Check out our new paper in Solid Earth. In this study we show that deformation at the northern edge of the Quito-Latacunga microblock, a geodetically defined tectonic block, is accommodated by distributed faulting. Volcanism may also influence faulting. se.copernicus.org/articles/17/...

The 2026 Technical Course on GNSS Data Processing and Analysis with GAMIT/GLOBK and track, hosted by @earthscope.org, is now open for applications! #gamitglobk

May 18, 1980 | "Hell on Earth." KOMO cameraman Dave Crockett leaves Seattle at 4:30 a.m. At 8:32, he steps out along the S. Fk. Toutle and focuses on the mountain. A black plume shoots from the summit. Minutes later, he's surrounded by mudflow. On foot, still filming — convinced he won't survive.

What it was like in my hometown on the afternoon of May 18. 🧪⚒️

46 years ago today, Mount St. Helens turned day into night over eastern Washington state. It’s a good time to emphasize the value and criticality of federal funding for geological hazard research, monitoring, and disaster response. ⚒️🧪🌋 Photos and stories from my hometown below. bit.ly/4ds6SAX

May 17, 1980 Tucked away in the U.S. Geological Survey's Earth Resources Observation and Science archive, these high-resolution aerial survey photographs of Mount St. Helens taken the day before the eruption — part of a systematic photogrammetric mission capturing the mountain's final hours.

These responses are wild. Academic research is reading papers and building your work based on what you've read in other people's published articles. How are they getting trained in academia without knowing the basics of research?

May 17, 1980 Mount St. Helens, as seen from Coldwater II USGS Observation Post, 5.5 miles north-northwest Photograph by Harry Glicken/USGS.

Circa 1916-1918 silent newsreel footage of Alaskan sled dogs ferrying wounded in the Vosges mountains of France during World War I. French authorities bought over a 100 Alaskan sled dogs from around Nome & used them to traverse difficult trails. #alaskahistory #alaska

Here it is, a Bluesky exclusive: The goth legends of baby birds The best baby American Coot encounter of my life, 2hrs next to a pond dangling my camera less than an inch above the water, cut down to the best 8 secs, and slowed down to 25% speed, and set to Clan of Xymox' "Jasmine and Rose" 🪶 🐣

"If you are female, drink one shot immediately. Underrepresented minority: one shot. Both: three shots, because intersectionality. Each shot will help you lower your expectations for fairness before you read through the comments." www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/rev...

THREAD. A while ago my parents' cat Bridget went missing. As the worrying weeks dragged on my dad devised a way to distract himself: he began to paint Bridget's adventures, imagining her travelling through time & inhabiting art's most iconic scenes. What he produced (& how quickly) was phenomenal...

Here are my top 10 huskies of all time! youtu.be/jVtxefxEqWc?...

If you're a scientist who needs a little enthusiasm boost every once in a while, I highly recommend volunteering for @skypeascientist.bsky.social. Just chatted with a bunch of 4th graders about earthquakes and volcanoes. They were super engaged and had so many great questions. Science IS cool!

Happy 100th to Sir David Attenborough! There is a new program about the making of "Life on Earth". Lots of good inside stories and it made me appreciate how much easier field work logistics have become with email. A highly enjoyable watch. 🧪 www.pbs.org/video/life-o...

"Fifteen Maps that Changed How We See the Ocean Floor" Based on his research for The Library of Lost Maps, James Cheshire of @ucl.ac.uk pulled together these seminal works of Marie Tharp and Bruce Heezen! cc @seabed2030.bsky.social 🌊 ⚒️ 🌎 🌍 🌏 libraryoflostmaps.com/2026/05/06/f...

This is a much better excuse for missing class than many I've heard. Bonus points for demonstration of engineering skills. 🐻 www.youtube.com/shorts/6D2BV...

Guys! GUYS! It's back! It's coming back!!! The single greatest literacy promotion in human history* is coming back! All you 80s and 90s kids know what's up! *(this point may be a little hyperbolic, but just a little) people.com/pizza-huts-b...

We do not spend nearly enough time talking about the fact that the foil freaks from Reynolds Wrap built a deep-submergence vehicle to prove the utility of aluminum construction and then we had to use it to recover a hydrogen bomb that the US military lost at sea.

International Pallas Cat Day is a good day to celebrate my favourite camera trap video

“I would never apologize for photographing rocks. Rocks can be very beautiful…” April 22, 1984, died #OTD aged 82 years Ansel Easton Adams. He was an American landscape photographer and environmentalist known for his black-and-white images of the American West.

We are planning some exciting new things for the ISCE+ course – e.g. processing data using ISCE3, making the most of NISAR standard product interferograms – alongside the 'classic' theory and data analysis content. Keep an eye out for the registration announcement if you are interested!

