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James Bendle @drbendlej.bsky.social · Apr 7

Students were listening to rocks, smelling rocks, licking rocks. Also learned how to map. Oh and I rescued a lamb 🐑 in a sports car (there is an allegory there somewhere..). uob_gees 1st year Earth Sciences field-course to S.W. #Wales. Day 5,6. Black Mountain. ⚒️ @lapworthmuseum.bsky.social

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James Bendle @drbendlej.bsky.social · Apr 7

@uob_gees 1st year Earth Sciences field-course to S.W. #Wales. Day 4 Amroth. Carboniferous delta swamp rock 🤘🏼 ⚒️ #bruminthefield @lapworthmuseum.bsky.social

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James Bendle @drbendlej.bsky.social · Apr 7

@uob_gees 1st year Earth Sciences field-course to S.W. #Wales. Day 3 Upper Gilwern Quarry. What’s your favourite Trilobite Order? ⚒️ #bruminthefield @lapworthmuseum.bsky.social

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James Bendle @drbendlej.bsky.social · Apr 7

@uob_gees 1st year Earth Sciences field-course to S.W. #Wales. Day 2 Marloes. I can still just about sketch ✍️ #bruminthefield @lapworthmuseum.bsky.social

James Bendle @drbendlej.bsky.social · Apr 7

@uob_gees 1st year Earth Sciences field-course to S.W. #Wales. Day 1. #bruminthefield @lapworthmuseum.bsky.social

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Rage Against the Miocene @organiccarbon.bsky.social · Mar 10

Rage Against the Miocene.

(I love the Miocene, but we're not prepared to live in it!)

Dr. Thomas Ronge @thomasronge.bsky.social · Mar 8

For the first time ever, recorded atmospheric CO₂ has exceeded 430ppm! The last time CO₂ consistently reached today’s human-driven levels was ∼14 Million years ago, with shorter periods of similar levels around 3-5 Million years ago.
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Pattern of CO2 over the past 66 Million years. The curve begins around 720ppm, peaks at 1600ppm 51 Million years ago and then declines toward today when a marked increase in CO2 is observed that is caused by human CO2 emissions.

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James Bendle @drbendlej.bsky.social · Mar 7

⚠️⚒️🧪⚛️⚗️Early Bird deadline ‬for GGRiP 2025 ends *this Monday (10th)*: ggrip2025.co.uk It's a great conference for geochemists of all disciplines and especially for ECRs. @geolsoc.bsky.social #geochemistry #geology #earthscience @organiccarbon.bsky.social @climategordon.bsky.social l

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James Bendle @drbendlej.bsky.social · Feb 14

A *first author* paper published pre-PhD is very rare in the UK geosciences (with 3yr bachelor degrees & only 1 year masters). It’s a huge achievement. Well done @mollytumelty.bsky.social. And well done @palaeostephan.bsky.social for being a supportive supervisor.

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Molly Tumelty @mollytumelty.bsky.social · Jan 29

First publication!:) anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/...

Is cranial anatomy indicative of fossoriality? A case study of the mammaliaform Hadrocodium wui

Determining the ecology of fossil species presents considerable challenges due to the often fragmentary preservation of specimens. The mammaliaform Hadrocodium wui from the Jurassic of China is known...

anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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James Bendle @drbendlej.bsky.social · Feb 12

@geolsoc.bsky.social #geochemistry #geology #earthscience @geochemgroup.bsky.social

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James Bendle @drbendlej.bsky.social · Feb 10

This is ridiculously exciting 😈🤘🏼news and a much needed boost for our fantastic city. #Brum #birmingham #rock #metal.

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James Bendle @drbendlej.bsky.social · Feb 10

Belfast & N.Ireland coast. Excursion before Magellan @ecord.bsky.social workshop.

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James Bendle @drbendlej.bsky.social · Feb 10

Had a great time leading our new @uob_gees MSci field-course in #Crete in Nov 2024 with Seb Watt, Stephan Lautenschlager @kerysmeredew @eleanor.white and Greek colleagues.

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James Bendle @drbendlej.bsky.social · Feb 10

(8) A series of images from our fieldwork in Crete (June 2024), captured by
@mark_kasumovic (@dmuleicester). @uob_lapsoc @kinviguob @cavemangriff @geology_bham @lapworthmuseum #bruminthefield @les_student_experience @uob_gees #caves #geology #paleoclimate #speleology #archaeology #crete

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James Bendle @drbendlej.bsky.social · Feb 10

(7) A series of images from our fieldwork in Crete (June 2024), captured by Dr @mark_kasumovic (@dmuleicester). #bruminthefield #caves #geology #paleoclimate #speleology #archaeology #crete

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James Bendle @drbendlej.bsky.social · Feb 10

(6) A series of images from our fieldwork in Crete (June 2024), captured by Dr @mark_kasumovic (@dmuleicester). #bruminthefield #caves #geology #paleoclimate #speleology #archaeology #crete

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James Bendle @drbendlej.bsky.social · Feb 10

(5) A series of images from our fieldwork in Crete (June 2024), captured by Dr @mark_kasumovic (@dmuleicester). #bruminthefield #caves #geology #paleoclimate #speleology #archaeology #crete

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James Bendle @drbendlej.bsky.social · Feb 10

(4) A series of images from our fieldwork in Crete (June 2024), captured by Dr @mark_kasumovic (@dmuleicester). #bruminthefield #caves #geology #paleoclimate #speleology #archaeology #crete

James Bendle @drbendlej.bsky.social · Feb 10

(3) A series of images from our fieldwork in Crete (June 2024), captured by Dr @mark_kasumovic (@dmuleicester). #bruminthefield #caves #geology #paleoclimate #speleology #archaeology #crete

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James Bendle @drbendlej.bsky.social · Feb 10

(2) A series of images from our fieldwork in Crete (June 2024), captured by Dr @mark_kasumovic (@dmuleicester). #bruminthefield #caves #geology #paleoclimate #speleology #archaeology #crete

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James Bendle @drbendlej.bsky.social · Feb 10

(1) A series of images from our fieldwork in Crete (June 2024), captured by Dr @mark_kasumovic (@dmuleicester). #bruminthefield #caves #geology #paleoclimate #speleology #archaeology #crete

James Bendle @drbendlej.bsky.social · Feb 10

June 2024: Russian coring Lake Votomos wetland. #bruminthefield #palaeoclimate #caves #geology #archaeology #crete

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James Bendle @drbendlej.bsky.social · Feb 10

Memories from back in July BOGS2024 in Manchester. Thank you to Bart Von Dongen and the local committee for asking me to give the Keynote talk. Congratulations to the student prize winners - not least @geology_bham 's very own Gemma Baker (Best Poster). 🎉👏

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James Bendle @drbendlej.bsky.social · May 21

Congrats to *Dr* Alice Hardman on defending her PhD Thesis: “Development and Calibration of 3-Hydroxy Fatty Acid-Based Palaeoclimatic Proxies in Pedogenic and Lacustrine Environments”

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James Bendle @drbendlej.bsky.social · Apr 28

#Pembrokeshire 24 highlight: flexing on the flexural slip fault! Now heading home after 9 days of introductory field skills with our enthusiastic 1st year #Geology, Geology and Physical Geography and Palaeontology UG students. Iconic #Palaeozoic rocks #bruminthefield @geology_bham @paleobham

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