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Abi Stone @abistone.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Whilst in Dorset at the fossil-rich coast for guest teaching with @oxfordgeography.bsky.social … This is topical

Abi Stone @abistone.bsky.social · 30/07/2026

If you’re fond of sand #dunes… …then keep your eyes peeled for the arrival of this sandy tome. (proofs will arrive with the wonderful Frank Eckardt in Sept) It was brilliant working with Heike Wanke & Shoopala Uugulu on soggy sand dunes & Rachel Bynoe on the #archaeology in #dunefields

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Abi Stone @abistone.bsky.social · 12/07/2026

2026 field season, Namib Sand Sea with these wonderful humans for @leverhulme.ac.uk funded P.A.N.S. project - part of S.A.N.D.S. (Survey and Archaeology of the Namib Desert Surface) gratitude to Gobabeb Namib Research Institute for the warm welcome & all their help in making this research happen!

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Abi Stone @abistone.bsky.social · 11/06/2026

Huge congratulations to Shashank for successfully defending his PhD on Monday! 🥳 We are so proud of you and everything you’ve achieved in your research here in Geography @uomseed.bsky.social With many thanks to Ann Rowan and Pete Ryan for examining and to Angela Harris as external chair.

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Abi Stone @abistone.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Packing up the office for the downsize really sucks! I’ve parted with >half the contents. So many books, notes, thank you cards and pictures that were part of the fabric of my everyday work life. Yet, I still have too much for the allotted packing boxes. #lostmysenseofplace #disorientated

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Social Responsibility at The University of Manchester @socialresponuom.bsky.social · 01/06/2026

Curious about the hidden imprints of the Ice Ages and what they reveal about the world today? Want to dig deeper? Join us at the Universally Manchester Festival www.universallymanchester.com 📍 Oxford Road Campus, @officialuom.bsky.social 🗓️ 13 June 🕒 11am – 4:30pm @abistone.bsky.social

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Abi Stone @abistone.bsky.social · 09/03/2026

🚨 Shashank Nitundil’s 1st PhD paper output. Congrats! ⬇️ doi.org/10.1016/j.qu... #himalayas #EasternHimalayas #DibangValley #glaciation #QuaternaryScience #chronology With thanks to @rgs.org GeologistsAssociation & Jeremy Willson Charitable Trust for funding @uomseed.bsky.social

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Abi Stone @abistone.bsky.social · 26/02/2026

A huge thanks to Troy Sternberg for his guest lecture today in #GeohazardsInDryplaces on a fascinating and exploration of #dzud

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Abi Stone @abistone.bsky.social · 21/02/2026

Another research angle on the timing of shifting #sanddunes at the #coast at #formbybeach for the Y3 geography #geohazards unit coursework @uomseed.bsky.social This ‘unearthed’ buried crisp packet is from 1983! And look at that wonderful 007 watch you could have sent off for! #plasticpollution

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Abi Stone @abistone.bsky.social · 19/02/2026

It’s Formby #fieldtrip day. Today we employ our powers of imagination & analogy: imagining we are in a dryland dune region. Measuring velocity profiles of the wind with height, looking out for saltation under today’s wind & moisture conditions & observing drifting dunes and their stratigraphy.

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Abi Stone @abistone.bsky.social · 29/01/2026

📣 Calling #dryland #Quaternary scientists. INQUA 2027 abstract deadline approaching fast (15th Feb) Please consider S_056 “Dryland landscape-climate dynamics from the Quaternary to the Anthropocene…” (allocated into ‘Anthropocene theme’) info on how to submit www.inquaindia2027.in

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Abi Stone @abistone.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

@peatbloke.bsky.social closing the conference, presenting on fen-bog transitions since the LGM. A meta analysis of 93 northern hemisphere studies/cores #QRA2026ADM

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Abi Stone @abistone.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

And now to #peatlands of the Isle of Lewis with Holly Addis from Leeds #QRA2026ADM

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Abi Stone @abistone.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Andi Smith explored examples of the phosphorus cycle via analysis of phosphate oxygen isotopes @bgs.ac.uk @isotopesuk.bsky.social #QRA2026ADM

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Abi Stone @abistone.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

And then to SE Australia to explore Holocene vegetation change and which models to employ for facilitating quantitative reconstructions with Alastair Wills #QRA2026ADM

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Abi Stone @abistone.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

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 #QRA2026ADM

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Abi Stone @abistone.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

And updates from Danielle Schreve about prey choice of the wolf during environmental change #QRA2026ADM

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Abi Stone @abistone.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Enjoyed seeing the faunal record during MIS5 in Guela Cave from @meirzooarch.bsky.social #QRA2026ADM

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Abi Stone @abistone.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Impressive advancements in isotopic analysis of biogenic silica using microfluorination presented by @jacklacey.bsky.social from @bgs.ac.uk #QRA2026ADM

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Abi Stone @abistone.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

A brilliant boreal lake record with varves from Daisy Fallows #QRA2026ADM

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Abi Stone @abistone.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

And now to Diss Mere and Holocene records with Ian Candy from @rhulgeography.bsky.social #QRA2026ADM

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Abi Stone @abistone.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Session 5 #QRA2026ADM starts with Helen Roe, presenting work from David Hatton’s PhD research on cyanobacteria blooms in Lake Harvey

