Dr Kaja Fenn (she/her)
@drloessismore.bsky.social
Lecturer in Environmental Change @liverpooluni.bsky.social
Interested in anything loessy, dusty, Quaternary, luminescence dating, and geochemistry. Happiest outside or in the dark lab.
www.kajafenn.com
Interested in anything loessy, dusty, Quaternary, luminescence dating, and geochemistry. Happiest outside or in the dark lab.
www.kajafenn.com
In another exciting news I am kicking off a new project generously supported by the @royalsociety.org 🙏
The title tells you the whole story: “SOUTHERN DUSTSCAPES – Reconciling scales of past dust fluxes and their impact on climate in the Southern Hemisphere.”
#LoessIsMore #Dust #Quaternary
The title tells you the whole story: “SOUTHERN DUSTSCAPES – Reconciling scales of past dust fluxes and their impact on climate in the Southern Hemisphere.”
#LoessIsMore #Dust #Quaternary
October 15, 2025 at 3:50 PM
In another exciting news I am kicking off a new project generously supported by the @royalsociety.org 🙏
The title tells you the whole story: “SOUTHERN DUSTSCAPES – Reconciling scales of past dust fluxes and their impact on climate in the Southern Hemisphere.”
#LoessIsMore #Dust #Quaternary
The title tells you the whole story: “SOUTHERN DUSTSCAPES – Reconciling scales of past dust fluxes and their impact on climate in the Southern Hemisphere.”
#LoessIsMore #Dust #Quaternary
Wrapped up fieldwork in Spain! Incredible fluvial sequences, archaeology, loess, and top-notch company. Learned so much about the Tagus Basin’s Quaternary history from real experts.
Now to prep for next year's fieldwork in Madrid: notes, photos, permits—& a new PhD student! 🇪🇸
#LoessIsMore
Now to prep for next year's fieldwork in Madrid: notes, photos, permits—& a new PhD student! 🇪🇸
#LoessIsMore
May 22, 2025 at 3:22 PM
Wrapped up fieldwork in Spain! Incredible fluvial sequences, archaeology, loess, and top-notch company. Learned so much about the Tagus Basin’s Quaternary history from real experts.
Now to prep for next year's fieldwork in Madrid: notes, photos, permits—& a new PhD student! 🇪🇸
#LoessIsMore
Now to prep for next year's fieldwork in Madrid: notes, photos, permits—& a new PhD student! 🇪🇸
#LoessIsMore
Getting up at 5:45am was totally worth it we found — two gorgeous profiles. Plus a third small one
#LoessISMore
#LoessISMore
May 13, 2025 at 8:37 PM
Getting up at 5:45am was totally worth it we found — two gorgeous profiles. Plus a third small one
#LoessISMore
#LoessISMore
Fieldwork day 1.
"In a village in la Mancha, whose name I do not care to remember..."
"In a village in la Mancha, whose name I do not care to remember..."
May 11, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Fieldwork day 1.
"In a village in la Mancha, whose name I do not care to remember..."
"In a village in la Mancha, whose name I do not care to remember..."
Wrapping up the visit with archeology section.
It's a weird feeling looking at specimens and artefacts from site that I am currently working on.
Look out for our upcoming paper on Olduvai's Naisiusiu beds.
It's a weird feeling looking at specimens and artefacts from site that I am currently working on.
Look out for our upcoming paper on Olduvai's Naisiusiu beds.
May 10, 2025 at 2:56 PM
Wrapping up the visit with archeology section.
It's a weird feeling looking at specimens and artefacts from site that I am currently working on.
Look out for our upcoming paper on Olduvai's Naisiusiu beds.
It's a weird feeling looking at specimens and artefacts from site that I am currently working on.
Look out for our upcoming paper on Olduvai's Naisiusiu beds.
Ok they have cool quartz too
May 10, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Ok they have cool quartz too
I think I have found an inspiration for the desk for my my office
May 10, 2025 at 2:21 PM
I think I have found an inspiration for the desk for my my office
Making this visit a bit more varied by looking at something other than minerals
May 10, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Making this visit a bit more varied by looking at something other than minerals
Naturally rocks that are leading the way to the geology building 😍
May 10, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Naturally rocks that are leading the way to the geology building 😍
After a lunch interlude to mark some assignments, I’m back with the broadcast—this time from the Natural History Museum.
