High temperatures today and we’ve already had a long period of drought. Drinking water always seemed completely self-evident in NL. But it’s not. Although the Dutch focus has traditionally been on how to keep water out, we need to focus more on storing water. 👉 www.tudelft.nl/en/stories/a...

In times when funding becomes increasingly challenging and restrictive, this investment from Energi Simulation is a real difference maker for many PhDs and postdocs working in the field of #geoscience for the ##energytransition at our department at TU Delft www.tudelft.nl/en/2025/citg...

At this year's #EAGEAnnual2025 my colleague Anne gave a truly passionate and compassionate pitch why #geoscience #education needs to become more inclusive and diverse if we are serious about inspiring new talents to enter this field and work on the #energytransition @rockdeftud.bsky.social ⚒️💡🔋

On May 18, 1980, Richard Lasher got up early to get some photos at Spirit Lake. Instead, he was forced to stop because of the massive, explosive Mount St. Helens eruption and captured this iconic photo with his own red Ford Pinto on the road. 🧪⚒️ #OTD www.hemmings.com/stories/mt-s...

PhD Jesse came by in the afternoon and made my day with these freshly cored heterogeneous #Rotliegend #sandstone samples for #CrossScale w/ @geoenergyprof.bsky.social Aren't they pretty? Next: cutting them (and deciding where...), CT scan, porosimetry and then... Break them! 😎😎 #breakingrocks #rocks

Together with colleagues from @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social we have tried to bring some clarity into the concept of capillary pinning during #CCS, considering the scales and heterogeneity in #geology www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Harvard University @harvard.edu weigert op de eisen van president Trump in te gaan en zet 2,2 miljard dollar aan overheidsgeld op het spel. De universiteit is niet van plan haar “onafhankelijkheid op te geven”.

Proud of our postdoc Milady Naderloo rocking his #DeepNL plenary presentation, arguing the lessons learnt from #InducedSeismicity should not go to waste in #energytransition related scenarios

De voorgenomen sluiting van de VU-afdeling aardwetenschappen is desastreus voor het geowetenschappelijk onderzoek en onderwijs. Dat schrijven TU-hoogleraren Timo Heimovaara en @geoenergyprof.bsky.social namens hun afdeling geosciences and engineering in deze solidariteitsverklaring.

Our open-ed statement in @tudelta.bsky.social, expressing solidarity with our colleagues and their students at the Vrije Universiteit of Amsterdam: delta.tudelft.nl/en/article/c... #geoscience #academia #science

#GirlsDay today! On behalf of our Faculty @tudelftceg.bsky.social. We talked about earthquakes, geology & geothermal energy. We used straws to drill geologically layered clay, jumped and registered the "seismic wave" with @phyphox.org and of course we broke a rock! #breakingrocks #rocks 🤓😎

A statement of solidarity with our colleagues and their students from the Department of Earth Sciences at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam #geoscience #academia #science #earthscience #climatechange #energytransition ⚒️🧪🧬💡🔌

Another excellent and insightful summary on the #netzero benefits (including the financial benefits) in the UK by @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org from @carbonbrief.org 🔽

A beautiful and passionate inaugural lecture by our colleague Hadi Hajibeygi ⬇️

Amidst all terrible news, I am sad that here it is not better. Today the VU Amsterdam announced they'll cut Earth Sciences, and fire 39 staff. 130 students are left to figure out how to finish, and an unknown number of PhDs lose their supervisors. My heart goes out to my colleagues 😳😥

Spring is in the air at TU Delft ☀️🌼🌸🌻

Me too 🔽

Here's Jesse and Parvin taking a moment before the conference starts to check out the flowers! The right season to come visit us is starting 🥰 from now until mid-May the flower fields are blooming. Always good to take a moment with nature to recharge ☀️🌷

RIP academic freedom. This is a very sad day for academia in America.

For those of you who are Tired Of All This Shit, we bring you: The relationship between volcanism and the invention of the bicycle! We made this clip, with @vanhinsbergen.bsky.social, for last year's Tour de France stage over the Cantal Volcano, and its highest remaining peak, Puy Mary ❤️🤠

Campus is starting to blossom! Thanks to a bike detour I ran into the first trees bursting into full song this morning

First trip after maternity leave for Anne, together with @entelakane.bsky.social, Annemarie and Ilshat we visit the Geothermal Alliance Bavaria in Munich, with a special site visit to a local #geothermal plants 😁😁

This is a great illustration of what the new energy order looks like: ➡️ large to small ➡️ centralised to decentralised ➡️ large grids to microgrids ➡️ one-directional to bi-directional ➡️ passive consumers to active prosumers Of course simplified & highly stylised but it shows the direction of travel.

