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Our latest newsletter went out just before Christmas...here's what you need to know:

Are you heading to NGWM 2026 in Turku next week?

🍺🍔 Join us for a social after the NGWM icebreaker (Jan 13th) at Panimoravintola Koulu pub from 20.00 in the "History classroom".
Home - Panimoravintola Koulu
Brewery Restaurant Koulu Welcome to the relaxed atmosphere of a brewery restaurant and our unique restaurant facilities! We are Finland’s largest brewery restaurant and have been making quality beers ...
www.panimoravintolakoulu.fi
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Join PSECCO and @cires.colorado.edu for a media training designed for polar early career scientists. Register on the events page of our website: psecco.org/events!
January 15, 2026 at 10:01 PM
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In case you live under a 🪨:

Early Bird registration for #ICP2026 is OPEN 🐦📝

The places for the dinner at the beautiful Stockholm City Hall (free 🤑) are limited and will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis.

Secure your spot by registering now 👉 icp2026.palaeogenomics.org/registration/
January 14, 2026 at 11:16 AM
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🚨 New vacancy🚨

Interested in high-resolution climate reconstructions, or know someone who might be? Apply for our exciting new, fully funded PhD position where you will develop reconstructions of extreme weather events in the geological past from fossil shells! 🌩️🌀🌊🐚

werkenbij.vu.nl/vacatures/ph...
Vacature — PhD developing reconstructions for storms in a warmer climate
Are you enthusiastic about climate research and keen to discover how warmer climate changes the frequency of storms in the past and future? Then apply for this PhD project!
werkenbij.vu.nl
January 12, 2026 at 9:16 AM
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January newsletter alert! 🗞️ Happy New Year to our paleoscience community!🌍

2026 is off to a fast start, with lots of upcoming deadlines. Check out the latest updates from the 2k Network, Floods, Human Traces, IMPACT, and SISAL working groups.

Read 👉 pastglobalchanges.org/news/138815
PAGES Newsletter January 2026 | PAGES
pastglobalchanges.org
January 8, 2026 at 2:47 PM
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#GEOMARJobs

🌊 Technical Assistant (f/m/d)
Application deadline: 12 January 2026

🔗 www.geomar.de/en/karriere/...
January 8, 2026 at 3:48 PM
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Grad students! Three more weeks to submit your Paleobiology Summer School application. Don’t forget!
We need your application & the letter of support by your supervisor. Questions or do you need assistance? Get in contact and we are happy to help.
More info: www.paleosynthesis.nat.fau.de/apw-apply/
January 9, 2026 at 7:20 AM
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Lots of offshore Quaternary talks today, and an inspiring keynote from Professor Becky Briant on the benefits that Quaternary scientists can deliver during ground engineering design: if any of this floats your boat (sic), we're hiring at Wessex Archaeology share.google/MbXadGnfgrLB... #QRA2026ADM
Marine Geoarchaeologist
Marine Geoarchaeology
share.google
January 6, 2026 at 5:20 PM
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Female researchers: interested in a postdoc at @univienna in #sedaDNA, #metagenomics or #ancientDNA? Apply via the E-STEEM fellowship through my group. Projects are flexible and can be shaped together!
careers.univie.ac.at/en/postdoc/e...
careers.univie.ac.at
January 6, 2026 at 8:02 AM
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🚨 4 days left to enter 🚨 submit your photos and drawings of geomorphological features by midnight on Friday tagging us and the tag #BSGAC25 to win up to £100 🥇 last years winners and runners up for inspiration ⬇️
January 6, 2026 at 10:33 AM
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🚨Professorship at St Andrews🚨

We are recruiting a Professor in Earth Sci (incl atmos, oceans, climate) @earthscista.bsky.social @uniofstandrews.bsky.social

Ideal candidate is a leading researcher with interests in impact/outreach. Deadline 23/3/26!

www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/I/...
Chair in Earth Sciences - AC2672
Chair in Earth Sciences - AC2672, Earth and Environmental Sciences Salary: Grade 9/Negotiable Start Date: September 2026 , <p style="margin-right: 22.7pt; text-align: justify;"><span style="color: bl...
www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk
January 5, 2026 at 9:26 AM
Our latest newsletter went out just before Christmas...here's what you need to know:

Are you heading to NGWM 2026 in Turku next week?

🍺🍔 Join us for a social after the NGWM icebreaker (Jan 13th) at Panimoravintola Koulu pub from 20.00 in the "History classroom".
Home - Panimoravintola Koulu
Brewery Restaurant Koulu Welcome to the relaxed atmosphere of a brewery restaurant and our unique restaurant facilities! We are Finland’s largest brewery restaurant and have been making quality beers ...
www.panimoravintolakoulu.fi
January 5, 2026 at 2:30 PM
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I'm hiring!

