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3 days ago

See Hawaii’s Kīlauea volcano erupt with lava fountains shooting 1,300 feet into the air Over nine hours, Kīlauea released 16 million cubic yards of lava and sent a cloud of ash beyond 30,000 feet

See Hawaii’s Kīlauea volcano erupt with lava fountains shooting 1,300 feet into the air. Via @live_science #seismology #EarthScience #RocksForJocks #Geology #Volcanology 🌋

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Jack C.M

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1 week ago

The World’s Biggest Acidic Geyser Erupts at Yellowstone After Years of Minimal Activity Learn more about the Echinus Geyser at Yellowstone National Park, which recently erupted, but may not sustain into the summer.

The World’s Biggest Acidic Geyser Erupts at Yellowstone After Years of Minimal Activity. Via @discover.magazine #seismology #EarthScience #RocksForJocks #Geology www.discovermagazine.com/the-world-s-...

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Jack C.M

@foxmental.bsky.social

1 week ago

Vanuatu's 'barefoot volcanologist' stands at ash- and sulfur-spewing Mount Yasur in award-winning photograph Elle Leontiev's image of Philip, a self-taught volcanologist who has lived on Mount Yasur his whole life, has won the Portraiture category of the Open competition of the Sony World Photography Awards…

Vanuatu's 'barefoot volcanologist' stands at ash- and sulfur-spewing Mount Yasur in award-winning photograph. Via @live_science #seismology #EarthScience #RocksForJocks #Geology #Volcanology 🌋 #Photography 📸

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Jack C.M

@foxmental.bsky.social

1 week ago

‘A gift that falls from the sky’: why farmers are using Etna’s ash as fertiliser Falling volcanic ash has for years been viewed as a nuisance. But a Sicilian project has discovered its agricultural potential and wants to spread the word

‘A gift that falls from the sky’: why farmers are using Etna’s ash as fertilizer. Via @guardian #Seismology #EarthScience #RocksForJocks #Geology #Volcanology 🌋 #Agriculture 🧑‍🌾 #Farming 🚜

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Jack C.M

@foxmental.bsky.social

2 weeks ago

'Freak of Nature': Scientists Think Greenland's Ice Is Churning Like Molten Rock Deep inside the Greenland ice sheet, radar images have revealed strange, plume-like structures distorting the layering deposited over eons.

'Freak of Nature': Scientists Think #Greenland's 🇬🇱 Ice Is Churning Like Molten Rock. Via @sciencealert #Science 🔭🔬🧪🥼🧑‍🔬 #Geology #RocksForJocks #EarthScience

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Jack C.M

@foxmental.bsky.social

2 weeks ago

Something Strange Altered Earth's Magnetic Field 40 Million Years Ago Researchers have identified a period of sluggish magnetic field flipping for planet Earth, some 40 million years ago – raising big questions about how long these reversals actually take, and how we…

Something Strange Altered Earth's Magnetic Field 40 Million Years Ago. Via @sciencealert #Space #Astrophysics #OrbitalMechanics #Astronomy 🚀 🌌 ☄️ 🛰️ #EarthScience #RocksForJocks #Geology

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Jack C.M

@foxmental.bsky.social

3 weeks ago

Solar flares may be triggering earthquakes, controversial study claims Researchers have proposed that changes in Earth's ionosphere could trigger electrical forces that nudge fragile areas of the crust into creating an earthquake.

Solar flares may be triggering earthquakes, controversial study claims. Via @live_science #Space #Astrophysics #OrbitalMechanics #Astronomy 🚀 🌌 ☄️ 🛰️ #SolarStorms #SolarFlare #CME #CoronalMassEjection #seismology #EarthScience #RocksForJocks #Geology

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Jack C.M

@foxmental.bsky.social

3 weeks ago

Antarctica Has a Massive Gravity Hole — and It Dates Back 70 Million Years Learn how Antarctica’s gravity hole formed inside Earth and grew stronger as its ice sheets took hold.

Antarctica Has a Massive Gravity Hole — and It Dates Back 70 Million Years. Via @discover.magazine #Geology #RocksForJocks #EarthScience #Science #Physics 🔭🔬🧪🥼🧑‍🔬

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Jack C.M

@foxmental.bsky.social

3 weeks ago

Hidden slippery clay on seafloor may have worsened devastating 2011 tsunami in Japan A thick layer of slippery clay on the ocean floor may have formed the weak spot that enabled a magnitude 9.1 quake to make such a devastating tsunami.

