Guardian story on our new paper that is out today. www.theguardian.com/science/2026...

Earlier this year there was an article on the beautiful new #Ediacaran #Dongpo Biota in China, it has some lovely fossils in it. Well worth a look! There were also some things interpreted as fronds that we consider to be abiogenic uninterrupted Chevron marks. doi.org/10.1016/j.pr...

Thanks to Duncan McIlroy @dmcediacaran.bsky.social for involving me in this study looking at whether purported Ediacaran fronds are real or whether they might be abiotic sole marks. There are remarkable similarities!

My work office flooded yet again following Storm Claudia. Maybe back in it early 2026. Will be back hot desking in the PhD office once more.

Tsunami vs Storms. Here we show unequivocal diagnostic criteria for differentiating between these in coastal lakes and lagoons based on the sedimentological records. Led by the astonishing Patrick. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Great to see this paper out on turbidity currents interacting with slopes, and how high angle differences between sole marks and ripples can occur. Overturns ideas that have stood for 3 decades! onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

As settings go, it is quite an impressive place to graduate! The eldest will be up on stage later. Looking forward to it!

The coke that arrives at the cafe. Is it a sign?

Nearly 2 hours now in the Q to register at the IAS Huelva meeting. By some margin the worst organised conference I have attended in 35 years! The sessions started long ago!

The Q for registration at the IAS meeting.

Another paper on the wonderful world of cohesive sediments - this time looking at salt marshes. Once upon a time I just worked on sandstones, but then I saw the light. Led by the brilliant Juliet Rounce. www.intechopen.com/online-first...

Revisiting the black shales depositional enigma! This one has taken a while, but delighted to see this out at last. With a stellar cast, and me. onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

Coverage of the Sedimentology mass resignations at Retraction Watch. Note: 13 of 32 AEs have resigned (40%); the website was already out of date, so figures herein are not quite right. retractionwatch.com/2025/02/14/e...

The crisis at the journal Sedimentology keeps deepening. Following the letters from present and past Presidents making it clear there will be no changes, there has been another resignation from among the remaining Associate Editors

For those who can access it, I have posted to the BSRG mailing list a brief response to a few of the points in the IAS President's letter. The letter is quite extraordinary. Over and out.

Many of you will have received the letter from the IAS President. The response to our mass resignation as Associate Editors and all the previous resignations is to continue without changing anything one iota. We hope that we have at least shone a light on the workings of the IAS Bureau.

Following the resignations of all Chief Editors of the journal Sedimentology, I and about 40% of the Associate Editors have also resigned. This has been a very difficult decision for all of us, however we felt that we could not continue. Some AEs have served the journal for decades.

Armoured mud clasts are far more important in deep marine systems than we thought, and here we detail the evidence for their transport. Also large buckets filled with multicolour plastic balls...

Finally made it here from the dark side.