Dr. Michela Mariani
@michela-mariani.bsky.social
Mum of 2, Associate Professor, photographer, traveller, European in UK. Travelling in time and space to uncover past landscapes and 🔥 using fossil pollen |
Today's sunset. No filter needed !
@uniofnottingham.bsky.social
@uniofnottingham.bsky.social
November 19, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Today's sunset. No filter needed !
@uniofnottingham.bsky.social
@uniofnottingham.bsky.social
I feel like I am back to Kangaroo Island while counting these modern pollen samples 😍🔥 a lovely mixture of Acacia, Banksia and other Proteaceae 🤓
Sorry pics not to scale (shot using the phone camera on microscope technique) 😅
#kangarooisland #pollen #palynology #pollencounting #australia
Sorry pics not to scale (shot using the phone camera on microscope technique) 😅
#kangarooisland #pollen #palynology #pollencounting #australia
November 8, 2025 at 3:13 PM
I feel like I am back to Kangaroo Island while counting these modern pollen samples 😍🔥 a lovely mixture of Acacia, Banksia and other Proteaceae 🤓
Sorry pics not to scale (shot using the phone camera on microscope technique) 😅
#kangarooisland #pollen #palynology #pollencounting #australia
Sorry pics not to scale (shot using the phone camera on microscope technique) 😅
#kangarooisland #pollen #palynology #pollencounting #australia
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As reports tally up the 2025 fires, here's a long view back. I've updated and abridged Vestal Fire - now 40% as long, with half the new text completely rewritten, reorganized, and reconceptualized. The narrative still includes Russia. Should be published in spring, 2026.
October 16, 2025 at 2:24 PM
As reports tally up the 2025 fires, here's a long view back. I've updated and abridged Vestal Fire - now 40% as long, with half the new text completely rewritten, reorganized, and reconceptualized. The narrative still includes Russia. Should be published in spring, 2026.
🔥 Call for Abstracts – #EGU26 Interdisciplinary Session: Cultural Pyroscapes Through Time ITS3.5/BG5.6 🔥 📅 Deadline 15/01/2026.
@gilromera.bsky.social @hcadd.bsky.social @thatpollenguy.bsky.social
👉[https://lnkd.in/eWYtRsge]
#Wildfire #Palaeoecology #Archaeology #ClimateChange #FireEcology
@gilromera.bsky.social @hcadd.bsky.social @thatpollenguy.bsky.social
👉[https://lnkd.in/eWYtRsge]
#Wildfire #Palaeoecology #Archaeology #ClimateChange #FireEcology
November 6, 2025 at 11:00 AM
🔥 Call for Abstracts – #EGU26 Interdisciplinary Session: Cultural Pyroscapes Through Time ITS3.5/BG5.6 🔥 📅 Deadline 15/01/2026.
@gilromera.bsky.social @hcadd.bsky.social @thatpollenguy.bsky.social
👉[https://lnkd.in/eWYtRsge]
#Wildfire #Palaeoecology #Archaeology #ClimateChange #FireEcology
@gilromera.bsky.social @hcadd.bsky.social @thatpollenguy.bsky.social
👉[https://lnkd.in/eWYtRsge]
#Wildfire #Palaeoecology #Archaeology #ClimateChange #FireEcology
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Exciting opportunity!
Research Fellow to join the “Voices of Indigenous Amazonia” project…exploring environmental archaeology in the Brazilian NW Amazon.
Research Fellow to join the “Voices of Indigenous Amazonia” project…exploring environmental archaeology in the Brazilian NW Amazon.
UCL – University College London
UCL is consistently ranked as one of the top ten universities in the world (QS World University Rankings 2010-2022) and is No.2 in the UK for research power (Research Excellence Framework 2021).
www.ucl.ac.uk
October 24, 2025 at 11:45 PM
Exciting opportunity!
Research Fellow to join the “Voices of Indigenous Amazonia” project…exploring environmental archaeology in the Brazilian NW Amazon.
