Geraint Jenkins
@GTHJenkins
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Science & Nature | PhD Luminescence Dating / Quaternary / Palaeo Ice Sheets | Durham & Aberystwyth University | Love, light & peace
Hereford
Joined February 2018
Did the midnight☀️bleach into the rocks of the Arctic? Following our OSL dating of cobbles from moraines in Tibetan Plateau ( https://t.co/j4pPwUOjOZ) we are applying this technique to moraines in the Lyngen Alps (Lyngsfjellan / Ittuvárit), Troms, Arctic Norway @iC3_COE @rhewlif
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Very late on the uptake, but great to see our British-Irish ice sheet extents illustrated in this BBC article alongside the ever-fantastic work by @JD_Kirkham For the full article of ice-extents and timings, see here: https://t.co/VgFgSG8dl7
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Icebergs? The size of a city? 90 miles from the UK? Must be a joke, right? No! Our new paper in @natcomms.nature.com shows massive tabular icebergs broke off the UK in the last ice age before the UK’s ice shelves disintegrated from climate warming. 🧵 https://t.co/zhrpUp9Kkm
nature.com
Nature Communications - Massive tabular icebergs broke off of the UK during the last ice age. The widespread break-up of the ice shelves which produced these giant icebergs can be traced to around...
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Gorner Glacier 1930 | 2022 The second largest glacier in the Alps (towered by second highest peak, Monte Rosa) retreated 2.7 km over this period! 🧊📈 @matthias_huss @VAW_glaciology
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New study: Some glaciers in the #Arctic might be more resistant to warming climate than currently assumed -> Major Svalbard ice cap did not melt during the Holocene https://t.co/AVmi7S25KT
#glaciology #Svalbard
nature.com
Communications Earth & Environment - The Åsgardfonna ice cap in Svalbard did not melt entirely during the Holocene Thermal Maximum and possibly advanced despite the warmer-than-today...
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On for #ValentinesDay Double-heart of Stacked Stones (traditional Chinese: 七美雙心石滬; simplified Chinese: 七美双心石沪; pinyin: Qīměi Shuāng Xīn Shí Hù) or the Twin-Heart Fish Trap is a stone fishing weir located on the north side of #Cimei Township, #Penghu #County, #Taiwan.
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Happy Sámi National Day! Sámi National Day was added to the Finnish national almanac in 2004. Finnish and Sámi flags are flown on public buildings to commemorate the day. Buori sámi álbmotbeaivvi buohkaide! Pyeri säämi aalmugpeivi puohháid! Šiõǥǥ saaʹmi meersažpeeiʹv pukid!
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🐟#EDF want to cancel plans for an Acoustic Fish Deterrent that would help prevent millions of fish in the Severn Estuary being sucked into & killed in the water intake pipe. #Biodiversity is in decline. This isn't good enough. Agree? Sign the petition: https://t.co/DocyoBqOdp
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Today is the day, my book "Arctic State Identity: Geography, History, and Geopolitical Relations" is officially published! 🙀🙌 Available from @ManchesterUP: https://t.co/6Ys5YBBmnu
#Arctic #Geopolitics #ArcticIdentity
manchesteruniversitypress.co.uk
Arctic state identity - Browse and buy the Hardcover edition of Arctic state identity by Dr Ingrid A. Medby.
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Greenland belongs to the People of Greenland. Please retweet, so millions and millions can share solidarity with the Greenlandic people. #GreenlandIsNotForSale Statement from Premier of Greenland; We are in a time when it is more important than ever that we stand together. To
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Well, how bizarre. Couldn't be a better time to migrate over. If your mildly interested in anything I post, find me at: https://t.co/LOxawMot8j
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Continue to invite women over the age of 71 for routine mammograms - Sign the Petition! https://t.co/LsXzxCLDIG via @UKChange
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Continue to invite women over the age of 71 for routine mammograms
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🚨 New Publication 🚨: De Geer moraine internal architecture based on sedimentological and geophysical investigations and implications for ice‐marginal reconstructions -
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
De Geer moraines may act as valuable ice-marginal indicators; however, to date, their variable mode of formation has presented challenges for this utility. Here, we present sedimentological and...
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Instead of listing my publications, as the year draws to an end, I want to put pressure on the commonplace assumption that productivity must always increase. Good research is disruptive and thinking time is central to high quality scholarship and necessary for disruptive research
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What fantastic research, and in such a fantastic place. Glacial readvances and ice-dammed lakes in West Cumbria. Fascinating to hear about the Gosforth Oscillation https://t.co/TRPvi3Qsl9
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Read about our fishy bears from the Assynt bone caves that roamed north-west Scotland 40,000 years ago - we aren’t sure if they are polar bears yet, but luckily the press are 😅
scotsman.com
Bones and teeth were discovered in a cave in the Scottish Highlands
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Looking to learn more about glaciers and ice sheets? Check out our collection of full-length seminars by leading glaciologists, covering a variety of topics in the field of glaciology. Expand your knowledge today! #glaciology #playlists #education
https://t.co/SubNZmk4C8
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We were incredibly proud to award Sir Alan Bates an Honorary Doctorate of Law earlier this week in recognition of his relentless fight for justice in the Post Office scandal. Sir Alan founded the Justice for Subpostmasters Alliance (JFSA) and in 2017 more than 500
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Researchers have discovered extensive tunnel valleys, some reaching 12 kilometers wide and 200 meters deep, carved by powerful glacial meltwater streams in the Barents Sea. - evidence of rapid melting and flooding throughout the Early Pleistocene - https://t.co/Om5f46ObaZ
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