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Shedding off-the-grid: The role of garment manufacturing and textile care in global microfibre pollution (2023)
Journal Article
Stanton, T., Stanes, E., Gwinnett, C., Lei, X., Cauilan-Cureg, M., Ramos, M., …McKay, D. (2023). Shedding off-the-grid: The role of garment manufacturing and textile care in global microfibre pollution. Journal of Cleaner Production, 428, Article 139391. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jclepro.2023.139391

Textile fibres are abundant anthropogenic pollutants. These fibres enter aquatic, terrestrial, and atmospheric environments, and biota. Textile fibres pose biological and chemical threats to the environments they pollute. Laundry is a primary source... Read More about Shedding off-the-grid: The role of garment manufacturing and textile care in global microfibre pollution.

Multi-stage subduction-related metasomatism recorded in whiteschists from the Dora-Maira Massif, Western Alps (2023)
Journal Article
Harris, B. J. R., De Hoog, J. C. M., Halama, R., Schertl, H., & Chen, Y. (2023). Multi-stage subduction-related metasomatism recorded in whiteschists from the Dora-Maira Massif, Western Alps. Contributions to Mineralogy and Petrology, 178(11), Article 76. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00410-023-02058-0

Whiteschists from the Dora-Maira massif (Western Alps, Italy) are Mg and K-rich metasomatised granites which experienced ultra-high pressure metamorphism and fluid-rock interaction during Alpine continental subduction. The sources and timing of fluid... Read More about Multi-stage subduction-related metasomatism recorded in whiteschists from the Dora-Maira Massif, Western Alps.

Geometry and kinematics of the Middle to Late Miocene salt tectonics, central Egyptian Red Sea margin (2023)
Journal Article
Ali, M., Koyi, H., Bosworth, W., Ligi, M., Ball, P. J., & Decarlis, A. (2023). Geometry and kinematics of the Middle to Late Miocene salt tectonics, central Egyptian Red Sea margin. Journal of Structural Geology, 175, Article 104955

The Red Sea basin includes a thick Middle to Late Miocene evaporitic succession that underwent halokinesis and caused intensive reshaping of the seafloor and the development of salt-tectonic structures. However, the geometry and kinematics of these s... Read More about Geometry and kinematics of the Middle to Late Miocene salt tectonics, central Egyptian Red Sea margin.

Going Down The Local The Challenges Of Place-Based Net Zero Governance Final (2023)
Journal Article
Catney, P., Bedford, T., & Robinson, Z. (2023). Going Down The Local The Challenges Of Place-Based Net Zero Governance Final. Journal of the British Academy, 11(s4), 125–156. https://doi.org/10.5871/jba/011s4.125

Place-based decarbonisation is emerging as a significant element in the UK government’s net zero agenda, specifically through central government devolution deals. Such localised governance has the potential to reap social and economic benefits for co... Read More about Going Down The Local The Challenges Of Place-Based Net Zero Governance Final.

Marcelle K. BouDagher-Fadel (1956–2022): A legacy of foraminiferal research and scientific eminence (2023)
Book Chapter
Price, G. D., & Montenari, M. (2023). Marcelle K. BouDagher-Fadel (1956–2022): A legacy of foraminiferal research and scientific eminence. In Stratigraphy of Geo- and Biodynamic Processes (1-36). Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.sats.2023.08.010

Marcelle K. BouDagher-Fadel, a prominent marine paleontologist, dedicated over 40 years to academic excellence at University College London. Her unparalleled expertise in foraminifera reshaped our paleontological and geological understanding of signi... Read More about Marcelle K. BouDagher-Fadel (1956–2022): A legacy of foraminiferal research and scientific eminence.

Zinc oxide – mesoporous silica nanocomposite: preparation, characterisation and application in water treatment for lead, cadmium and chromium removal (2023)
Journal Article
Saod, W. M., Oliver, I. W., Thompson, D. F., Contini, A., & Zholobenko, V. (in press). Zinc oxide – mesoporous silica nanocomposite: preparation, characterisation and application in water treatment for lead, cadmium and chromium removal. International Journal of Environmental Analytical Chemistry, 1-13. https://doi.org/10.1080/03067319.2023.2246016

Applications of nanomaterials in water and wastewater treatment and in environmental clean-up operations depend on the adsorption capacity of the materials for contaminants such as potentially toxic elements (PTEs). However, on their own nanoparticle... Read More about Zinc oxide – mesoporous silica nanocomposite: preparation, characterisation and application in water treatment for lead, cadmium and chromium removal.

Microbial genome (Illumina MiSeq) sequencing of drinking water treatment residuals to evaluate compatibility with environmental applications (2023)
Journal Article
Turner, T., Tonge, D., Glanville, H. C., Wheeler, R., & Oliver, I. W. (2023). Microbial genome (Illumina MiSeq) sequencing of drinking water treatment residuals to evaluate compatibility with environmental applications. Environmental Monitoring and Assessment, 195(9), 1027. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10661-023-11511-3

The clarification of drinking water leads to the production of large quantities of water treatment residuals (WTRs). DNA was extracted from six WTR samples collected from water treatment plants within the UK to compare their bacterial communities and... Read More about Microbial genome (Illumina MiSeq) sequencing of drinking water treatment residuals to evaluate compatibility with environmental applications.

