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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/

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@ipe-csic.bsky.social

17.10.2025 09:34 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

It's such a pleasure to have Kilian around ! Looking forward to collaborating further and seeing his novel work being published ! ✨

17.10.2025 10:20 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Be 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/

16.10.2025 06:36 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Not just Aussie pollen this time ! 😎

15.10.2025 21:25 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Photo of the "Paleo" board game box, which has a mammoth drawn on it.

Photo 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 🐺πŸ”₯

09.10.2025 08:28 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

You can't beat the company of 5 palynologists from 5 different countries 😎

24.09.2025 17:13 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Our first research project based right in Nottingham city !πŸŽ‰

08.07.2025 20:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Our first research project based right in Nottingham city !πŸŽ‰

08.07.2025 20:53 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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This 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 πŸ”₯, human activities and climate change through past millennia in Australia and beyond.

Homemade pistachio cake post-seminar was delicious!

27.06.2025 10:50 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Job Vacancy at the University of Nottingham: Heritage Science Technician (Fixed term) Following Β£1.6 million UKRI-investment in our Archaeological Science Laboratories, we are delighted to offer this exciting opportunity to bring specialist technical expertise to our new AHRC-funded cl...

πŸ’₯ Job Alert πŸ’₯

We’re 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

26.06.2025 15:04 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 11    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2
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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! πŸ”₯🌱🌼🌲

School of Geography proudly represented by Gary Priestnall, myself and Alastair Wills πŸ’ͺ🏼

14.06.2025 15:55 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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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 ! πŸ”₯ 🌲🌱🌼

Ξ•Ο…Ο‡Ξ±ΟΞΉΟƒΟ„ΟŽ Katerina Kouli and Nikos Koutsias for everything (especially for your patience with my Greek – Ξ­ΞΌΞ±ΞΈΞ± πολύ ΞΊΞ±ΞΉ πέρασα ωραία!).

12.06.2025 16:30 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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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) πŸ™πŸΌ
#fieldwork2025

20.04.2025 02:11 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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Michela Mariani digs ancient wildfires (she's a paleoecologist) - Socializing with Scientists As a child, Michela got lost in the mountains of Italy foraging for mushrooms. Adult Michela digs under deep Australian lakes searching for remnants of wildfire and ancient people, while raising her f...

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...

12.04.2025 01:45 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
Climate / Meterology Jobs : Earthworks : PhD scholarship: Reconstructing Holocene fire regimes on Kangaroo Island, Australia, using organic fire biomarkers - Adelaide, Australia - University of Adelai...

Amazing PhD opportunity at the University of Adelaide to work on unpacking Kangaroo Island's past environments!
www.earthworks-jobs.com/climate/adel...

14.03.2025 16:45 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 8    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 2

Please help our Notts pollen scientists !

13.02.2025 22:15 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Do you suffer from hayfever ? A survey for the people of Nottingham coming soon !

07.02.2025 15:44 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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The team has been busy installing pollen traps in the city today to track the hayfever season ! 🌳🌼

stay tuned πŸ‘€

31.01.2025 20:56 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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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 πŸ’ͺ🏼

30.01.2025 17:27 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Some members of the team will be there for some fun activities focused on how we uncover our past landscapes using fossil pollen πŸ‘€ 🀩

30.01.2025 08:54 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

This will match a custom-made sediment core with different pollen assemblages πŸ‘€

On show soon at the Nottingham Festival of Science and Curiosity! 🀩
nottsfosac.co.uk/public-events/

30.01.2025 08:30 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

15.01.2025 20:42 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Outreach material shaping up nicely πŸ™ŒπŸΌ at least my kids enjoyed engaging with the dynamic landscapes!

#scicomm #outreach

16.01.2025 19:12 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 3
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Happy new year to everyone celebrating the beginning of the #YearOfTheSnake. 🐍

The snake is the 6th animal in the lunar zodiac. It symbolises wisdom, charm, and transformation. People born in this year are known for their intelligence, elegance and creativity.

#WeAreUoN

29.01.2025 09:33 β€” πŸ‘ 17    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Maize monoculture supported pre-Columbian urbanism in southwestern Amazonia - Nature Remote sensing, field survey and microbotanical analyses show that the pre-Columbian Casarabe culture in the Bolivian Amazon invested heavily in landscape engineering, constructing a complex system of...

Our latest study, published in Nature and led by @umbamoxos.bsky.social, describes how the pre-Hispanic Casarabe Society of the Llanos de Moxos in Bolivia designed and implemented an innovative landscape engineering system. Read more about here: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

29.01.2025 16:53 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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