Amazon and Google just reported emissions jumps of 16% and 18%, respectively, in 2025 compared to 2024. The main driver is not hard to guess: data centers and AI. Gift link: www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Big ol' lava fountain right now at Kīlauea in Hawai'i: www.youtube.com/live/gXKuUyK... (vcam3) or www.youtube.com/live/HggWKlZ... (vcam1)

Bringing so-called ‘negative’ results into interactive open access #publications with the new #EGU manuscript formats: LESSONS (Limitations, Errors, Surprises, Shortcomings and Opportunities for New Science)! Find out more: egu.eu/3M3CH1 📸 Debayan Chatterjee on imaggeo.egu.eu

The recent tragic deaths dont just require greater water safety education.. it also requires infrastructure that supports society as the climate changes theconversation.com/child-drowni...

NRCan geologists and Sts’ailes First Nation archaeologists have been working together to research volcanoes, map rocks that were used to make stone tools and study the landscape of southern British Columbia’s Harrison Lake watershed. ⛏️ 🔍 Info: https://ow.ly/xXTO50ZhI3L

If you’re a manager, teacher, or other leader, consider if you have Venezuelan employees, students, or volunteers. A USGS red pager event means we’re anticipating thousands of deaths. Silence is going to be echoing terrifying for people far away from their loved ones. Just… Be gentle.

⚒️ 🧪 A catastrophic earthquake just struck northern Venezuela. Large buildings have collapsed, and the USGS PAGER is forecasting thousands of fatalities. Our colleague in Caracas, Dr. Frank Audemard, has shared with us what the earthquake felt like and footage from the region. Here’s what we know.

When climate change hazards prevent people from even sharing their science and doing policy planning ... 😭

Nature Geoscience is hiring! Associate or Senior Editor - Solid Earth (geochemistry) Locations: Shanghai, Beijing, Milano, Pune (Hybrid) Deadline: 15th July 2026 springernature.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/SpringerNatu...

In accordance with ancient tradition, our next Prime Minister is announced to the nation while standing between a furry and a man with a bin on his head.

Rob and I do the Fossil Files for free in our spare time. Actually it costs us money. If you enjoy it, consider supporting us via Patreon for as little as £1 per month!

Now it's time to nominate your friends and colleagues for an #award or #medal, with about 50 medals and awards to choose from. 📆 Submit by 15 June 2026! 👀 Learn more about the nomination requirements here: egu.eu/825VD3 📸: Camilo Arias Ruiz on imaggeo.egu.eu

🌋Don't forget to check out the special collection on #Geoheritage in Journal of Applied #Volcanology edited by @knemeth.bsky.social and Heather Handley. accepting contributions till October 🌋 @katy-saunders.bsky.social @ehd.bsky.social link.springer.com/collections/...

MinCup2019 was such a fun time on FS Twitter. I remember doing a giveaway to encourage people to vote for Yuzuru's true love: ice 😂

We did a thing: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...

Rather than call it 'hallucination', as these outputs enter wider discourse I think we must call this "data poisoning"

Do you have an online #workshop proposal to support career development for #ECS in the Earth, planetary, and space sciences? We would love to hear from you to help us provide the best possible training for #ECS! 📆 22 June 2026 📝Read more: egu.eu/5NQR6Y 📸Abhishek Ajit Sabnis on imaggeo.egu.eu

University research makes a net contribution to the UK purse. This investment produces £ if that's what you're worried about. I suspect that is not what RL is worried about, and his use of the word "woke" is very telling (as well as being an incorrect usage of the word).

These are the 30 women killed since 2020 in Northern Ireland, all by white men 21 killed in their homes by men they knew. The youngest 20, the oldest 82 21 were mothers, 4 were killed with their children in the home. Two were pregnant Nobody rioted over their murders www.bbc.com/news/article...

🚨Funding for 2yr postdoc w/ me & @geocron.bsky.social on landslide-tsunami-jökulhlaup project, but (this is the ridiculous part) I need to select someone NOW or I lose the $. If you're NOT in Canada (can be any nationality) and interested, send me your CV and transcripts by midnight MT, June 12. 🧪⚒️

Violence on the streets of the U.K. incited and enabled by Elon Musk, a fellow of the @royalsociety.org. When will our national academy stand up for the values it claims to espouse?

Today's joy was dancing to this ridiculous song with full abandon with the kids before the school run this morning. Locked in to the official moves. IYKYK. We all started the day in a good mood. youtube.com/watch?v=ig7E...

"Why should students continue to spend years on research tasks that AI can handle in minutes?" Because the point of having students do research is for the students to learn how to do research. Also: the AI cannot, in fact, handle it.

If anyone wants the direct link to my memoir ‘The Volcano, Montserrat and Me’ on Amazon here it is: www.amazon.co.uk/Volcano-Mont...

