Robin Lacassin
@rlacassin.bsky.social
Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris (IPGP - CNRS). Geology, tectonics, earthquakes, hazard epistemology & com. ⚒️ 🧪
Also: @[email protected]
https://www.ipgp.fr/~lacassin/RL-TectoniqueIPGP
https://tectoldies.mystrikingly.com/
Also: @[email protected]
https://www.ipgp.fr/~lacassin/RL-TectoniqueIPGP
https://tectoldies.mystrikingly.com/
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Robin Lacassin
@rlacassin.bsky.social
· Feb 27
In support of our US scientific colleagues, and to defend #science as a common good, everywhere, actions are currently being organized in France. #standupforscience2025 ⚒️ 🧪
To be informed, follow:
@standupforscifr.bsky.social
@sufs-paris-rp.bsky.social (Paris and IDF)
standupforscience.fr
To be informed, follow:
@standupforscifr.bsky.social
@sufs-paris-rp.bsky.social (Paris and IDF)
standupforscience.fr
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My cartoon for this week's @newscientist.com
November 26, 2025 at 1:01 PM
My cartoon for this week's @newscientist.com
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An explosive #eruption of Hayli Gubbi #volcano, located SE of Erta'Ale in the Afar Rift (Ethiopia), began at ~08:30 UTC on Nov 23. Eruption onset was fortuitously captured by a @planet.com overpass at 08:31 UTC. Hayli Gubbi has no record of Holocene eruptions. Toulouse VAAC reporting ash to ~15 km.
November 23, 2025 at 5:23 PM
An explosive #eruption of Hayli Gubbi #volcano, located SE of Erta'Ale in the Afar Rift (Ethiopia), began at ~08:30 UTC on Nov 23. Eruption onset was fortuitously captured by a @planet.com overpass at 08:31 UTC. Hayli Gubbi has no record of Holocene eruptions. Toulouse VAAC reporting ash to ~15 km.
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New! We study the disruptive 2025 earthquake unrest near #Santorini using machine-learning derived seismicity as virtual stress meters at depth. We show the unrest was due to a magma dike intrusion, imaging in detail a complex, rebounding process of dike propagation.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
The 2025 Santorini unrest unveiled: Rebounding magmatic dike intrusion with triggered seismicity
Magmatic intrusion in Earth’s crust can lead to hazardous volcanic eruptions, but the physical processes involved remain largely hidden from direct observation. We used machine learning–derived seismi...
www.science.org
November 21, 2025 at 7:32 AM
New! We study the disruptive 2025 earthquake unrest near #Santorini using machine-learning derived seismicity as virtual stress meters at depth. We show the unrest was due to a magma dike intrusion, imaging in detail a complex, rebounding process of dike propagation.
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
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Some stunning footage of ongoing pyroclastic flow activity at Semeru #volcano (Java, Indonesia). Screen capture shows a lightning strike at ~16:07 UTC. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Txgr...
November 19, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Some stunning footage of ongoing pyroclastic flow activity at Semeru #volcano (Java, Indonesia). Screen capture shows a lightning strike at ~16:07 UTC. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Txgr...
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Semeru, Indonesia is erupting. Communities are being evacuated.
Incredible footage of pyroclastic density currents in the news.
youtube.com/watch?v=ducv...
Incredible footage of pyroclastic density currents in the news.
youtube.com/watch?v=ducv...
Indonesia's Mount Semeru erupts and covers villages with falling ash
YouTube video by Associated Press
youtube.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Semeru, Indonesia is erupting. Communities are being evacuated.
Incredible footage of pyroclastic density currents in the news.
youtube.com/watch?v=ducv...
Incredible footage of pyroclastic density currents in the news.
youtube.com/watch?v=ducv...
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The organisers of the world's biggest planetary science conference are outlawing any DEI-related submissions because their lawyers are afraid they'll lose federal support.
They're losing the support of the planetary science community fucking fast.
www.science.org/content/arti...
They're losing the support of the planetary science community fucking fast.
www.science.org/content/arti...
‘This is censorship.’ Conference requires abstracts to comply with Trump anti-DEI order
NASA-funded planetary science institute previously scrubbed hundreds of records from its archive
www.science.org
November 21, 2025 at 12:30 AM
The organisers of the world's biggest planetary science conference are outlawing any DEI-related submissions because their lawyers are afraid they'll lose federal support.
They're losing the support of the planetary science community fucking fast.
www.science.org/content/arti...
They're losing the support of the planetary science community fucking fast.
www.science.org/content/arti...
