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 ! 🥳💪🏼

Absolutely a pleasure to be in Brighton to attend QRA in flesh this year ! #QRA2026ADM

See you in 2026 pollen people 🤩 May the next year be filled with smiles and success stories 🙌🏼

Are you going to #EGU26 and you'd like to present about past human-fire-landscape interactions?🔥 Check our session below ! ⏰ Abstract deadline is on the 15th of January! ⏰

I feel like I am back to Kangaroo Island while counting these modern pollen samples 😍🔥 a lovely mixture of Acacia, Banksia and other Proteaceae 🤓 Sorry pics not to scale (shot using the phone camera on microscope technique) 😅 #kangarooisland #pollen #palynology #pollencounting #australia

Today's sunset. No filter needed ! @uniofnottingham.bsky.social

🔥 Call for Abstracts – #EGU26 Interdisciplinary Session: Cultural Pyroscapes Through Time ITS3.5/BG5.6 🔥 📅 Deadline 15/01/2026. @gilromera.bsky.social @hcadd.bsky.social @thatpollenguy.bsky.social 👉[https://lnkd.in/eWYtRsge] #Wildfire #Palaeoecology #Archaeology #ClimateChange #FireEcology

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

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/

Not just Aussie pollen this time ! 😎

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 🐺🔥

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

Our first research project based right in Nottingham city !🎉

Our first research project based right in Nottingham city !🎉

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 🔥, human activities and climate change through past millennia in Australia and beyond. Homemade pistachio cake post-seminar was delicious!

💥 Job Alert 💥 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

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! 🔥🌱🌼🌲 School of Geography proudly represented by Gary Priestnall, myself and Alastair Wills 💪🏼

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 ! 🔥 🌲🌱🌼 Ευχαριστώ Katerina Kouli and Nikos Koutsias for everything (especially for your patience with my Greek – έμαθα πολύ και πέρασα ωραία!).

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) 🙏🏼 #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 !

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

The team has been busy installing pollen traps in the city today to track the hayfever season ! 🌳🌼 stay tuned 👀

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 💪🏼

Some members of the team will be there for some fun activities focused on how we uncover our past landscapes using fossil pollen 👀 🤩

This will match a custom-made sediment core with different pollen assemblages 👀 On show soon at the Nottingham Festival of Science and Curiosity! 🤩 nottsfosac.co.uk/public-events/

Outreach material shaping up nicely 🙌🏼 at least my kids enjoyed engaging with the dynamic landscapes! #scicomm #outreach

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

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...