Take a break from human folly; watch rocks being born in a fiery red fountain from the very bowels of the earth.
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Take a break from human folly; watch rocks being born in a fiery red fountain from the very bowels of the earth.
TREAT YOURSELF
Achieving the UK’s net zero target by 2050 will cost less than a *single* oil price shock
& will insulate UK against future shocks
Meanwhile Reform UK & Tories want to scrap net zero targets on the grounds of 'cost' - so either foolish or doing donors' bidding
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
The details in this thread are another deeply undesirable turn in the state of uk academia.
Also... These shows aren't made for them!
The controversial thing was that there wasn't a tomato base. It was white. Some kind of stinky delicious cheese sauce. Loads of herbs. Oh it was so good. Mini-volcanologists pizza had chips on. 🤯
I feel a strong urge to seek out a decent Italian pizzeria to see if I can eat one this weekend.
I saw this post earlier this afternoon and it has inhabited my thoughts ever since.
So many congratulations! This is amazing 🎉🥳
I propose the following names for the planned synthetic biological recreations of various extinct superstars:
🦣 The Lammoth (after Colossal CEO Ben Lamm)
🦤 The DoDon’t (de-exctincted Dodo)
🐅 The Trylacine (marks for good effort)
You are welcome.
How do we lose the history of women in academia? Well, start by losing their citations to better networked groups…
This makes me think of the citation analyses of ‘who gets taught’ in archaeology that Colleen Morgan at York did (and I tried elsewhere)
www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
I had garlicky fried potato slices on a pizza in Naples and it was 😘😘🍕
Just had a panic that I'd lost my phone while literally holding it scrolling this app.
I think I need a nap.
An photomicroscopic image of rock (syenite). Taken in cross-polarised light, small crystals of dalyite show bright interference colours. Surrounding alkali feldspars appear first order grey.
Little (< 0.3 mm) intercumulus crystals of dalyite (bright interference colours) surrounded by alkali feldspar in a peralkaline syenite.
#thinsectionthursday #geology #science #minerals #rocks #microscope #microscopy
Photomicrograph of olivine dolerite. Isolated, euhedral to subhedral olivine phenocrysts (showing second and third order interference colours) are surrounded by a groundmass made up of opaque iron oxides and an ophitic intergrowth of small, euhedral plagioclase laths surrounded by large clinopyroxene crystals.
Spectacular olivine dolerite from Fair Head, County Antrim in XPL for #ThinSectionThursday. Olivine shows particularly vibrant interference colours while the ophitic intergrowth of twinned plagioclase and clinopyroxene is a textbook quality example. 🧪⚒️🌋
Compare and contrast the funding call in Kristy's post below with the EPSRC EDI action plan: "2.15. Ensure no short deadlines to funding opportunities. Thoughtful deadlines to enable a greater diversity of people to apply."
www.ukri.org/publications...
Just getting through demand management and being chosen as the institution bid in a fair and transparent process would take longer than this window.
Tell me you already know who you want to fund without telling me you already know who you want to fund.
I do love a ghost gable like this found near Ancoats in Manchester - but it's rarer still to find the intangible signs of the puff of smoke from the chimney...
Is there life on Mars? For decades, America was in pole position to find out with its multi-mission Mars Sample Return program.
But MSR is now officially dead. And in the race to find alien life on Mars, it’s now China’s to lose.
Me @technologyreview.com www.technologyreview.com/2026/02/26/1...
In case you’re just waking up, the U.S. has teamed up with Israel overnight to start an illegal war of regime change, apparently on a presidential whim with no involvement of Congress, and they are already committing horrific atrocities.
Nothing like a deadline to sharpen the mind! You can do it!
A zoomed in look at 4 scientists working with the a lava fountain covering the entire background.
A very tall lava fountain with tiny dots (people) near the base. The image is a bit forced perspective and we are not as close as it looks
Someone captured my colleagues an I servicing the cameras during Kīlauea’s episode 42. We stopped to discuss what we were seeing, but because I talk with my hands it looks like I’m fixing to push someone in…
Credit: Volcano Hideaways
Why even bother existing anymore if this is your choice? If you don't want to learn, don't want to create, don't want to engage, don't want to think... what are you even doing here?
My presentation was based off a paper I wrote with members of CSER & the University of Birmingham through the Global Volcano Risk Alliance: "Assessing Volcanic Hazards and Financial Exposure: A Closer Look at Insurance Industry Preparedness". Preprint available here: doi.org/10.31223/X5C...
I love this podcast! It's such a joy and tickles my history nerd itch perfectly.
This episode has the most movingly hopeful Nuance Window, probably my favourite of all the You're Dead To Me episodes.
A pensive reflection by @moudhy.bsky.social on what we can take from the Epic of Gilgamesh for today's world and our societies challenges.
🧪⚒️ A big eruption occurred at a mud volcano in Colombia on the night of the 25th February 2026.
Thread…
Video from @fluxfolio_
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Prof. Cheryl McEwan is looking for a 30-month Postdoctoral Research Associate to support “Plants out of place: entanglements with ‘invasive weeds’ in the Anthropocene”. Start date 1 September. Application deadline 6 April durham.taleo.net/careersectio...
We found NZ was awesome for playgrounds. And loads under cover so great even in the sun. Unlike Portugal and Malta where you risk 3rd degree burns in the slide.
Does it stop then? Please tell me this won't be a brain glitch for life.