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A very interesting seismology and philosophy of science paper on natural hazard, with seismology side done by @rlacassin.bsky.social
The crisis of a paradigm. A methodological interpretation of Tohoku and Fukushima catastrophe
The 2011 Japanese disaster often presented as a ‘new Chernobyl’ accumulated the effects of earthquake, tsunami and of the subsequent nuclear accident …
www.sciencedirect.com
November 20, 2025 at 4:51 PM
A very interesting seismology and philosophy of science paper on natural hazard, with seismology side done by @rlacassin.bsky.social
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As we are finalising our next editorial to close Tektonika #DOAJ volume 3, we invite you to read or re-read previous ones, starting from 👇
"Tektonika: The Community-Led Diamond Open-Access Journal for Tectonics and Structural Geology" ⚒️
tektonika.online/index.php/ho...
"Tektonika: The Community-Led Diamond Open-Access Journal for Tectonics and Structural Geology" ⚒️
tektonika.online/index.php/ho...
Tektonika: The Community-Led Diamond Open-Access Journal for Tectonics and Structural Geology
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tektonika.online
November 20, 2025 at 11:10 AM
As we are finalising our next editorial to close Tektonika #DOAJ volume 3, we invite you to read or re-read previous ones, starting from 👇
"Tektonika: The Community-Led Diamond Open-Access Journal for Tectonics and Structural Geology" ⚒️
tektonika.online/index.php/ho...
"Tektonika: The Community-Led Diamond Open-Access Journal for Tectonics and Structural Geology" ⚒️
tektonika.online/index.php/ho...
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All nations committed under the Paris Agreement to limit global warming to 1.5 degC for good reason. Instead many governments are beholden to the fossil fuel lobby and even subsidize fossil fuel use with your money. We’re now at 1.4 degC & emissions are rising not falling.
unfccc.int/process-and-...
unfccc.int/process-and-...
November 15, 2025 at 4:09 PM
All nations committed under the Paris Agreement to limit global warming to 1.5 degC for good reason. Instead many governments are beholden to the fossil fuel lobby and even subsidize fossil fuel use with your money. We’re now at 1.4 degC & emissions are rising not falling.
unfccc.int/process-and-...
unfccc.int/process-and-...
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Never forget: At breakneck speed we are leaving the stable Holocene climate in which human society developed and thrived. Weather extremes are outside historical experience. Sea-level rise is accelerating. Dangerous tipping points are ahead.
Graph: ed-hawkins.github.io/climate-visu...
Graph: ed-hawkins.github.io/climate-visu...
November 13, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Never forget: At breakneck speed we are leaving the stable Holocene climate in which human society developed and thrived. Weather extremes are outside historical experience. Sea-level rise is accelerating. Dangerous tipping points are ahead.
Graph: ed-hawkins.github.io/climate-visu...
Graph: ed-hawkins.github.io/climate-visu...
Excellent editorial 👇 about #human vs #AI generated writing.
"…(human) writing is not only about reporting results; it also provides a tool to uncover new thoughts and ideas."
⚒️ 🧪
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
"…(human) writing is not only about reporting results; it also provides a tool to uncover new thoughts and ideas."
⚒️ 🧪
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
Writing is thinking - Nature Reviews Bioengineering
On the value of human-generated scientific writing in the age of large-language models.
www.nature.com
November 13, 2025 at 1:56 PM
Excellent editorial 👇 about #human vs #AI generated writing.
"…(human) writing is not only about reporting results; it also provides a tool to uncover new thoughts and ideas."
⚒️ 🧪
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
"…(human) writing is not only about reporting results; it also provides a tool to uncover new thoughts and ideas."
⚒️ 🧪
www.nature.com/articles/s44...
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World still on track for catastrophic 2.6C temperature rise, report finds
World still on track for catastrophic 2.6C temperature rise, report finds
Fossil fuel emissions have hit a record high while many nations have done too little to avert deadly global heating
The world is still on track for a catastrophic 2.6C increase in temperature as countries have not made sufficiently strong climate pledges, while emissions from fossil fuels have hit a record high, two major reports have found.
Despite their promises, governments’ new emission-cutting plans submitted for the Cop30 climate talks taking place in Brazil have done little to avert dangerous global heating for the fourth consecutive year, according to the Climate Action Tracker update. Continue reading...
www.theguardian.com
November 13, 2025 at 12:07 AM
World still on track for catastrophic 2.6C temperature rise, report finds
An Op-ed in "Le Monde" by a group of doctoral students in Earth and climate sciences denounces the hypocrisy of international policies that claim to lead the ecological transition but "undermine, decision after decision, the means to achieve it". ⚒️ 🧪
in FR: www.lemonde.fr/idees/articl...
in FR: www.lemonde.fr/idees/articl...
COP30 : « A l’heure où les scénarios climatiques s’aggravent, les incohérences de la France et de l’UE ne sont plus tenables »
TRIBUNE. Dans une tribune au « Monde », un collectif de doctorants et de doctorantes en sciences de la Terre et du climat dénonce l’hypocrisie de politiques internationales qui prétendent mener la tra...
www.lemonde.fr
November 12, 2025 at 7:15 PM
An Op-ed in "Le Monde" by a group of doctoral students in Earth and climate sciences denounces the hypocrisy of international policies that claim to lead the ecological transition but "undermine, decision after decision, the means to achieve it". ⚒️ 🧪
in FR: www.lemonde.fr/idees/articl...
in FR: www.lemonde.fr/idees/articl...
