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Dr Catherine Russell @seddyrocks.bsky.social · Jul 22

I saw some research in the past couple of years talking about how they may produce oxygen and things in the deep ocean. The problem is that we don’t know, it’s not just about kicking up sediment, it’s that we don’t understand the ecosystem consequences of removing the nodules.

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Anthropocene Sediment Network @anthrosednet.bsky.social · Jul 22

The ASN Conference 2025 talk are now online!

Feel free to share, promote, and explore them all. Our speakers were awesome! ✨

youtube.com/playlist?lis...

If you would like to get involved in the ASN, check out the link in our profile!

The Anthropocene Sediment Network Conference 2025 - YouTube

Today's sediment doesn't just route through natural systems, but also engineered channels, infrastructures, economies, and legislation. We have entangled the...

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Dr Catherine Russell @seddyrocks.bsky.social · Jul 22

It’s never a good idea to mess with something before we fully understand it. 🥔🥔

Potato-sized metal nodules in the deep sea might sound like easy pickings, but studies increasingly show ocean floor recovery may never happen.

So why are we still talking about it?

phys.org/news/2025-07...

Restoring sea floor after mining may not be possible, researchers warn

Scientists present at the latest effort to hash out international rules for deep-sea mining say it's unclear if it's possible to restore damaged seafloor ecosystems—or how long it would take.

phys.org

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Dr Catherine Russell @seddyrocks.bsky.social · Jun 16

So excited about this! ✨😁✨

Anthropocene Sediment Network @anthrosednet.bsky.social · Jun 16

📢 Just a couple of days to go until the #Anthropocene #Sediment Network conference on Weds 18th June! ✨

Details: anthrosednet.com/2025-confere...

Don’t forget to register: us06web.zoom.us/meeting/regi...

See you there! 😁😁

Welcome! You are invited to join a meeting: Anthropocene Sediment Network Conference 2025. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the meeting.

us06web.zoom.us

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Prof. Bob Howarth @profbobhowarth.bsky.social · Jun 13

Increase in methane emissions from fossil fuels has been underestimated. Our new PNAS paper just published today:
www.pnas.org/doi/epub/10....

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Dr Catherine Russell @seddyrocks.bsky.social · Jun 9

It’s our first conference so please help us to spread the word!

And don’t forget to register 😁
anthrosednet.com/2025-confere...

#ASN2025 #ASN25 #Anthropocene #Multidisciplinary

Anthropocene Sediment Network @anthrosednet.bsky.social · Jun 9

📣 Save the date!
18th June 2025 🌍 Online!

This free one-day event will explore #sediment through the lenses of #archeology, #art, #environmental #architecture, #history, #envsci, #geology, and many more!

Registration link here:
🔗 anthrosednet.com/2025-confere...

#Anthropocene #Sediment #ASN2025

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Leana Hosea @leanahosea.bsky.social · Jun 6

It's going to take more than a couple of new reservoirs to prevent the UK's coming water crisis, writes hydrologist @hancloke.bsky.social - we need to rethink how we build homes & communities to avoid a future of alternating flood & drought:

theconversation.com/englands-wat...

England’s water crisis needs more than just new reservoirs – here’s what will help

The changing climate and growing population means England is facing a water crisis.

theconversation.com

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Dr Catherine Russell @seddyrocks.bsky.social · Jun 5

I'm ✨SO EXCITED✨ for this!

All things that move on #Earth are #sediments, from sand to #plastic, and things that we #trade. If your work, research, or interests include #sediment in any way, this #conference is for you 😄

The #conference is free and online! See you there 🌍

#Anthropocene #ASN25

Anthropocene Sediment Network @anthrosednet.bsky.social · Jun 5

🌍ASN 2025 #Conference registration is OPEN!🌍

Sediment processes are no longer simply natural, they involve #economies, #cities, #engineered #environments, and much more!

Join us in expanding our understanding of #sediment system complexity: anthrosednet.com/2025-confere...

#Anthropocene #ASN25

A box model diagram, showing a 3D "wedge" of landscape. On the model, each talk is represented. There is a city and a lignite mine in the background, with some horses on the far mountain. The meandering river is dammed, and has sandmining, subsidence, and anthropogenic alteration along the beach. A spit and lagoon, island, and reef represent the other fascinating coastal talks. In the foreground is a deep sea corer, and to the right of the image are mined tunnels and some surface spoil heaps. Each feature is labelled with the time at which the equivalent talk occurs, details of which may be found in the programme.

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Melaine Le Roy @subfossilguy.bsky.social · May 28

These are approx. 3 M m3 that collapsed from the Birch Glacier! 🧊🌊

The deposit spans 2.3 km of the Lötschental valley floor!

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Prof Phoebe Barnard @phoebebarnard.bsky.social · May 29

Preparedness planning for high-risk, high-impact, high-velocity events by govts is broader than geotech hazards - but seldom so dramatically needed, nor as metaphorical.
@laurielaybourn.bsky.social @jamesgdyke.info @rupertread.bsky.social @katharinehayhoe.com

www.theguardian.com/world/2025/m...

Swiss village almost entirely destroyed after collapse of glacier buries it in mud

One person missing and Blatten devastated after huge cloud of ice and rubble inundates evacuated town

www.theguardian.com

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Dr Catherine Russell @seddyrocks.bsky.social · May 22

😂

Dr Catherine Russell @seddyrocks.bsky.social · May 22

At least not nervous!

