Announcing our Special Issue of Boreas 'Quaternary Glaciations: Processes, Sediments & Landforms' (also an INQUA2027 session) with myself @brightonuni.bsky.social, @dannipearce.bsky.social, Jan Piotrowski & Matteo Spagnolo (Guest Editors) - deadline 28/02/27 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/page/journal...

Boreas Call for Papers – Quaternary Glaciations: Processes, Sediments and Landforms

<em>Boreas</em> is an open access Quaternary research journal publishing papers that span all geological, biological, and archeological aspects of the Quaternary period.

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A super PhD opportunity looking at Arctic climate change, glaciers and contaminants, based at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences with supervisors @dannipearce.bsky.social @lornalinch.bsky.social @jeremyely.bsky.social Application deadline 22nd June 2026!!! www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

PhD position within Quaternary Geology (302880) | Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU)

Job title: PhD position within Quaternary Geology (302880), Employer: Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU), Deadline: Monday, June 22, 2026

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University of Brighton @brightonuni.bsky.social welcomes Quaternary scientists from around the world - read about the Quaternary Research Association @quaternaryra.bsky.social 2026 Annual Discussion Meeting here: blogs.brighton.ac.uk/envsoc/2026/...

Each year in our Geog and Env. Sci module "The Frozen Planet" @brightonuni.bsky.social we have an exciting guest lecture; last year @JennaSutherland with 'Glaciers as Water Resources', this year @bmboyes.bsky.social with 'Palaeo Siberian Glaciation'-fascinating stuff! The students enjoyed them too!

And now with info about a Special Issue of Boreas (from submissions to our INQUA 2027 session) @quaternaryra.bsky.social

Amazingly another INQUA has come around, this time in Lucknow, India 2027! Submit your abstracts to our session - Quaternary Glaciations: Processes, Sediments & Landforms. Deadline 15th Feb 2026. @quaternaryra.bsky.social

Second stop of #QRA2026ADM field trip, Black Rock raised beach and spectacular Quaternary sedimentary sequences c.250ka old, on-lapping c.85Ma old chalk cliffs @quaternaryra.bsky.social

First stop of #QRA2026ADM field trip, beautiful Birling Gap to discuss chalk-flint geology, periglacial processes and Quaternary dry valley deposits @quaternaryra.bsky.social

A super #QRA2026ADM EDI session with @desmcd.bsky.social talking about accessible fieldwork using VR Glaciers and Glaciated Landscapes and Nick McGlynn talking about fieldwork for LQBTQ+, plus open discussion on eg neurodivergence in Quaternary science @quaternaryra.bsky.social

I’m still dreaming of the conference dinner food last night, nom nom !! #QRA2026ADM @quaternaryra.bsky.social

#QRA2026ADM medal winners @marcdickinson.bsky.social for the Lewis Penny medal and Phil Barker for the James Croll medal 👏 👏 @quaternaryra.bsky.social

A fantastic QRA Sponsored Keynote @beckybriant #QRA2026ADM talking about Quaternary landscape reconstruction and ground engineering, I was so absorbed I forgot to take a pic! @quaternaryra.bsky.social

Celebrating the JQS 40th Anniversary at the #QRA2026ADM with some reflections from John Lowe, Phil Gibbard and Neil Roberts, plus biscuits @quaternaryra.bsky.social

Lots of Quaternary chat going on at the #QRA2026ADM icebreaker event in the Regency Ballroom at The Old Ship Hotel @quaternaryra.bsky.social

Our #QRA2026ADM Wiley Sponsored Keynote Speaker @abistone.bsky.social talking about lithics in the landscape of the Namib Sand Sea @quaternaryra.bsky.social

It’s all kicking off in Brighton for the QRA Annual Discussion Meeting !! #QRA2026ADM ECR and mid career workshops are underway. Main conference starts sharp at 13.45 with our first scientific session @quaternaryra.bsky.social

Good morning, @lornalinch.bsky.social and the rest of us are here in Brighton ready to welcome you to the Quaternary Research Association conference. Follow the hashtag #QRA2026ADM for Ice Age and recent environments and people. @quaternaryra.bsky.social 🏺🦣❄️

QRA ADM 2026 early bird registration closes 30th November!! Book your place now!! sites.google.com/view/qraadmb... @quaternaryra.bsky.social

Ding ding, round three, Pembrokeshire, 62 fresh-faced first year students #geography #environmentalScience University of Brighton

Not a bad day in the office for a PhD meeting! Castleton to Mam Tor circular walk #PeakDistrict @uniofbrighton @uniofsheffield

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...

A few snaps from a solo camping and hiking trip to the Lake District earlier this month - summiting Skiddaw, Helvellyn (via Striding Edge), and Blencathra (via Halls Fell Ridge) and surviving Storm Floris @uniofbrighton #glacial #geomorphology

Roll up!! REGISTRATION & ABSTRACT SUBMISSION NOW OPEN for the @quaternaryra.bsky.social ADM at Uni of Brighton. An exciting agenda of talks, posters, keynotes, EDI, workshops, JQS 40th Anniversary, AGM, icebreaker, conference dinner, field trip. 5-8 Jan 2026 sites.google.com/view/qraadmb...

QRA ADM Brighton 2026

Welcome to Brighton! The Quaternary: Past Human and Environment Dynamics 5th-8th January 2026

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SAVE THE DATE!! 5-8 Jan 2026 QRA Annual Discussion Meeting: “The Quaternary - Past Human and Environment Dynamics” at University of Brighton. Website and registration coming soon!! @quaternaryra.bsky.social

Come and listen to me give an invited talk about Antarctic dirt under the microscope, Friday 2nd May 10.45am Room 1.34 @egu.eu @brightonuni.bsky.social @bas.ac.uk

Today is a celebration for the first World Day of Glaciers - let’s preserve our ice! Billions of people rely on it #UNESCO @uniofbrighton www.theguardian.com/environment/...

Glacier meltdown risks food and water supply of 2 billion people, says UN

Unesco report highlights ‘unprecedented’ glacier loss driven by climate crisis, threatening ecosystems, agriculture and water sources

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Excited to be giving a talk to Brighton College @BC_Geography A Level students on why we should care about melting ice and what we can do to help the global effort to cut carbon emissions and global warming @uniofbrighton @BrightonUniGeo

Excited to be giving this icy talk later at the only community owned pub on an estate in the UK ☺️ @universityofbrighton @theBevy