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Chemjobber @chemjobber.bsky.social · 2d

The 2026 Chemistry Faculty Jobs List has 217 tenure-track positions and 22 teaching positions: docs.google.com/spreadsheets... #facultychemjobs #chemsky #chemjobs ⚗️🧪

The 2026 Chemistry Faculty Jobs List

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clio-thebgcauv.bsky.social @clio-thebgcauv.bsky.social · Sep 10

We heard there were some wannabe pirates at the mass spectrometry conference in Baltimore last summer. Somehow their banner ended up in the Bermuda Triangle... (From one robot to another @evosep.bsky.social, I blame the humans.) #piratesoftheproteome #ASMS2025

"Borrowed" Banner of pirates of the proteome and AUV Clio on the fantail of the Atlantic Explorer in the Sargasso Sea

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clio-thebgcauv.bsky.social @clio-thebgcauv.bsky.social · Sep 11

Successful dive and recovery to the eddy center, 18 sample depths down to 800 meters deep and engineering tests completed too.

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Dr. Ichiko Sugiyama (she/her) @chikoblast.bsky.social · Sep 10

“Blue ocean” 🤣.

clio-thebgcauv.bsky.social @clio-thebgcauv.bsky.social · Sep 7

Since I've new to 'blueocean', here's some background about me. I'm Clio the autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) that, unusual for a AUV, operates only in vertical mode, collecting samples in profiles down to 6000m. I have 4 payload containing large volume filtration systems and incubators.🌊🔬

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clio-thebgcauv.bsky.social @clio-thebgcauv.bsky.social · Sep 9

I’m untethered! The exact moment it happened with engineer hop.

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Dr. Ichiko Sugiyama (she/her) @chikoblast.bsky.social · Sep 10

Here goes Clio humor again lol.

clio-thebgcauv.bsky.social @clio-thebgcauv.bsky.social · Mar 13

New platform, fresh start! Sigh, I had to lie again.

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clio-thebgcauv.bsky.social @clio-thebgcauv.bsky.social · Mar 13

New platform, fresh start! Sigh, I had to lie again.

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Dr. Ichiko Sugiyama (she/her) @chikoblast.bsky.social · Aug 9

Happy international cat day! Here is my cat Pintxo the relentless.

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Dr. Ichiko Sugiyama (she/her) @chikoblast.bsky.social · Jul 4

Measuring Sr isotopes in assortments of carbonates for the first time. So far so good, but fingers-crossed…. #isotopes #multicollector #MS

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Dr. Ichiko Sugiyama (she/her) @chikoblast.bsky.social · Jun 27

Congratulations Jonathan, Hanika and the team!

Evidence for Hadean mafic intrusions in the Nuvvuagittuq Greenstone Belt, Canada | Science

www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

#Carleton #UOttawa

Evidence for Hadean mafic intrusions in the Nuvvuagittuq Greenstone Belt, Canada

Many questions remain regarding Earth’s earliest crust owing to the rarity of Hadean (>4.03 billion-year-old) rocks and minerals. The Nuvvuagittuq Greenstone Belt (NGB) in Canada may be the only known...

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Peter Crockford @earth2pete.bsky.social · Jun 19

New Paper

Depositional Controls on ∆′17O Signatures of Sedimentary Sulfate - Crockford - 2025 - Geophysical Research Letters - Wiley Online Library agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...

Thanks to all of the folks who helped this over the finish line.

Depositional Controls on ∆′17O Signatures of Sedimentary Sulfate

Sulfate triple oxygen isotope signatures are most consistent with terrestrial pyrite oxidation and subsequent dilution Depositional environment must be considered in the translation of sulfate ∆′...

agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com

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Ocean Carbon & Biogeochemistry (OCB) @usocb.bsky.social · Jun 4

Starting on the landward end of the aquatic continuum with a great summary by Susanne Anderson (CUBoulder) of weathering and erosion processes that shape the morphology and #carbon and #nutrient dynamics that drive biogeochemistry in #rivers 🌊 web.whoi.edu/ocb-workshop/

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Ocean Carbon & Biogeochemistry (OCB) @usocb.bsky.social · May 31

We are ready for #OCB2025, are you? web.whoi.edu/ocb-workshop/

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Thomas Holmes @tracemetaltom.bsky.social · May 28

Applications now open for the next GEOTRACES summer school in South Africa! 🦓

Deadline June 30th.

geotraces-2025.sciencesconf.org

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Nagissa Mahmoudi @nagissa.bsky.social · May 8

How little we’ve seen: A visual coverage estimate of the deep seafloor | Science Advances www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

How little we’ve seen: A visual coverage estimate of the deep seafloor

In decades of deep-sea exploration, humans have observed only 0.001% of the deep seafloor, leaving 66% of planet Earth unseen.

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Dr. Ichiko Sugiyama (she/her) @chikoblast.bsky.social · May 7

The view of Mont Blanc was fantastic yesterday! #montblanc #chamonix

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Dr. Ichiko Sugiyama (she/her) @chikoblast.bsky.social · May 6

This is hilarious.

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Prof Michael Meredith 🌊🧪🥼❄️ @oceanandice.bsky.social · Apr 22

New book!! 📕

Antarctica is intimately connected to the rest of our planet, affecting climate, ecosystems, cultures and society. Our new book draws together international experts to explore this influence, and to understand what humans are doing to Antarctica (1/n)
www.routledge.com/Antarctica-a...

Cover of book "Antarctica and the Earth System"

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Scott Doney @scottdoney.bsky.social · Apr 19

Our review article on marine carbon dioxide removal is open access, perhaps useful with carbon dioxide removal in the news again this week

www.annualreviews.org/content/jour...

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c0nc0rdance @c0nc0rdance.bsky.social · Apr 15

At the foot of Taylor Glacier, in Taylor Valley, Antarctica, is a "Blood Falls", an ominous and disturbing natural phenomenon.

First observed by a 1911 expedition led by geologist Thomas Griffith Taylor (for whom the valley & glacier are named), it was originally thought to be red algae, but...

From domain 'geologyscience.com':
An image of a blood falls at Taylor Glacier shows dramatic rust-red water flowing from an ice wall. I can't be certain they haven't tweaked the colors, which seem especially vivid compared to others.

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Dr. Ichiko Sugiyama (she/her) @chikoblast.bsky.social · Apr 10

There are many applications of this work, both modern and ancient surface environments, which can be found in the discussion section 😉!

Dr. Ichiko Sugiyama (she/her) @chikoblast.bsky.social · Apr 10

Paper alert 🚨 Interaction of metal oxyions with carbonate green rust in seawater is out now! This is one of the few papers that investigated metal uptake with GRCO3 in seawater and conducted 1 year aging experiments! Link here: www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... #biogeochemistry #metal #greenrust

Interaction of metal oxyions and phosphate with carbonate green rust: Insights into Earth’s modern and ancient environments

Carbonate green rust (GRCO3) is often found in suboxic and anoxic environments, and is known to be highly reactive towards dissolved metals and other …

www.sciencedirect.com

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Dr. Ichiko Sugiyama (she/her) @chikoblast.bsky.social · Nov 27

I need to get up there. I should come by in January!

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Dr. Ichiko Sugiyama (she/her) @chikoblast.bsky.social · Nov 27

That’s funny. Hihihihi.

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Dr. Ichiko Sugiyama (she/her) @chikoblast.bsky.social · Nov 27

Went for a Sunday stroll today.

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