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The National Environmental Isotope Facility (NEIF) offers world-leading integrated isotope and organic analytical capability to support the UK NERC science communities.

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Oxford Radiocarbon Accelerator Unit @oxradiocarbon.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Do you* need radiocarbon dates? Come work with us! It's exactly one month until the next NIEF deadline, so please get in contact asap if you would like to submit a proposal for Archaeological Science Based projects. www.isotopesuk.org/apply.html *You = UK based students, ECAs, PIs.
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Jason Newton @jasonisotopes.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
(1/3) UK-based ecologists interested in #stableisotopeecology applications to the @isotopesuk.bsky.social — now is a good time to start shaping your ideas. Next application deadline: 7 October 2026. More info: www.isotopesuk.org/apply.html (Panel B)
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Mat Cobain @cobainmat.eurosky.social · 30/06/2026
New paper alert 🚨 led by the awesome @nadescha.bsky.social examining Antarctic food web recovery post disturbance by combining food web models with stable isotopes! Check it out in Marine Environmental Research at www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Graphical abstract of paper showing how frequency of disturbance (ice berg scouring) correlates with food web metrics and changes in structure during recovery period.
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Jason Newton @jasonisotopes.bsky.social · 27/05/2026
New research highlighting the utility of #MuseumCollections and #stableisotopeecology. @williammills.bsky.social and others found that brown skuas in the Southern Ocean have shifted wintering strategies over the past 100 years, moving to more oceanic subantarctic waters. doi.org/10.1098/rsos...
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Reconstructing the historical wintering destinations of seabirds using stable isotope analyses of museum specimens
Abstract. Stable isotope analyses of museum specimens provide an opportunity to examine long-term changes in avian migration strategies. Here, we determine
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Jason Newton @jasonisotopes.bsky.social · 19/05/2026
Stable isotopes show how land use shapes stream chemistry and entire foodwebs. The study demonstrates links between low drainage soils / agricultural pastures, increased CH4 and C isotopes in consumers. Funding of measurements- @isotopesuk.bsky.social doi.org/10.1002/ece3... @robbriers.bsky.social
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Catchment Influences on Carbon Stable Isotope Variation in Trout; Might It Be Methane?
Trout stable carbon isotope values vary significantly and appear to relate to catchment characteristics. Low carbon stable isotope values are linked to catchments with low drainage soil and high cove...
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Rage Against the Miocene @organiccarbon.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
The meeting brings together the latest developments and applications for the use of stable isotopes across a wide range of disciplines including: archaeology, food science, geoscience, health sciences, and forensics, to name but a few.
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Rage Against the Miocene @organiccarbon.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Registration for SIMSUG 2026 remains open until Monday 8th June and can be accessed by visiting: simsug2026.carrd.co Abstract submission is also open but will soon close on Friday 22nd May. Please submit your abstract for an oral/poster presentation as soon as possible.
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Rage Against the Miocene @organiccarbon.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
Stable Isotope researchers of all varieties - come to Bristol in June!! The 17th meeting of the Stable Isotope Mass Spectrometry Users Group (SIMSUG) will take place 15th-16th June 2026 at the School of Chemistry, University of Bristol. Register at simsug2026.carrd.co
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Stable Isotope Mass Spec User Group Meeting Conference
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Melanie Leng @meljleng.bsky.social · 13/05/2026
It’s great to see Nho’s paper published on the identification of the dominant moisture sources, the development of a framework for characterizing precip, & evalu of the hydrological processes & anthropogenic influences / using water isotopes from the Red River. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....
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Tracing monsoon precipitation, surface–groundwater interaction and seawater intrusion using stable isotopes in a subtropical river system
This study identifies dominant moisture sources, develop an isotope-based framework for characterizing precipitation across a transboundary basin, and evaluate hydrological processes and anthropoge...
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NEIF National Environmental Isotope Facility @isotopesuk.bsky.social · 08/05/2026
Happy birthday Sir David, here you are in 2017 when you visited the NEIF labs at @BGS for ‘Attenborough and the giant elephant’ documentary…🐘
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Melanie Leng @meljleng.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
From lake sediments to tropical soils 🌱 Chris recently took a break from his PhD research with Envision DTP at Lancaster University and British Geological Survey to spend three months as a placement student in West Java, Indonesia. @isotopesuk.bsky.social
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NEIF National Environmental Isotope Facility @isotopesuk.bsky.social · 28/04/2026
Well done @charhipkiss.bsky.social - another PhD paper 👏👏👏
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Melanie Leng @meljleng.bsky.social · 27/04/2026
Well done @charhipkiss.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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Connecting climate and human settlement in the tropical South Pacific: Insights from a lake sediment archive from the Southern Cook Islands
The precise timing and sequence of human arrival into the tropical South Pacific islands is contested and there is ongoing debate around the drivers o…
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Melanie Leng @meljleng.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
The impact of giant iceberg melting on Southern Ocean productivity… www.nature.com/articles/s43...