3-year postdoc on an exciting new @royalsociety.org funded project on Martian glaciers @sheffielduni.bsky.social

Advert: tinyurl.com/6rzzk5d4

Terrestrial folks encouraged to apply (e.g. GIS, glacier modelling, geomorphology, or deep learning)

Closes 19th Jan. Queries via email.
Research Associate in Mars Glaciology at University of Sheffield
An academic position as a Research Associate in Mars Glaciology is being advertised on jobs.ac.uk. Click now to find more details and explore additional academic job opportunities.
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January 5, 2026 at 11:11 AM
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Seeking a strong applicant for Aberystwyth University PhD Funding scheme 'AberDoc', on the topic: 'Novel biogenic carbonates for luminescence dating of the entire Quaternary period'.
Our lab also welcomes PhD applications for other luminescence dating projects for the same AberDoc funding round.
PhD Opportunities  : Department of Geography & Earth Sciences , Aberystwyth University
tinyurl.com
December 9, 2025 at 7:38 PM
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Just happened across this, as well as being great for new Quaternary scientists looking for the good stuff, it's also great for heyday twitter alumni to reunite! Rebuilding that network slowly... Thanks Christine!
My turn for a starter pack! Here is a collection of Quaternary Scientists (broadly defined) that you might find interesting to follow. Enjoy. And let me know your suggestions please!

go.bsky.app/71XJ4jH
December 10, 2025 at 9:19 AM
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Student applications are open for the 2026 Juneau Icefield Research Program Undergraduate Field Course!

Where can I find more information?
Please visit juneauicefield.org/students to learn more. For specific questions, email our staff at [email protected].
December 8, 2025 at 9:06 PM
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Want a job with the best palaeolandscapes team in the world? Seinor/Principal Marine Geoarch job up for grabs! Hit me up, DMs open... www.wessexarch.co.uk/marine-geoar...
Marine Geoarchaeologist
Marine Geoarchaeology
www.wessexarch.co.uk
December 5, 2025 at 11:56 AM
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🚨 Apply to host the PalAss Exceptional Lecturer! Dr Yara Haridy from the University of Chicago, USA can give a talk entitled "Deep time origins of your skeleton and the evolution of bone disease" either at your institution or online. [1/2]
December 4, 2025 at 11:59 AM
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📝 Quick survey!
We’re exploring a mentorship program & your input matters.
Please spare 1 minute to share your thoughts:
👉 forms.gle/p7HFgpL35mSu...

#ECR #paleoscience #mentoring
PAGES ECN survey for mentorship program
PAGES ECN is planning for a mentorship program. We would like to know your opinion about it.
forms.gle
December 5, 2025 at 8:59 PM
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🌍🔬 Calling all aspiring palaeontologists!
Here are 10 open PhD opportunities from across the palaeo world 🦖📚
Explore the projects, find deadlines, and start your research journey!

👉 More info on our official website:
palass.org/phd-opportun...
#PhD #PalAss #Opportunity
December 5, 2025 at 9:47 PM
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🌟Awards Deadline - One Month Left 🌟
Send in your nominations for the David Linton, Gordon Warwick, Lynne Frostick (New!), and Dick Chorley awards by 31st December. Please help the Society recognise deserving individuals. Find out how to nominate here: www.geomorphology.org.uk/funding-and-...
December 1, 2025 at 11:43 AM
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Do you want to help us find some of the oldest ice on our planet?

The consider applying for this fully-funded PhD position to join us at the
@vubrussel.bsky.social / @ulbruxelles.bsky.social

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❄️ We’re hiring!

The #bglacier group is looking for a motivated #PhD to join the #BECOOLproject and search for ancient ice near Princess Elisabeth Station in #Antarctica.

📋 Mix of modelling, remote sensing & fieldwork.
🗓️ Apply by 12 Dec: hydr.vub.be/media/attach...

Will you join us? 🙂
November 18, 2025 at 3:39 PM
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🚨 Permanent job alert🚨 We are looking for a professor in Marine Seismic at @unibremen.bsky.social and @marumunibremen.bsky.social
Check all details here 👇
www.uni-bremen.de/en/universit...
Job Vacancies - Universität Bremen
Offene Stellen
www.uni-bremen.de
December 2, 2025 at 9:15 AM
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Webinar: Learn how the planned ERC Plus Grants are being designed and what they aim to achieve.

🗓️ 28 November 2025
⏰ 15.00 (CET)

Details 👉 buff.ly/QreV44K

#ChooseEuropeforScience
Webinar on the new ERC Plus Grants
The ERC Plus Grants are a new funding scheme to support outstanding principal investigators with bold ideas and a vision for transformative research that goes beyond the scope o
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November 27, 2025 at 11:00 AM
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QRA ADM 2026 early bird registration closes 30th November!! Book your place now!! sites.google.com/view/qraadmb... @quaternaryra.bsky.social
November 27, 2025 at 12:30 PM
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LAST CALL ☎️

Abstract submission for #ICP2026 closes on November 30th❗

Don't miss the opportunity to showcase your exciting ancient DNA research next summer 🦴🦣🐕👨‍🔬🧬

Abstract submission and more info here 👉 icp2026.palaeogenomics.org

We are looking forward to welcoming you to beautiful Stockholm!
November 28, 2025 at 9:52 AM