"Glacier Collapse Buries Swiss Village" by #NASA Earth Observatory / #USGS - Satellite imagery shows before and after images from May 28 collapse of Birch Glacier in Switzerland that destroyed the town of Blatten. The town had been evacuated before the disaster. https://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/images/154387/glacier-collapse-buries-swiss-village #geology #EarthSciences

"The closer a volcano is to erupting, the greener the trees around it look from space" by @LiveScience - Actually only in limited and rare conditions, if a volcano produces the right amount of CO2 for trees to photosynthesize. As was detected in some locations recently, satellites can see increased tree growth. But this doesn't include cases like Mammoth Mountain CA which pushed out so much CO2 that it killed a stand of trees. https://www.livescience.com/planet-earth/volcanos/the-closer-a-volcano-is-to-erupting-the-greener-the-trees-around-it-look-from-space #EarthSciences #satellite #geology #volcano

BOM's winter outlook gives clues as to whether rain will fall where it's needed
By Tyne Logan

There are signs a major climate driver could shift into its wet phase over the coming months, boosting the chance of rain across large parts of Australia toward the end of winter.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-29/bom-forecast-predicts-boost-to-winter-rainfall/105342108

#WeatherForecasts #WeatherStatistics #EarthSciences #ClimateChange #Weather #TyneLogan

After autumn of extremes, climate driver could bring late winter rain
By Tyne Logan

There are signs a major climate driver could shift into its 'wet phase' over the coming months, boosting the chance of rain across large parts of Australia toward the end of winter.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-05-29/bom-forecast-predicts-boost-to-winter-rainfall/105342108

#WeatherForecasts #WeatherStatistics #EarthSciences #ClimateChange #Weather #TyneLogan

Oceanography (Earth sciences 🌍)

Oceanography 'ocean' and γραφή 'writing'), also known as oceanology, sea science, ocean science, and marine science, is the scientific study of the ocean, including its physics, chemistry, biology, and geology. It is an Earth science, which covers a wide range of topics, including ocean currents, waves, and geophysical fluid dynamics; fluxes of various chemi...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oceanography

#Oceanography #Hydrology #EarthSciences #PhysicalGeography

Geopark (Geology ⛰️)

A geopark is a protected area with internationally significant geology within which sustainable development is sought and which includes tourism, conservation, education and research concerning not just geology but other relevant sciences. In 2005, a European Geopark was defined as being: "a territory with a particular geological heritage and with a sust...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geopark

#Geopark #Geology #Geoparks #EarthSciences #ProtectedAreas #GeographyEducation

Study reveals ‘flawed argument’ in debate over when plate tectonics began | Live Science…

Earth's crust today has a surprisingly similar composition to the planet's first outer shell, or "protocrust," new research finds... #platetectonics #continentaldrift #geography #earthsciences #geology

https://formuchdeliberation.wordpress.com/2025/04/19/study-reveals-flawed-argument-in-debate-over-when-plate-tectonics-began-live-science/

Now the Netherlands are also cutting in funding for #academia, which notably translates in the planned closing of the #EarthSciences department at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam.
Because what we really need now is less research in physical #geography, climatology, geology, glaciology...
https://delta.tudelft.nl/en/article/closing-vu-earth-sciences-sends-exactly-the-wrong-message
https://mastodon.social/@NielsJdeWinter/114303289236655250
#VU

Study reveals ‘flawed argument’ in debate over when plate tectonics began | Live Science…

Earth's crust today has a surprisingly similar composition to the planet's first outer shell, or "protocrust," new research finds... #platetectonics #continentaldrift #geography #earthsciences #geology

https://formuchdeliberation.wordpress.com/2025/04/14/study-reveals-flawed-argument-in-debate-over-when-plate-tectonics-began-live-science-2/

International Polar Year (Earth sciences 🌍)

The International Polar Years are collaborative, international efforts with intensive research focus on the polar regions. Karl Weyprecht, an Austro-Hungarian naval officer, motivated the endeavor in 1875, but died before it first occurred in 1882–1883. Fifty years later a second IPY took place. The International Geophy...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Polar_Year

#InternationalPolarYear #EarthSciences #ArcticResearch #AntarcticResearch

Assessing Future Ice Shelf Collapse Vulnerability in the ISMIP6 Ensemble
https://doi.org/10.31223/X5DD9P #EarthSciences #Glaciology #PhysicalSciencesAndMathematics #IceShelves #Crevasses #Ice-shelfBreak-up #Ice-sheetModelling @eartharxiv