Hidden slippery clay on seafloor may have worsened devastating 2011 tsunami in #Japan 🇯🇵. Via @live_science #seismology #EarthScience #RocksForJocks #Geology #Oceanography

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Jack C.M

@foxmental.bsky.social

3 weeks ago

'Impossible' mantle earthquakes actually occur all over the world, study finds Researchers were once unsure whether mantle earthquakes existed. Now they have a global map of this mysterious phenomenon.

'Impossible' mantle earthquakes actually occur all over the world, study finds. Via @live_science #seismology #EarthScience #RocksForJocks #Geology

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Jack C.M

@foxmental.bsky.social

3 weeks ago

Vast ‘Blobs’ of Rock Have Stabilized Earth's Magnetic Field for Hundreds of Millions of Years A steady magnetic field protects Earth's surface, and all those living on it, from harmful radiation.

Vast ‘Blobs’ of Rock Have Stabilized Earth's Magnetic Field for Hundreds of Millions of Years. Via @singularityhub #EarthScience #RocksForJocks #Geology

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Jack C.M

@foxmental.bsky.social

1 month ago

Earth’s Magnetic Field Flips Regularly — Some Reversals Last 70,000 Years Learn how some of Earth’s magnetic field flips last longer than others, weakening our defenses against cosmic radiation.

Earth’s Magnetic Field Flips Regularly — Some Reversals Last 70,000 Years. Via @discover.magazine #EarthScience #RocksForJocks #Geology #OrbitalMechanics #Science 🔭🔬🧪🥼🧑‍🔬

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Jack C.M

@foxmental.bsky.social

1 month ago

Why curling rocks come from just two spots on Earth The rocks used in the Olympic sport of curling come from one island in Scotland and one quarry in Wales. What makes them so special?

Why curling rocks come from just two spots on Earth. Via @scientific_american #EarthScience #RocksForJocks #Geology #Sports 🏃🏅🏆 #Olympics 🔥

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Jack C.M

@foxmental.bsky.social

1 month ago

A Russian Man Dug Into His Backyard - And Found Something Impossible Be the first to see my new documentary feature Oldest and Newest Places On Earth on Nebula! Sign up at http://www.nebula.tv/joescott and get 50% off your annual subscription. The Khara-Hora shaft in…

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A Russian Man Dug Into His Backyard - And Found Something Impossible. Via @answerswithjoe #Science 🔭🔬🧪🥼🧑‍🔬 #Geology #RocksForJocks #EarthScience #seismology youtu.be/_MARl4OuQPc?...

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Jack C.M

@foxmental.bsky.social

1 month ago

Bandera Volcano Ice Cave: The weird lava tube in New Mexico whose temperature is always below freezing Due to a weird quirk of geology, New Mexico's Bandera Volcano Ice Cave never warms above 31 degrees Fahrenheit, even when temperatures outside exceed 100 F in summer.

Bandera Volcano Ice Cave: The weird lava tube in New Mexico whose temperature is always below freezing. Via @live_science #EarthScience #Geology #RocksForJocks #Science 🔭🔬🧪🥼🧑‍🔬

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Jack C.M

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1 month ago

Scientist accidentally stumbles across bizarre ancient ‘wrinkle structures’ in Morocco that shouldn't be there Ancient fossil structures imprinted on rocks that were once deep beneath the ocean suggest the search for the first life on Earth needs to be broadened.

Scientist accidentally stumbles across bizarre ancient ‘wrinkle structures’ in Morocco that shouldn't be there. Via @live_science #EarthScience #Geology #RocksForJocks #seismology

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Jack C.M

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1 month ago

How supercontinent breakups leave geological orphans behind It turns out that continental breakups are just as messy as human ones, with the events leaving fragments scattered far from home

How supercontinent breakups leave geological orphans behind. Via @scientific_american #seismology #EarthScience #RocksForJocks #Geology

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Jack C.M

@foxmental.bsky.social

1 month ago

What Happens When Magma and Earthquakes Align in Yellowstone National Park? Learn more about the rare instances when seismic and magma activity overlap in Yellowstone National Park.

What Happens When Magma and Earthquakes Align in Yellowstone National Park? Via @discover.magazine #seismology #EarthScience #RocksForJocks #Geology #Volcanology 🌋

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Jack C.M

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1 month ago

How Did This River 'Flow Uphill'? Geologists May Finally Have an Answer For more than a century, the Green River's course through the Uinta Mountains in Utah's northeast has been a geological mystery, seemingly defying physics.

