closing date July 24th 2025.
Details here:
jobs.nottingham.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
#archaeology #archaeologicalscience
It was great to meet with pupils and parents from local schools to chat about 3D pollen and landscapes for the University of Nottingham Family Discovery Day! π₯π±πΌπ²
School of Geography proudly represented by Gary Priestnall, myself and Alastair Wills πͺπΌ
I had a wonderful time in Athens and the island of Euboea this week to discuss current and future research on Mediterranean palaeoecology and fire ! π₯ π²π±πΌ
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ΟΞ±ΟΞΉΟΟΟ Katerina Kouli and Nikos Koutsias for everything (especially for your patience with my Greek β ΞΞΌΞ±ΞΈΞ± ΟΞΏΞ»Ο ΞΊΞ±ΞΉ ΟΞΟΞ±ΟΞ± ΟΟΞ±Ξ―Ξ±!).
And that's a wrap ! We had a busy time in southeastern #Australia for my last expedition as part of the @leverhulme.ac.uk International Fellowship.
A journey from the arid inland shrublands to the wet temperate forests, I have learnt so much ! Thanks to all who helped (see below) ππΌ
#fieldwork2025
Michela Mariani uncovers stories of ancient landscapes using cores of mud, and her own path to science was just as adventurous. New podcast episode out now!
#fires #scientists #research #scientist #Australia #paleoecology #climate
www.buzzsprout.com/2464891/epis...
Amazing PhD opportunity at the University of Adelaide to work on unpacking Kangaroo Island's past environments!
www.earthworks-jobs.com/climate/adel...
Please help our Notts pollen scientists !
13.02.2025 22:15 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Do you suffer from hayfever ? A survey for the people of Nottingham coming soon !
07.02.2025 15:44 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0The team has been busy installing pollen traps in the city today to track the hayfever season ! π³πΌ
stay tuned π
Join us @uniofnottingham.bsky.social School of Geography for our new timely MSc programmes !
Masters by research also available for students who have enjoyed independent research for their dissertation πͺπΌ
Some members of the team will be there for some fun activities focused on how we uncover our past landscapes using fossil pollen π π€©
30.01.2025 08:54 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0