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Matt Bailey @mtbailey.bsky.social · 4d

PhD studentship - microbes and aquifer energy systems, located at the fantastic @bgs.ac.uk aries-dtp.ac.uk/studentships...

Tools for assessing microbial risks of groundwater heating, CASE project with The Environment Agency | Aries

Dr Simon Gregory, Decarbonisation and Resource Management, British Geological Survey Dr Matt Bailey-Ross, School of Geography, Earth and Environmental Science, University of Plymouth Dr Mike Spence…

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EAG @eageo.bsky.social · 18d

Deadline extended to 20 Jan

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Matt Bailey @mtbailey.bsky.social · Aug 20

A shame to see confidence eroding, perhaps no surprise given shortage of willing communities and options for siting

Matt Bailey @mtbailey.bsky.social · Jul 12

I think the biggest challenge we have in the UK is our cultural landscape, it is very difficult to have a grown up conversation without sensationalist intervention

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Matt Bailey @mtbailey.bsky.social · Jul 12

Public consent can mean a range of things, I’m sure the Swiss ‘geology first’ implementer would argue public consent was very much part of their siting process

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David Roberts @volts.wtf · May 18

Oooof. Those direct air capture machines built by Climeworks in Iceland, to pull carbon dioxide out of the air? Turns out ... they have generated more CO2 than they have captured.

Climeworks’ capture fails to cover its own emissions

The carbon capture company Climeworks only captures a fraction of the CO2 it promises its machines can capture. The company is failing to carbon offset the emissions resulting from its operations – wh...

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Matt Bailey @mtbailey.bsky.social · May 13

Pretty sure it’s in all biosolids applied to land. Not even tested for here in UK… yet applied liberally to arable land near us. This also happens to be chalk downland, the regions main public water supply aquifer lies beneath

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Matt Bailey @mtbailey.bsky.social · May 8

Absolutely, great to see such a diverse range of talks and insights into the many new projects being developed

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Matt Bailey @mtbailey.bsky.social · May 8

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Matt Bailey @mtbailey.bsky.social · Mar 11

I’ve been wanting to investigate this, but acquiring samples legitimately is the main hurdle. I hear that the UK water industry (UKWIR) is starting to confront this issue, but we still know far to little

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Matt Bailey @mtbailey.bsky.social · Feb 14

Setback for UK nuclear waste Geological Disposal Programme as East Lindsey indicate they will withdraw from the siting process. www.e-lindsey.gov.uk/article/2798...

A statement from Cllr Craig Leyland, Leader of East Lindsey District Council - East Lindsey District Council

A statement in relation to Nuclear Waste Services Ground Disposal Facility

www.e-lindsey.gov.uk

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Dr. Aaron Thierry @thierryaaron.bsky.social · Feb 7

As @doctorvive.bsky.social points out in her book, the CCS industry is a remarkable shape shifter.

It is simultaneously both:

An incipient invention in need of major state support & subsidies; &

A tried & tested technology that can be relied on to deliver net-zero

Billions risked on 'unproven' green tech, MPs warn

The Public Accounts Committee warns the government of gambling public money on carbon capture.

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Matt Bailey @mtbailey.bsky.social · Feb 7

So while its correct that some wastes from our existing stockpiles can be processed for use in new reactors, this does not solve our complex and substantial legacy waste problem. Ultimately we need to press ahead with our geological disposal facility

Matt Bailey @mtbailey.bsky.social · Feb 7

Further to this, SMRs require a higher enriched fuel than conventional reactors - due to the need to sustain fission in smaller cores - which leads to hotter wastes. These wastes then need longer to cool at surface before disposal, with associated societal risks

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Matt Bailey @mtbailey.bsky.social · Feb 7

Reprocessing spent nuclear fuel for reuse generates additional volumes waste, through direct contamination and activation. We have a lot of experience of this in the UK with Magnox and THORP at Sellafield

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Matt Bailey @mtbailey.bsky.social · Feb 7

Whilst SMRs and nuclear new build generally seems a good idea to me, it is not correct to suggest that SMRs solve our nuclear waste problem…

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Kate Littler @palaeoclimate.bsky.social · Dec 13

🚨Job alert 🚨

We're looking for a Lecturer in Rock Engineering and Geotechnics @uniofexeternews.bsky.social on our beautiful Penryn Campus, Cornwall.

www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DKK672/l...

Be part of our vibrant research and teaching community at the Camborne School of Mines.

Please share :)

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Lecturer in Rock Engineering & Geotechnics (Education and Research) at University of Exeter

Apply for the Lecturer in Rock Engineering & Geotechnics (Education and Research) role on jobs.ac.uk, the top job board for academic positions in higher education. View details and apply now.

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Matt Bailey @mtbailey.bsky.social · Dec 13

For the avoidance of any doubt, deadlines on a Monday are not inclusive. Deadlines on the first Monday back after a school holiday... really?

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Matt Bailey @mtbailey.bsky.social · Nov 26

Microplastics seem to get everywhere… out with @britgeosurvey.bsky.social on Dartmoor today, seeing whether they’re in groundwater and upland catchments

Two scientists in blue cotton overalls crouching by pipework and scientific instruments, two locals, one on a quad bike in background

Pipes and valves like you’d find under your sink on the ground, small grey box with wire

Granite dam with water cascading. Branches with no leaves in foreground

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Matt Bailey @mtbailey.bsky.social · Nov 18

The UK is out on a limb here!

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Gavin Foster @thefosterlab.bsky.social · Nov 18

We have 9 PhD projects in the general area of Geochemistry on offer this year via our DTP in a range of subjects (see flyer) from exploring rainfall in a past warmer world to studying the eruptive behaviour of a young stratovolcano. Please share with interested parties 🧪⚒️🌊🪸🐙

A poster listing the PhD opportunities available in the Geochemistry Group of the School of Ocean and Earth Science, University of Southampton. Geochemistry at Southampton comprises over 30 researchers and postgraduate students who apply state-of-the-art geochemical analysis and modelling to scientific questions of
major societal, economic and environmental importance. With over £5M investment in new facilities over the past 5 years, the Geochemistry Group is one of the best equipped centres
of its type in the world, allowing us to offer PhD projects that span a wide range of low and high temperature geochemistry research. Go to this link to find out more: https://noc.ac.uk/education/gsnocs/how-apply. There are also four images: a banner with a volcano, two photos of the laboratory, a diver sampling coral and a geologists in the field

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British Geological Survey @bgs.ac.uk · Nov 5

🚨 PhD Opportunities 🚨

BGS and the National Oceanographic Centre have several exciting PhD opportunities available including:

'Disentangling groundwater from fluvial flood risk across Northern Ireland’s permeable flood plains'

For more information, please visit:
www.bgs.ac.uk/geological-r...

PhD opportunties with the British Geological Survey and National Oceanographic Centre

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Matt Bailey @mtbailey.bsky.social · Oct 17

Super few days out and about in Somerset this week measuring some rocks!

A group of twelve people on a beach with high visibility jackets, red cliffs behind

Two people with hard hats holding a measuring tape against a rock face, others watching on

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Matt Bailey @mtbailey.bsky.social · Oct 13

An open door for biomethane, however ‘green’ it is claimed to be, is an open door for natural gas

Matt Bailey @mtbailey.bsky.social · Oct 9

Perfect day for some geology! Not so perfect if you wanted a swim…

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