“The Monday filing outlines where 2,050 positions would be eliminated; the U.S. Geological Survey, the Bureau of Land Management, and the main Interior office would be especially hard hit. Regional offices with the National Park Service are also targeted for significant cuts.”

We inviting you to TEKTONIKA #DOAJ 1st Open Meeting which will be held on Wednesday 5th November, 3-5 pm GMT. Infos in ALT text and below. ⚒️ More setails will be shared soon, but to sign up to attend please click this link to register your interest: forms.gle/JZb8mKvgPBAC...

The final version of our paper comparing onshore and offshore #CO2 storage using in-situ mineralisation is now live! Find it open access🔓here: doi.org/10.1144/esss... or on ResearchGate here: www.researchgate.net/publication/...

🚨 🚨 NEW PUBLICATION ALERT 📜 📜 Our recently accepted #OPENACCESS article on the deformation of the Lower Vindhyan Group rocks is now ONLINE. @universitypress.cambridge.org doi.org/10.1017/S001...

Really excited to share our latest publication! We investigate two basalt layers in #Ireland to compare the technical, economic, and social aspects of in-situ #CO2 mineralisation offshore and onshore! Read the accepted post-print at the link below: www.lyellcollection.org/doi/epdf/10....

BGS has launched the UK Geothermal Platform, which provides national- to local-scale information on geothermal potential. Geothermal technologies have the potential to decarbonise heating and cooling, supporting the energy transition to net zero in the UK. www.bgs.ac.uk/news/new-pla...

🚀 Europe’s new CO2 monitoring mission, MicroCarb, launched on Vega-C last weekend, ready to map the world’s main sources and sinks of this greenhouse gas 🌏👉 www.esa.int/Enabling_Sup... @transport.esa.int @cnes.fr @eumetsat.int @ec.europa.eu @thalesaleniaspace.bsky.social @ukspaceagency.bsky.social

Why Northern Ireland is a 'Goldilocks' area for renewable home heating Dr Marie Cowan, Director of the Geological Survey of Northern Ireland is featured on BBC this morning discussing the potential for Sherwood sandstone to help decarbonise our heating requirements: www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

“Wait,” I said, before clicking the link. “What does Google have to do with earthquake emergency alerts in Turkey?” spoiler alert the answer is “giving us all a haunting glimpse into the privatization of science and emergency management”

I KNOW THAT GUY!!! 👀 Yet @davidho.bsky.social is too kind; I’m the scientific equivalent of a Labrador puppy. All effort and joy, and no real idea…🐶

🎉 Our new #PrePrint, "Fault stability and reactivation risks in the Tulu Moye geothermal field, Main Ethiopian Rift," is now available. Crucial insights for sustainable #GeothermalEnergy. 👇 #FaultMechanics #RockMechanics #StructuralGeology @derekkeir.bsky.social; @earth-science.bsky.social

In our July Newsletter we hear from the #Exp395 Science Party (@mcnamadd.bsky.social, Sevi Modestou, Tom Dunkley Jones, Nicky White and Paul Pearson) about their post-cruise research on the Reykjanes Ridge, Iceland plume and paleoclimate of the North Atlantic. issuu.com/uk-iodp/docs...

The father of all geology loupes has arrived from www.indigoinstruments.com/magnifiers/g...

Some absolutely *incredible* images of paleo- or ancient landscapes from beneath the Northern North Sea by my ex-PhD supervisor, Prof Rob Gawthorpe, and colleagues in this #OA paper! #geology #geoscience ⚒️ www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Formed from over 40,000 interlocking columns of basalt, the Giant’s Causeway has fascinated visitors for centuries. This black-and-white photograph dates back to the 1930s. Explore this image and thousands more historic and newer photos of geological landmarks in our archive: bgs.assetbank.app

This core from well 53/04a-9 is from the southern margin of the SPB, where the Zechstein evaporite succession has a limited thickness. The wellsite geologists have attempted to interpret the classic Zechstein formation breakdown, but isn't it a challenge to recognise the Grauer Salzton in here?

Check out my second Geostorage Insights article over on Substack! We explore the trapping mechanisms keeping #CO2 underground, consider how long we need to keep it safe, and explore #MRV and look at case studies of successful #CCS and #CDR projects! cmnosullivan.substack.com

The Garni Gorge is absolutely spectacular 🤩

“This paper presents a bold proposal to employ a buried nuclear explosion in a remote basaltic seabed for pulverizing basalt, thereby accelerating carbon sequestration through Enhanced Rock Weathering (ERW).” Or, we could just stop burning fossil fuels🤷🏻‍♂️

🆕 🔔 New paper published in #Tektonika 👇 "Impact of Material Strength on Releasing Bend Evolution", by Alana Gabriel et al ⚒️ tektonika.online/index.php/ho...

🆕 🔔 New paper published in #Tektonika 👇 "Bayesian Estimation of Surface Strain Rates in the Peri-Adriatic, Balkans and Aegean region from GNSS Velocities", by Marianne Métois @dblmm.bsky.social et al. ⚒️ tektonika.online/index.php/ho...

Exploring the mud volcanoes of Azerbaijan 🇦🇿

Interested in the science of geological storage of #CO2? Check out my first full article on #Substack! This is the first of a seven-part series exploring the technical, economic, and societal aspects of geological carbon storage for #CCS and #CDR projects: cmnosullivan.substack.com/p/why-rocks-...

The Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission is seeking proposals from qualified researchers to investigate the effects of glacial stresses on the reactivation potential of faults near a proposed deep geological repository site in Canada. RFP link here: canadabuys.canada.ca/en/tender-op...

A 2.4GW offshore wind farm paused - multiple editorials explaining how offshore wind and Labour's clean power plans are doomed. Two days later. Plans for 4.7GW of offshore wind farms advance - *crickets* www.businessgreen.com/news/4413398...

🚨Since 1976, Earth's glaciers have lost 9000 billion tonnes of water, contributing 25 mm to global sea-level rise. Over 40 % of this loss has happened in the last decade... ...and 6 % occurred in 2023 alone!!, in a record-shattering year of glacier ice loss essd.copernicus.org/articles/17/...

Our latest research is hot off the press! ⚒️ We've captured amazing footage of #Hydrogen gas moving through #Rock in real-time - think of it like making a movie of something that normally happens deep underground where no one can see it. Article link: doi.org/10.1016/j.jc...

New review manuscript "Marine Geohazards and Geo-Engineering Constraints on the Glaciated European Margins" by Benjamin Bellwald et al. available as a non-peer-reviewed #preprint on #earthArXiv doi.org/10.31223/X57... (Submitted to Earth Science Reviews). #geohazards #geoengineering

A cartoon showing how to make skarns in a museum. A Google translated picture.

Happening today!

Such a great short course on different aspects of #DataViz at #EGU today! The room was absolutely packed — people were sitting on the floor (hey, @egu.eu maybe consider a bigger room next time?😉) And it's always a pleasure attending @fabiocrameri.ch's presentations! #endrainbow, yep.

📣📣New paper alert📣📣 Excited to share our new research using experiments and lasers to study the effect of shear thinning rheology on magma ascent in dykes agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.... 🤩🌋

Hey! A short intro; I'm Conor, a geologist working across the energy industry, including CO₂ storage (both #CCS and #CDR), H₂ storage and radwaste disposal. I've published papers focused on offshore Ireland (some example figs below) which you can check out here: scholar.google.com/citations?us...

For #EarthDay I've launched a #Substack where, through a series of articles, we will explore aspects of geological storage of #CO2 for both #CCS and #CDR projects including the science, economics, and the societal impacts. Join me here: cmnosullivan.substack.com

Talking about #Miocene #clinoforms and #seismic #geomorphology at #EGU25 — Thursday, May 1 at 5PM, Room G1. If you’re around and into that sort of thing, stop by!

Attending the #EGU25 conference in Vienna this week? Pop by my oral presentation in session CL4.18 - Ocean Oxygen Changes Through Time: Proxies, Models and Environmental Impacts, in room 0.31/32 on Thursday, 1 May 2025, from 14:15 on the latest #PETM research coming out my PhD:

It’s Earth Day, and some of us have spent not just our careers but our whole lives loving + studying the Earth. It is not an easy time. But I hope you take a moment today to look at something beautiful, eat something delicious, squish someone you love, pet a dog, remember the nice parts. Yay Earth.

For #EarthDay I've launched a #Substack where, through a series of articles, we will explore aspects of geological storage of #CO2 for both #CCS and #CDR projects including the science, economics, and the societal impacts. Join me here: cmnosullivan.substack.com

“Never have we so hurt and mistreated our common home as we have in the last two hundred years. Reducing greenhouse gases requires honesty, courage and responsibility. Those who will have to suffer the consequences will not forget this failure of conscience and responsibility.” — Pope Francis

Happy birthday to #geochemist Charles David Keeling (1928 - 2005) whose decades long observations of CO2 in air samples from Mauna Loa Observatory were some of the 1st direct data to show the human contribution to greenhouse effect & global warming. 🧪🐡 #histsci The ‘Keeling Curve’ (in copper & red)🧵

Fieldtrip to Permian limestone, Triassic clay, and Jurassic sand in #Lithuania ✨ 🤓 #geology #FossilFriday #quarry #trip #work #exploring

We asked ourselves at the end of 2023 - has the decline kicked in? Are people tired of seeing core? Actually, the contrary is true: we have shipped to many new places and have diversified in terms of sponsorships and collaborations. Ready for another good year!

Just an idea btw but maybe the European Union as part of its ongoing ai watermarking/anti-disinfo campaign should probably consider regulating advertisement in a way where if you are generating an ad for a product without showing the actual product then you could get fined for misleading customers

“Let me be clear: This man, who attempted to park on the street and damaged the rear bumper of a Model 3, is a domestic terrorist who deserves to die,” said Pam Bondi theonion.com/man-who...

Just go about your daily routine like he's not wearing the hat.

My university, @vuamsterdam.bsky.social, where I studied and worked for more than 30 years has ('preliminary') decided to stop our BSc programme in #Earth Sciences and our MSc track in #Geology and #Geochemistry. 42 people will be fired. 1/?

BREAKING: In a reversal, all NOAA Research sites will now remain online with "no interruption in service," according to the agency. NOAA had previously moved to cancel the research division's cloud services contract. Story for @bloomberg.com (free link): www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Faulted cross bedding, Navajo Sandstone, White Pocket, Vermilion Cliffs National Monument, Arizona ⚒️

If you think this can’t happen, remember that of the 125,000 Japanese Americans who were interned during WWII for years without charge or trial, two-thirds were U.S. citizens. Including me.