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Kīlauea’s Episode 48 is upon us.

Big change today as I start as Professor of Volcanology at @lborouniversity.bsky.social !

I made this Pride flag using only NASA images and our team thought it would be cool to share on social (I work on the NASA heliophysics communications team), but it's getting all sorts of hate on the bird app and Fbook. Thought y'all might be more appreciative of it here. ☺️🏳️‍🌈💖

For non- Spanish speakers, this is announcement of the passing of Raúl Pacheco Vega. It doesn’t say when or what happened, but comments on his work and how generous he has been to colleagues not just at his home institution but around the world.

Just as some journals are (rightfully) banning authors if clear, undeclared use of genAI is evident, so to should the same be for reviews. If someone uses genAI and it is shown to be demonstrably false, that review should automatically be stricken with the benefit of the doubt to the authors. 🧪⚒️

Do I know any sound artists? I have a daft idea and want to explore it with someone who might know if it's daft or not.

It's 13 years that I've been shouty about queer folks in STEM. It's amazing how much we've achieved, and how much we've lost (especially in recent years). If you're after some Pride Month reading, here's a compilation from the archive labandfield.wordpress.com/queer-in-stem/

Come along for a coach tour to Siccar Point to explore the new Deep Time Trail and become inspired by creative responses to James Hutton’s ideas. 💡 Coach tickets are £20 + booking fee. 🎟Booking is essential at: www.trybooking.com/uk/events/la...? #ScotGeolFest26 #ScottishGeology

Enjoying reading Tempest Anderson's book in Tempest Anderson's back garden on this sunny day in York.

This was so much fun today! Thank you to everyone who came to our walking tour this morning and our talk this afternoon!

Europe is having a heatwave, which partly inspired my latest @forbes.com article, published last night. It is a deep dive on extreme heat in cities, based on five brand-new research papers (each from a different discipline). Together they paint a comprehensive picture of the challenge. 🧪👩🏼‍🔬⚛️

The IAGD is calling for nominations for the 2026 IGER Award! We want to recognize work that furthers our mission for accessible and inclusive geoscience education and practice. Students are eligible. Scan the QR code or go to the following link for more info: theiagd.org/iger/

Brilliant thread from @kirstygrainger.bsky.social Extremely compressed deadlines for proposals... ** cause enormous stress and contribute to burnout in academics and professional services staff ** disadvantage minoritised groups e.g. women with kids & disabled folk ** limit competition & quality.

A new TOP FIVE has just dropped. The @ukri.org TOP FIVE shortest timescales from call opening to closing. And you won't believe the winner 👀

A great turnout this afternoon for the opening of the Deep Time trail and viewpoint at Siccar Point in SE Scotland to mark James Hutton's Tercentenary. This world-famous geological site now has world-class interpretation and signage by @geowalks.scot @scottishgeology.bsky.social & Edinburgh Geol Soc

For #FindsFriday, I'm gifting you this fantastic Bronze Age felled tree we’ve just excavated from #Skipsea in Holderness. The marks of the socketed bronze axe are clearly visible, and the thud of the axe is almost audible. Used - we think - as a post, perhaps for a trackway.

Today is my last day at the University of Hull And I'm unclimatically at home in my pyjamas desperately trying to download 960GB from my work OneDrive.

Is there anything more stressful than the IT situation when moving jobs?

Does anyone else massively overcommit to small projects? Them: let's do a fun public lecture. Me then: Yes, let's go down a massive rabbit hole and get into a whole new research topic. Me now: for goodness sakes, just write the talk.

"Our Fellowship is strengthened not only by individual distinction, but by the diversity of perspectives and experiences its members bring" "26% of this year’s intake of Fellows and Honorary Fellows are women"

NEW: Sometimes stories are about major scientific breakthroughs, about the origin of life, the end of worlds—dramatic epiphanies about the cosmos. And sometimes a flaming asteroid photobombs an erupting volcano. Me @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/05/26/s...

(*this month's task, evidently...) I wonder if there's a friendly volcanologist 🌋 out there (ideally someone conversant with tuff) who wouldn't mind glancing at the manuscript (8k words or so) to make sure there aren't any glaring errors

This BBC article states that "climate change is believed to have played a role in such hot spells as this." Let me fix it: Climate change IS making these hot spells more likely and more dangerous. Scientists have been warning of this for decades. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Contrary to the rather catty insinuations made by some players in this sorry saga, I more often than not refrain from commenting on de-extinction. However, I do feel an obligation to help journalists find the right people to talk to for insight/independent comment. Like Bruce Dunn

These days talking about de-extinction comes with the feeling that I will be punished for it by whoever 👀 it is who is tragic enough to smear me and my work (academic and engagement). But talk about it we must, as these things should be public discussions -- not the preserve of private enterprise