Stunning new visualization of global temperatures since 1940, from @hausfath.bsky.social www.theclimatebrink.com/p/visualizin...

🚨Another new #openaccess papers discussing the connection between multi-scale #geology and fluid flow for low-carbon #energy applications such as #CCS and #geothermal. Once again very enjoyable research with colleagues and friends from Imperial College London www.lyellcollection.org/doi/full/10....

In our latest Editorial we discuss the continuing damage being done to US science, and its impact on researchers and the environment 👇 Deep cuts: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

As one of the signatories of the brilliant open letter by @scurry.bsky.social I am dismayed by this decision, but sadly also not entirely surprised. If we don't stand up for our values and science in this day and age, especially if we're privileged to do so, when then?

Any lab can only be so good as their technicians... Last week our rock saw broke down. Today our invaluable technician Marc is fixing it so probably tomorrow it is already working again. Our MScs, PhDs and postdocs are not much delayed. Yay for Marc! (And the rest of our awesome tech team!)

At the non-for-profit journal Geoenergy we have a number of paper calls for our thematic issues on #geothermal, #CCS, siting for offshore windfarms, #geology for the #energytransition by early career researchers, etc. See www.lyellcollection.org/geoenergy/th...

I will close the letter for signatures at 17:00 today (UK time). Last chance to voice your support before this evening's meeting of the Royal Society.

🚨New #openaccess paper: Jointly with colleagues from Imperial College London & University of Calgary we are answering the question at which scale we can average properties of the Bunter Sandstone, a key target for #geothermal energy & #CCS in Europe #geology #energytransition doi.org/10.1016/j.ad...

AGU has issued a statement urging the Trump administration to renew a federal commitment to climate science. “Climate change is real. It is happening,” said AGU President Brandon Jones. “Climate science is real. It is necessary.” Read more: buff.ly/41zTkyC

Our colleagues and friends from Electricite Strasbourg are busy promoting the FindHeat research project, funded by Hoirzon Europe, at the Geotherm Conference & Expo. FindHeat develops new tools and workflows to accelerate and de-risk geothermal exploration and appraisal. #geology #energysky

A great start to the new week as we could welcome #PhD candidates Valeria Nogales and Hester Claridge, who will both work on #geothermal exploration, and #postdoc Dr Taka Shinohara, who will work on #CCS, to the team! #academicsky #geology

I thoroughly enjoyed this student-led multi-disciplinary symposium "under pressure". Personal highlight from @kornelis.bsky.social: no matter which path we take for the #energytransition, a sustainable use of the subsurface will play a critical role. So please come #study with us!

Some truly excellent talks on energy transition, critical raw materials, climate change & water resources - and a much needed positive message on #CO2 emissions from @kornelis.bsky.social at the half-Lustrum event that our #geoscience & #mining student association at TU Delft hosted today.

My open letter and FRS resignations reported in Nature: www.nature.com/articles/d41...

This is an excellent letter from @scurry.bsky.social. There is little we can do as individuals, but I think it is crucial that we are holding our professional societies to account and stand up for our values, especially in this day and age.

For all those in the midst of faculty hiring in the geosciences (or planning a hire in the coming months/year), check out our new paper led by Margaret Duffy on factors influencing underrepresented geoscientists decisions to accept or decline faculty job offers www.nature.com/articles/s43...

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More #geology field work impressions from the CrossScale team (can you spot the drone?), and more samples being collected to be analysed in the lab together with @rockdeftud.bsky.social ⚒️

Some stunning pictures from the CrossScale team's fieldwork in Germany, studying types and scales of heterogeneities in the Rotliegend, a major formation targeted for #geothermal energy and #CCS in Europe. Looking forward to working with @rockdeftud.bsky.social to analyse the samples! ⚒️

The field team will bring a Rotliegend present 😍 #CrossScale @geoenergyprof.bsky.social

Last week was quiet here since I was home with the flu... I'll come back to work tomorrow. Meanwhile, our #CrossScale PhD students have chosen the only sunny week in months for their west Germany fieldwork! 🤩 Motivating photos they send us, don't you think so @geoenergyprof.bsky.social ?

Which power generation technologies are the least harmful to the environment & society? It's wind, solar and geothermal. Great meta-study provides an overview of negative externalities associated with electricity supply. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Reminds me of my MSc studies in Oregon in the late 1990ties 🤩

Definitely a thought-provoking play, followed by a well-managed interactive session to reflect on your own behaviours when it comes to social and psychological safety.

A great #PhD vacancy in #geology and #geoscience with a brilliant team at TU Delft ⚒️

A bit foggy to date on campus... 🌫️

Everything gets better with a hat. Also a block of fractured rock salt 😎 happy Monday all!