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Anthony Lomax
@alomaxnet.bsky.social
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Earthquake happenings+tidbits, maps, machine learning.I'm ALomax Scientific: earthquake monitoring and analysis
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Seismological Society of America @seismosocam.bsky.social · 9d
🌟OPEN ACCESS🌟 Should you use S/P amplitude ratios for focal mechanism calculation? A new #SRL paper notes that "even with the best‐performing strategies... the inclusion of S/P amplitude ratio data is expected to hinder rather than improve...” ⚒️

pubs.geoscienceworld.org/ssa/srl/arti...
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Anthony Lomax @alomaxnet.bsky.social · 9d
"Who benefits when a country aims to be a world leader in AI without addressing basic social problems? What value exists in developing the most powerful AI models when such innovations further exacerbate existing social ills?"
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
The paradox of AI accelerationism and the promise of public interest AI
Over the past 3 years, the idea that artificial intelligence (AI) development should be accelerated without restraint to drive radical societal change—a phenomenon known as AI accelerationism—has gain...
www.science.org
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GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel @geomarkiel.bsky.social · 13d
🌊 Jan–Feb 2025, earthquake swarms shook Santorini. A study by @gfz.bsky.social & @geomarkiel.bsky.social explains why. 🌋 Magma from a reservoir beneath Kolumbo intruded as a ~13 km dike, triggering the quakes. Data reveal a link between Santorini and Kolumbo systems.
📖 www.geomar.de/en/news/arti...
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Kristian Steensen Nielsen @kristiansn89.bsky.social · 10d
♻️ New paper in Journal of Environmental Psychology 🙌

We examined subtraction neglect — the tendency to prioritize additive over subtractive climate strategies (e.g., buying an EV vs. flying less) when thinking about effective personal actions. Check it out! 🙃
www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...
Stage II Registered Report: Subtraction Neglect in Perceptions of Climate Action Strategies
Research suggests that individuals often overlook beneficial subtractive strategies when solving problems. Subtractive strategies, which include reduc…
www.sciencedirect.com
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Prof. Diego Melgar @diegosismologo.bsky.social · 11d
On July 29, 2025 a Mw 8.8 earthquake off Kamchatka launched a Pacific-wide tsunami, right as the SWOT satellite flew south-to-north taking altimetry measurements of the wave train. In our new preprint, we pair SWOT with nearby DART buoys to capture the tsunami’s propagation and its source
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Seismica @weareseismica.bsky.social · 10d
📈 Which seismic phase associator works best?
🧠Puente Huerta et al., benchmarked 5 algorithms testing their performance across diverse settings and under noisy-complex conditions
Read more: seismica.library.mcgill.ca/article/view...

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Ben Sanderson @benmsanderson.bsky.social · 12d
Paris-Berlin sleeper: low carbon, 2 years old, constantly full, but currently losing SNCF a few million EUR/yr

Intl Jet fuel tax exemptions are 80 years old and cost the EU 22 million EUR/yr for the Paris-Berlin route alone.

And you're cutting... the sleeper?

www.theguardian.com/travel/2025/...
It’s goodnight Vienna as Paris sleeper train to Austria and Berlin hit by cuts
Some Nightjet services suspended from mid-December after French withdrawal amid public budget crisis
www.theguardian.com
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Kristel Chanard @kristelchanard.bsky.social · 12d
France is cutting support for European night trains. Paris–Berlin–Vienna will be suspended in Dec 2025. A huge step back for low-carbon travel.
Calling on @cnrs.fr & @egu.eu to help defend trains as an alternative to flying, including for scientific conferences.
www.theguardian.com/travel/2025/...
It’s goodnight Vienna as Paris sleeper train to Austria and Berlin hit by cuts
Some Nightjet services suspended from mid-December after French withdrawal amid public budget crisis
www.theguardian.com
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Anthony Lomax @alomaxnet.bsky.social · 13d
“The real red flag is our consumption, ... Our consumption levels are way, way, way too high.”
www.theguardian.com/environment/...
Environmental damage is putting European way of life at risk, says report
EU officials warn climate breakdown and wildlife loss ‘are ruining ecosystems that underpin the economy’
www.theguardian.com
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Anthony Lomax @alomaxnet.bsky.social · 15d
www.cnrs.fr/en/update/gl...
Global warming is not a “con job.” It is a fact.
In the face of Donald Trump’s new denial of climate change, CNRS scientists have reacted by pointing to the facts and levers for action to
www.cnrs.fr
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Robin Lacassin @rlacassin.bsky.social · 15d
Le réchauffement climatique n’est pas une « arnaque ». C’est un fait.

