The story that stays with me most is being in the middle of the Pacific on 9/11. Despite being thousands of miles away, the tragedy felt immediate. The way everyone came together to support one another, especially those with loved ones in NYC and at the Pentagon, is something I'll never forget.

Today, the legendary JR begins her last journey to the shipwrecking yard. Home to many of us, she helped to understand plate tectonics, climate, deep biosphere, earthquakes/volcanoes, and was an integral part in international science and collaboration 🫡 www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/home/...

New in Geosphere's themed issue "Uplift History of the Sierra Nevada, USA": M.T. Hren and M.T. Brandon use leaf wax hydrogen isotope data to show that the Sierra Nevada experienced renewed uplift in the late Cenozoic. Read the full issue: geosociety.co/FossilLeaf Image: Figure 3. (A)

Congratulations to Julia Daniel, a student in my lab group, who just successfully defended her MS thesis! Rock on, Julia!

UConn Gives 26 "Because of You" Undergraduate research is fundamental to the UConn Department of Earth Sciences experience. Your support helps cover critical costs, ensuring students can fully participate in these transformative experiences. Make your impact here: tinyurl.com/3se25mmv

🌎 UConn Gives starts now! 🌎 Hands-on experiences like this class field trip at the core of Earth Sciences at UConn. From fieldwork to research, our students gain the skills they need to succeed beyond the classroom. Any level of support helpssupport helps. Make your impact today: lnkd.in/eAYjs3NB

Congratulations to Olivia Adams, a student in my lab group, who just successfully defended her MS thesis! Rock on, Olivia!

NYT: Trump Halts Five Wind Farms Off the East Coast The Interior Department said the projects posed national security risks, without providing details. The decision imperils billions of dollars of investments.

Hmmm. I wonder how much $$$ UConn will spend building a whole new facility for its 9 member golf team + 3 COACHES: updc.uconn.edu/gpf/?brid=NC... Meanwhile my department is having to cut our incoming graduate class by half… #nutmegsky @uconnaaup.bsky.social

NSF is about to dismantle NCAR at Russell Vought's direction to protect the fossil fuel industry. It's hard to communicate just how much NCAR does, so let's take a look: I've never worked at NCAR, and I've worked with NCAR researchers once ever. What scientific discoveries has NCAR made possible? 👇

#AGU25 folks, there is a rapid- response town hall TODAY on the #NCAR dismantling at 1 pm, La Nouvelle Orleans ballroom C (per an AGU media advisory)

These cuts include eliminating the Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, its degree programs in meteorology and geology, faculty, and staff.

A few people have asked if there is anything that they can do about UNL's decision to cut its Earth & Atmospheric Sciences Department. There is a public feedback from that one can submit to UNL that you can access here: apc.unl.edu/fall-2025-bu... Clint Rowe (our dept. chair) has asked to get…

My former department, where I spent most of my career. 💔

For #ThinSectionThursday, a bryozoan grainstone/rudstone from the Permian of Western Australia.

Consider calling your representatives! Many might not be aware of this plan.

What?

Are you looking to share your work on Permian biotic crises at #GSAConnects in San Antonio? If so, check out session T198!

Check out our latest #IODP #Exp379 contribution about the #Antarctic Ice Sheet's history @natcomms.nature.com. Read the full article here: rdcu.be/euikE

Pleased to share a new paper out on Early Triassic gymnosperm recovery following the end-Permian event in the southern high latitudes, led by @treeamores.bsky.social! doi.org/10.1130/B380...

Prof. Robert Thorson on how geology helped UConn become UConn. youtu.be/LMphe5qt2ek?...

Another day, another hit to science. NSF’s HQ was built to purpose. Now, NSF employees are being kicked out with no notice and little information about what's next. These short-sighted policies will cost U.S. science leadership for decades. #ScienceMatters #NSF #StrongScienceStrongAmerica

US Earth Scientists: We know you have questions, come get them answered directly from NSF/EAR POs! Tuesday, June 17, 2p Eastern. Register here: www.nsf.gov/events/nsf-d...

