Dr Florin Pendea
@florinp.bsky.social
Dad, Hobby Farmer, Associate Professor. Research on climate and human forcing on ecosystems #biogeochemistry, #Paleoecology, #Quaternary #wetlands, #Peatlands #Palynomorphs.
King Corn - the crop that changed the world. Maize #pollen from the early #Anthropocene of Lake Simcoe (Canada). #paleoecology
September 19, 2025 at 2:14 PM
King Corn - the crop that changed the world. Maize #pollen from the early #Anthropocene of Lake Simcoe (Canada). #paleoecology
Great workshop & field visit on wetland restoration of heavily degraded peatlands in Sudbury (Ontario) led by @mercury-ecohydro.bsky.social
May 22, 2025 at 10:17 PM
Great workshop & field visit on wetland restoration of heavily degraded peatlands in Sudbury (Ontario) led by @mercury-ecohydro.bsky.social
The ultimate Late #Glacial non-analogue community from southern Canada ca. 16,000 BP. Oroarctic elements: Dryas cf. integrifolia and cf. Arenaria (lower 2 grains) and boreal white spruce (upper left) and black spruce (upper right). #paleoecology #pollen #paleoclimate
January 10, 2025 at 2:10 PM
The ultimate Late #Glacial non-analogue community from southern Canada ca. 16,000 BP. Oroarctic elements: Dryas cf. integrifolia and cf. Arenaria (lower 2 grains) and boreal white spruce (upper left) and black spruce (upper right). #paleoecology #pollen #paleoclimate
Dryopteris spore from the Late Glacial landscape of south-central Ontario. #paleoecology #pollen
January 10, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Dryopteris spore from the Late Glacial landscape of south-central Ontario. #paleoecology #pollen
Larix gmelinii needle epidermis with stomata from Kamchatka’s mid Pleistocene lahar deposits. #paleoecology #macrofossils
December 21, 2024 at 3:14 PM
Larix gmelinii needle epidermis with stomata from Kamchatka’s mid Pleistocene lahar deposits. #paleoecology #macrofossils
An offering to the Mother Fen who let us tell her story.
Poor fen north of Sudbury impact crater, Ontario. #peatlands
Poor fen north of Sudbury impact crater, Ontario. #peatlands
December 1, 2024 at 2:04 PM
An offering to the Mother Fen who let us tell her story.
Poor fen north of Sudbury impact crater, Ontario. #peatlands
Poor fen north of Sudbury impact crater, Ontario. #peatlands
Abies balsamea pollen ca. 9500 BP - southern Ontario (Canada)
November 23, 2024 at 7:12 PM
Abies balsamea pollen ca. 9500 BP - southern Ontario (Canada)
Welcome to our palaeo/paleofeed! If you are a paleoecologist or a fan of lost worlds, time traveller, or just a lover of Earth’s history, this feed is for you 💕
As holidays are coming up soon here is a proper paleobell 😀
As holidays are coming up soon here is a proper paleobell 😀
November 23, 2024 at 4:05 PM
Welcome to our palaeo/paleofeed! If you are a paleoecologist or a fan of lost worlds, time traveller, or just a lover of Earth’s history, this feed is for you 💕
As holidays are coming up soon here is a proper paleobell 😀
As holidays are coming up soon here is a proper paleobell 😀
We call this one Pitcher Garden - a nascent Sphagnum dome with Larix laricina north of the Greater Sudbury Area (ON). 7 m-long peat core 🫶🏼 Hopefully this site would have none of the poisonous legacy of the smelter era.
November 18, 2024 at 6:45 PM
We call this one Pitcher Garden - a nascent Sphagnum dome with Larix laricina north of the Greater Sudbury Area (ON). 7 m-long peat core 🫶🏼 Hopefully this site would have none of the poisonous legacy of the smelter era.
Saxifraga oppositifolia pollen - 18,000 BP from the former Laurentide ice margin, southern Ontario.
December 9, 2023 at 1:53 PM
Saxifraga oppositifolia pollen - 18,000 BP from the former Laurentide ice margin, southern Ontario.
Thank you Bluesky for having me here! To start, thought of sharing a shot of sky magic - North Bear Alvar - Ontario, Canada
September 22, 2023 at 11:45 AM
Thank you Bluesky for having me here! To start, thought of sharing a shot of sky magic - North Bear Alvar - Ontario, Canada