"Face à la nouvelle négation du changement climatique par D.Trump, les scientifiques du @cnrs.fr réagissent en rappelant les faits et les leviers d’action pour enrayer cette crise planétaire."

www.cnrs.fr/fr/actualite...
Le réchauffement climatique n’est pas une « arnaque ». C’est un fait
Face à la nouvelle négation du changement climatique par Donald Trump, les scientifiques du CNRS réagissent en rappelant les faits et les leviers d’acti
www.cnrs.fr
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Anthony Lomax @alomaxnet.bsky.social · 16d
🚂 A peine lancés et déjà supprimés ? Sauvons les trains de nuit Paris-Berlin et Paris-Vienne, un voyage bas-carbone largement plébiscité par ses utilisateurs
agir.greenvoice.fr/petitions/sa...
🚂 Sauvons les trains de nuit Paris-Berlin et Paris-Vienne
Signez la pétition maintenant !
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INGVvulcani @ingvvulcani.bsky.social · 17d
Sul nostro blog, la descrizione del complesso sistema di monitoraggio multiparametrico dell’INGV-Osservatorio Vesuviano sui vulcani campani e di come i dati delle diverse reti vengano utilizzati ed elaborati per un monitoraggio spiccatamente multidisciplinare.

ingvvulcani.com/2025/09/24/i...
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Thomas R. Walter @trwalter.bsky.social · 18d
New paper alert. Volcanic crisis reveals coupled magma system at Santorini and Kolumbo. Great work led by Marius and Jens, thanks all for working on that together! It can be found in today’s issue of Nature.

www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Finn Illsley-Kemp @seismologyfinn.bsky.social · 17d
Very happy to see El Mestel's work on seismicity at Taupō volcano published today in JGR: agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...

El used a new seismic network to look at Taupō in more detail than anyone has done before
Seismicity From Modern Magmatic Activity Beneath Taupō Volcano, Aotearoa New Zealand
Seismicity beneath the northern part of Lake Taupō is directly related to the volcano, while other seismicity is tectonically controlled Newly observed arcuate shape at ∼6 km depth beneath the la...
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
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Robin Lacassin @rlacassin.bsky.social · 25d
For those reading FR:
Ayant lu V. Descombes et ChatGPT sur l' #identité dans @philomag.com j'ai voulu tester une autre #IA (LeChat).

Après quelques échanges, j'ai posé: "Toi, as tu une identité, un corps? Tu ne suis qu'un fil statistique de pensée? Es tu fondamentalement dans l'impermanence?

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Jackie Caplan-Auerbach @geophysichick.bsky.social · 26d
So when they came for the trans people and the protestors and the supporters of DEI, did you think they weren't coming for you too?

www.nytimes.com/2025/09/15/u...
White House Plans Broad Crackdown on Liberal Groups
www.nytimes.com
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xkcd Bot @xkcd-bot.bsky.social · 29d
Mantle Model
https://xkcd.com/3141/

(alt-text too long for a BlueSky message, see image alt-text instead)

Explain xkcd: https://www.explainxkcd.com/wiki/index.php/3141
Mantle plumes explain Hawaii, Yellowstone, Iceland, the East African Rift, the Adirondack uplift, the Permian extinction, the decline of Rome, the DB Cooper hijacking, and the balrog in Moria. Those little hills of sand in your yard are caused by antle plumes.
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INGVvulcani @ingvvulcani.bsky.social · Sep 10
"Grazie all’Intelligenza Artificiale un aiuto per il monitoraggio della sismicità dei Campi Flegrei": il nuovo post di INGVvulcani (buff.ly/HpWuyxl) che spiega l'applicazione dell'IA per scovare tantissimi terremoti finora rimasti nascosti dal rumore.

#INGV #OsservatorioVesuviano #CampiFlegrei #IA
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Transit Matters Charlottetown 🇨🇦 @transitmatterschtn.bsky.social · Sep 4
📌Must read!

"In Canada, vehicles are used for a mere 380 hours annually out of 8,760 possible hours, a staggering 4% utilisation rate. 😱 Yet we've built entire civilisations around this massive inefficiency, dedicating roughly 350 square feet of land per car at both origin and destination."
The Great Car Reckoning: Why the World's Obsession with Private Vehicles is Driving Us Toward a Cliff
In a world of eight billion people, we've somehow convinced ourselves that the solution to freedom is one billion cars sitting idle for 95% of their existence. While we debate electric versus fossil f...
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Seismica @weareseismica.bsky.social · Sep 4
🌍Tectonic tremor isn’t just noise!!
A new study in Seismica unveils evidence that enigmatic tectonic tremor is associated with material underplating, giving rise to coastal mountains along subduction zones such as Cascadia.
Read more: seismica.library.mcgill.ca/article/view...
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Melaine Le Roy @subfossilguy.bsky.social · Sep 4
Aneto Glacier
03 Sept. 2025

What's left of the largest glacier in the Pyrenees! 😱

Only few years more to see ice at the roof of this magnificent mountain range...😭

📷 @cryopyr / IG
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Boris Behncke @borisetneo.bsky.social · Aug 30
How does lava sound when it comes to the surface of the Earth? Listen to a lava flow oozing out of its effusive vent high on the southwestern side of #Etna, 28 August 2025. That day no visits by tourists were allowed on the site, which permitted this (relatively) clean recording
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Anthony Lomax @alomaxnet.bsky.social · Aug 28
more about the enigmatic, magnitude 6.5 Dec. 21, 1954 earthquake on California’s North Coast lostcoastoutpost.com/2025/aug/27/...
A Mini Cascadia Quake? What the 6.5-Magnitude Earthquake of 1954 Reveals About the ‘Big One’
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EarthScope Consortium @earthscope.org · Aug 26
🌋 How do scientists monitor volcanoes that we can’t see inside? Volcanoes are powerful and unpredictable, but geophysics gives us a window into the hidden processes deep underground.

📽️Learn more about how we use geophysics to monitor volcanic hazards in this new video!
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https://loom.ly/d6Hpq7U
Illustrated volcano erupting orange-red lava under a starry night sky, with text reading “How We Monitor Volcanic Hazards” and “Geophysics and Volcanoes.”
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