May 10, 2025 at 1:30 PM
After a lunch interlude to mark some assignments, I’m back with the broadcast—this time from the Natural History Museum.
That ceiling 🤩
May 10, 2025 at 11:14 AM
That ceiling 🤩
Favourite finds.
All shiny
All shiny
May 10, 2025 at 11:11 AM
Favourite finds.
All shiny
All shiny
NaCl. Your table salt — but category is mineral chic ✨
May 10, 2025 at 10:16 AM
NaCl. Your table salt — but category is mineral chic ✨
The beauty of a simple quartz
May 10, 2025 at 10:12 AM
The beauty of a simple quartz
That's is clearly a dragon egg
May 10, 2025 at 9:29 AM
That's is clearly a dragon egg
And hello to my not favourite feldspars. You know very well why you are in the naughty corner
May 10, 2025 at 9:13 AM
And hello to my not favourite feldspars. You know very well why you are in the naughty corner
Hello my favourite feldspars
May 10, 2025 at 9:09 AM
Hello my favourite feldspars
The main room does not disappoint. 10/10 for display
May 10, 2025 at 9:04 AM
The main room does not disappoint. 10/10 for display
Omg what a gem this is... Stained glass stratigraphy is a thing of beauty 👌🪨🔍
May 10, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Omg what a gem this is... Stained glass stratigraphy is a thing of beauty 👌🪨🔍
On my way to a café for some work and last minute field planning, and stumbled across this.
Obviously making a quick pit stop
Obviously making a quick pit stop
May 10, 2025 at 8:49 AM
On my way to a café for some work and last minute field planning, and stumbled across this.
Obviously making a quick pit stop
Obviously making a quick pit stop
It's fieldwork time again; part loess hunt, part pilot sampling, 100% weather regret. Naturally, the weather in Liverpool looks better than Madrid for the next week.
#LoessIsMore
#LoessIsMore
May 9, 2025 at 3:41 AM
It's fieldwork time again; part loess hunt, part pilot sampling, 100% weather regret. Naturally, the weather in Liverpool looks better than Madrid for the next week.
#LoessIsMore
#LoessIsMore
At the airport putting the final touches to my talk at @ucddublin.bsky.social School of Earth Sciences tomorrow — all about loess geochemistry, chronology, and chasing ancient dust across continents.
Slide attached for a sneak peek. Looking forward to the discussion!
#AcademicLife #LoessIsMore
Slide attached for a sneak peek. Looking forward to the discussion!
#AcademicLife #LoessIsMore
April 29, 2025 at 12:22 PM
At the airport putting the final touches to my talk at @ucddublin.bsky.social School of Earth Sciences tomorrow — all about loess geochemistry, chronology, and chasing ancient dust across continents.
Slide attached for a sneak peek. Looking forward to the discussion!
#AcademicLife #LoessIsMore
Slide attached for a sneak peek. Looking forward to the discussion!
#AcademicLife #LoessIsMore
Classic geographers…
Give them a little free time, a cliff, some dirt, a bit of vegetation—
and they’ll spontaneously prod, poke, and point.
Because any time outside is basically fieldwork
@livunigeog.bsky.social
@livunisoes.bsky.social
Give them a little free time, a cliff, some dirt, a bit of vegetation—
and they’ll spontaneously prod, poke, and point.
Because any time outside is basically fieldwork
@livunigeog.bsky.social
@livunisoes.bsky.social
April 6, 2025 at 5:14 PM
Classic geographers…
Give them a little free time, a cliff, some dirt, a bit of vegetation—
and they’ll spontaneously prod, poke, and point.
Because any time outside is basically fieldwork
@livunigeog.bsky.social
@livunisoes.bsky.social
Give them a little free time, a cliff, some dirt, a bit of vegetation—
and they’ll spontaneously prod, poke, and point.
Because any time outside is basically fieldwork
@livunigeog.bsky.social
@livunisoes.bsky.social
Cloudy start to the day here in the Algarve—hoping the rain holds off as students kick off their first day of data collection on the residential trip.
@livunisoes.bsky.social
#fieldtrip #Algarve
@livunisoes.bsky.social
#fieldtrip #Algarve
April 1, 2025 at 8:46 AM
Cloudy start to the day here in the Algarve—hoping the rain holds off as students kick off their first day of data collection on the residential trip.
@livunisoes.bsky.social
#fieldtrip #Algarve
@livunisoes.bsky.social
#fieldtrip #Algarve