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Dr Catherine Russell @seddyrocks.bsky.social · May 22

Finally secured the dream Applied #Anthropocene #Sedimentology speaker to show students the backbone of the course 😅

She is more femur-liar with legacy #sediment than me 💀

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Chris Stringer @chrisbstringer.bsky.social · May 21

www.nature.com/articles/s43...

Warming of +1.5 °C is too high for polar ice sheets - Communications Earth & Environment

Warming of +1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels is too high for the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets, and even the current climate forcing of +1.2 °C is likely to lead to several meters of sea-level ...

www.nature.com

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Dr Catherine Russell @seddyrocks.bsky.social · May 20

Just before landing in #Vienna, we hit the clouds and the sun behind us cast a perfect halo around the plane’s shadow!

One of the coolest things I’ve ever seen from a plane! ✈️☁️

View from an airplane window showing the wing against a backdrop of white cloud. On the clouds below, the faint shadow of the plane is surrounded by a circular rainbow-like halo (a “glory”), visible through the frosted ice crystals on the window.

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Dr Catherine Russell @seddyrocks.bsky.social · May 18

Whilst flying to Vienna to teach the first “Applied #Anthropocene #Sedimentology” field course, I caught this amazing view of Woodhead #Reservoir! 🤩

#Rivers are feeding in, #water levels are low, so much #engineered terrain… you can see a LOT!

Easily one of my favorite photos I’ve ever taken ✈️🌍

Aerial photograph of Woodhead Reservoir in the Peak District, England. The image shows a dark blue body of water with sinuous river channels feeding in. The pale sediment band around the edge, and the length of the fluvial plain, indicates that the reservoir level is lower than normal. The surrounding terrain is patchwork fields and moorland.

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Dr Catherine Russell @seddyrocks.bsky.social · May 17

Hahaha 😂🤣

I actually didn’t bring a stripy shirt with me… 😲 That old shirt is on my sewing pile for a repair. Still me, promise 😂

Dr Catherine Russell @seddyrocks.bsky.social · May 17

Boarding a giga metalliplasticlast fueled by ancient plankton! 🦠

See you soon #Vienna for some more #Anthropocene adventures 😊✈️

#manchesterairport #nextadventure #Wien

Catherine and her husband in front of a Lauda plane. The day is sunny and the plane is white with red capital text saying LAUDA and red design. Picture is at Manchester Airport

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Dr Catherine Russell @seddyrocks.bsky.social · May 14

Sounds lovely in total, but certainly managed! Except the wastewater bit, that’s gross.

Dr Catherine Russell @seddyrocks.bsky.social · May 14

Fascinating how shifting baselines work!

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Dr Catherine Russell @seddyrocks.bsky.social · May 14

A beautiful landscape of the Roaches, but look closely and you’ll see how much of it is us.

Fields, fertilizers, a reservoir in the foreground, an island with deterrents for nesting birds, and more... What did it look like before us? And how will it be interpreted after?
#Anthropocene

View across a calm reservoir to a rocky outcrop and green hillside, with patchwork fields and scattered trees. In the foreground, a small stony island with bird deterrent wires and nets on it.

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Jackie Caplan-Auerbach @geophysichick.bsky.social · May 5

Fossils of the Anthropocene.

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Dr Catherine Russell @seddyrocks.bsky.social · May 6

I spotted this patterned ground in a carpark by a #reservoir.
It’s called #concrete grass paver 🌱
Designed to stabilise soil, reduce runoff, and support weight while letting water through.
🚗 🌱🌧️
^^^^^^^^
A future layer of the #Anthropocene!

#AnthropoceneSediment #GeoDesign #GroundEngineering

A grid of concrete grass pavers in a car park near a reservoir. The pavers form a regular pattern, with tufts of grass growing between the concrete cells. The surface appears both structured and semi-natural, showing signs of wear from foot or vehicle traffic.

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Anthropocene Sediment Network @anthrosednet.bsky.social · May 2

You asked, we listened!📣

Abstract submission deadline for the ASN meeting is extended till 23rd May!🌞

We welcome anyone working at the interface between Earth and humanity🌍

To find out more / reach out and ask questions / submit something, info is at this link: anthrosednet.com/2025-confere...

2025 Conference

ASN Conference 2025 18th June 2025 Join us in exploring materials and their motion on Earth, through an interdisciplinary lens. We encourage submissions from archaeology, environmental science, art…

anthrosednet.com

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Dr Catherine Russell @seddyrocks.bsky.social · Apr 30

I watched this recently and can confirm it’s brilliant.

It ends by saying that half the world will be under water stress by 2025… I had to double take. That’s now! 😳

It’s a powerful reminder of how urgent it is to protect the #water we do have access to.

#WaterJustice #EnvironmentalMonitoring

Anthropocene Sediment Network @anthrosednet.bsky.social · Apr 30

Leana Hosea’s film
“Thirst for Justice”🎥
is critical context on the importance of #environmental monitoring & accountability re #waterpollution🧪

It speaks deeply to the entanglement of pollutants, health, and #EnvironmentalJustice⚖️

Watch here: vimeo.com/ondemand/thi...

@leanahosea.bsky.social

Watch Thirst For Justice Online | Vimeo On Demand

— For Home Use Only — Armed only with facts and their illnesses, extraordinary citizens take on industry and government, risking arrest to protect…

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