Might as well do an #introduction post as it has been a while...
Hello there Fediverse! I am an environmental archaeologist interested in how past communities interacted with and shaped their environments (and vice versa). Just finished my #PhD (Physical #Geography at #Plymouth) focusing on the #Humberhead Levels. For my thesis, I combined #pollen analysis, #GIS, and #geoarchaeology to understand relationships between people and #wetland#landscapes. I recently passed my viva, so I am currently looking for work.
My published work thus far includes contributions on land cover reconstruction in complex wetland systems and chapters on #anarchist approaches to #archaeology and #heritage practice. I have a few more pieces in the works, and little time to do them all.
As far as research goes, I have been mostly interested in challenging the 'pristine #nature vs human impact' binary, the politics of how we interpret past landscapes, and unpicking what we actually mean when we talk about 'natural' environments and the messy reality of human-environment coevolution.
Very proud of PhD student Cedric Maforimbo, who successfully defended his PhD thesis in viva today!
Cedric's research work is really interesting - he has piloted some new methods to identify #pollen loads on #bees & match with plants in the field margin. He has also carried out a tonne of fieldwork addressing some of our knowledge gaps around the role of field margins in support crop pollination in African legume systems, given us a load more information about what pollinates common bean (we REALLY need to understand the distribution of Xylocopa spp. and their habitat needs), and been a great colleague.
Pleasure to work with a brilliant supervisory team Phil Stevenson, Angela Mkindi, Steve Harte.
A group of smiling people in a pale blue room that has models of insects and photos of plants on the walls. The centre person is a student and he is framed by his supervisory and examination team. Everyone looks happy.
Die Gräser blühen, die Pollen fliegen - für viele beginnt die Heuschnupfensaison. Welche Gräser bergen hohes Allergiepotenzial und was für Behandlungsmöglichkeiten gibt es? Von Nele Rößler.
Folgen der Landwirtschaft: Dünger könnte Pollen aggressiver machen
Verschiedene Umweltfaktoren beeinflussen, wie allergen Pollen sind. Ein Forschungsteam aus Belgien konnte jetzt zeigen: Überdüngung könnte eine größere Rolle spielen als bislang bekannt. Von N. Kunze.
Climate change is making allergy season worse, study finds.
@abc reports: "Using data from NOAA, a nonprofit climate research group studied the warming trends of 198 cities from 1970 to 2024. It found that 87% now have a longer freeze-free growing season."
Pollenflug nimmt zu - Allergiker müssen sich wappnen
Noch sind wenige Pollen in der Luft, doch das dürfte nicht so bleiben. Daten zeigen: Die Allergiebelastung nimmt über das ganze Jahr verteilt durch den Klimawandel langfristig zu. Wie können Allergiker sich schützen? Von N. Rösler.