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Giant iceberg behaviour impacts regional biogeochemical cycling in the Southern Ocean - Communications Earth & Environment
Icebergs shape Southern Ocean productivity by triggering blooms through micronutrient delivery and sustaining biomass via deep nutrient resupply, as revealed by silicon isotope, hydrographic, meltwate...
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British Geological Survey @bgs.ac.uk · 08/04/2026
Industrial placements at BGS for undergraduate students give real-life experience of working in laboratories and learning different analytical techniques. Here, Dorontina Domi tells us about her industrial placement in BGS' stable isotope facility: www.bgs.ac.uk/news/isotope...
A picture of Dorontina undertaking solvent treatment in the Geomicrobiology lab. She is in fully PPE and is looking towards the camera. Her hands are holding a small pot.
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Seb Breitenbach @speleoseb.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
Happy International Geologist’s Day to all #geologists and #geochemists ! May your expeditions run smoothly and with great success & your experiments savely! @bgs.ac.uk @olakwiecien3.bsky.social @andrejpaleo.bsky.social @worrytimez.bsky.social @geohenning.bsky.social @geolsoc.bsky.social @egu.eu
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NEIF National Environmental Isotope Facility @isotopesuk.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
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PhD adventures in the Philippines: coring around Lake Bulusan  - British Geological Survey
Chris Bengt’s two-week field trip to Bulusan Volcano Natural Park in the Philippines to collect lake sediment cores, fresh soil and water samples.
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NEIF National Environmental Isotope Facility @isotopesuk.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
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Esthwaite Water: applying novel approaches to understand lake-water nutrient pollution - British Geological Survey
Geology fieldwork in the Lake District, applying a novel stable isotope method for tracing phosphorus sources.
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NEIF National Environmental Isotope Facility @isotopesuk.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
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Hole-y c*@p! How bat excrement is sculpting Borneo’s hidden caves - British Geological Survey
Scientific observations suggest that ammonia released into the cave air by the microbial decay of bat and bird guano adsorbs onto water droplets on the passage walls and stalagmites.
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NEIF National Environmental Isotope Facility @isotopesuk.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
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MARC Conference 2025: highlighting the importance of conferences to PhD students - British Geological Survey
BGS and University of Nottingham PhD student Paulina Baranowska shares her experience presenting her research on nuclear forensics at her first international conference.
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NEIF National Environmental Isotope Facility @isotopesuk.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
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PhD adventures in Copenhagen, Denmark: revealing past recovery processes of tropical forest systems through ancient environmental DNA  - British Geological Survey
PhD student Chris Bengt visited the University of Copenhagen to carry out very delicate extraction of aeDNA from lake-sediment cores, in the hopes of unlocking the secrets of past volcanic eruptions.
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NEIF National Environmental Isotope Facility @isotopesuk.bsky.social · 05/04/2026
Had an excellent time attending UKAS 2026 in Bristol this past week. Heard a lot about new isotope work within archaeological science and presented some of my modelling work. Looking forward to the next meeting in 2028! @charhipkiss.bsky.social
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Cathy Delaney @mudswoman.bsky.social · 27/02/2026
At last...new paper with Kathryn Adamson, @glaciologytim.bsky.social, Phil Hughes, and Derek Fabel and Delia Gheorgiu at @isotopesuk.bsky.social - thanks, everyone! 36Cl dates from the Irish Midlands, plus some geomorphology to complicate things. doi.org/10.1016/j.qu...
Large limestone boulder with a weathered surface and an ivy-covered tree on top. A figure wearing a red jacket is standing on the boulder for scale. The boulder is taller than she is.
