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James Utley

@Diffractionist

Geologist. Geochemist. X-Ray Powder Diffractionist with a penchant for clay minerals. FEI Qemscan fan. Zeiss Versa 620 micro-CT beginner.

 Liverpool
Joined February 2012
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1/ 2 Do wild swimmers visiting UK rivers & lakes become ill more or less frequently than people who don’t swim at all? Researchers at @UniofExeter need your help to understand the health impacts of recreational use of our freshwater impacted by sewage-pollution & manure runoff.
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Two PhD Scholarships in Geochemistry and Petrology of Magmatic Systems - Perth, Australia - earthworks-jobs.com/geoscien… #jobs #PhD #EarthSciences #IgneousPetrology #geochemistry #mineralogy
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The annual Powder Diffraction File database conversion for HighScore+ is in progress, poor PC still has an hour or so of whirring to go :(
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Another animated map from the series "the world, in many ways, is actually getting better": Europe today is more densely forested than it was 100+ years ago.
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We're pleased to announce that Cornish Lithium has received planning permission to build the UK’s first commercial lithium production facility at our Cross Lanes Project in Cornwall, an important step in supporting the UK’s net-zero future. Read more: bit.ly/4bVZU63
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James Utley retweeted
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UKCEH@UK_CEH3 Mar 2025
📣 We're hiring! Apply by 10 March to join our national survey team as a Field Botanist/Botanical Surveyor across England this summer. 🌿 5 x full-time roles (May–Sept 2025) 🔬 Help monitor biodiversity for @DefraGovUK & @NaturalEngland Details ⬇️ ceh.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en…
Surveyor crouching down in a field holds a clipboard and looks at a flower patch

ALT Surveyor crouching down in a field holds a clipboard and looks at a flower patch

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If you are interested in sponsoring or exhibiting at the International Clay Conference in Dublin, please get in touch (icc.aipea.org/sponsoring/). Rather than the traditional metal categories (Bronze, Ag, Au & Pt) we had, of course, to use clays & clay minerals! #ICCDublin25
Detailsof sponsorship opportunities. Table of opportunities for each sponsorship level, with what is included in each level indicated by an image of the relevant clay mineral structure. Chlorite - 1000 euros Illite - 1750 euros Kaolin - 3500 euros Smectite - 5000+ euros

ALT Detailsof sponsorship opportunities. Table of opportunities for each sponsorship level, with what is included in each level indicated by an image of the relevant clay mineral structure. Chlorite - 1000 euros Illite - 1750 euros Kaolin - 3500 euros Smectite - 5000+ euros

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📢 Our February newsletter is here! Read on for summaries of China’s new export restrictions, a potential US-Ukraine minerals deal, the most recent APPG Critical Minerals meeting at UK Parliament, our workshop with @biztradegovuk on skills development & more... bit.ly/41BmSMm
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Brilliant to feature in the latest Mining Outlook Newsletter. Our CEO, Jeremy Wrathall, discusses how pioneering mineral exploration and development can provide the raw materials essential for the green industrial revolution. Read more: bit.ly/4hIWMwH @OutlookPublish
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We're Hiring! Workshop Technician The Workshop Technician is a key member of the workshop team. The workshop facilities provide a design, build, modification and repair service for the academic staff in the department. Find out more and apply: buff.ly/4i9GUTN
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GTK@GTK_FI6 Feb 2025
Could you be our next #ResearchProfessor or #AssociateResearchProfessor ? 🔍 We have two positions in #EnvironmentalGeology and #AppliedGeology ( #EnergyTransition ). Read more and apply: gtk.fi/en/gtk/careers-at-gtk… #ForEarthAndForUs
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Workshop 1 at #ICCDublin25 @icddicdd PDF-5+ & JADE Pro - 13 July, Dublin Part 1 - Intro to PDF databases. Part 2 - Qualitative & Quantitative XRD analyses using JADE Pro software and clay modelling using the JADE Pro Toolkit features. More info & Reg: icc.aipea.org/workshops/
Image is of XRD patterns in the Jade software.

ALT Image is of XRD patterns in the Jade software.

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We are seeking a Lecturer (Teaching) to act as Deputy Undergraduate Tutor and to assist with delivering our taught programmes (particularly in areas of environmental geoscience and environmental geochemistry). ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/... Deadline: 14.02.2025
UCL – University College London

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).

ucl.ac.uk
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Listen to me witter on about plutonium immobilisation and how ancient natural uranium minerals can give us confidence in their safe long-term disposal in a geological disposal facility. #turningplutoniumintorocks @UoBEarthScience @cabotinstitute @SWNuclearHub
The Naked Scientists (@NakedScientists) profile pictureThe Naked Scientists@NakedScientists31 Jan 2025
News podcast: Sara Russell @NHM_London on the #Bennu asteroid; @wooldridgemike @UniofOxford on @deepseek_ai; @clairecorkhill @UoBEarthScience on radioactive plutonium; and Silviu Petrovan @Cambridge_Uni on invasive species. thenakedscientists.com/podca…
Asteroid Bennu's brine, and DeepSeek shocks Silicon Valley

Asteroid Bennu's brine, and DeepSeek shocks Silicon Valley

Plus, the UK's plan to seal away its radioactive waste...

thenakedscientists.com
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What is Chemical Weathering? Find out more at 'Chemical Weathering, Climate Change and the Global Carbon Cycle' on 12-13 February geolsoc.org.uk/02-Chemical-W… #ChemicalWeathering2025 #ChemicalWeathering #CarbonCycle #ClimateConference #Geology #Geoscience #EarthScience
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Lovely to chat with @TVNaga01 @bbc5live about radioactive cakes, er, I mean plutonium, & the UK government's announcement (based on our research @SWNuclearHub) that we will dispose of it in a geological facility. From 2:47 bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0027b… @cabotinstitute @UoBEarthScience
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This event has been rescheduled to 29th January 2025, 3.00-5.00 pm (GMT). Still time to register free of charge - minersoc.org/skills-and-trai…
Clay Minerals Group (@CMG_minsoc) profile pictureClay Minerals Group@CMG_minsoc19 Dec 2024
Skills and Training - 3rd Event The next event in the Skills and Training Series of the @MinSoc_UK is on 15th Jan 2025, 2pm. John Faithfull, @hunterian, @UofGlasgow, will speak about #Asbestos Regulations and Geological Materials. Free registration: minersoc.org/skills-and-trai…
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ALT Image show text about what the training session will cover. For screen readers, this can be read at https://www.minersoc.org/skills-and-training.html

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GTK@GTK_FI12 Nov 2024
Peer-reviewed study: Estimation of the quantity of #metals to phase out fossil fuels in a full system replacement, compared to mineral resources. Read on from GTK Bulletin by Simon Michaux: https://application.tupa.gtk.fi/julkaisu/bulleti… #Research #CRMA #CriticalRawMaterials
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Out at Risley Moss with our @livunigeog MSc students today to learn about peatland restoration and biogeochemistry. Taking cores with @rchiverrell and water chem sampling with @LauraBaugh94.
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Our new study supporting that Earth's magnetic field was weak for a long part of its middle age is out in EPSL. sciencedirect.com/science/ar…
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