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David Nash
@davidjnash
Geographer. Born at 322.50 ppm CO2. Geomorphology, archaeology, climate history, West Ham. He/him. research.brighton.ac.uk/en/persons/dav…
Brighton
Born February 14
Joined March 2011
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    I’ve spent a lot of time looking at the sarsen stones at Stonehenge, including under petrographic and scanning electron microscopes. They might look solid but the stone is full of pore spaces. The orange dye sprayed on the stones today is going to be around for a very long time.
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    Possibly the best thing I’ve ever invested in - @OrdnanceSurvey wallpaper for the landing. I’ve already identified that there are 13 pubs within a 5 mile radius of us. #everygeographershouldhaveone
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    Our new paper on the provenance of the large sarsen stones at @EH_Stonehenge is out now in Science Advances. We show that most of the sarsens were brought to Stonehenge from West Woods, 25km north in the Marlborough Downs. Read the paper for free here: advances.sciencemag.org/content/6/31/e…
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    Well done Charlie Stayt on @BBCBreakfast for giving Nick Gibb a hard time on school funding this morning. We’ve had 9 years of cuts in real terms (despite claims that spending is ‘higher than ever’). Parents are buying pencils and toilet rolls. Shocking.
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    Posting this so that everyone knows what we’re dealing with at @uniofbrighton. Having a week off now. Really not looking forward to spending the summer reshaping our curriculum following 7 (yes, SEVEN) of our Geography team leaving or being made redundant.
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    Prof Danny Dorling… has noted that the effect of the methodology is to “give significant priority to areas represented by Conservative MPs or representatives, even in circumstances where those areas are on any objective view affluent, and subject to low levels of need”.
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    We had solar panels installed on the roof of our garage a couple of weeks ago, and I’m now obsessed with monitoring our energy use and power generation. It’s a bright but cloudy winters day and the panels are powering the house, topping up the battery and feeding into the grid.
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    "You won't like me when I'm angry, because I always back up my rage with facts and documented sources." The Credible Hulk.
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    Beautiful morning at Stonehenge doing some filming with the BBC and ITN about our forthcoming publication on the sarsen stones.
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    Call me suspicious, but what exactly is buried in the #WithdrawalAgreementBill that the government so desperately want to rush through Parliament just to meet a 31 October deadline? This is so important for everyone. Give the bill proper scrutiny please.
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    Replying to @JolyonMaugham
    Keep digging Jolyon - if something smells this bad you’ll find the rotting corpse somewhere. If you could start looking into the procurement process for the Nightingale hospitals that would also be appreciated. Lots of very deep pockets being lined here.
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    First time I've seen an archaeological display in a motorway service station. Well done Peterborough Services, southbound A1(M)!
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    Our latest paper on sources of sarsen stones at Stonehenge is out today. For this one we have been analysing sarsen fragments excavated at the monument to understand their source. It’s a long paper so I’ll summarise the key findings. doi.org/10.1016/j.jasr… 1/8
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    Blimey, we’ve only gone and won @uniofbrighton Outstanding Research & Enterprise Project of the Year for our research at @EH_Stonehenge. Well done to @Twigneousrocks and @genius_pebbles, and our colleagues on Twitter @SueGreaney and @artefactual_KW! advances.sciencemag.org/content/6/31/e…