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Oxford Radiocarbon Accelerator Unit @oxradiocarbon.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
Many thanks to all participants in the Radiocarbon Short Course this week. Many excellent discussions had, and great to see so many people so enthusiastic about radiocarbon! @isotopesuk.bsky.social @unioxarchaeology.bsky.social
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Oxford Radiocarbon Accelerator Unit @oxradiocarbon.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
This EA-IRMS has filled the space. It runs 'mega-fast' batches increasing throughput, and our tech Gary loves it! It's able to combust organic samples, measure C and N stable isotopes and collect CO2 in our collection system for 14C dating. @isotopesuk.bsky.social @unioxarchaeology.bsky.social
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Jason Newton @jasonisotopes.bsky.social · 24/03/2026
NEIF @isotopesuk.bsky.social are recruiting new members for the NEIF Strategy Group and three Steering Committees (Radiocarbon (Panel A), Life Sciences (Panel B) and Geology & Environment (Panel C)). We are also recruiting for a Chair for Panel A – Radiocarbon. See www.bgs.ac.uk/download/ner...
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NERC Steering Committee - Membership Call - British Geological Survey
Supporting information around the call for expressions of interest in joining the NERC Scientific Support and Facilities Steering Committees.
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Melanie Leng @meljleng.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
New paper!
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Melanie Leng @meljleng.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
New paper!
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NEIF National Environmental Isotope Facility @isotopesuk.bsky.social · 02/04/2026
@oxradiocarbon.bsky.social student Jessica Ratcliff, who is supported by a NEIF grant to date materials from these caves, reporting on her work with local partners to protect this wonderful environment
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NEIF National Environmental Isotope Facility @isotopesuk.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Three nodes of NEIF (Bristol, BGS and Oxford) are at the UK Archaeological Science conference. Great to see so many isotope and organic residue talks and posters! @unioxarchaeology.bsky.social
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Penny Bickle @pennybickle.bsky.social · 20/03/2026
New Open Access Paper! We present the site of Al Uyaynah, Pre-Pottery Neolithic in Saudi Arabia, excavated by my former PhD student Dr. Khalid Alasmari. New set of C14 dates, thanks to @isotopesuk.bsky.social funding onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/... @uoyarchaeology.bsky.social
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New Results From the Pre‐Pottery Neolithic Site of Al Uyaynah, Tabuk, in Northwestern Saudi Arabia
Al Uyaynah is a low sandstone mound on an alluvial plain, long known for its extensive surface remains of stone-built circular and rectangular structures. Following test excavations in 2012, more det...
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Oxford Radiocarbon Accelerator Unit @oxradiocarbon.bsky.social · 05/03/2026
Are you UK based and need funding for radiocarbon dating? Spring has sprung, which means it is time for the next deadline for NEIF applications! Please get in contact asap to discuss your project. Deadline 25th March; www.isotopesuk.org/apply.html
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Oxford Radiocarbon Accelerator Unit @oxradiocarbon.bsky.social · 14/11/2025
Looking forward to Monday and filling this space! @isotopesuk.bsky.social @unioxarchaeology.bsky.social
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lornalinch.bsky.social @lornalinch.bsky.social · 20/10/2025
QRA ADM in Brighton, abstract submission deadline 10th November!!! Submit your abstracts for a talk or a poster @quaternaryra.bsky.social sites.google.com/view/qraadmb...
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Dr Sam Neil @drsamneil.bsky.social · 12/11/2025
Currently writing up the results of new radiocarbon dating from this amazing Neolithic monument, Le Déhus, on the Channel Islands. With thanks to @isotopesuk.bsky.social and @oxradiocarbon.bsky.social for funding radiocarbon dating.
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Oxford Radiocarbon Accelerator Unit @oxradiocarbon.bsky.social · 30/10/2025
What to know more about radiocarbon or chronological modelling? Our 2026 short course is now open for registration. 17th - 19th March in Oxford/online. @isotopesuk.bsky.social @philascough.bsky.social @unioxarchaeology.bsky.social lifelong-learning.ox.ac.uk/courses/shor...
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Short Course in Radiocarbon Dating and Bayesian Chronological Analysis
Developed by the NERC Radiocarbon Facility, this course is aimed at researchers using radiocarbon and other techniques, including Quaternary geologists, palaeobiologists, archaeologists and marine geo...