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Abi Stone @abistone.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

A huge thanks to Nick for his talk here #QRA2026ADM about inclusive fieldworking for LGBTQ+ researchers @quaternaryra.bsky.social

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Abi Stone @abistone.bsky.social · 07/01/2026

Now onto EDI session here #QRA2026ADM with Des McDougall talking about #VirtualFieldtrips

Photo of Des McDougall on stage with his title slide

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Dr Matt Pope @mattpope.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

And now our 2nd @quaternaryra.bsky.social keynote speaker Prof Becky Briant on Quaternary Landscape studies and Ground Engineering. Becky is someone who has shown amazing leadership across different discipline sectors. 🦣❄️🌉 #QRA2026ADM

A stage, a screen, a Professor at a podium

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NEaar lab @neaarlab.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

Congratulations Marc!! 👋👋🦣 @marcdickinson.bsky.social for winning the Lewis Penny Medal for his fab tooth enamel dating work from @quaternaryra.bsky.social. @chemistryatyork.bsky.social

Marc Dickinson wins the Lewis Penny medal

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Abi Stone @abistone.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

Day 2 of #QRA2026ADM took us into the world of #Quaternary glaciation and Sedimentary Archives from glaciers, tsunamis & Quaternary sediments more generally

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Abi Stone @abistone.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

Superb session 1 at the #QRA2026ADM with talks covering human-environment interactions with a really wide spatial coverage and diverse range of proxies & timeframes.

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Abi Stone @abistone.bsky.social · 03/01/2026

and look at this dream team that conducts this research…

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Abi Stone @abistone.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

Shaking off the cobwebs from the festive season, assembling slides and photographs, ready to try to talk some science @quaternaryra.bsky.social in Brighton on Monday @uniofbrighton.bsky.social

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Abi Stone @abistone.bsky.social · 12/12/2025

Anyone planning on ICAR XII in Swakopmund in July… abstracts are due on Monday…

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Abi Stone @abistone.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

Not about the archaeology or the former “green corridors”, but for anyone who is interested in the wonderful #NamibSandSea #desert #drylands heres a short 🎦 for you… youtu.be/AFSbln9uN-4?... @uomseed.bsky.social @uomhums.bsky.social

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"Dunes, diamonds and dust": An invited lecture for the RGS (Royal Geographical Society)

YouTube video by TheAbiStone

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Leverhulme Trust @leverhulme.ac.uk · 30/09/2025

Using luminescence dating, @abistone.bsky.social and her colleagues aim to shine a light on a neglected part of Africa’s archaeological record, out in the remote, hyper-arid landscapes of the Namib Sand Sea. @pans-river-namib.bsky.social 👉 media.leverhulme.ac.uk/feature/astone

Dried lakebed in desert landscape, dunes in the distance, dramatic clouds overhead, shrubs in foreground.

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Abi Stone @abistone.bsky.social · 21/08/2025

The day before the #UKLum25 conference @standrewssgsd.bsky.social we had a fabulous day working with a fleet of #portableluminescencereaders

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Abi Stone @abistone.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

I’m looking forward to the #luminescence community catch-up next week at the conference in St Andrews, and the opportunity talk about the work Shashank is leading on establishing the timing of dune accumulation in the western part of the Thar Desert. #UKLum2025 @uomseed.bsky.social

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European Space Agency @esa.int · 13/08/2025

🌎 Tonight, we ushered in a new era of weather and climate monitoring. EUMETSAT's MetOp-SG-A1, weather satellite – which hosts the Copernicus Sentinel-5 mission – successfully launched aboard an Ariane 6 rocket from Europe’s Spaceport in French Guiana. 🔗 www.esa.int/Applications...

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Abi Stone @abistone.bsky.social · 10/08/2025

A cold dip and mini rainbows in the sky on holiday in Germany…

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British Geological Survey @bgs.ac.uk · 02/08/2025

It's tempting to pick a spot on the beach near cliffs: they provide shade and wind protection. But take a look at this pic: can you see the potential risks? Click here to find the answers, and learn more about beach safety: www.resortdorset.com/features/227...

A painting of a beach scene, with lots of risks taken by people on the beach, including fossil spotting under the cliff, standing at the cliff edge and people ignoring coastal warning signs.

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PANS Namib Sand Sea Project @pans-river-namib.bsky.social · 01/08/2025

More #FieldworkFriday The site of Khommabes in the north of the #NamibSandSea, which contains a palimpsest of ESA, MSA & LSA #archaeology This view looks northeast from a patch of nebkah dunes. Off to the left of the photo is a calcrete-capped interdune pan that used to hold water

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Abi Stone @abistone.bsky.social · 28/07/2025

🚨 New paper landing soon. An invited review for Cambridge Prisms: Drylands (www.cambridge.org/core/journal...) about #Quaternary #dryland dynamics. Some areas of emerging consensus, plus remaining contradictions. A short review (<5,000 words): selective not exhaustive

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Abi Stone @abistone.bsky.social · 22/07/2025

A fascinating morning so far in session 28 #SAfA2025 hearing about the Kgalagadi District: survey, luminescence dating, duricrust formation & lithics from @khoproject.bsky.social members @isotopesrule.bsky.social @taylorgrandfield.bsky.social Inez Faul & Rowena Winterhalder #lithics #archaeology

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