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Intruiging surface of #Pluto. Not the pale white dot it used to be anymore. Glace-tectonics at work!

The probability of an earthquake with a magnitude of 7.8-8.5 occurring along the Chishima Trench off the city of Nemuro in Hokkaido within 30 years has risen to around 90%, according to a Japanese government panel.

"It’s fine. You’re young, and we’re patient." I'm always interested in different ways to communicate science, especially stories about deep time. This @highcountrynews.org conversation between Marcia Bjornerud and ten old rocks in Wyoming is fun and I learned a lot. www.hcn.org/issues/58-1/...

You could probably submit a paper about the formation of the Catahoula microplate during the mid-Akitian during rifting and opening of the Sheltie Sea to *certain* journals and it would be accepted...

🚨FLASH : on a retrouvé une manette de l'âge de pierre, indiquant que nos ancêtres jouaient déjà aux jeux vidéos.

#Mayon #volcano (Philippines): continuous glowing avalanches as eruption intensifies - The eruption at the volcano is intensifying. As the summit lava dome grows, it produces continuous incandescent rockfall and pyroclastic flows traveling down the Mi-isi, Bonga and Basud gullies. The PHIVOLCS ...

¿Sabías que Alicante está llena de fósiles? En las Explanada: Rojo: ~160 Millones de años Negro: ~ 100 Ma Crema: ~ 50 Ma ¡A buscarlos! | 🧪⚒️ #UrbanGeology #FossilFriday geology @asociacionruvid.bsky.social @culturaenlaua.bsky.social @ua.es

What happens if subducted slabs interact with hot material at the base of the upper mantle? In Yingying Li's first paper doi.org/10.1029/2025... we show how this can lead to (secondary) upper mantle plumes. With @sasbrune.bsky.social, Eline Le Breton, Anne Glerum and @michapons.bsky.social.

Weathering has revealed traces of Permian-Triassic sand dunes formed more than 200 million years ago

The majority of Americans can’t locate Venezuela on this map

And here's my favourite case - growing of Nishinoshima in Japan 📏😊 Images taken by Landsat-8.

Voor een beetje achtergrond over de bruikbaarheid van al die Venozelaanse olie.

A picture is worth 1000 words... This appeared on the BBC News today, showing the increase in solar electric generation in the UK. Not sure who produced it, but genuinely think this is a genius piece of scientific communication - the construct and choice of colour scale is near-perfect. Chapeau!

Geologizing biology. Faults over folds.

Open up this picture fully. Then look at the surface of Mars. Then look up to the top right. Spot Mars' moon Phobos high in the sky. Then notice the bright spot beside Phobos. That's Earth.

OMG seriously...

Christmas attack on civilians in Kyiv. Sure, the Russians want peace

Folding in Proterozoic South Delhi Fold Belt, Kumbhalgarh Fort, Rajasthan. Check out the polyphase folding (red arrow). Pic- Vivek Singh Grewal. #FridayFold

Voor de #UniversiteitvanNL 5 vragen beantwoord over #vulkanen. @vuamsterdam.bsky.social #aardwetenschappen ⚒️ youtu.be/1gR2zTZZ6CY?...

Dank je Diederik. Via @scientias-nl.bsky.social

Mosasaurs, the giant marine reptiles that roamed the Earth more than 66 million years ago, didn’t just live in the sea. Our new research shows that they could thrive in freshwater too! Let’s dive into what we’ve discovered. #Paleontology #Mosasaurs

Vanavond in het 8 uur journaal over ons nieuwe onderzoek waarin wij ontdekten dat mosasauriërs ook in rivieren voorkwamen! #aardwetenschappen #paleontologie #mosasaurus @vuamsterdam.bsky.social @uuvertpalaeo.bsky.social @ndgspaleo.bsky.social @perahlberg.bsky.social @boydpaleo.bsky.social

Ja maar migratie.

Nerineids and bivalves on the floor of Bilkent Concert Hall, Ankara🥳 #UrbanGeology

worth repeating

Lees dit artikel op de Volkskrant www.volkskrant.nl/wetenschap/m...

