Magdalena Grove

[Uni of Brighton - Geography & Environment @BrightonUniGeo]

Final taught fieldwork day for Geog & Env students in Sicily! Students taking quantitative measurements (particulate matter in air + ambient noise levels) & qualitative observations (hygiene hazards, visible waste management strategies etc) to scope environmental challenges ♻️

[Uni of Brighton - Geography & Environment @BrightonUniGeo]

BSc Geography & Environment students have been investigating water quality along Sicily's coast 🌊

After instruction in GEL bag testing & AquaRead probes from Dr Magda Grove, they could determine if sites could be awarded a Blue Flag eco-label for environmental performance 💙

[Uni of Brighton - Geography & Environment @BrightonUniGeo]

Ngl it was WET in Sicily today 🌧️🌧️ Fieldwork = being ready for all weather!

Still managed to see hilltop Taormina's famous vistas, & to study how 'tourist gaze' & desire for the picturesque has changed the town 🏞️

Hot Sicilian coffee (+ hot chocolate) saw us through ☕

[Uni of Brighton - Geography & Environment @BrightonUniGeo]

Human Geographers in Catania today! We're investigating the role of food (production + consumption) in creating a distinct 'Sicilian' identity, plus its importance for tourist experiences and economies 🍝

[Boris Behncke @etnaboris]

A new episode of Strombolian activity occurred on 24 March 2025 at the Southeast Crater of #Etna. It started on the morning, culminated around noon and then diminished; some explosive activity was still going on at nightfall. Seen from Nicolosi, on the south flank of the volcano

[Uni of Brighton - Geography & Environment @BrightonUniGeo]

First day of our Geography / Environment field trip to Sicily! 💛♥️ Thanks to expert vulcanologist @etnaboris for showing us around. Got to hear about Etna's distinct geological profile, and why volcanoes aren't just hazards but also lifegivers for local environments.

[Uni of Brighton - Geography & Environment @BrightonUniGeo]

Etna's hardened lava rock is incredibly hard (check out @etnaboris hammering away at it) and pretty inhospitable to life. But on Etna we can also find black volcanic sand that's very rich in minerals and a superb fertiliser 🌱

[Uni of Brighton - Geography & Environment @BrightonUniGeo]

Coming up on Feb 5th, our lecturer @LornaLinch will be at the Bevendean Community Pub for their award-winning Brains At The Bevy programme. Hear about her research at glaciers & ice sheets - and why climate change will force us to pay attention to them!

https://t.co/0i3jyGnvF6

[Lorna Linch @LornaLinch]

Outdoor first aid course with @MaureenBerg11 tackling the defibrillator and someone who had fallen from a tree with a splintered femur 😳 @uniofbrighton @BrightonUniGeo

[Lorna Linch @LornaLinch]

Day 2 of our outdoor first aid course, where we have to deal with “real life” scenarios including cardiac arrest, stroke, falling from height, hypothermia, diabetes, seizures, burns … and the absolute corker - the severed hand (all acting) 🫣 @uniofbrighton @BrightonUniGeo

[Uni of Brighton - Geography & Environment @BrightonUniGeo]

Second staff/student social of the year for our #Geography, #Ecology & #Environment courses!

Yesterday evening we were down at the beautiful Royal Pavilion at the heart of Brighton - which becomes an incredible outdoor ice skating rink every winter ❄⛸

[Uni of Brighton - Geography & Environment @BrightonUniGeo]

Capping off #GeographyAwarenessWeek 2024, it was lovely seeing all our Geography, Ecology and Environment staff and students at our social at the SU tonight! 🌍🦆🌱

[Uni of Brighton - Geography & Environment @BrightonUniGeo]

Meanwhile our 1st year Geography and Environment students are on a one-week field trip to Pembrokeshire in Wales - today groups are sampling water quality in the Solva river 🧪🌊

[Uni of Brighton - Geography & Environment @BrightonUniGeo]

More from our 1 week Pembrokeshire field trip - groups of Geography and Environment students now over to West Dale beach to sample for microplastic pollution ⛱️

[Uni of Brighton - Geography & Environment @BrightonUniGeo]

Welcome to all our new 1st year Geography and Environment undergrad students, plus our Town Planning masters students!

A gentle first day in Brighton, learning about the history and development of the city 🌞

[Uni of Brighton - Geography & Environment @BrightonUniGeo]

First field trip for our new Geography & Environment students! Over to the beautiful Cuckmere Haven, featuring:
- chalk cliffs (the famous Seven Sisters)
- oxbow lakes
- a small parrot (actually companion to one of the landscape workers, not a haven resident!)

[Joseph Agate @AgateJoseph]

Last day of fieldwork for the PhD done!

Beautiful day for a drone flight in Shoreham with @PDLyons79 and @MagdalenaGrove

[Uni of Brighton - Geography & Environment @BrightonUniGeo]

2nd years back in the UK!

(to 6° weather, hooray 😑)

[Uni of Brighton - Geography & Environment @BrightonUniGeo]

Goodbye Taormina and Sicily! Our annual international field trip is finished, well done everyone! 🎉 #Geography & #Environment students off for the Easter break, then writing their fieldwork reports on return to Brighton.

[Uni of Brighton - Geography & Environment @BrightonUniGeo]

We're getting ready for the final project presentations here in Sicily, beach inspections are all done! 🏖️ 🌊