(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)
NEIF National Environmental Isotope Facility
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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.
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...
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...
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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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
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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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.
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.
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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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....
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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Happy birthday Sir David, here you are in 2017 when you visited the NEIF labs at @BGS for ‘Attenborough and the giant elephant’ documentary…🐘
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
Well done @charhipkiss.bsky.social www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
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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The impact of giant iceberg melting on Southern Ocean productivity… www.nature.com/articles/s43...
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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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...
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
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
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...
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
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
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...
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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@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
School of Archaeology@unioxarchaeology.bsky.social · 4mo agoCurrent DPhil Jessica gives a fascinating update on her archaeological #fieldwork & research working with local partners in #Belize to protect its sensitive cultural & ecological landscapes. #caves @graduate.ox.ac.uk @sthughscollege.bsky.social Read her report here: www.arch.ox.ac.uk/graduate-res...
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
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
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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