Strategies for making geoscience PhD recruitment more equitable (2023)
Journal Article
Fernando, B., Giles, S., Jackson, C., Lawrence, A., Raji, M., Williams, R., …Dowey, N. (2023). Strategies for making geoscience PhD recruitment more equitable. Nature Geoscience, 16(8), 658-660. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41561-023-01241-z

Admission to doctoral study is a crucial step in the academic pipeline, but discriminatory procedures can disproportionately impact students from ethnic minority backgrounds. We show how these policies contribute to inequity in the geosciences and pr... Read More about Strategies for making geoscience PhD recruitment more equitable.

UAVS as a platform for earthwork heritage: monitoring, documentation and visualisation (2023)
Thesis
Malbon, H. (2023). UAVS as a platform for earthwork heritage: monitoring, documentation and visualisation. (Thesis). Keele University

Conservation of Cultural Heritage has been a mainstay of UNESCO and other such organisations for decades, whether it is artefacts, buildings, or earthworks. With the increase of tourism, urban encroachment, climate change, or naturally occurring proc... Read More about UAVS as a platform for earthwork heritage: monitoring, documentation and visualisation.

Historic child homicide burial search in rural woodland (2023)
Journal Article
Pringle, J. K., Ruffell, A., Wisniewski, K. D., Davenward, B., Heaton, V., & Hobson, L. (in press). Historic child homicide burial search in rural woodland. Forensic Science International, 100324. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fsir.2023.100324


The cold case search for clandestine graves can be challenging due to the length of time elapsed since the crime and the search environment changing itself. This paper reports on a cold case search for “Christine”, a young girl who... Read More about Historic child homicide burial search in rural woodland.

Prescribed Fire in UK Heather-Dominated Blanket Bog Peatlands: A Critical Review of “Carbon Storage and Sequestration by Habitat: A Review of the Evidence (Second Edition)” by Gregg et al., 2021 (2023)
Journal Article
Heinemeyer, A., & Ashby, M. A. (2023). Prescribed Fire in UK Heather-Dominated Blanket Bog Peatlands: A Critical Review of “Carbon Storage and Sequestration by Habitat: A Review of the Evidence (Second Edition)” by Gregg et al., 2021. Fire, 6(5), 204. https://doi.org/10.3390/fire6050204

Peatlands are a vast global carbon store. Both climate change and management have shaped peatlands over millennia, sometimes negatively, sometimes positively. Across the globe, prescribed fire is an important and well-recognised vegetation management... Read More about Prescribed Fire in UK Heather-Dominated Blanket Bog Peatlands: A Critical Review of “Carbon Storage and Sequestration by Habitat: A Review of the Evidence (Second Edition)” by Gregg et al., 2021.

Distribution and abundance of threatened and heavily traded birds in the mountains of western Java (2023)
Journal Article
J. Marsden, S., Ridha Junaid, A., Kaprawi, F., Muladi, F., Cahyo Aprianto, G., (Bas) van Balen, S., …Devenish, C. (2023). Distribution and abundance of threatened and heavily traded birds in the mountains of western Java. Bird Conservation International, 33(e63), 1-9. https://doi.org/10.1017/S095927092300014X

There is serious concern for the future of a wide range of birds in Java and elsewhere in Indonesia due to both loss of habitat and trapping for the cagebird trade (the so-called “Asian Songbird Crisis”). Despite this concern, few data on presence an... Read More about Distribution and abundance of threatened and heavily traded birds in the mountains of western Java.

Ecological risk characterisation of novel soil amendments: assessing impacts on soil properties, earthworms and soil microbial functions (2023)
Thesis
Turner, T. (2023). Ecological risk characterisation of novel soil amendments: assessing impacts on soil properties, earthworms and soil microbial functions. (Thesis). Keele University

Land application of water treatment residuals (WTRs), a by-product of drinking water treatment, is increasingly common due to tightening landfilling regulations and attempts to embrace greener practices. In this thesis a thorough literature review in... Read More about Ecological risk characterisation of novel soil amendments: assessing impacts on soil properties, earthworms and soil microbial functions.

Emerging challenges of the impacts of pharmaceuticals on aquatic ecosystems: A diatom perspective. (2023)
Journal Article
Kock, A., Glanville, H., Law, A., Stanton, T., Carter, L., & Taylor, J. (2023). Emerging challenges of the impacts of pharmaceuticals on aquatic ecosystems: A diatom perspective. Science of the Total Environment, 878, Article 162939. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scitotenv.2023.162939

Pharmaceuticals are a ubiquitous group of emerging pollutants of considerable importance due to their biological potency and potential to elicit effects in wildlife and humans. Pharmaceuticals have been quantified in terrestrial, marine, fresh, and t... Read More about Emerging challenges of the impacts of pharmaceuticals on aquatic ecosystems: A diatom perspective..