If you live near enough to a river and have 15 minutes spare to sit quietly next to the river, can I encourage you to take part in the Big River Watch. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/sep/07/citizen-scientists-to-check-uk-rivers-for-sewage-and-pollution?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Ot…

‘Citizen scientists’ to check UK rivers for sewage and pollution

Big River Watch scheme asks general public to help monitor state of rivers after years of deregulation

At Liverpool again sampling seaweed and water samples - the River Mersey is full of sewage wastewater. Can’t wait to see the E. coli results.

First of two underwater drones arrived yesterday for my lab group. Now, we just have to assemble it…. 😂

Nitrogen isotopes in seaweed herbaria indicate increasing sewage pollution over the past 200 years in the River Mersey - Mersey Estuary #sewagepollution#museums#collectionspubs.rsc.org/en/content/a...

Nitrogen isotopes in herbaria document historical nitrogen sewage pollution in the Mersey Estuary, England

A macroalgae (seaweed) herbarium nitrogen isotope (δ15N) record is produced for the River Mersey and Liverpool South Docks (England) between 1821 and 2018. A modern macroalgae δ15N record was also pro...

Double the trouble today 😃 our new @SerconLimited hydrogen isotope instrument and a @SerconLimited small carbonate device

Cherry blossoms at Durham University

Who doesn’t like anhydrite through the microscope #thinsectionthursday

Save our most iconic lake - Windermere - by signing this petition below - we must have an public inquiry into this environmental disaster that is unravelling before our eyes #savelakewindermere#savewindermerechng.it/vgw8CPqg5Q

What a lovely day in Cumbria doing fieldwork. You wouldn’t believe it is late November

Freya is making some beautiful Antarctic macroalgae herbaria specimens for UK museums.