Preprint of the paper I just submitted where we applied a parametrization of ice shelf vulnerability to collapse to the results of the ISMIP6 ice sheet model ensemble

Oh shit. 🟥

"Vrije Universiteit ontslaat 40 medewerkers en sluit afdeling vanwege landelijke bezuinigingen"

https://www.parool.nl/amsterdam/vrije-universiteit-ontslaat-40-medewerkers-en-sluit-afdeling-vanwege-landelijke-bezuinigingen~b3ce5568/

#WOInActie
#DoeHetNiet
#Eppocalypse
#KabinetSchoof
#Staking
#TUDelft
#HigherEducation
#HogerOnderwijs
#AcademicChatter
#BreakingNews
#VUAmsterdam
#Aardwetenschappen
#EarthSciences

European Geological Open Data (Map And Data) From The European Geological Data Infrastructure (EGDI)
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https://www.europe-geology.eu/data-tools/map-viewer/ <-- shared link to map viewer
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#geology #geosciences #earthsciences #data #spatialdata #criticalminerals #mining #geothermal #netzero #groundwater #carboncapture #ccs #GIS #spatial #mapping #opendata #webmapping #mapportal #Europe #EGDI #framework #GSEU #resources #naturalresources #opendata #water #naturalresources #geomorphology #bathymetry #geophysics #topobathy #remotesensing #earthobservation #waterresources

This week's #NewBooks at the library: Some second-hand treasures: The Great #Comet Crash: The Collision of Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 and #Jupiter from Cambridge UP, and two books from Rutgers UP: Upheaval from the Abyss: #Ocean Floor Mapping and the Earth Science Revolution (sans dust jacket), and Mass Destruction: The Men and Giant #Mines That Wired America and Scarred the Planet #Books #Scicomm #Bookstodon #Astronomy #Oceanography #Geology #EarthSciences #EnvironmentalHistory #History @bookstodon

Heute letzte Chance: Besucht uns auf der FOSSGIS im Zelt auf dem Münsteraner Schlossplatz um NFDI4Earth kennenzulernen und mehr über die diversen Angebote rund um Forschungsdatenmanagement in den Erdsystemwissenschaften zu erfahren.

#FOSSGIS2025

@EidYomna @crstn @niers und Vanessa Bremerich für @nfdi4earth

#Münster #FDM #RDM #Forschungsdaten #NFDI #NFDI4Earth #ESS #EarthSciences #EarthSystemSciences #OpenSource #OpenScience

This week's #NewBooks at the library: Second-hand copies of The Theory of #Evolution: Principles, Concepts, and Assumptions from The University of Chicago Press; An Intimate History of Evolution: The Story of the #Huxley Family from Allen Lane (sans dustjacket); and Mind Over Magma: The Story of #IgneousPetrology from @princetonupress #Books #Scicomm #Bookstodon #HistoryOfScience #ScienceHistory #HistSci #EarthSciences #Geology

Geochemistry (Earth sciences 🌍)

Geochemistry is the science that uses the tools and principles of chemistry to explain the mechanisms behind major geological systems such as the Earth's crust and its oceans.: 1 The realm of geochemistry extends beyond the Earth, encompassing the entire Solar System, and has made important contributions to the understanding of a number of processes including mantle convection, the forma...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geochemistry

#Geochemistry #EarthSciences

Paleontology (Earth sciences 🌍)

Paleontology, also spelled palaeontology or palæontology, is the scientific study of the history of life in the geologic past. It includes the study of fossils to classify organisms and study their interactions with each other and their environments. Paleontological observations have been documented as far back as the 5th century BC. The s...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paleontology

#Paleontology #Fossils #EarthSciences #HistoricalGeology #EvolutionaryBiology

Oceanography (Oceanography 🌊)

Oceanography 'ocean' and γραφή 'writing'), also known as oceanology, sea science, ocean science, and marine science, is the scientific study of the ocean, including its physics, chemistry, biology, and geology. It is an Earth science, which covers a wide range of topics, including ocean currents, waves, and geophysical fluid dynamics; fluxes of various chemica...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oceanography

#Oceanography #Hydrology #EarthSciences #PhysicalGeography