Need geology photos for your fall classes? Please check out my site Geologypics.com, which has >5000 of my images --all searchable and all for free download. And please share! Just added 15 more including this one of Mt. St. Helens crater. #geology #EarthScience #teaching #scienceteaching

#ansto is advertising an ongoing position on the MX beamline at the Australian Synchrotron, looking for a chemical crystallographer to join the team. I've no experience on MX, but in general the beamline scientists at the Aussietron seem to have a good time? Should be a great experience! […]

Applications for the Leanne Armand award are now open. This award funds early and mid-career researchers based in Australia to access training in micropaleonotology. Applications are due 28th September, all details can be found on the AQUA website […]

Happy to point out that @albomp.bsky.social deciding to release the highly contentious special envoy's report - a report he has known about for many months - just before he departs for a large, publicity sucking tour of China, is in fact, not a coincidence. #duckandrun #pfffft

And the US just bombed Iran at the behest of Israel, which has been claiming its at immediate risk of a nuclear strike for 30 years and we’ll all be told Israel has a right to defend itself, but anything Iran does is an act of war and in another 30 years we’ll be told there was no need for any of it

Has #Qantas explained or been asked to explain why it's not giving Australians spitefully deported from the US their documents & phone as soon as they're over international waters (or before)? Otherwise it's just doing Trump favours.

be quick to apply for this opportunity to work with @lucascernusak.bsky.social !!! Bound to be amazing.

The worst part about University Ranking Season is the desperate attempts from unviersity social media teams to seem cool. (This isn't actually the worst part, the worst part is that university rankings are dumb).

I don't think Americans realise just how passionately Australia's big commercial media stations love the cops and authoritarian crackdowns. They are passive-voicing a US police officer targeting and shooting one of their OWN JOURNALISTS www.crikey.com.au/2025/06/10/a...

“Imma gonna write the worst shit-take you can imagine because I care more about fame than the people I denigrate” is peak 2025 Herald.

Everyone's got something nasty to say about "do-gooders" but they're silent about total cunts : )

With all of Greta’s privilege, she stands for what’s right every time. Every time she’s asked about herself she answers by redirecting straight to the people she’s standing up for. ‘How are you?’ ‘Better than the people in Palestine, specifically Gaza.’ 👇 = smug bullshit from a small mind

Some of the most chilling 2 minutes you've ever seen. Look at what's being said, openly, on one of the most popular TV channels in Israel. History is happening in front of our eyes. Don't look away. Please help share this widely. Read the full story here: zeteo.com/p/inside-the...

Setting up "aid distribution points" and then massacring people who come to obtain food is sincerely one of the most evil things I have ever seen.

Important study given likely increases in tropical cyclones & an overlooked social cost “Children in low- and middle-income countries ..may be uniquely vulnerable to losing schooling after disasters due to the poor physical condition of schools and the lack of resources” www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

Albo on the emerging disaster in NSW: “Tragically, we’re seeing more extreme weather events. They’re occurring more frequently, and they’re more intense” (quoted in the grauniad today). Also the Labor govt: on the verge of approcing Woodside's north west shelf expansion. Make it make sense.

Happy National Archaeology Week! This year's craft in celebration of Archaeology Week is little clay pendants - the scale bar is 4cm #2025NAW #archaeology #craft

Cool cool cool that you can run over your wife, resulting in her death, and only get a 5-yr license suspension and a 2-yr suspended sentence. Australia has a car problem. https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/may/14/melissa-hoskins-death-rohan-dennis-sentence-ntwnfb

I will be co-leading a post-conference fieldtrip to the sand and coral coasts of SE Queensland at the 11th International Conference on Geomorphology. Come join us. www.confer.co.nz/icg2026/ #geomorphology #australia #coast #geoscience #geology #geography #reef #dune #rainbowbeach

WHY HAVE YOU NOT IMPOSED SEVERE SANCTIONS ON ISRAEL, @albomp.bsky.social? Israel is keeping up its blockade of aid as kids starve to death www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05... Dumped cabinet minister says speaking out on Gaza partly to blame for his demotion www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05...

Come and join me and work in beautiful #Sydney. We have a new 3-yr research manager #job the #UNSW Micardas radiocarbon lab. Open to Australian citizens only. #Geochronology experience recommended. #academia external-careers.jobs.unsw.edu.au/en/job/53208...

A surprising discovery was made by CSIRO botanists which revealed the daisy fleabane (thought to be a rare Australian species) is an introduced plant! Molecular data suggests it likely hails from the Northern hemisphere as it is not distinctly different from the widespread bitter fleabane. 🔗⬇️

Microplastic distribution in the global oceans. 🌊 microplastics concentrated in coastal regions, but also present even in remote regions of Antarctica. Size fractionation with depth. Contributing to the carbon cycle.