Can tropical corals find refuge at higher latitudes under future warming? In our new paper in Science Advances, we argue that coral range expansion will be *far too slow* for most coral species to outpace climate change. 🪸🌊 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... A short 🧵 (1/16)

NEW: A nearly 90% funding cut proposed by the Trump administration would likely shut down and devastate the 37 tribal colleges and universities created to serve the students disadvantaged by the nation’s historic mistreatment of Indigenous communities. By @mattkrupnick.bsky.social

Surface Geologist 🚨Job opening🚨 #NorthDakota Geological Survey #geology Field mapping of glacial sediments or sedimentary rock, geologic hazards (landslide) mapping, interpreting aerial and satellite imagery, etc. www.dmr.nd.gov/dmr/workwith...

Are you looking to share your work on Permian biotic crises at #GSAConnects in San Antonio? If so, check out session T198!

And NSF has not faired any better in the proposed budget - tools for action on that are here: www.savensf.com/take-action

Remember folks, the budget cuts for NSF and NIH *can still be stopped*. That is a luxury not granted to our agency science colleagues who have or could still lose their jobs from the top down. So - Fight! Speak up! Pay attention!

The National Science Foundation budget proposal would be a devastating blow to American science. 240,000 fewer people would be involved in federally-funded science in fiscal year 2026, according to estimates in the document. nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov/files/00-NSF...

Presidential budget is out. Here's NSF. Biggest cut, by amount, is $1 billion, or 66.8%, from MPS (Physics & Math directorate). nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov/files/00-NSF...

Happy #ThinSectionThursday! Here are paired PL and XPL images of a carbonate grainstone (latest Pliocene, Jamaica). Skeletal grains are overgrown by fibrous cement, which fills primary porosity. Quiz - can you ID the skeletal grains? 🤔

Hope to see you there on May 1st! (4/4) @drtracydfrank.bsky.social @egu.eu @researchireland.bsky.social (iCRAG Research Ireland Centre for Applied Geosciences) @ucc.ie @uconn.bsky.social @nhmwien.bsky.social

Join the Department of Earth Sciences @uconn.bsky.social for a screening TONIGHT of "The Memory of Darkness, Light, and Ice," 6 PM, Student Union Theatre. Learn how the discovery of a long-lost sediment core revealed startling details about the melting of the Greenland Ice Sheet & future sea level.

Any one out there making XRF pellets with a press die set? If so, if you have any solutions for a stuck plunger, please let me know. TIA.

Lacustrine ooids and coated grains (mainly ostracods) from the Eocene Green River Formation, UT (USA). #ThinSectionThursday

To the educators, scientists, activists, union members, who joined the Stand Up for Science rally: thank you for speaking out. Trump & Musk are slashing & trashing agencies & funding supporting critical research & fueling scientific innovation. We must fight these disastrous cuts.

Proud to be part of this new paper led by @treeamores.bsky.social, which documents how plants struggled to recover after the Great Dying. doi.org/10.1130/B380...

the cold and wind didn’t stop #StandUpForScience in Hartford,CT! @blumenthal.senate.gov stopped by to show his support and encourage us to speak truth to power!

"Scientists Are Rising Up to Resist Trump Policies" by @bberwyn.bsky.social for @insideclimatenews.org: insideclimatenews.org/news/0603202... #StandUpForScience

WTF, Iowa?

Today, Carra Williams, Morgan Chakraborty and Xianyi Liu will present their research on carbonate systems at today's Seds Online Student Webinar. We're looking forward to hearing their insight and perspectives about carbonate systems live from Sydney, Miami, and Utrecht. Join us: sedsonline.com

Don’t miss to look into this closely and apply, great opportunity 🧪

Hello, CT! If you can, please come show your support of science on March 7. Strong science = strong America.

Here's a great primer on the impact of the National Science Foundation. Strong science = strong America

Mostly preaching to the choir here, but a group of us moderators over on Reddit's AskScience put together kind of an explainer for the implications of some of the attacks on science funding and infrastructure in the US if it's useful for anyone else to share:

NEW: NSF confirmed that they fired 168 employees today, out of their staff of ~1,500 feds. This includes some people who'd finished their 1-year probationary periods, which were extended to 2-years last month without explanation. More to come.

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