Kate Spencer
@profkatespencer.bsky.social
Academic interested in pollution, saltmarsh, coasts, estuaries, muddy sediment and microplastics, legacy waste, historic landfill. Professor of Environmental Geochemistry at Queen Mary University of London. #tonsilcancer
Wow. What a busy few days and we experienced ALL the weather 🌦️ ☀️ ☔️
July 24, 2025 at 11:09 AM
Wow. What a busy few days and we experienced ALL the weather 🌦️ ☀️ ☔️
Looks like a great few days fieldwork
May 15, 2025 at 8:34 PM
Looks like a great few days fieldwork
And there are still unanswered questions regarding the impacts on human health. theconversation.com/as-floodwate...
As floodwaters rise, toxic contaminants released from old landfills pose more of a hazard to nature and to us
As floods get more severe and more frequent as a result of climate change, the risk of toxic pollutants being released from old landfills rises.
theconversation.com
May 1, 2025 at 7:08 AM
And there are still unanswered questions regarding the impacts on human health. theconversation.com/as-floodwate...
Great job. Hope it went well!
May 1, 2025 at 7:02 AM
Great job. Hope it went well!
We have 1000s #historiclandfill at risk from surface, groundwater and coastal flooding. Further analysis here
doi.org/10.1002/wat2...
doi.org/10.1002/wat2...
Potential pollution risks of historic landfills in England: Further analysis of climate change impacts
In England, 46% of (groundwater) Source Protection Zone 3—total catchment zones contain historic landfills where modern regulations to protect drinking water supplies would not permit their construct...
doi.org
May 1, 2025 at 7:00 AM
We have 1000s #historiclandfill at risk from surface, groundwater and coastal flooding. Further analysis here
doi.org/10.1002/wat2...
doi.org/10.1002/wat2...
Further analysis of the risk here
doi.org/10.1002/wat2...
doi.org/10.1002/wat2...
Potential pollution risks of historic landfills in England: Further analysis of climate change impacts
In England, 46% of (groundwater) Source Protection Zone 3—total catchment zones contain historic landfills where modern regulations to protect drinking water supplies would not permit their construct...
doi.org
May 1, 2025 at 6:58 AM
Further analysis of the risk here
doi.org/10.1002/wat2...
doi.org/10.1002/wat2...
We have 1000s #historiclandfill at risk of flooding and this is likely to increase with #climatechange. @qmul.ac.uk
May 1, 2025 at 6:57 AM
We have 1000s #historiclandfill at risk of flooding and this is likely to increase with #climatechange. @qmul.ac.uk
May 1, 2025 at 6:43 AM