How Did This River 'Flow Uphill'? Geologists May Finally Have an Answer. Via @sciencealert #EarthScience #Geology #RocksForJocks #seismology

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Jack C.M

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1 month ago

Earth is 'missing' lighter elements. They may be hiding in its solid inner core. These chemical oddities may explain why Earth seems to be deficient in certain elements — and could prove useful in catalysts and more.

Earth is 'missing' lighter elements. They may be hiding in its solid inner core. Via @live_science #EarthScience #Geology #RocksForJocks

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Jack C.M

@foxmental.bsky.social

1 month ago

Earthquake sensors buried in the quietest spot on Earth Deep beneath the South Pole, two seismometers will monitor the planet’s interior and the movement of Antarctic ice

Earthquake sensors buried in the quietest spot on Earth. Via @sciencemagazine #seismology #EarthScience #RocksForJocks #Geology

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Jack C.M

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1 month ago

Hidden Faults Discovered at a Major US Earthquake Hotspot Three huge tectonic plates meet at the Mendocino triple junction off the coast of northern California, and a new study reveals that the underlying geology is significantly more complex than current…

Hidden Faults Discovered at a Major US Earthquake Hotspot. Via @sciencealert #seismology #EarthScience #RocksForJocks #Geology

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Jack C.M

@foxmental.bsky.social

1 month ago

Why is Greenland so rich in natural resources? Island’s mineral and resource wealth is result of mountain building, rifting and volcanic activity over 4bn years

Why is #Greenland 🇬🇱 so rich in natural resources? Via @guardian #Geology #RocksForJocks #EarthScience

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Jack C.M

@foxmental.bsky.social

1 month ago

Tracking Past Eruptions In Yellowstone Is Harder Than You Think Learn more about the past eruptions at Yellowstone National Park and how each new eruption displaced evidence of the past.

Tracking Past Eruptions In Yellowstone Is Harder Than You Think. Via @discover.magazine #seismology #EarthScience #RocksForJocks #Geology

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Jack C.M

@foxmental.bsky.social

1 month ago

A Historical Greek Earthquake-Tsunami Event May Not Have Been As Devastating As Once Recorded Learn why blindly relying on historical records of seismic events without confirmation can lead to an incorrect characterization of an earthquake for decades.

A Historical Greek Earthquake-Tsunami Event May Not Have Been As Devastating As Once Recorded. Via @discover.magazine #seismology #EarthScience #RocksForJocks #Geology #archeology #History #Anthropology #sociology

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Jack C.M

@foxmental.bsky.social

1 month ago

A drying climate is making East Africa pull apart faster A switch from a humid to a dry climate has led the Eastern African Rift Zone to pull apart more freely, new research finds.

A drying climate is making East Africa pull apart faster. Via @live_science #ClimateScience #seismology #EarthScience #RocksForJocks #Geology #ClimateChange 🌎♨️

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Jack C.M

@foxmental.bsky.social

1 month ago

Earthquake sensors can track space junk that crashes back to Earth "Starlink satellites demise over the Pacific, but there is no way to actually check that out."

Earthquake sensors can track space junk that crashes back to Earth. Via @spacedotcom #seismology #EarthScience #RocksForJocks #Geology #Space #Astrophysics #OrbitalMechanics #Astronomy 🚀 🌌 ☄️ 🛰️

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Jack C.M

@foxmental.bsky.social

1 month ago

How shifting tectonic plates drove Earth's climate swings Carbon released from Earth's spreading tectonic plates, not volcanoes, may have triggered major transitions between ancient ice ages and warm climates, new research finds.

How shifting tectonic plates drove Earth's climate swings. Via @sciencex.physorg #seismology #EarthScience #RocksForJocks #Geology #ClimateScience

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Jack C.M

@foxmental.bsky.social

1 month ago

Mysterious Underwater 'Atlantis' Is Like a Lost City in The Ocean In the shimmering blue waters off Japan's Yonaguni Island lies a geological wonder.

Mysterious Underwater 'Atlantis' Is Like a Lost City in The Ocean. Via @sciencealert #Oceanography #seismology #EarthScience #RocksForJocks #Geology

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Jack C.M

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1 month ago

Mini Earthquakes Expose Hidden Tectonic Features Buried Beneath Earth's Surface Learn about the movement of tectonic plates off the coast of northern California, a process that could incite major earthquakes.

Mini Earthquakes Expose Hidden Tectonic Features Buried Beneath Earth's Surface. Via @discover.magazine #seismology #EarthScience #RocksForJocks #Geology #California

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