Research Fellow to join the “Voices of Indigenous Amazonia” project…exploring environmental archaeology in the Brazilian NW Amazon.
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One of the most beautiful trees in
Europe is the 550 year old Arbour Oak in Wollaton Park, Nottingham
My youngest son is at university in the City, and took this photo 30mins ago
Europe is the 550 year old Arbour Oak in Wollaton Park, Nottingham
My youngest son is at university in the City, and took this photo 30mins ago
October 22, 2025 at 3:54 PM
One of the most beautiful trees in
Europe is the 550 year old Arbour Oak in Wollaton Park, Nottingham
My youngest son is at university in the City, and took this photo 30mins ago
Europe is the 550 year old Arbour Oak in Wollaton Park, Nottingham
My youngest son is at university in the City, and took this photo 30mins ago
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ANU Research Fellow position!
We're looking for someone with a PhD in palaeoecology, geography or related field, who has experience with paleoenvironmental and archaeobotanical analysis. A familiar with sedimentology or geochemistry is also an advantage.
Apply now: jobs.anu.edu.au/jobs/researc...
We're looking for someone with a PhD in palaeoecology, geography or related field, who has experience with paleoenvironmental and archaeobotanical analysis. A familiar with sedimentology or geochemistry is also an advantage.
Apply now: jobs.anu.edu.au/jobs/researc...
Research Fellow - Canberra / ACT, ACT, Australia
Classification: Research Fellow Level BSalary package: $118,5632 – $134,507 per annum (pro-rata) plus 17% superannuationTerm: Part-time (up to 21 hours per week), Continuing (contingent Funded)
This ...
jobs.anu.edu.au
October 21, 2025 at 5:28 AM
ANU Research Fellow position!
We're looking for someone with a PhD in palaeoecology, geography or related field, who has experience with paleoenvironmental and archaeobotanical analysis. A familiar with sedimentology or geochemistry is also an advantage.
Apply now: jobs.anu.edu.au/jobs/researc...
We're looking for someone with a PhD in palaeoecology, geography or related field, who has experience with paleoenvironmental and archaeobotanical analysis. A familiar with sedimentology or geochemistry is also an advantage.
Apply now: jobs.anu.edu.au/jobs/researc...
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ABC Deep Time Australia Launched Today
Congratulations to everyone involved in working with the ABC News Story Lab to bring this project to fruition!
@ciehf.bsky.social is proud to have closely collaborated on this project.
www.abc.net.au/news/deeptime/
Congratulations to everyone involved in working with the ABC News Story Lab to bring this project to fruition!
@ciehf.bsky.social is proud to have closely collaborated on this project.
www.abc.net.au/news/deeptime/
Explore an epic story 65,000 years in the making
Dive into Deep Time, an immersive story of the knowledge, art and ingenuity of Australia’s First Nations peoples — told like never before.
www.abc.net.au
October 19, 2025 at 6:23 AM
ABC Deep Time Australia Launched Today
Congratulations to everyone involved in working with the ABC News Story Lab to bring this project to fruition!
@ciehf.bsky.social is proud to have closely collaborated on this project.
www.abc.net.au/news/deeptime/
Congratulations to everyone involved in working with the ABC News Story Lab to bring this project to fruition!
@ciehf.bsky.social is proud to have closely collaborated on this project.
www.abc.net.au/news/deeptime/
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It's such a pleasure to have Kilian around ! Looking forward to collaborating further and seeing his novel work being published ! ✨
Our PhD student Kilian Jungkeit Milla is doing his research stay at the @uniofnottingham.bsky.social to:
Improve the interpretation of our past landscapes by estimating relative #pollen productivity.
Learn the FT-IR technique to differentiate between grass pollen grains.
#science #paleoecology
Improve the interpretation of our past landscapes by estimating relative #pollen productivity.
Learn the FT-IR technique to differentiate between grass pollen grains.
