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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

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Abi Stone @abistone.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

WTF. Not an Onion parody, the actual insane grimness of USA government

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Abi Stone @abistone.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Hi Dominic… a longer post is pending, but here’s a preview (black points lithics found, white circles samples taken for sediment analysis & dating, with 2 more now in that category). Look out for a paper due to appear l'Anthropologie soon about a 160 km foot survey (black points)

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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 · 05/03/2026

Just devastating. What a tragic loss.

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

This is really cool! Nice work Dr Fenn!

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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 · 06/02/2026

This is such wonderful news to read Anson! Enjoy those ultra-marathons!

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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 · 20/01/2026

*Save the learning process!* Won’t somebody please / how do we we?

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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

Also miss those geotwitter days Andy! Good to refind some of that community here. Really enjoyed your updates on Dogger Bank, & look forward to future updates in future years! #QRA2026ADM

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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 · 12/11/2025

You can access the LR04 data & make your own plots for whichever resolutions you want… can email you them in Excel if you want?

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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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