A great trip is done, samples off to be shipped. Time to head south.

We’re headed back to port after a successful field season. Dodging snowstorms along the north coast of Spitsbergen

Out supporting the @protosignslab.bsky.social search for Neoprotorozoic fossils around Nordaustlandlet. Truly a lunar landscape.

Moving from Quaternary glacial evidence to much older glacial sediment from the time of snowball Earth, as well as volcanic material that floated to Svalbard during the Holocene.

One more day of chasing glacial clues of past climate in Lomfjorden before heading even further north.

Today was a day for tracking past sea level change. We found lots of raised beaches, shells, and a few whale bones.

A bit of Quaternary field work today sampling potential early Holocene moraines, with a nice meltwater channel carved into bedrock.

Great first day in the field mix of 800 million year old stromatolites and 10,000 year old glacial geology. @protosignslab.bsky.social

Finally on site for our field work, two weeks of Neoproterozoic fossils and Quaternary geology. @protosignslab.bsky.social @ucdearth.bsky.social

A few of the glaciers of NW Spitsbergen

Brief stop on the way north in Ny-Alesund, the launching point for Amundsen’s zeppelin trip to the pole, and home to a number of Arctic research stations today. @ucdearth.bsky.social @protosignslab.bsky.social

Setting off for further north with @protosignslab.bsky.social

Great walk to catch up on the local geology around Longyearbyen before we head north.

great day for a shake-down hike to make sure all the field gear is working.

In Longyearbyen to brush up on safety training before heading out to the field.

The early stages of a big trip. Headed up to Svalbard to support the @protosignslab.bsky.social expedition to NE Svalbard.

Such a good trip to be out and talking about the many aspects of mountain landscapes.

Graeme Warren@graemewarren.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Wonderful day out in the Wicklow Hills with Sam Kelley @arctic-glacial.bsky.social providing a CPD for Mountain Leaders on behalf of @mountaineeringirl.bsky.social focusing on cultural and geological heritage. Thanks to MI and especially Helen Lawless for organising!

Wonderful day out in the Wicklow Hills with Sam Kelley @arctic-glacial.bsky.social providing a CPD for Mountain Leaders on behalf of @mountaineeringirl.bsky.social focusing on cultural and geological heritage. Thanks to MI and especially Helen Lawless for organising!

Great day out in the Dublin Mtns looking at evidence of the past ice sheets in Ireland with our 4th year class. We were very lucky to have caught the first dry day in quite a while; tors always look better in the sunshine.

Lovely piece by @francesmack.bsky.social on work from @graemewarren.bsky.social and myself in Scotland. planetforward.org/story/lookin...

Looking Up: Climate history in the Scottish Highlands

“Looking Up”, a study conducted by University College Dublin, uses interdisciplinary insights to offer a window into Scottish history.

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Great time spent in NW Mayo, fascinating archaeology and glacial geology.

Graeme Warren@graemewarren.bsky.social · 7mo ago

Day 1 of 2 day research trip to Ceide/Belderrig with Jessica Smyth, Philippe de Smedt & Sam Kelley @arctic-glacial.bsky.social. Lively weather! Fantastic day in Belderrig. lots of new ideas. Mesolithic site. Neolithic field systems. Bronze Age activity. Deglacial/glacial evd & spectacular geology

Many thanks to all who attended the #IQUAAutumnSymposium, and thanks to @geolsurvie.bsky.social for providing a wonderful venue.

IQUA@quaternaryirl.bsky.social · 9mo ago

Our Autumn Symposium is tomorrow, 5 December! Details, including time, location, and a full abstract booklet, can be found here: iqua.ie/invitation-i... See you all tomorrow!

Looking forward to the @quaternaryirl.bsky.social autumn symposium tomorrow, with keynote talks from Gregor Rink (Galway) and Andrew Cooper (Ulster) about how Ireland's coastline has changed. Many thanks to the Geology Survey of Ireland for hosting us.

Not a place I expected to publish, but great to see the summary of our geology-archaeology collaboration is so popular. Open Access summary paper linked below. Thanks to the IRC, now @researchireland.ie, for supporting this work.

Liverpool University Press@livunipress.bsky.social · 10mo ago

Most read in HGR: 'Looking Up for prehistoric hunter-gatherer archaeological sites in mountain landscapes in Europe' by @arctic-glacial.bsky.social, @diggermann.bsky.social, @graemewarren.bsky.social et al. Read it #OpenAccess: bit.ly/HGR-EUR @ucdarchaeology.bsky.social @dstibbardhawkes.bsky.social

Another great piece about our terrestrial cosmogenic nuclide research in Ireland by @francesmack.bsky.social and Cathy Ching from @medillschool.bsky.social thebulletin.org/2025/09/how-...

Earth’s future written in stone: How geoscientists in Ireland use Ice Age boulders to forecast climate change

Researchers are chipping away at the mountains of climate change evidence in Ireland’s glacial geology.

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Last spring, we had two journalism students from a visit to get hands-on experience with research. Below is one of the stories that came from that visit, about collaborative research between Margaret Jackson (TCD) and myself. news.medill.northwestern.edu/chicago/digg...

A busy return to Ireland, but the geology team of Clara and I had a great field season mapping palaeo-lake features in Glen Dee, such as this lake shoreline behind Corrour Bothy.

Graeme Warren@graemewarren.bsky.social · last yr.

I'll let Sam @arctic-glacial.bsky.social explain the geological fieldwork in detail, but practically it involved walking into Corrour Bothy for a few nights camping and work in the upper reaches of Glen Dee. 9km with heavy packs walk in. Bit midgey - but a wonderful setting for a camp. 2/

New paper out on deglaciation of the Cairngorms in Scotland: Early view now available for our OA paper: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/... A short 🧵 on what we found:

I'm really appreciative of the award from the UCD Earth Institute for collaborative research. The collaboration between @graemewarren.bsky.social and myself started with an Earth Institute event, and we're very grateful for their support.

Looking forward to hosting @drloessismore.bsky.social tomorrow for our school seminar. Looking forward to insights from the finer end of the grain size spectrum.

Dr Kaja Fenn (she/her)@drloessismore.bsky.social · last yr.

At the airport putting the final touches to my talk at @ucddublin.bsky.social School of Earth Sciences tomorrow — all about loess geochemistry, chronology, and chasing ancient dust across continents. Slide attached for a sneak peek. Looking forward to the discussion! #AcademicLife #LoessIsMore