#science #paleoecology
October 17, 2025 at 10:20 AM
It's such a pleasure to have Kilian around ! Looking forward to collaborating further and seeing his novel work being published ! ✨
Another day, another Australian visitor exploring our University of Nottingham University Park Campus painted with autumnal colours 🍂
It was great to host @billabongs.bsky.social and John Tibby to discuss future joint research possibilities 🤓🌏
It was great to host @billabongs.bsky.social and John Tibby to discuss future joint research possibilities 🤓🌏
October 16, 2025 at 4:53 PM
Another day, another Australian visitor exploring our University of Nottingham University Park Campus painted with autumnal colours 🍂
It was great to host @billabongs.bsky.social and John Tibby to discuss future joint research possibilities 🤓🌏
It was great to host @billabongs.bsky.social and John Tibby to discuss future joint research possibilities 🤓🌏
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Be sure to check out our key messages report, which not only covers our global findings but also includes a regional breakdown of the wacky wildfire events of the fire season.
stateofwildfires.com/latest-report/
stateofwildfires.com/latest-report/
October 16, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Be sure to check out our key messages report, which not only covers our global findings but also includes a regional breakdown of the wacky wildfire events of the fire season.
stateofwildfires.com/latest-report/
stateofwildfires.com/latest-report/
It was a great pleasure to host A/Prof John Tibby today for our Environmental Change Theme seminar series at the University of Nottingham School of Geography !
It's so nice to see more of Australia up on the screens in our School 🌏🤓🤩
It's so nice to see more of Australia up on the screens in our School 🌏🤓🤩
October 15, 2025 at 9:24 PM
It was a great pleasure to host A/Prof John Tibby today for our Environmental Change Theme seminar series at the University of Nottingham School of Geography !
It's so nice to see more of Australia up on the screens in our School 🌏🤓🤩
It's so nice to see more of Australia up on the screens in our School 🌏🤓🤩
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A must-read from the @washingtonpost.com's @sadbumblebee.buzz on the cultural burning resurgence taking place in N California. We have a terrible relationship with fire, but the Karuk, Yurok and others show us that a better relationship is possible.
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solu...
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solu...
How indigenous practices can help protect forests
The Post followed cultural burning practices, an Indigenous tradition now permitted under California law and used to help protect forests from wildfires.
www.washingtonpost.com
October 14, 2025 at 6:01 PM
A must-read from the @washingtonpost.com's @sadbumblebee.buzz on the cultural burning resurgence taking place in N California. We have a terrible relationship with fire, but the Karuk, Yurok and others show us that a better relationship is possible.
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solu...
www.washingtonpost.com/climate-solu...
It's such a pleasure to have Kilian Jungkeit-Milla from Zaragoza visiting our @nottspollen.bsky.social team this month ! It's great to hear about his fascinating work on Iberian pollen productivity and dispersal 🌟 💪🏼
September 24, 2025 at 5:10 PM
It's such a pleasure to have Kilian Jungkeit-Milla from Zaragoza visiting our @nottspollen.bsky.social team this month ! It's great to hear about his fascinating work on Iberian pollen productivity and dispersal 🌟 💪🏼
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Very glad to see this hot 🔥 journal! It fills what for me always felt like a gap in the fire research journal landscape. Happy to follow along and consider for future publications! #pyrogeography #wildfires 🌏🧪⚒️
Journal of #Pyrogeography has launched this week - we warmly welcome your submissions!
We cover landscape #fire interactions with #climate, #ecosystems, and #society and welcome studies from diverse research fields spanning the natural and social sciences.
www.sciencedirect.com/journal/jour...
We cover landscape #fire interactions with #climate, #ecosystems, and #society and welcome studies from diverse research fields spanning the natural and social sciences.
www.sciencedirect.com/journal/jour...
