NASA-ISRO SAR (NISAR) satellite imaged Venezuela June 25. NISAR SAR interferometry (InSAR) enabled calculation of surface displacement. Displacements have red tones for east and blue tones for west, with white in middle near-zero over fault rupture. Fault ruptured far to east under ocean. #venezuela

Composite plot of the two coseismic interferograms (Sentinel-1, from Copernicus) with the USGS epicenters of the two earthquakes and faults from GEM. The shoreline San Sebastián fault lines up with the fringes in the west and is probably the fault responsible.

🚨 As a service to global researchers working on the 24 June 2026 #Venezuela #earthquakes, SSA has created a short list of our journal papers related to the region. These papers will be freely available until 16 July 2026. #OpenAccess buff.ly/AxzKr5V ⚒️

It's taken me a while, but here is my first interferogram of the Venezuela earthquakes from Sentinel-1. It's an ascending track to the west of the epicenter, and the pattern of displacements is consistent with slip on a fault that runs close to and parallel to the coast.

We often say this heat wave is a glimpse of our future. That's true, but it's only part of the story. Conditions like these will become more common, but even more intense heat waves will then emerge, with worsening impacts on people and ecosystems. Graphic from climate.copernicus.eu/esotc/2025/t...

#Landslides and #liquefaction from the 24 June 2026 "double tap" earthquakes in Venezuela, and some thoughts about helpful and more accurate ways for the media to report the news about this event. eos.org/thelandslide... #earthquake #terremoto #Venezuela #terremotoVenezuela

Ok you guys. Here’s the deal. The M7.1 in Venezuela was upgraded to a M7.2. AND it was followed shortly by a M7.5. Not good.

Four new chicks have joined us, here are the two most sassy ones. Plus a shot of our older ladies.

Olivia Paschall (Cornell): "Bad" pixels (pixels with high amplitude dispersion) in desert areas show more apparent uplift than "good" pixels. You can get a 2 mm/yr bias in uplift rates! Don't average good pixels with bad! Comparing VV and VH polarization time series can help find the bad pixels!

Cornell InSAR alums starting to span a pretty wide range of missions…

To date news reports suggest two fatal landslides with a combined toll of 17 people triggered by the 8 June 2026 M=7.8 earthquake offshore Mindanao in the Philippines. eos.org/thelandslide...

Turbidites of the Valdez group: ⚒️

It’s Pride 🏳️‍🌈 Spare one repost for a small creator? 🥺 My science and sci fi pins raise money for homeless LGBTQ+ people. Just sent another £800 to @aktcharity.bsky.social bringing total to £47,521 New for Pride 2026: 🌈Scientist🌈 🏳️‍🌈🐥🦜🦅🏳️‍🌈 🌈pronouns🌈 www.jamiebgall.co.uk/shop

A new study (Sun et al. 2026) in the journal Natural Hazards Review shows that in six earthquakes in China between 2010 and 2022, landslides and rockfalls were responsible for at least half of the total fatalities. eos.org/thelandslide...

The first post is a video I made explaining how the ice shelf holds back the Glacier and how the grounding line is destabilizing. Audio up! Article from GBN: www.gbnews.com/science/scie...

Things keeping Earth's systems scientists at night... it's actually a long list, but one of them is "unexpected things which may dissolve gas hydrates", and one of them turns out to be fresh water from glacial melt. 🧪🌊 Link: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41561-026-01978-3​

This is 'Red Beach' on Hormuz Island off the coast of Iran. The red mud is actually one of the island's most important natural resources: OCHRE. It's a mix of silica, clay & iron oxides. Let's talk about the unusual geology, vibrant colors & culture of Hormuz Island, Iran. (📷: Sirsilentbob423)

Living with an astronomer means never being able to communicate easily about what kind of light bulbs you want in what room. Sorry, spouse. My brain knows that bluer light means hotter and redder light means cooler and I just can't change that because SOCIETY says so 😝 #PlanckProblems

Happy Mother's Day

Seismic swarm happening southwest of Brawley. This area is notoriously swarmy, and had significant swarms in 2012 and 2020. 82 detected events so far, including a M4.4. More earthquakes are likely and may be felt be folks nearby.

the reason most people never think about how amazing sewers are is because some amazing people are always thinking about sewers.

🚨New paper about the second largest tsunami ever recorded, just published in @science.org A short 🧪⚒️🌊 thread #EGU26 @ucalgary.bsky.social @ucalgaryscience.bsky.social doi.org/10.1126/scie...

