Prof Col Macpherson
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Rock ฬตeฬตtฬต ฬต scientist
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A fascinating piece of science reported using a tragically misinformative headline and AI-generate image. โ๏ธ๐งช๐
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Academics writing papers and proposals; students writing theses, dissertations, and projects; professional staff writing policy papers; anyone writing PowerPoint/presentation slides. This ๐๐งช ๐งต1/2
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What a beautiful day to be visiting some of Scotland's most iconic geo sites ๐โ๏ธ๐
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As an Edinburgher who studies volcanoes I have certain reservations about the generality of this statement ๐โ๏ธ๐ฐ
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This is good. Read it, especially but not only if you are a government minister. It comes from a reflective place of praxis. Unlike much of what has been said on this topic, this is not slop.
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Fun fact: the green rock used for the desk front behind the speaker podium in the Uno Assembly Hall is made out of serpentinite from Aosta Valley, Italy. โ๏ธ ๐งช
#UrbanGeology
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Itโs official: the UK is rejoining Erasmus! ๐๐ช๐บ
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"Stranger from another planet welcome to our hole, Just strap on your guitar and we'll play some rock'n'roll" One of my favourite lyrics from one of my favourite bands ๐ธ
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Someone on our street has two (lovely) dogs called Norman and Stanley. I so want them to add another and call it Fletcher.
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Have been thinking off and on about this overview for He for a bit. Mostly because it promises an actual use for all that classical oil and gas structural geology stuff that those of us taught before fracking took off all know but can't use anymore.
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The principles of helium exploration | Petroleum Geoscience
Commercial helium systems have been found to date as a serendipitous by-product of petroleum exploration. There are nevertheless significant differences in the source and migration properties of heliu...
https://www.lyellcollection.org/doi/full/10.1144/petgeo2021-029
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What a beautiful rock ๐โ๏ธ๐งช Peridotite xenolith in a vesicular basalt
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Oompah Brass at Durham Brass Festival in 2015
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๐ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐๐๐ง๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐ฌ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฆ๐๐ค๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ฅ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฌ ๐จ๐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ ๐๐๐ฐ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ค ๐๐ข๐ฆ๐๐ฌ ๐ A few weeks ago we shared the freshly published article of Dr. Janina Gillies et al on the formation of Pelee's Hair. This article has been chosen by The New York Times for its Science section! โจ
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/26/s...
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Glass Threads Spun From a Volcanoโs Bubbly Magma
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/26/science/volcanoes-peles-hair-science.html
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Still the greatest TV scicomm of all time. James Burkeโs Connections was hugely influential to me as a school pupil. Science, art, philosophy โฆ no boundaries, all connected. ๐งช
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Countdown - Rush ๐๐ค
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๐จFully funded 5-year petrology Ph.D. at Carleton University (Ottawa, Canada). Also, a M.Sc project โ๏ธ๐งช
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Team cuGRT
This is the website of Team cuGRT - the metamorphic petrology group of Fred Gaidies at Carleton University (Ottawa, Canada).
https://www.teamgar.net/
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The conference dinner for the 2008 Goldschmidt (geochemistry) meeting was held in the main hall at the Museum of Anthropology. It was one of the most amazing buildings I have ever visited. โ๏ธ
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Adriano Pimentel
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๐PhD and MSc students in Earth Sciences๐ Are you interested in geohazards and volcanic islands? Don't miss the 2026 edition of the International Summer School on Geohazards in Volcanic Islands, held in the Azores, 12-19 July. For details check
ivar.uac.pt/summer-cours...
โ ๏ธDeadline is 15 Aprilโ ๏ธ
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Itโs a source of constant shame for learned/professional societies, companies, and higher education institutions that they donโt offer a minimum/living wage to interns ๐ฐ Here the
@royalastrosoc.bsky.social
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Open Letter to the Royal Astronomical Society on Research Bursaries
Dear Members of RAS Council, At a time of great uncertainty for early-career researchers in the United Kingdom and worldwide, we as fellows are writing to you to urge a change in the structure of the...
https://tinyurl.com/ras-letter
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Yeeeahhhh, oooohhhh yeah! Rush
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Jenni Barclay
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We are looking for a new volcano-petrology postdoc to join the NERC-funded large grant โex-x: understanding dangerous eruptive transitionsโ Based at Bristol University!
www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRA042/s...
