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Michelle Farrell

@michelle-farrell.bsky.social

Assistant Professor @coventrycawr.bsky.social. Using microfossils to understand long-term environmental change and its impacts on socio-ecological systems. Interested in islands, wetlands, peat, prehistory, heathlands, biodiversity.

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UK's first rice crop ripe for picking after hot summer Paddy fields are thriving in a quiet part of east England and might help feed us in the future.

Rice now can be grown in the UK:

28.09.2025 15:33 β€” πŸ‘ 27    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks Matt, really looking forward to getting started!

26.09.2025 19:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Thanks Claire! Hope all is good with you

26.09.2025 18:26 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Coventry University project aims to reveal secrets of the β€˜bog bodies’ Iron Age β€˜bog bodies’ have long captivated the imagination, but a Coventry University-led study is aiming to shed new light on why these individuals were deposited in the bogs.

Excited to share news of our new project in which we’ll be using palaeoenvironmental archives to learn more about Iron Age β€˜bog bodies’. Huge thanks to @royalsociety.org, @britishacademy.bsky.social, @raeng.org.uk & @leverhulme.ac.uk for supporting this work with an APEX Award!

tinyurl.com/3z6ucn4u

26.09.2025 16:53 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0

Nice article about Estonia’s bogs, which are very much on my list of places I need to visit!

05.09.2025 06:23 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Finally made the move over here after giving up with Twitter (X) quite some time ago. This is much nicer! Looking forward to sharing updates on some exciting new projects soon. For now, here’s a picture of some beautiful sundews in a bog on Arran.

29.08.2025 10:56 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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