For those who are curious about the #qld earthquake on Saturday morning here is an article in the @aunz.theconversation.com written by @deeninis.bsky.social and @mojtabarajabi.bsky.social - why does Australia get earthquakes when it isn’t close to any plate boundaries? Read to find out more.

🧪⚒️ Have you seen our latest paper in Journal of Anatomy? We trace the origin of air sacs in pterosaurs back to their Triassic forerunners. Using micro-CT on the pterosauromorph Venetoraptor, we show invasive air sacs were in place before true pterosaurs.

Question for geologists studying zircons: I remember hearing that zircons are sometimes picked using a brush that has a single hair. But I can't find where I noted this in my interviews. Can anyone verify that this is a real scientific practice or am I just crazy?? ⚒️🧪🙏

My ongoing request: If your NSF or NIH grant was terminated--whether at Harvard or elsewhere--please report it here. NSF: grant-watch.us/submit-nsf.h... NIH: grant-watch.us/submit-nih.h... Our trackers are actively used in lawsuits and are often the only record that terminations ever occurred.

Elon Musk's DOGE has spent the last several months dismantling the departments & agencies that regulate HIS businesses. Our report found that Musk has a direct business interest in over 70% of the agencies & departments DOGE targeted. The conflicts of interest are endless.

This is an absolute disaster. If we don't stop this, they will turn NSF into a pawn of the Trump administration. There will be no research on climate, biodiversity, or anything that isn't eugenics or AI or how to more efficiently destroy the planet for profit. This cannot be allowed to happen.

@aaup.bsky.social is leading the fight against the attacks of the Trump/Musk administration against science and free speech at Universities. if you are a faculty member, join them! I joined @unc-ch-aaup.bsky.social in April! www.aaup.org

Go for the science, stay for the worm BBQ. This is incredible!

**BIG NEWS in the geology world!** For the first time, scientists spotted an active eruption along the mid-ocean ridge!! They visited the hydrothermal vent the day before, where a vibrant ecosystem thrived in the sweltering water. The next day, everything was gone. ⚒️🧪 My latest for @nytimes.com

It break my heart after reading a story like this today - such cool, exciting NSF research, and it's going to be lost. The world will be a much poorer place for it. Just imagine having fewer stories like this to read in the years to come: bsky.app/profile/maya...

**BIG NEWS in the geology world!** For the first time, scientists spotted an active eruption along the mid-ocean ridge!! They visited the hydrothermal vent the day before, where a vibrant ecosystem thrived in the sweltering water. The next day, everything was gone. ⚒️🧪 My latest for @nytimes.com

This short story packs in a lot: Conflicts over oil/gas drilling near sacred lands, debates about genetics and the US legal system, genetic research's dark past/exploitation of indigenous peoples, and the smallest Pueblo tribe fighting to get their voices heard. My latest for @science.org

This short story packs in a lot: Conflicts over oil/gas drilling near sacred lands, debates about genetics and the US legal system, genetic research's dark past/exploitation of indigenous peoples, and the smallest Pueblo tribe fighting to get their voices heard. My latest for @science.org

I have a silly question — I've always pronounced Mafic like MAY-Fic, with the first part like the month MAY (As far as I can remember, all of my geo professors said it this way too?!) But I just saw that the Cambridge dictionary has the correct pronunciation as MAH-fic. Which way is right?? ⚒️

Are you planning to travel this year? Dreaming of the Caribbean? Sipping wine in Italy? Venturing around New Zealand? All these places (and many more tourist hotspots) are at risk of earthquakes. Check out my latest for @nytimes.com for tips on staying safe 🧪 ⚒️ www.nytimes.com/2025/04/08/t...

Fellow intrepid travelers to earthquake places @mayaweihaas.bsky.social has ideas for readiness. It was fun share with her how I think about it. 🧪🥾 #travel #earthquake #adventure

What do you do if you’re in another country and you feel an earthquake? This concise, timely article from @mayaweihaas.bsky.social gives advice on how to be prepared for earthquakes when traveling. TL:DR - know before you go. ⚒️ www.nytimes.com/2025/04/08/t...

Even if you don’t live in “earthquake country,” the places you travel to for work or fun may have earthquake hazards. Learn more here…

Are you planning to travel this year? Dreaming of the Caribbean? Sipping wine in Italy? Venturing around New Zealand? All these places (and many more tourist hotspots) are at risk of earthquakes. Check out my latest for @nytimes.com for tips on staying safe 🧪 ⚒️ www.nytimes.com/2025/04/08/t...

Declaring emergencies to circumvent legal protections, in this case to justify logging national forests. "The memo has the effect of declaring nearly 60% of all national forestlands to be in a state of emergency, thereby lifting the usual requirements for public comment and environmental review..."

A 4.3 and a 4.7 earthquake, two minutes apart, 2 km NNE of Reykjanestá in Iceland 15 minutes ago. Largest events in the current sequence up until now. 🌋⚒️ en.vedur.is/earthquakes-...

Impressive rupture 👇 for 28/03 #Myanmar #earthquake. Straight, simple. ⚒️ 🧪 It extends far to the south, much further than initially thought. Suggests that large part of segment broken in 1930 (Pyu quake) broke again. In addition to 1839 one of course. Congrats @zaxonlee.bsky.social for this work

Still hunting for anyone willing to share stories about experiencing earthquakes while they were traveling for a NYT story. Any leads or suggestions are greatly appreciated!