Our next #MeetTheEditors session at #EGU25 booth 57 is @jtibby.bsky.social from the Journal of Quaternary Science @quaternaryra.bsky.social . Join us at the @wiley.com booth in the Monday pm coffee break for cakes and conversation.

At #EGU25 and interested in publishing in Journal of Quaternary Science? Chat with me at the Wiley stand (#57) at afternoon break today (Mon) or morning break tomorrow.

This is cool. #utas is offering a free short course on the science, impacts, and responses to climate change. https://www.utas.edu.au/study/short-courses/the-climate-shift-exploring-science-empowering-action #climatescience #Climate

“When our academics fear travelling to major conferences or partnering with US institutions, the impacts ripple through the entire global knowledge ecosystem. www.theguardian.com/australia-ne...

Couldn’t agree more!

I have updated the plot for timing of the peak in the cherry blossom season (満開) for Kyoto. 2025 was tied with the third earliest blooming, happening on March 27. The timing of the peak of the cherry blossoms is getting earlier, as a result of warmer temperatures in February and March.

Reminder that the #ausquaternary AGM is happening this Friday! A wonderful time to renew your membership if you haven't already... https://aqua.org.au/membership/become-an-aqua-member/ #quaternaryscience

Need micropaleontology slides? I started a company! MicroPaleoWorks.com. If you need slides, hit me up. Prices range from 1.50 to 2.20 each depending on the variety. We can customize with numbering for a fee. We are a #smallbusiness #womenowned #madeintheUSA using #canadianaluminum & #recycledpaper

🐦 Do some birds have #PrettyPrivilege? 💫 New paper: doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2024.2846 We show that ~half the variation in research effort on 293 bird species in US+Canada is explained by just 3 factors: 1)visual appeal, 2)range size, & 3)# of universities w/in ranges. What we did & why it matters:🧵

bit sad that the group chat thing is considered a scandal but bombing Yemen is just considered normal

Today I post an astonishing figure. Fossil fuel subsidies were $7 trillion in 2022 or 7.1 percent of global GDP says the International Monetary Fund. How long can we afford to subsidise #fossilfuels? #greenhousegases #biodiversity #geoscience #IMF www.imf.org/en/Publicati...

A researcher just lost their grant funding because their work might help understand why people are hesitant about vaccines.

Many great graphs from "The cost of no renewables" report from the CEIG. These two show clearly that it is gas that has driven wholesale electricity prices higher, not renewables. 1/n

Thanks to Stacey Priestley at the Australian CSIRO for the h/t in this article to our National Groundwater Observing System here in Australia https://www.csiro.au/en/news/All/Articles/2025/March/managing-groundwater-resources

Amazing PhD opportunity at the University of Adelaide to work on unpacking Kangaroo Island's past environments! www.earthworks-jobs.com/climate/adel...

Yet another reason why I can't support conferences held in the USA any more. Sorry AGU Fall Meeting and AGU colleagues. https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2025/mar/14/australian-university-sector-accuses-trump-administration-of-blatant-interference-in-research

American imperialism gone wild. Some of these questions are absolutely bonkers. "Does your organization have a clear policy prohibiting any collaboration, funding, or support forentities that advocate or implement policies contrary to U.S. government interests, national security,and […]

New drop! Full open access article: Kiana Cliff: a new fossil vertebrate site of probable last interglacial age from Eyre Peninsula, South Australia www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

🚨 New preprint 🚨 Hydrology and cave (and cave hydrology!) enthusiasts may enjoy this preprint just posted today for community review in the #EGU journal #hess. Led by former #UNSW student, Christina Song, with @Andbaker and myself, we looked at recharge thresholds (amount of precipitation […]

Tech Talk Insights: Hydrogeology Presentation Recap On the 11th March I was delighted to be invited to give the March Tech Talk for the International Association of Hydrogeologists NSW Branch, in person and online. The title was "Linking climate to groundwater recharge – the view from…

🚨 Job Alert🚨 Postdoctoral position at Uni Melbourne in palaeoecology as part of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Indigenous Environmental Histories and Futures. https://jobs.unimelb.edu.au/en/job/919518/postdoctoral-fellow-paleoecology #ECRchat #academicchatter #FediHire #getfedihired

Institutional IWD posts hit differently when women are VASTLY under-represented in senior management positions. It's pinkwashing at its very finest.

For those in Adelaide and interested in eDNA, come along to the SAGC/FAME Seminar – Beyond Detection: The Future of eDNA Research, on 26 March www.eventbrite.com.au/e/sagcfame-s...

Molecular Geneticist ( #Entomology) position in #WesternAustralia! #WAMuseum, The University of Western Australia #UWA and #UCBerkeley collaboration. #Pilbara #beetles. Molecular phylogenetics expertise first and foremost. Details at search.jobs.wa.gov.au/page.php?pag... Please repost!