July 17, 2025 at 7:12 AM
Very glad to see this hot 🔥 journal! It fills what for me always felt like a gap in the fire research journal landscape. Happy to follow along and consider for future publications! #pyrogeography #wildfires 🌏🧪⚒️
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Happy to share our new paper: we show that human-caused climate change is raising the odds of extreme climate-driven fire years across forested regions of the globe
@climate-guy.bsky.social @pyrogeog.bsky.social
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#ClimateChange #Wildfires
@climate-guy.bsky.social @pyrogeog.bsky.social
rdcu.be/evJkX
#ClimateChange #Wildfires
Climate change has increased the odds of extreme regional forest fire years globally
Nature Communications - The authors show that extreme fire years in global forests align with rare fire weather extremes. Climate change has made such extremes 88-152% more probable. These findings...
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July 11, 2025 at 6:57 AM
Happy to share our new paper: we show that human-caused climate change is raising the odds of extreme climate-driven fire years across forested regions of the globe
@climate-guy.bsky.social @pyrogeog.bsky.social
rdcu.be/evJkX
#ClimateChange #Wildfires
@climate-guy.bsky.social @pyrogeog.bsky.social
rdcu.be/evJkX
#ClimateChange #Wildfires
Today we completed our #SneezingCity project mapping allergenic tree pollen in #Nottingham during spring 2025!
We collected data from over 50 #pollen traps across the rebel city and showcased our results using our amazing augmented reality display !
We collected data from over 50 #pollen traps across the rebel city and showcased our results using our amazing augmented reality display !
July 8, 2025 at 8:52 PM
Today we completed our #SneezingCity project mapping allergenic tree pollen in #Nottingham during spring 2025!
We collected data from over 50 #pollen traps across the rebel city and showcased our results using our amazing augmented reality display !
We collected data from over 50 #pollen traps across the rebel city and showcased our results using our amazing augmented reality display !
This week we hosted @hcadd.bsky.social at the Nottingham Pollen Lab @nottspollen.bsky.social ! Lots of great discussions about present and future work to unpack 🔥, human activities and climate change through past millennia in Australia and beyond.
Homemade pistachio cake post-seminar was delicious!
Homemade pistachio cake post-seminar was delicious!
June 27, 2025 at 10:50 AM
This week we hosted @hcadd.bsky.social at the Nottingham Pollen Lab @nottspollen.bsky.social ! Lots of great discussions about present and future work to unpack 🔥, human activities and climate change through past millennia in Australia and beyond.
Homemade pistachio cake post-seminar was delicious!
Homemade pistachio cake post-seminar was delicious!
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💥 Job Alert 💥
We’re currently seeking a Heritage Science Technician to join us in the Department of Classics & Archaeology at the University of Nottingham.
Closing date July 24th 2025.
Details here:
jobs.nottingham.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
#archaeology #archaeologicalscience
We’re currently seeking a Heritage Science Technician to join us in the Department of Classics & Archaeology at the University of Nottingham.
Closing date July 24th 2025.
Details here:
jobs.nottingham.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
#archaeology #archaeologicalscience
Job Vacancy at the University of Nottingham: Heritage Science Technician (Fixed term)
Following £1.6 million UKRI-investment in our Archaeological Science Laboratories, we are delighted to offer this exciting opportunity to bring specialist technical expertise to our new AHRC-funded cl...
jobs.nottingham.ac.uk
June 26, 2025 at 3:04 PM
💥 Job Alert 💥
We’re currently seeking a Heritage Science Technician to join us in the Department of Classics & Archaeology at the University of Nottingham.
Closing date July 24th 2025.
Details here:
jobs.nottingham.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
#archaeology #archaeologicalscience
We’re currently seeking a Heritage Science Technician to join us in the Department of Classics & Archaeology at the University of Nottingham.
Closing date July 24th 2025.
Details here:
jobs.nottingham.ac.uk/Vacancy.aspx...
#archaeology #archaeologicalscience
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🚨NEW PAPER ALERT: really excited 😊 about our new paper #PNAS on anthropogenic fire usage 🔥during the Pleistocene across Africa, Asia and Europe🌍 🌏 doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
June 24, 2025 at 4:02 PM
🚨NEW PAPER ALERT: really excited 😊 about our new paper #PNAS on anthropogenic fire usage 🔥during the Pleistocene across Africa, Asia and Europe🌍 🌏 doi.org/10.1073/pnas...
