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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? phys.org/news/2025-07...

So excited about this! ✨😁✨

Increase in methane emissions from fossil fuels has been underestimated. Our new PNAS paper just published today: www.pnas.org/doi/epub/10....

It’s our first conference so please help us to spread the word! And don’t forget to register 😁 anthrosednet.com/2025-confere... #ASN2025 #ASN25 #Anthropocene #Multidisciplinary

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: theconversation.com/englands-wat...

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!

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 www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

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 💀

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! ✈️☁️

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 ✈️🌍

Boarding a giga metalliplasticlast fueled by ancient plankton! 🦠 See you soon #Vienna for some more #Anthropocene adventures 😊✈️ #manchesterairport #nextadventure #Wien

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.

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

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

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.

This is so exciting! 😆 It’s going to be a SUPER opportunity to present and discuss what moves on Earth and why… in a multidisciplinary space 🌍 Please share with anyone who you think would be interested ✨ #envhist #geoarcheology #archeology #arts #culture #science #geology #anthropocene

✨Good news!✨ Australia’s seen a 40% drop in #plasticpollution on major beaches!🏖️ They’ve pledged to phase out unnecessary plastics by 2025 & reuse or recycle all plastic waste by 2040♻️ It’s PROOF that action works! Let’s keep going! #BeachCleanUp #EnviroNews www.independent.co.uk/climate-chan...

The pollution of the planet by microplastics is significantly cutting food supplies by damaging the ability of plants to photosynthesise, according to a new assessment.

Cyclone #Alfred 🌀 caused severe beach erosion in #Queensland, shifting vast amounts of sand offshore and exposing soft #sediment cliffs. 🌊 This dramatic change can feel shocking, but it’s actually part of a fascinating and ongoing sediment cycle… 📸 Images: 4ussiestyle (IG)

The things they left behind. Beachcombing in the Plastic Age. #Anthropocene

📢 #Microplastic folks, let’s rethink how we use “fragment” for angular particles 🔷 “Fragment” implies a secondary microplastic, but primary #plastics can start angular too! Use the grain shape chart below instead: Read more in section 3.1: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

🌱 Restoring vegetation is a type of land use change we don’t talk about enough! It doesn’t just green the landscape—it improves soil retention, reduces landscape denudation, and enhances air quality. 🌍 The Anthropocene isn’t just a story of loss. 💚 #GenerationRestoration

Happy #MardiGras! 💜💚💛 A few years ago, I dressed as “Calamity Drain” to highlight the #PlasticPollution and toxicity issues from parade beads in New Orleans’ waterways. The celebrations were so much fun, just remember, if you grab some beads, take them home or dispose of them safely! 📿📿 #NOLA

Dams may seem like permanent features of #Anthropocene landscapes, but many are threatened by #sediment accumulation⏳ This video from Practical Engineering explores the sediment-related #engineering challenges of keeping #reservoirs functional! 📽️ Watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=XiUO...

A strikingly curated arrangement—assembled by time and tide 🌊 Unlike their organic counterparts, these plastic flowers may far outlast real blooms, preserving not just a record of plant morphology, but also a snapshot of human imagination and design 💐 #Anthropocene #MarineDebris #FutureFossil 🧪⚒️

🌍✨️ In one week today we celebrate International Womens Day 2025! This year's theme is #AccelerateAction highlighting the urgent need for gender equality in all spheres. Stay tuned as I start to introduce you to a new project over the week #IWD2025 #AccelerateAction www.internationalwomensday.com

The Anthropocene Sediment Network is now on BlueSky! 🦋 If you’re into thinking about how we shape materials and landscapes that shape us, come get involved! The ASN is a collaborative space for anyone working in the multidisciplinary spaces in the #Anthropocene! 🧪⚒️

Spent some time looking through the news for interesting water issues this week to share with my students and encountered fog harvesting. This honestly might be one of the coolest water sustainability systems I've yet seen: www.bbc.com/news/article...

Recent gale force winds and high spring tides have brought a fair bit of Lego from the 1997 cargo spill to the surface. This haul was found by Liutauras and his family while picking up plastic from Whitsand Bay in Cornwall over the weekend.

alt: muddy ground mixed with leaves and sticks, with several tire treads over two very flat former-soda cans and a white one that may be a paper or plastic cup. A bootprint is visible over one if the tire treads.

Today I found a lovely compacted organometallic deposit, complete with trace fossils from the suspected compaction mechanism. 🧐 It’s that time of year when wet, churned-up ground reveals all sorts! If you find any, share your #TrashSnaps below 📸 #Anthropocene #Geology #Sedimentology ⚒️ 🧪 🌍

The banks of Loch Long at Arrochar, #Scotland, sees about 62,000 #plastic items wash up each year. About 11% is from the #River Clyde, itself sourced from places such as #Glasgow. Mismanaged trash has so many continuing consequences… how do we navigate this future? www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Brown trout need water temperatures to remain below 19.5°C to grow well, & winter temps below 12°C for healthy eggs. Without action to prevent the worst climate change scenarios, these fish are predicted to be gone from most English rivers by 2080. 🧵 1/8 www.theguardian.com/environment/...

The carefully managed water systems in California's Central Valley saw a sudden deluge after the Army Corps of Engineers unexpectedly released reservoir water. “In 25 years, I’ve never seen anything like this. I was given no explanation at all.”

When #golf balls are sorted into gravel beds on the bottom of a #river, are they now #sediment or still a human #artefact? Or both… i.e., #anthropogenic sediment? Flow direction is left to right, picture is of the River Wye ⛳️

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Whatever you are reading this on will end up buried on land or under the ocean, BUT its journey to get there is not just physics and logistics, it’s in the complex interactions of us and #Earth 🌍 Interested? Join the conversation: forms.gle/CrQy4utGVUB3... #Anthropocene #Sediment #Network 🧪⚒️

"humanity’s drive for increased food production has fundamentally altered ecosystem biostructure — the intricate tapestry of species interactions and energy flows that underpins ecosystems. In doing so, it has resulted in significant biodiversity loss." theconversation.com/global-food-...

I've just published my first @forbes.com science story of 2025 - it's about textile waste and it features a brand-new study that looks at the scale of the problem in cities 🧪👩‍🔬 www.forbes.com/sites/laurie...

Oh ye gawds, I suppose I should integrate this into my Sed/Strat class this semester ...

Useful also for archaeologists!! 🤩