*This* is what the people of Pompeii, and Herculaneum, and many other hapless souls saw—this is what a pyroclastic density current looks coming RIGHT at you. Filmed from a CCTV camera during the Mount Semeru eruption on Java, Indonesia on 4 December 2022. Video credit: PT United Tractors Tbk

It looks like northern Japan coastal ports have seen tsunami waves arriving already, but so far just 30-70 cm high. Later-arriving peaks could be higher, but that is good news that the ultimate size will be moderate. I hope so! Damage reports sketchy so far, but also some reason for optimism.

#EarthquakeReport for M 7.6 #Earthquake offshore of #Japan Megathrust subduction zone earthquake @USGS_Quakes models suggest earthquake triggered landslides and induced liquefaction Tectonic setting in '16 report earthjay.com?p=4540 earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...

Y'all the latest episode of the #Kilauea #eruption just went CRAZY. It looks like pressure built up enough to explode out the ground around the two existing vents (first few seconds), leading to a massive surge in lava fountaining.🌋🤯 USGS Live stream: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fiyt...

This is U N B E L I E V A B L E. #Kilauea

USGS V1 cam feed [live] www.youtube.com/live/tk0tfYD...

24 graden in Spanje dit weekend. Niks vreemds, toch?

"Het is een democratische absurditeit die we ondertussen bijna normaal zijn gaan vinden: een demissionaire regering die nauwelijks een zesde van de Tweede Kamer vertegenwoordigt, maar die wel doorgaat met beslissingen die diep ingrijpen in de toekomst van ons land. [..]" www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...

Beautiful perpendicular views of #Nummulites #fossils on the floor, never seen them this nice before #geology #UrbanGeology ⚒️

@jellereumer.bsky.social, ik was met Jan Verhofstad in Hoorn. Zijn dit nou rugosa delen, of die rostroconch? #UrbanGeology

Korte samenvatting van de politiek deze maand: 1) Iemand die onterecht zijn excuses aanbod omdat hij de pers niet in diskrediet wilde brengen, is opgestapt 2) Iemand die weigerde haar excuus aan te bieden nadat ze onterecht de pers in diskrediet had gebracht, is gebleven

Introduce yourself with five animals you have seen in the wild. Orca Puffin Pink dolphin Anaconda Fiordland crested penguin

Vulkanen maken bij het uitbarsten geluid, zelfs als wij het niet kunnen horen. Zo was de uitbarsting van de Nyiragongo-vulkaan in de Democratische Republiek Congo op 22 mei 2021 in detail te volgen door onhoorbare geluidsgolven te analyseren.

Aquí tenéis otra perspectiva de los efectos de la erupción del Hayli Gubbi del pasado día 23. Se puede ver la enorme extensión cubierta por la caída de las cenizas alrededor del volcán gracias a las imágenes del satélite Landsat 8 de la NASA/USGS.

Pre- and post-eruption visible imagery of #HayliGubbi from #Sentinel-2, showing tephra deposits and 2 new craters. The latter could be eruption vents and/or formed by post-eruptive subsidence. Looks like the pre-existing crater was enlarged by the eruption. @esa.int

The weeks prior to the eruption, there is something filling the lake on and off... what the hell is that? liquid or gas?

Report of possible explosive eruption at Hayli Gubbi, Ethiopia. This volcano lies south of Erta Ale, and above the location of a dike intrusion that was detected in late July 2025. No historical eruptions are known from this #volcano. @uk-comet.bsky.social

Eruption of Hayli Gubbi volcano in Ethiopia. Images taken today by Meteosat weather satellite. Volcanic ash & SO2.

Here is a hastily constructed animated gif from different NASA satellites showing the progression of the Hayli Gubbi eruption. Note the tall ash plume spreading NE (right) and a lower, light tan ash flow(?) moving NNW. #eruption #volcano

An explosive #eruption of Hayli Gubbi #volcano, located SE of Erta'Ale in the Afar Rift (Ethiopia), began at ~08:30 UTC on Nov 23. Eruption onset was fortuitously captured by a @planet.com overpass at 08:31 UTC. Hayli Gubbi has no record of Holocene eruptions. Toulouse VAAC reporting ash to ~15 km.