Lydia Mackenzie
@lydiamackenzie.bsky.social
Palaeoecologist and biogeographer at the University of Tasmania in lutruwita | Alpine ecology | Fire regimes | Palynology |
Anybody used these for outreach or in the classroom? Recommendations on where to get one?
August 24, 2025 at 7:06 AM
Anybody used these for outreach or in the classroom? Recommendations on where to get one?
A moment of calm on a perfect day in lutruwita (Tasmania)
May 23, 2025 at 9:54 PM
A moment of calm on a perfect day in lutruwita (Tasmania)
Spent the weekend hunting for wetlands! Beautiful sphagnum peatland and button grass moorland cored near Lake St Clair for the UTas PalaeoLab 🧪⛰️
April 13, 2025 at 9:52 AM
Spent the weekend hunting for wetlands! Beautiful sphagnum peatland and button grass moorland cored near Lake St Clair for the UTas PalaeoLab 🧪⛰️
Not the screen I want to see after an hour writing in a local cafe :( 🧪📝
April 9, 2025 at 12:32 AM
Not the screen I want to see after an hour writing in a local cafe :( 🧪📝
Some days in the lab are better than others! My new lab buddy arrived today 👀 🧪🥼
March 27, 2025 at 3:43 AM
Some days in the lab are better than others! My new lab buddy arrived today 👀 🧪🥼
14 years ago I hiked Tasmania’s south coast track. Crazy how this feels like only yesterday! Time for round 2🥾🥾
March 15, 2025 at 9:26 AM
14 years ago I hiked Tasmania’s south coast track. Crazy how this feels like only yesterday! Time for round 2🥾🥾
A peaceful morning at my favourite beach 🏖️
March 8, 2025 at 12:21 AM
A peaceful morning at my favourite beach 🏖️
Enjoying a quiet weekend around Huonville after a busy start to the Semester. Great to be back in the classroom and see students on campus again 🧪🌏🏔️
March 1, 2025 at 10:05 PM
Enjoying a quiet weekend around Huonville after a busy start to the Semester. Great to be back in the classroom and see students on campus again 🧪🌏🏔️
Day 2 of the WISH workshop wasn’t all hard work. Beautiful glacial landscapes around Cass! Find out more about our #INQUA funded workshop here: warmintervalssh.wordpress.com
February 7, 2025 at 10:29 AM
Day 2 of the WISH workshop wasn’t all hard work. Beautiful glacial landscapes around Cass! Find out more about our #INQUA funded workshop here: warmintervalssh.wordpress.com
Warm Intervals in the Southern Hemisphere (WiSH) workshop as for our #INQUA funded project in Cass, NZ. Brilliant group in a beautiful location! Find out more: warmintervalssh.wordpress.com
February 6, 2025 at 9:13 AM
Warm Intervals in the Southern Hemisphere (WiSH) workshop as for our #INQUA funded project in Cass, NZ. Brilliant group in a beautiful location! Find out more: warmintervalssh.wordpress.com
A quick trip to Cradle Mountain!
January 24, 2025 at 9:23 PM
A quick trip to Cradle Mountain!
Tiny flowers peaking out of a cushion plant (Donatia novae-zelandiae) near Hartz Mountain 🥰
December 26, 2024 at 11:49 PM
Tiny flowers peaking out of a cushion plant (Donatia novae-zelandiae) near Hartz Mountain 🥰
Visiting the mountain shrimp on kunanyi is my new Christmas Eve tradition! Don’t ever change lil buddies
December 24, 2024 at 7:05 AM
Visiting the mountain shrimp on kunanyi is my new Christmas Eve tradition! Don’t ever change lil buddies
My heart is full after a trip to the mountains to visit the alpine plants in bloom at turapina (Ben Lomond). What a lovely end to the year!
December 20, 2024 at 8:37 AM
My heart is full after a trip to the mountains to visit the alpine plants in bloom at turapina (Ben Lomond). What a lovely end to the year!
On our recent field trip to Bruny Island a student got a great photo of me pointing out an exciting soil profile. I look so serious 🤣
December 15, 2024 at 8:33 PM
On our recent field trip to Bruny Island a student got a great photo of me pointing out an exciting soil profile. I look so serious 🤣
Flowers everywhere in the mountains of lutruwita (Tasmania)! Looking forward to visiting the cushion plants again next week for a project at #UTas ❤️🧪⛰️
December 5, 2024 at 11:12 PM
Flowers everywhere in the mountains of lutruwita (Tasmania)! Looking forward to visiting the cushion plants again next week for a project at #UTas ❤️🧪⛰️
When you try to make time for hobbies but you also have a dog 🐶 😂🪡
December 3, 2024 at 10:23 AM
When you try to make time for hobbies but you also have a dog 🐶 😂🪡
Meeting people from all over the world who are working to understand and protect alpine ecosystems is one of the reasons I love being a researcher at #UTAS Thanks for having me along @petrkunes.bsky.social
December 3, 2024 at 8:17 AM
Meeting people from all over the world who are working to understand and protect alpine ecosystems is one of the reasons I love being a researcher at #UTAS Thanks for having me along @petrkunes.bsky.social
Spending some time in the mountains of lutruwita (Tasmania) collecting lake cores and looking for Caltha herb fields! #UTAS #alpineresearch 🧪🔬⛰️🌳
November 29, 2024 at 8:53 AM
Spending some time in the mountains of lutruwita (Tasmania) collecting lake cores and looking for Caltha herb fields! #UTAS #alpineresearch 🧪🔬⛰️🌳
It’s always a good day when there’s a wetland involved❤️ Day 7 of the #UTas Environmental Field Techniques unit! We will be sad to pack up tomorrow.
November 24, 2024 at 11:03 AM
It’s always a good day when there’s a wetland involved❤️ Day 7 of the #UTas Environmental Field Techniques unit! We will be sad to pack up tomorrow.
Off to Bruny Island to run the KGA213 Natural Environment Field Techniques camp! It’s going to be a fun week in the field ⛺️🏝️🧪🥾
November 17, 2024 at 11:59 PM
Off to Bruny Island to run the KGA213 Natural Environment Field Techniques camp! It’s going to be a fun week in the field ⛺️🏝️🧪🥾