Shame none of the @quaternaryra.bsky.social #QRA2026ADM keynotes and presentations are online, just the abstract book and posters 🙄
those from @abistone.bsky.social and @andydoggerbank.bsky.social look very interesting.
What did paleogeography in these two different locations look like ?
Second stop of #QRA2026ADM field trip, Black Rock raised beach and spectacular Quaternary sedimentary sequences c.250ka old, on-lapping c.85Ma old chalk cliffs @quaternaryra.bsky.social
First stop of #QRA2026ADM field trip, beautiful Birling Gap to discuss chalk-flint geology, periglacial processes and Quaternary dry valley deposits @quaternaryra.bsky.social
When a seal interrupts a really interesting @quaternaryra.bsky.social field trip.
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@peatbloke.bsky.social closing the conference, presenting on fen-bog transitions since the LGM. A meta analysis of 93 northern hemisphere studies/cores
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Final paper of #QRA2026ADM Paul Morris, on fen to bog transistion in northern landscapes. A fen is former lake which has already partially infilled with organic detritus, developing into peat.
Thank you so much to the #QRA2026ADM team for enabling online attendance - we clearly missed out on a fab dinner and all the in-person fun, but great to remotely listen to all the lovely #quaternary science @quaternaryra.bsky.social #EDI. And thanks to all the people posting on bluesky! 👏🧪🦣
Next, Holly Addis on their project mapping peat depth across the Isle of Lewis. Peat covers much of the northern plateau of Lewis, is up to 7m deep and represents a huge carbon sink as well as an economic resource.
But so little known about it's history which Addis is changing.
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Andi Smith explored examples of the phosphorus cycle via analysis of phosphate oxygen isotopes @bgs.ac.uk @isotopesuk.bsky.social
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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!
And then to SE Australia to explore Holocene vegetation change and which models to employ for facilitating quantitative reconstructions with Alastair Wills
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We moved from geoarchaeologists engaging with landscape recovery with Hannah Fluck @nationaltrust.org.uk to a Welsh record of ecological change designed to help inform habitat restoration by Helen Essell
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Now, Alastair Wills on reconstructing Holocene vegetation through pollen models to examine indigenous Vegetation management in south-eastern Australia. #QRA2026ADM
Now, Helen Essell on the restoration of Atlantic/Celtic Rainforest in Wales. Highlighting the vegetation history, threats to, and protections of, the temperate woodland in Eryri, Wales.
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And updates from Danielle Schreve about prey choice of the wolf during environmental change
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Enjoyed seeing the faunal record during MIS5 in Guela Cave from @meirzooarch.bsky.social
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Impressive advancements in isotopic analysis of biogenic silica using microfluorination presented by @jacklacey.bsky.social from @bgs.ac.uk
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Now, @hannahfluck.bsky.social Senior Archaeologist at @nattrustarch.bsky.social on the Past as an Opportunity in Landscape and Nature Recovery .
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Best conference dinner ever #QRA2026ADM
A super #QRA2026ADM EDI session with @desmcd.bsky.social talking about accessible fieldwork using VR Glaciers and Glaciated Landscapes and Nick McGlynn talking about fieldwork for LQBTQ+, plus open discussion on eg neurodivergence in Quaternary science @quaternaryra.bsky.social
I’m still dreaming of the conference dinner food last night, nom nom !! #QRA2026ADM @quaternaryra.bsky.social
#QRA2026ADM medal winners @marcdickinson.bsky.social for the Lewis Penny medal and Phil Barker for the James Croll medal 👏 👏 @quaternaryra.bsky.social
A fantastic QRA Sponsored Keynote @beckybriant #QRA2026ADM talking about Quaternary landscape reconstruction and ground engineering, I was so absorbed I forgot to take a pic! @quaternaryra.bsky.social
And now to Diss Mere and Holocene records with Ian Candy from @rhulgeography.bsky.social #QRA2026ADM
Celebrating the JQS 40th Anniversary at the #QRA2026ADM with some reflections from John Lowe, Phil Gibbard and Neil Roberts, plus biscuits @quaternaryra.bsky.social
Programme for session 5
Session 5 #QRA2026ADM starts with Helen Roe, presenting work from David Hatton’s PhD research on cyanobacteria blooms in Lake Harvey
A huge thanks to Nick for his talk here #QRA2026ADM about inclusive fieldworking for LGBTQ+ researchers @quaternaryra.bsky.social
