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Kara B @karabrug.bsky.social · 7d

Again, for more information and to apply, please visit the workshop's website: trec-nexss.org/workshop

We look forward to your applications!

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Kara B @karabrug.bsky.social · 7d

But these gases are only biosignatures if we can infer their rates of production and destruction. We must deduce the workings of the underlying engine: a planet’s geochemical cycles.

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Kara B @karabrug.bsky.social · 7d

TREC is a project within the NExSS RCN devoted to detailing the connection between a planet's natural geological cycles and its atmospheric signature. Flagship space telescopes are poised to discover gases like O2 and CH4 in the atmospheres of rocky exoplanets.

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Kara B @karabrug.bsky.social · 7d

We expect to offer ~40 people in person attendance, which will include stipends to offset attendance costs. We expect to notify selected in person applicants in late October; all others will be offered virtual attendance.

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Kara B @karabrug.bsky.social · 7d

This workshop will bring together astronomers & geochemists to map out potential geochemical cycles & their effects on biosignatures, across the diversity of rocky exoplanets. We seek participants across career stages, and across many fields: astronomy, planetary science, & especially geochemistry.

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Kara B @karabrug.bsky.social · 7d

The Tracing Rocky Exoplanet Compositions (TREC) workshop "Under the Atmospheric Hood: How Geochemical Cycles Affect Exoplanet Biosignatures" will be held at ASU in Tempe, AZ Jan. 12–14 (after the AAS meeting in Phoenix). Applications close 10/15 trec-nexss.org/workshop See the thread for more info!

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FORCE @forcehighp.bsky.social · 14d

Today!

FORCE @forcehighp.bsky.social · 28d

The first FORCE Seminar of the semester is in two weeks! Read the abstract and speaker bio here: bit.ly/FORCEseminar_926_abstract #forceasu

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Dr. Jennifer Wade @volcanojw.bsky.social · 14d

For those anxiously awaiting it: the NSF GRFP solicitation is out, with a November 14 deadline for Geoscience applicants: www.nsf.gov/funding/oppo...

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP)

www.nsf.gov

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Kara B @karabrug.bsky.social · 23d

The extra layer of irony here is that I don't think anyone would ever describe me as hyper 😅

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Kara B @karabrug.bsky.social · 23d

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Kara B @karabrug.bsky.social · 23d

Now soliciting names for my new lab @unm.edu...do I go with a cool acronym or something simple but descriptive like "UNM High Pressure Lab" 🧐

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FORCE @forcehighp.bsky.social · 28d

The first FORCE Seminar of the semester is in two weeks! Read the abstract and speaker bio here: bit.ly/FORCEseminar_926_abstract #forceasu

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Kara B @karabrug.bsky.social · 26d

Congrats Mike!!

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Kara B @karabrug.bsky.social · 26d

Everyone back home in the Midwest is just livid about this, I'm guessing (but in a polite, restrained, kind of way)

Quoth the Amy: Nevermore @amyamybobamy.bsky.social · 26d

Shrinkflation strikes AGAIN: boxes of Betty Crocker cake mix are two ounces smaller (from 15.25 ounces to 13.25 ounces).

That cookie or cake recipe you inherited from Grandma probably called for a 18.25 ounce box of cake mix.

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nasa-needs-help.bsky.social @nasa-needs-help.bsky.social · 28d

Thank you @space.com for covering our upcoming protest on Monday! www.space.com/space-explor... #nasaneedshelp #fundingcuts #nasa #sciencestandstogether

NASA workers plan 3rd protest at D.C. headquarters on Sept. 15 to decry Trump's science funding cuts

'Congress says they want to save NASA. Let's see them do it now.'

www.space.com

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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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Christy Till @ctill.bsky.social · Aug 16

Coming this Fall, the EPIC lab's next EPIC adventure! We need your help to do important volcano science research & support some amazing graduate students in need of funding while you're at it: experiment.com/projects/wha...
#volcano #science #magma #eruptions #funding

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Dr. Lucia Perez-Diaz @drlperezdiaz.bsky.social · Aug 22

Ready to take a journey through time without ever leaving home? 🐡 ✨ 🌍

Colouring time is a collection of 12 original illustrations inspired by travel destinations though geological time (available to purchase or print yourself!)

www.luciaperezdiaz.com/category/all...

#Geology #SciArt

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Kara B @karabrug.bsky.social · Aug 12

The deadline is this Friday!

Kara B @karabrug.bsky.social · Aug 7

Next Friday 8/15 is the deadline to endorse #HabitableWorldsObservatory science cases. If you think it is important to consider whether a planet has the right geology in place to host life as we know it _before_ looking for life there, please endorse our case: bit.ly/GeochemHab_endorse #HWO25

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FORCE @forcehighp.bsky.social · Aug 7

Mark your calendars! The 4th annual FORCE Winter Workshop will be held at Arizona State University on January 7–9, 2026. Stay tuned for more info including invited speakers and registration info.

Join our mailing list (force.asu.edu/contact) to be the first to know more. #forceasu

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Kara B @karabrug.bsky.social · Aug 7

Note the science case is quite short - I have a proposal out on the same subject 😬 I’m happy to answer any questions you might have!

Kara B @karabrug.bsky.social · Aug 7

Next Friday 8/15 is the deadline to endorse #HabitableWorldsObservatory science cases. If you think it is important to consider whether a planet has the right geology in place to host life as we know it _before_ looking for life there, please endorse our case: bit.ly/GeochemHab_endorse #HWO25

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Dr Joanna Barstow @drjovian.bsky.social · Jul 31

Now we have Kara Brugman talking about goechemical habitability. Volcanoes are a crust factory for planets and also a mechanism for transporting volatiles from the interior to the surface and therefore atmosphere. Geochemical context is therefore critical for interpreting biosignatures. #HWO25

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Kara B @karabrug.bsky.social · Jul 31

Thank you!

Kara B @karabrug.bsky.social · Jul 31

Today, come to my talk at 4:50 in the theater to hear about another factor to consider in finding eta-Earth #HWO25

Kara B @karabrug.bsky.social · Jul 28

Join me on Thursday in the Exo/Astrobio session to hear about how your friendly neighborhood geochemist/petrologist can do experiments to help maximize the chance of observing an #exoplanet that is actually capable of hosting life as we know it over a long period of time #HWO2025

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