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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! ✨

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

Thank you so much for speaking Dev! We loved your blend of geoscience and creativity 😁✨

Dev Harlan @devharlan.bsky.social · Jul 21

Very interesting conference by the Anthropocene Sediment Network last month, thank you @anthrosednet.bsky.social for the opportunity to participate! Recordings can now be seen here:
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Thin Natures, Speculative Cores, and Rumors of The Regenerative Turn - Dev Harlan

YouTube video by The Anthropocene Sediment Network

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Anthropocene Sediment Network @anthrosednet.bsky.social · Jun 18

Well that conference was absolutely incredible!

Thank you THANK YOU to everyone who presented and to everyone who came along to participate in the discussions!

What an amazing day ✨

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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.

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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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Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · Jun 5

Glass beads were a luxury product in Bronze Age central Europe. These 3,000 year-old beads were found in the pile-dwelling settlements of Sipplingen and Hagnau-Burg at Lake Constance. They were probably made in the Alpine foothills from raw glass imported from Italy.

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Cylindrical glass beads in bright shades of blue and turquoise with white horizontal stripes
Photo: Archäologisches Landesmuseum Baden-Württemberg

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

Well that's even more fascinating!

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

Love the story of how Blue John got its name… they used amber to extract it, turning the edges of some blocks yellow & the mineral itself is blue. When trading it to France, it was called bleu jaune (blue yellow) stone, and the name returned to the mines in a more native sounding “Blue John”. 🪨

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

Just one week to go!

Submit your abstract for our free one day online conference!

From artists to scientists, if you work anywhere in the human-Earth interface, you will fit in here!

Deadline 23 May - anthrosednet.com/2025-confere...

#ASN25

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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…

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Dr Alex Bond @thelabandfield.bsky.social · May 4

One bird. 399 pieces of plastic. 55 g.
This is not our record.

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Ruth Siddall @pavementgeology.bsky.social · May 13

WWII shrapnel damage on the church of St Clement Danes on The Strand which caused impact craters in Portland Stone #urbangeology #impacts

The apse of the church showing the Portland stone masonry pick-marked by shrapnel damage

Close-up of some of the impact craters on the church walls

Another close-up of some of the impact craters on the church walls

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WATERSHED Investigations @watershed-i.bsky.social · May 12

Bottom trawling devours vast numbers of sea creatures, many not killed for food but as bycatch. At the same time it scours the seabed, destroying the habitat young sea life needs to grow - leading to generational decline in population & biodiversity.

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Ocean footage of bottom-trawling depicts "ecological vandalism" - Oceanographic

Heartbreaking footage of bottom-trawling features in new cinema release, Ocean with David Attenborough to open the world's eyes to its horrors

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

2 weeks left to submit your abstract for our free one day online conference!

If you work on exploring the intersection of humans and Earth from landscapes to legacies, this is a community for you!

Deadline 23 May - anthrosednet.com/2025-confere...

#ASN25 #Anthropocene #Sediment #Interdisciplinary

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

Fossils of the Anthropocene.

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Lego Lost At Sea @legolostatsea.bsky.social · May 4

May the 4th be with you. A beachcombed Obi-Wan Kenobi for #StarWarsDay

Beachcombed Obi-Wan Kenobi on black background

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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…

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

The hard work behind the film is evident, its powerful stuff. Thank you for making it! We are all connected through sediment, and highlights the complexity of the challenges we are faced with today! Drinking water shouldn’t be “toxic waste”, that much is clear.

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

Our pleasure, it’s a fantastic film 🎥

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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...

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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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Nina Willburger @drnwillburger.bsky.social · Apr 29

A #Roman pottery colander found in Vindobona, present-day Vienna. Just like today, colanders were also an important utensil in #Roman kitchens - and the form hasn't really changed. Form follows function.

Dating 2nd/3rd c. AD

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A dome-shaped clay vessel with a handle, displayed in a museum case. The upper part is perforated with evenly spaced rows of small holes.

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Anthropocene Sediment Network @anthrosednet.bsky.social · Apr 29

Reminder! Abstract submission deadline for the #Anthropocene Sediment Network free 1 day online conference closes 6th May! 📝

From plastics to land use, #mining to #restoration, humans have reshaped Earths #sediment. Join us to explore 🌍

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#EGU25 #multidiscipliary ⚒️🧪

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Anthropocene Sediment Network @anthrosednet.bsky.social · Apr 8

Beaver reintroduction is such a powerful reminder of how deeply entangled human and natural agency has become in the #Anthropocene.

How will decisions like this be archived by Earth? Will we be able to tell the difference between the signals of humans, paws, and policies? 🦫🌍
#BeaverDay #Rewilding

Biological Journal of the Linnean Society @biojlinnsoc.bsky.social · Apr 8

Do you give a damn about beavers? Then don't iGNAW this thread! Nature's engineers, beavers were hunted to extinction in the UK, but a landmark decision to allow their #reintroduction has paved the way for their return! But how will this work? A thread 🌍🧪🧵🦫 (1/4)
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Anthropocene Sediment Network @anthrosednet.bsky.social · Apr 7

📣Abstract Submission is open!

Join us for the #Anthropocene Sediment Network’s free one day online #conference on the 18th June.

We encourage submissions from all disciplines to consider what we have MADE and what we have MOVED on Earth.

Details here: anthrosednet.com/2025-confere...
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NiCHE Canada @nichecanada.bsky.social · Mar 22

Did you know that 2025 is the United Nations international year of glacier preservation?

We recommend adding Dani Inkpen's book, Capturing Glaciers: A History of Repeat Photography and Global Warming, to your reading list!

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#envhist #books #glaciers

New Book - Capturing Glaciers: A History of Repeat Photography and Global Warming

Photographs do not simply speak for themselves. Their meanings are built through interpretive frameworks that shift over time.

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