Starting soon! Join us for: The future of scientific publishing – do we need scientific journals? 📍 Room: E1 👉 See you there: https://www.egu26.eu/session/58589 #EGU26

The solutions we will need to develop at the level of the classroom are unlikely to be in alignment with policies like this that first and foremost imagine our students as incipient wage-laborers rather than learners.

ORBAN CONCEDED ANNOUNCEMENT BIRD

Record numbers of voters are going to the polls in Hungary today for the country’s national elections, which could dislodge Viktor Orban—the far-right leader allied to far-right parties worldwide—from power. We’ll start getting returns after polls close, so after 1pm ET today.

Do horses want cake? We conducted an investigation into statements published by @bencollins.bsky.social in the print edition of @theonion.com.

moby-dick, his eyes enormous: from hell's heart you STAB at moby? for hate's sake you spit your last BREATH at moby? oh! oh! the great shroud of the sea for ahab! the great shroud of the sea rolling on as it rolled five thousand years ago!!!!

NASA employee: oh hey you guys are back early. Astronaut: *grabs plunger, gets back on rocketship*

"hi, I know you used to respect me but I want you to know that I care about a nostalgia bait tv show more than your right to exist, please tell me I'm still a good person" you are an asshole just for asking

this is the most infuriating part of the harry potter discourse - if you're going to watch it, then watch it, god knows millions of people played the stupid game but if you know enough to be aware of the issues, you don't get to ask trans people to absolve you

Being mad is fun #ithaca #nokings

thoughts on today: 1) the protests are good, actually 2) you should go to one of you can 3) it will do you good to see how many other people also hate this guy 4) you might meet people who you can organize with 5) there are more of us than there are of them 6) we are going to win

The crowd is growing here in St. Paul Minnesota at the State Capitol. There are about 40k people here right now with multiple marches still coming. The temperature has warmed up to a balmy 39 degrees, the sun is out and everybody is having a great time. ❤️#NoKings

In the face of record March temperatures, the California ISO grid not only met 100% of demand with WindWaterSolar for part of the day on 3/20 but also smashed a 2-day-old battery peak discharge record with 11.91 GW, meeting 34% of peak demand. All with 60% less fossil gas use in '26 than '23.

Polls are open until 7 PM!

Bumblebee queen learns how to use protective door in less than 24 hours

They’re awesome! Little fresh water invertebrates, sort of like sea monkeys (the salty water version). Their eggs can survive in soil for 100+ years, just waiting for the vernal pools to come back. The species here is “neglected fairy shrimp” but I’m trying to not neglect em bsky.app/profile/skwi...

The aftermath of the Iranian strike on the oil tankers at the Basra oil terminal shows an oil slick near the burned out tanker, March 14. It's likely fuel oil as the cargo, oil condensates / naphtha, seemed to have burned of in the fire after the explosion

pre-blizzard update: the city of Minneapolis continues to wage psychological warfare against the Minnehaha Creek beavers

There's long been a sub-genre of Israeli entertainment dedicated to this. "Shooting and crying" they call it. We have it here in the U.S. too of course. I'm reminded of the old joke by Scottish comedian Frankie Boyle. www.welcometohellworld.com/we-deserve-it/

Some landscape art I accidentally made. Senegal River, Senegal and Mauretania. Sentinel 1 GRD, VV polarization, seasonal composite (R = January-May, G = June-August, B = September-December. Colors reflect seasonal changes in land cover/land use or in some cases inundation.

14 years ago today, the M9.1 Tohoku earthquake occurred offshore Sendai, Japan, devastating the region. It was the first great earthquake to occur in a area with a dense GNSS network, which provided an unprecedented view of deformation during the earthquake. (1/3) ⚒️ 🧪 youtu.be/1QCcVqZgNKw

Poor little V1 cam

Happy international women's day to all women tall or short, thick or thin, cis or trans! #iwd #international #womens #day

this is so fun because i know an LLM wouldn’t give me a response this creative. like this took the funniest shortcut possible. come have fun at youraislopbores.me

Global warming has accelerated significantly – new paper agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10....

We need to change how we publish science! New article with @camthomas.bsky.social : “Diamond is the new Green: why Green OA is not sustainable long-term.” About 15 min, perfect for a weekend reading with a coffee: @sedimentologika.bsky.social 💎 doi.org/10.57035/jou...