It was great to meet with pupils and parents from local schools to chat about 3D pollen and landscapes for the University of Nottingham Family Discovery Day! 🔥🌱🌼🌲
School of Geography proudly represented by Gary Priestnall, myself and Alastair Wills 💪🏼
School of Geography proudly represented by Gary Priestnall, myself and Alastair Wills 💪🏼
June 14, 2025 at 3:55 PM
It was great to meet with pupils and parents from local schools to chat about 3D pollen and landscapes for the University of Nottingham Family Discovery Day! 🔥🌱🌼🌲
School of Geography proudly represented by Gary Priestnall, myself and Alastair Wills 💪🏼
School of Geography proudly represented by Gary Priestnall, myself and Alastair Wills 💪🏼
I had a wonderful time in Athens and the island of Euboea this week to discuss current and future research on Mediterranean palaeoecology and fire ! 🔥 🌲🌱🌼
Ευχαριστώ Katerina Kouli and Nikos Koutsias for everything (especially for your patience with my Greek – έμαθα πολύ και πέρασα ωραία!).
Ευχαριστώ Katerina Kouli and Nikos Koutsias for everything (especially for your patience with my Greek – έμαθα πολύ και πέρασα ωραία!).
June 12, 2025 at 4:31 PM
I had a wonderful time in Athens and the island of Euboea this week to discuss current and future research on Mediterranean palaeoecology and fire ! 🔥 🌲🌱🌼
Ευχαριστώ Katerina Kouli and Nikos Koutsias for everything (especially for your patience with my Greek – έμαθα πολύ και πέρασα ωραία!).
Ευχαριστώ Katerina Kouli and Nikos Koutsias for everything (especially for your patience with my Greek – έμαθα πολύ και πέρασα ωραία!).
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Se acaba de publicar una propuesta didáctica sobre incendios forestales. El libro entero está disponible en la web; ver detalles y prólogo del libro aquí:
jgpausas.blogs.uv.es/2025/05/24/i...
🌍🔥🌳📚 #LenEdu wildfires
jgpausas.blogs.uv.es/2025/05/24/i...
🌍🔥🌳📚 #LenEdu wildfires
June 3, 2025 at 6:21 PM
Se acaba de publicar una propuesta didáctica sobre incendios forestales. El libro entero está disponible en la web; ver detalles y prólogo del libro aquí:
jgpausas.blogs.uv.es/2025/05/24/i...
🌍🔥🌳📚 #LenEdu wildfires
jgpausas.blogs.uv.es/2025/05/24/i...
🌍🔥🌳📚 #LenEdu wildfires
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And that's a wrap ! We had a busy time in southeastern #Australia for my last expedition as part of the @leverhulme.ac.uk International Fellowship.
A journey from the arid inland shrublands to the wet temperate forests, I have learnt so much ! Thanks to all who helped (see below) 🙏🏼
#fieldwork2025
A journey from the arid inland shrublands to the wet temperate forests, I have learnt so much ! Thanks to all who helped (see below) 🙏🏼
#fieldwork2025
April 20, 2025 at 2:11 AM
And that's a wrap ! We had a busy time in southeastern #Australia for my last expedition as part of the @leverhulme.ac.uk International Fellowship.
A journey from the arid inland shrublands to the wet temperate forests, I have learnt so much ! Thanks to all who helped (see below) 🙏🏼
#fieldwork2025
A journey from the arid inland shrublands to the wet temperate forests, I have learnt so much ! Thanks to all who helped (see below) 🙏🏼
#fieldwork2025
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Finally, huge thanks to my partner and my little boys for being my companions and most excited supporters on the journey ❤️
#familyexpedition
#australia25
#academicmama
#familyexpedition
#australia25
#academicmama
April 20, 2025 at 2:34 AM
Finally, huge thanks to my partner and my little boys for being my companions and most excited supporters on the journey ❤️
#familyexpedition
#australia25
#academicmama
#familyexpedition
#australia25
#academicmama