Rocks are memories of the land. 🩶 #art #sciart #rocks #earth #drawing

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🌍 TIGER Symposium in Geodesy 2026 - Extension of abstract and travel support deadline 📌  We would like to inform you that the deadline for submitting abstracts and applications for travel support for the TIGER Symposium in Geodesy 2026 has been extended. The new deadline is May 12th, 2026 The TIG

What sad and unfulfilled lives people without favorite dinosaurs must lead. The correct answer, of course, is stegosaurus, followed by nanuqsaurus.

Hello, I made you a feed of your cats watching the Artemis II splashdown bsky.app/profile/did:...

April 10, 1815, the VEI 7 eruption of Mount Tambora on the island of Sumbawa in Indonesia was the largest eruption reported in the last 1.000 years ...

Into massive volcanic eruptions, their impacts, and/or Antarctic expeditions? Check out this talk on Thursday! ⚒️🌋

This is Milka. She'll get around to chasing her tail eventually. But for now she is just getting to know it. 12/10 (TT: milka_collie5)

This is Nessie and Millie. Neither of them ever really learned how to dig, but Millie is pretty sure it's like giving CPR. 12/10 no one tell her (TT: millieandazula)

This region is a tectonic puzzle. Based on the land-based GNSS sites, there is no evidence of locking on the megathrust here (so low EQ potential). But partial locking can be present near the trench without misfitting the GNSS data. New seafloor geodetic data will hopefully help solve the puzzle. ⚒️🧪

MAGAZINE MONDAY | Read about the revolutionary sea floor charts of pioneering cartographer Marie Tharp in the current issue of the Library of Congress Magazine. https://lcm.loc.gov/issue/march-april-2026/the-woman-who-mapped-the-ocean/?loclr=blsky

US #Antarctic scientists have no research #icebreaker. In a world where #polar regions are changing and increasingly tense, this is a big blind spot limiting progression of human knowledge and preservation of Antarctica for peace, international cooperation, and science.

We are looking for a new volcano-petrology postdoc to join the NERC-funded large grant ‘ex-x: understanding dangerous eruptive transitions’ Based at Bristol University! www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRA042/s...

Today is the anniversary of the M9.2 1964 Alaska earthquake and, appropriately, this is Tsunami Preparedness Week in CA and AK. Tsunamis caused almost all of the 131 deaths resulting from the quake, including 10 in Crescent City, CA. Most deaths there occurred during the 4th (and largest) wave. ⚒️🧪🌊

SSA Webinar: Identify Your Transferable Skills in the Geosciences 📆 Wednesday, 8 April, 2-3:30 pm PT Register Today! Free for SSA Members: buff.ly/h8FePez Led by career coach and geoscientist Sarah Pietraszek-Mattner, Ph.D ⚒️

I'll be talking about glacier surges online tomorrow (25th March) at 8pm (London time) as part of the @igsoc.bsky.social Global Seminar Series. Please do come along! www.igsoc.org/event/igs-gl...

Temps have hovered around freezing all day here and it has been snowing intermittently. The flower shop near campus is attempting to put a more cheerful spin on the situation (not sure if it is enough).

Seasonal field assistant positions open in Golden and Albuquerque. Open to current undergraduate students. These positions support earthquake, landslide, and geomagnetism hazards. Note the short application window—closing April 3. Unofficial transcripts accepted. www.usajobs.gov/job/862066800

It's the World Day for Glaciers, so here are a few views of one of my favorites, Hubbard Glacier. It is North America's longest tidewater glacier and is (currently) in less dire straits than its neighbors in southeast Alaska due to its large and high accumulation area in the St. Elias Mtns. ⚒️

Happy Birthday, Mr. Rogers. youtu.be/mSbYQz3rluM?...

Interested in #geodesy? The TIGER Symposium will cover topics including Earth rotation and Earth tides, cryospheric and hydrologic deformation, volcano deformation, and seismogeodesy. It should be a great opportunity for collaboration. Abstract deadline April 15. Details in links below. ⚒️

If the west coast is a tectonics speed run, southern Alaska should be labeled "plate tectonics super duper speed run". But question marks over the Adirondacks is spot on. ⚒️

EarthScope Data Services will be retiring the FDSN “event” web service as a part of our effort to refine the NSF National Geophysical Facility’s portfolio of data and metadata access capabilities in the cloud. Full details ➡️ https://loom.ly/-6KPIJo

"Remember, my cub, it is important to strengthen your core and stretch before destroying scientific equipment to reduce the chance of injury".

good news follow-up to these seismic stations being defunded by trump www.noaa.gov/news-release...