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Senior Research Associate in Volcanic Petrology at University of Bristol
Searching for an academic job? Explore this Senior Research Associate in Volcanic Petrology opening on jobs.ac.uk! Click to view more details and browse other academic jobs.
https://www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DRA042/senior-research-associate-in-volcanic-petrology
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I'm totally with
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Pegmatitic dolerite from Fair Head, County Antrim in XPL for
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. Same location as two weeks ago but much coarser grain size. Stunning clinopyroxene showing birefringence progressions at edges and cracks, plus fractured olivine and twinned plagioclase. ๐งชโ๏ธ๐
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Dad:
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#heavymetal
#metal
#dio
#ronniejamesdio
#guitar
#blacksabbath
#mobrules
#80s
#nostalgia
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This is ... not good โ๏ธ๐งช
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Peregrine looking for breakfast during this morning's dog walk. Watched it hover, from about 15m away, for nearly two minutes before ... 1/2 ๐งต
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#DavidsMonthOfMusic
#MusicChallenge
**Day 23** A song by a band/artist whose name starts with โWโ... The Waterboys - โFisherman's Bluesโ (Live)
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๐ฌ The Cavendish Experiment: how tiny lead balls proved gravity exists between small objects
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I have an x-ray diffraction joke but I try not to Bragg about it
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It's worth noting that all current helium production is just the gas that's been trapped by the same geologic structural traps that keep hydrocarbons from reaching the surface. There's been some effort at identifying non-hydrocarbon related structural traps that might have significant amounts of He
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The
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I have a subduction joke that always goes down well. โ๏ธ๐งช
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Completed my birthday pile and part of Mrs Mac's Christmas reads. Loved all of these but Jo Harkin's The Pretender goes straight onto the "don't leave too long to reread" list ... amazing. ๐
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Corundum is red Corundum is blue Oxygen-three-aluminium-two โ๏ธ๐งช
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โItโs like molasses." ... sweet! โ๏ธ๐งช๐
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Beautiful big biotite crystal. Nice clip showing how all the distinct (but parallel and related) cleavage planes in a single crystal reflect incident light simultaneously. โ๏ธ๐งช
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Photo of the Day: Kelut's active lava dome in 2007
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Photo of the Day
VolcanoDiscovery: Photo of the Day
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BRAND NEW VLAD EPISODE released today by The Stranglers. And it is hilarious (yes, funnier than Dmitri)! ๐คฃ๐คฃ๐คฃ
youtu.be/tgnCZH0haXc
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#IsmuasMonthOfMusic
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๐ถ 6/3 (UK): A song you recognise after two bars Rush - Tom Sawyer First note ...
youtu.be/WJoTxywiRG0
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"Tom Sawyer" by Rush (Time Machine Tour 2011: Live In Cleveland) [OFFICIAL]
YouTube video by Rounder Records
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Department of Earth Sciences at Durham University, UK
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Ready for your new adventure in 2026?
#FindAMasters
๐ New MSc Environmental Sustainability at Durham University ๐ Get more info here:
www.durham.ac.uk/study/course...
And share with someone you think would be a great candidate to make a real impact and help shape a sustainable future!
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Environmental Sustainability F6K309 - Durham University
https://www.durham.ac.uk/study/courses/environmental-sustainability-f6k309/
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Spectacular olivine dolerite from Fair Head, County Antrim in XPL for
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The final boss of volcano vistas ๐โ๏ธ๐งช
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Earth and Planetary Sciences at ETH Zurich
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The Volcanology and Magmatic Petrology group at ETH Zurich is looking for a Postdoctoral Fellow in Volcanology and Magmatic Processes to develop and lead an independent research programme in magmatic petrology, volcanology, and/or geochronology.
#postdoc
#jobalert
www.jobs.ethz.ch/job/view/11402
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Postdoctoral Fellow in Volcanology and Magmatic Processes
https://www.jobs.ethz.ch/job/view/11402
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๐Congratulations
@openuniversity.bsky.social
! My wife and mum both obtained OU degrees. I used to know by heart the second trombone part (for the whole suite, not just the fanfare) of Leonard Salzedo's Divertimento. The iconic opening fanfare introduced all OU programming.
youtu.be/Mh_BkqIj1tg
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