Have you experienced an earthquake while you were traveling either in the US or overseas? I'd love to hear from you for a story I'm working on for the New York Times! Feel free to DM or email at: [email protected] ⚒️🧪

Have you experienced an earthquake while you were traveling either in the US or overseas? I'd love to hear from you for a story I'm working on for the New York Times! Feel free to DM or email at: [email protected] ⚒️🧪

Hundreds of international students have just received an email telling them their visas have been revoked. The ‘justification’ is campus activism or social media posts. timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/hun...

The M7.7 quake ruptured roughly 200 kilometers of Myanmar's Sagaing Fault. According to @judithgeology.bsky.social and @kyle-bradley.bsky.social, there's likely up to 5 meters of slip along the fault. This is a big one near some dense populations. More in their summary below:

These days, every headline reads like something out of The Onion. Example #995,678:

The Trump administration's efforts to end DEI programs is hitting some unexpected targets, including a nationwide effort planting shade trees in neighborhoods to reduce extreme heat.

I also recently discovered I needed an MMR booster shot. Thankfully, I'm now all up to date! It's a good idea to get this checked out, especially if you're born between 1957 and 1989. More about that in this recent slate story: slate.com/technology/2...

For anyone with kiddos interested in rocks and nature—I've got an event for you! I'll be at Bards Alley Bookshop in Vienna, VA this Saturday for an event with What a Rock Can Reveal! There will be lots of hands on activities and fun rocks and minerals to play with. I'd love to see you all there!! 🧪⚒️

For anyone with kiddos interested in rocks and nature—I've got an event for you! I'll be at Bards Alley Bookshop in Vienna, VA this Saturday for an event with What a Rock Can Reveal! There will be lots of hands on activities and fun rocks and minerals to play with. I'd love to see you all there!! 🧪⚒️

I also recently discovered I needed an MMR booster shot. Thankfully, I'm now all up to date! It's a good idea to get this checked out, especially if you're born between 1957 and 1989. More about that in this recent slate story: slate.com/technology/2...

📢 Job Alert! We are looking for a Post-Doc / Research associate (f/m/d) in the field of #MarineGeochemistry at the International Core Repository at the Universität Bremen (A126-25). ⏰ Application- #Deadline is April 1st 2025 Find out more here ➡ www.marum.de/jobs #jobs #wearehiring #Science

Your last chance to register for our Ocean Bottom Geophysics meeting on Friday at the Royal Astronomical Society, London. We have an exciting lineup of presentations. You can also join our meeting online. Tickets only £17 for in-person attendance and £6 online - a bargain! ras.ac.uk/events-and-m...

In celebration of Bluesky increasing the allowed size of videos, here is what an effusive volcanic eruption looks and sounds like from just ~300 meters away, close enough to feel the intense heat of the Earth creating itself. Sound on! 🔊

The new US Energy Secretary, Chris Wright, committed to slash support for renewable energy development, claiming that climate change was "a side effect of building the modern world." — embarrassingly ignorant take just months after fires ripped through LA. 🧪⚒️ www.nytimes.com/2025/03/10/c...

A #Fossilfriday challenge: Can you spot the fossils? (As seen near the stairs at the gorgeous Teatro Municipal de Santiago.) I'll post the answer and a close up tomorrow morning! ⚒️🧪

The planet that NASA studies most is Earth. Even if you think Mars rovers are frivolous, be aware that slashing NASA's budget would slash the ways we observe and understand weather, climate, ecosystems, water, agriculture, natural resources, natural hazards, and more. NASA science is a public good.

A #Fossilfriday challenge: Can you spot the fossils? (As seen near the stairs at the gorgeous Teatro Municipal de Santiago.) I'll post the answer and a close up tomorrow morning! ⚒️🧪

Let me be clear. This would end space science in the US. A 50% cut will scramble everything, and the chaos will result in a greater than 50% cut in science. If this happens, China will lap us in a couple of years. www.planetary.org/press-releas... #planetsci #planetaryscience #astronomy

I escaped poverty because I am a scientist. And I am a scientist because of the National Science Foundation. A 🧵:

A federal judge ordered the nation’s premier health agencies to restore online access to several websites that monitor HIV, health risks for youths and assisted reproductive technologies, which were abruptly taken offline to ensure they complied with Trump’s recent executive order on gender.

NASA did a feature on me last year. It was up this weekend but now when you click on the link you get a 404 message.

Science friends - please please call AAAS and any other contacts with the witnesses for tomorrow's hearing on the future of US science to demand they call out the Trump-Musk attacks on NSF, NIH, NOAA, DOE, USAID, etc. We need this on the record. #greensky #energysky

Tagging for the science/geo feeds since the war on science seems to only have just begun 🧪⚒️

Tagging for the science/geo feeds since the war on science seems to only have just begun 🧪⚒️

FYI At 4:30 ET today, @aclu.org is hosting a town hall about their response to the administration's attacks on civil liberties. www.youtube.com/watch?v=qcwN...

Today is Retraction Day, when we observe the anniversary of the retraction (Feb. 2, 2010) of the fraudulent paper that purported to show a link between vaccines and autism. 🧪#medsky

RFK Jr. is again claiming that the NIH doesn’t study chronic disease. There is one institute at NIH for infectious disease, and 26 that are not. I was funded for 25 years by the NIH to study cancer.