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Matt Bailey

@mtbailey.bsky.social

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Geosciences Lecturer @ Univ. Plymouth. Environmental geochemistry; nuclear; heat pumps.

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Matt Bailey @mtbailey.bsky.social · 07/07/2026

Devonian Plymouth Limestone is both an important kast aquifer beneath the city and also abundantly used locally as a building stone, including in tonight’s accommodation

Rubble limestone wall surrounding timber window frame with corner of a model boat

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Matt Bailey @mtbailey.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

Impressed by the commitment of our @plymuni.bsky.social MSc students today out on Dartmoor, excellent geophysics session thanks to Jacob’s and Fugro

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Matt Bailey @mtbailey.bsky.social · 11/11/2025

Strong flag game over at the Sustainable Earth Institute today @plymouthuni

Many miniature national flags on a desk with 3-D letters spelling SEI on windowsill behind

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Matt Bailey @mtbailey.bsky.social · 26/11/2024

Microplastics seem to get everywhere… out with @britgeosurvey.bsky.social on Dartmoor today, seeing whether they’re in groundwater and upland catchments

Two scientists in blue cotton overalls crouching by pipework and scientific instruments, two locals, one on a quad bike in background

Pipes and valves like you’d find under your sink on the ground, small grey box with wire

Granite dam with water cascading. Branches with no leaves in foreground

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Matt Bailey @mtbailey.bsky.social · 17/10/2024

Super few days out and about in Somerset this week measuring some rocks!

A group of twelve people on a beach with high visibility jackets, red cliffs behind

Two people with hard hats holding a measuring tape against a rock face, others watching on

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Matt Bailey @mtbailey.bsky.social · 09/10/2024

Perfect day for some geology! Not so perfect if you wanted a swim…

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Matt Bailey @mtbailey.bsky.social · 15/08/2024

Exciting to do some actual science today at Plymouth’s Electron Microscopy Centre, exploring the source of sediment from a geothermal well in the city

Laboratory instrument with a black and white image on a screen

Illuminated chamber with small cylinders inside

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Matt Bailey @mtbailey.bsky.social · 05/08/2024

Benefit #101 of academia: being able to use libraries of pretty much any other home institution. Nice to be back in Newcastle this week

Library card for Newcastle University held up against laptop with Plymouth University home page

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Matt Bailey @mtbailey.bsky.social · 04/06/2024

The Geological Society knows it!

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Matt Bailey @mtbailey.bsky.social · 09/05/2024

Smiles all round at Taff’s Well! Exploring the impacts of hydro chemistry on open loop groundwater heat pump systems with Kensa Heat Pumps and University of Plymouth, photo: Olalekan Ajayi

Smiling scientists next to a stone building

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Matt Bailey @mtbailey.bsky.social · 04/03/2024

Just about thawed out after last week’s field trip to Dartmoor. Thanks to Jacobs and Fugro sharing their expertise and kit with our MSc geos

Person with a large hammer, another with a laptop in a field, lots of wires and sensors on the ground

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Matt Bailey @mtbailey.bsky.social · 16/02/2024

First graduation as an academic, super proud of our masters and doctoral students who graduated today! #Plymouth

View down a church aisle with many seated people

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Matt Bailey @mtbailey.bsky.social · 03/12/2023

However the carbon cost would be massively reduced

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Matt Bailey @mtbailey.bsky.social · 03/12/2023

Cost of running a GSHP would be MORE than our gas boiler! Thanks to electricity being 4x more expensive per kWh than gas

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