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NEIF National Environmental Isotope Facility @isotopesuk.bsky.social · 22/10/2025
Stood in the Cretaceous looking at the first grasses on Earth (British Geological Survey) geological walkway…
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NEIF National Environmental Isotope Facility @isotopesuk.bsky.social · 18/10/2025
In 1955 the third (?) mass spectrometer in the world (maybe for geochronology?) was purchased by Oxford University for the determination of the oldest rocks… at the grand price of £10,000. Apparently the determination will have “no immediate practical application” but it was beautiful…
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NEIF National Environmental Isotope Facility @isotopesuk.bsky.social · 02/10/2025
The University of Nottingham has appointed BGS’s senior isotope research geochemist, Angela Lamb, as an honorary professor. As part of her role, Angela will contribute to undergraduate and postgraduate teaching alongside facilitating collaborative research programmes between BGS and the University.
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NEIF National Environmental Isotope Facility @isotopesuk.bsky.social · 01/10/2025
Congratulations to NEIF researcher, Francesco Putzolu, whose Economic Geology paper 'Origin of the Jadar Volcano-Sedimentary Li-B Deposit, Serbia' has been awarded the prize for the best Mineral Deposits paper from Young Researchers by the Italian Geological Society: www.socgeol.it/N6807/premio...
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Premio Miglior pubblicazione GGM 2025
Benvenuto nel sito ufficiale della Società Geologica Italiana, fondata a Bologna il 29 Settembre 1881, la più antica e rappresentativa associazione scientifica italiana nel campo delle geoscienze.
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Penny Bickle @pennybickle.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
So grateful to NEIF for funding this research! The new dates suggest cemeteries started about the same time, rather than gradually spreading from east to west. They reveal funerary practices on the scale of human lifetimes, and raise new questions about how burial rites related to LBK social change
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NEIF National Environmental Isotope Facility @isotopesuk.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
A momentous day, the 1000th run on the Elementar isoprime 100 aqua prep (aka monkey), 13 years old and still excellent
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Jason Newton @jasonisotopes.bsky.social · 24/09/2025
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Frontiers | The abundance, diversity, and assemblage structure of the macrobenthos at the South Georgia shelf methane seeps
A quarter of all marine methane, a potent greenhouse gas, is estimated to be hosted in Southern Ocean sediments. Climate change-induced ocean warming and ice...
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Jason Newton @jasonisotopes.bsky.social · 23/09/2025
We're excited to announce the launch of the Stable Isotope Ecology course on the GAEA platform. Learn more and register for this and other courses at www.gaea.ac.uk @isotopesuk.bsky.social vimeo.com/757190807?fl...
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Stable Isotopes in Ecology Intro
This is "Stable Isotopes in Ecology Intro" by GAEAcademy on Vimeo, the home for high quality videos and the people who love them.
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NEIF National Environmental Isotope Facility @isotopesuk.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
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Esthwaite Water: applying novel approaches to understand lake-water nutrient pollution - British Geological Survey
Geology fieldwork in the Lake District, applying a novel stable isotope method for tracing phosphorus sources.
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NEIF National Environmental Isotope Facility @isotopesuk.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
Congratulations Charles Gowing on 32 years service to inorganic geochemistry /British Geological Survey - happy retirement, you will be missed! Follow your dreams ✈️🌍🛩️🌏
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NEIF National Environmental Isotope Facility @isotopesuk.bsky.social · 19/09/2025
Great insights from the Elementar Elemental Analysis & TOC Forum at Manchester Museum! Jack, Kotryna and Charlotte recently attended the Elementar Elemental Analysis & TOC Forum, an event packed with innovation & expertise in advanced elemental analysis.
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Oxford Radiocarbon Accelerator Unit @oxradiocarbon.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
One month before the next NEIF deadline! Please get in contact asap if you want to apply for some radiocarbon dates in this round. For UK based students, post-docs and beyond. @isotopesuk.bsky.social @unioxarchaeology.bsky.social www.isotopesuk.org/apply.html
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NEIF National Environmental Isotope Facility @isotopesuk.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
A momentous day, the 1000th run on the Elementar isoprime 100 aqua prep (aka monkey), 13 years old and still excellent
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NEIF National Environmental Isotope Facility @isotopesuk.bsky.social · 01/09/2025
Lovely new paper by @pennybickle.bsky.social and team, using some NEIF funded dates to suggest European Neolithic cemeteries were a short-lived phenomenon. 20 years on, things are still getting shorter! @oxradiocarbon.bsky.social www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
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New temporal dimensions of the Linearbandkeramik cemetery horizon in Schwetzingen (Germany) | Antiquity | Cambridge Core
New temporal dimensions of the Linearbandkeramik cemetery horizon in Schwetzingen (Germany)
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