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Dave Gibson M7OXC
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Hydrogeologist, dad & Bromptonaut. East Devon.
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A super (open source) paper on groundwater dependent coastal habitats...

#groundwater

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A hydrogeochemical approach to coastal groundwater-dependent ecosystem conservation: The case of Cooloola Sand Mass, Australia
Site-focused hydrogeological studies are often touted as a fundamental requirement for the effective conservation of groundwater-dependent ecosystems …
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December 11, 2024 at 2:06 PM
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A new episode of #GeologyBites from Oliver Strimpel @geologybites.bsky.social
Rob Strachan, Portsmouth University on the Caledonian orogeny. 
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Fills a Greenland shaped gap for me between Norway, UK and Newfoundland
Geology Bites
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December 11, 2024 at 7:10 AM
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At today’s National Environmental Monitoring Conference in Liverpool (#BES2024), we're announcing our nine principles for guiding #environmental #monitoring programmes. We hope these will benefit those setting up or developing monitoring initiatives. More: ukeof.org.uk/env-mon-prin... [1/2]
A graphic presenting our principles for guiding environmental monitoring programmes. It is in grid form, with one image per principle: a kestrel, a waterfall, a spider web, geese in flight, oak leaves catching the sun's rays, ripe blackberries, a dew drop on a leaf, a bolt of lightning and the ancient monument of Stonehenge. Text at top: 9 principles upon which successful monitoring programmes are founded.
December 10, 2024 at 12:24 PM
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I tucked this image away in 2015. I don't think a lot has changed since.
December 10, 2024 at 8:04 PM
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#IndustrialHistory #Contamination #Remediation #Avonmouth #Bristol
Derelict power station. Blue door with broken glass and dirty corrugated iron cladding. Sign says Sevalco Power Station. External view of industrial building. A tall thin chimney and a network of external gantries around large vessels. Wasteland and a man in orange PPE in foreground. A picture of chemical solid waste on the ground. Predominantly rock like rubble but with a bright pink / cerise colour. A large bulk bag of carbon black in a partially dismantled industrial setting. Carbon black was used in tyre manufacturing.
December 8, 2024 at 7:35 PM
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Don't be cleaning your fish here. #Salcombe #Devon
December 3, 2024 at 10:12 PM
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@colossivepress.bsky.social hey lovely colossive peeps - my order was waiting for me when I got home. Super excited. Haven't had time to look properly yet (had to cook the squids some tea) but absolutely bowled over from a flick through 'How graffiti saved my dad's life'. What a gem of a book ❤️📷❤️
November 27, 2024 at 8:07 PM
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There were lots of Castor Bean ticks , Ixodes ricinus, out again this year. Be careful,espically in areas with lots of pheasants: read on in +ALT on the 1st and 2nd photo
‘In conclusion, we show that the release of non-native pheasants for recreational shooting is associated with almost 2.5 times greater odds of ticks carrying Borrelia sp., the causative agent of Lyme disease’. https://www.authorea.com/users/846585/articles/1234703-the-deliberate-release-of-a-non-native-species-amplifies-zoonotic-disease-risk-via-spillback A study by Oxford University's Tick Research Group suggested that a reduction in the number of pheasants in the environment - a population artificially enlarged for game shooting - would wipe out the disease in the UK.’ 1999 - how many studies do we need? http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/health/466809.stm
November 26, 2024 at 9:39 PM
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Take a moment to read these beautiful stories about groundwater from all over the world the vote for your favorite one. PS: I'm the author of the first story 😉

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Vote for Groundwater Story of the Year Award 2024! | IGRAC
In 2023, we initiated the Groundwater Correspondents Network and welcomed the first 16 correspondents.
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November 21, 2024 at 4:41 PM
kiteboy.bsky.social
21.11.2024. #Snow #EastDevon #PebblebedHeaths
November 22, 2024 at 10:16 AM
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#Arsenic #DevonGreatConsols #Groundwater #Contamination
November 18, 2024 at 7:34 PM
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1/4000th of a second in time. #RiverUre #Aysgarth #Wensleydale #YorkshireDales #Peat #Hydrology.
Water cascading through Aysgarth Falls. Water colours are black to a chestnut / sienna brown to a turbulent white froth.
November 18, 2024 at 11:09 AM
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#Devon #BudleighSalterton #Winter #Twilight
A winter twilight view westwards across Budleigh Salterton beach. The last light of the day partially reveals the dark sea in the distance whilst the near beach, a couple walking, and a red telephone box are lit by the glow from street lighting.
November 17, 2024 at 7:44 PM
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Twenty seconds of Northumbrian spring water for those, like me, who have freshly arrived from the other place. #hydrogeology #Northumberland.
November 17, 2024 at 10:27 AM