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NOAA cut funding to the Alaska Earthquake Center, directed by my friend Mike West. As a result, seismic monitoring by nine stations in Alaska tracking tsunami-causing earthquakes will go offline by the end of the month. This endangers people in Alaska, Hawaiʻi, and other parts of the Pacific.
This lab is key for tracking deadly waves. Its sensors are about to go offline.
After NOAA cut funding to the lab that’s been monitoring seismic activity for more than 25 years, nine stations tracking tsunami-causing earthquakes for the agency will go offline by the end of the mo...
www.washingtonpost.com
November 11, 2025 at 7:24 PM
NOAA cut funding to the Alaska Earthquake Center, directed by my friend Mike West. As a result, seismic monitoring by nine stations in Alaska tracking tsunami-causing earthquakes will go offline by the end of the month. This endangers people in Alaska, Hawaiʻi, and other parts of the Pacific.
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The underwater seismometer network is so great, as evidenced from yesterday's EQ off-Tohoku.
Reposting unofficial visualization by x.com/kotoho76/sta...
Reposting unofficial visualization by x.com/kotoho76/sta...
November 10, 2025 at 6:56 AM
The underwater seismometer network is so great, as evidenced from yesterday's EQ off-Tohoku.
Reposting unofficial visualization by x.com/kotoho76/sta...
Reposting unofficial visualization by x.com/kotoho76/sta...
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A M6.8 earthquake struck offshore Japan today - another large earthquake from the subduction zone that produced two recent great earthquakes. The earthquake was preceded by a "cascade up": foreshocks progressively increasing in maximum magnitude.
What do we know? What might happen next?
A M6.8 earthquake struck offshore Japan today - another large earthquake from the subduction zone that produced two recent great earthquakes. The earthquake was preceded by a "cascade up": foreshocks progressively increasing in maximum magnitude.
What do we know? What might happen next?
M6.8 earthquake offshore Japan preceded by upward cascade of foreshocks
What do we know about seismic hazard in the Japan-Kuril subduction zone?
earthquakeinsights.substack.com
November 9, 2025 at 6:41 PM
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A M6.8 earthquake struck offshore Japan today - another large earthquake from the subduction zone that produced two recent great earthquakes. The earthquake was preceded by a "cascade up": foreshocks progressively increasing in maximum magnitude.
What do we know? What might happen next?
A M6.8 earthquake struck offshore Japan today - another large earthquake from the subduction zone that produced two recent great earthquakes. The earthquake was preceded by a "cascade up": foreshocks progressively increasing in maximum magnitude.
What do we know? What might happen next?
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📰 Dans @lemonde.fr, notre collègue Harsha S. Bhat (laboratoire de #géologie ENS) explique comment l'étude du tremblement de terre en Birmanie a permis d'affiner les modèles sismiques.
www.lemonde.fr/sciences/art...
www.lemonde.fr/sciences/art...
Le tremblement de terre en Birmanie en mars a permis d’affiner les modèles des scientifiques
En plus d’être particulièrement étendu, ce séisme a présenté un front en « supercisaillement », lié à une vitesse de rupture très élevée. Dans « Science », une édition spéciale présente une série d’ar...
www.lemonde.fr
November 6, 2025 at 2:11 PM
📰 Dans @lemonde.fr, notre collègue Harsha S. Bhat (laboratoire de #géologie ENS) explique comment l'étude du tremblement de terre en Birmanie a permis d'affiner les modèles sismiques.
www.lemonde.fr/sciences/art...
www.lemonde.fr/sciences/art...
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NEW: Hurricane Melissa was such a monstrous tempest that it was literally shaking the Earth as far away as Florida, where seismometers picked up its stormquakes.
Here’s how seismometers can also shine a light on hurricanes long gone.
Me @sciam.bsky.social www.scientificamerican.com/article/seis...
Here’s how seismometers can also shine a light on hurricanes long gone.
Me @sciam.bsky.social www.scientificamerican.com/article/seis...
Hurricane Melissa Literally Made the Earth Shake Hundreds of Miles Away
Seismometers picked up the ferocious winds and waves of Hurricane Melissa, showing how the tools can be used to better understand storms today and those from the past
www.scientificamerican.com
October 30, 2025 at 5:28 PM
NEW: Hurricane Melissa was such a monstrous tempest that it was literally shaking the Earth as far away as Florida, where seismometers picked up its stormquakes.
Here’s how seismometers can also shine a light on hurricanes long gone.
Me @sciam.bsky.social www.scientificamerican.com/article/seis...
Here’s how seismometers can also shine a light on hurricanes long gone.
Me @sciam.bsky.social www.scientificamerican.com/article/seis...
This is a fake image, probably AI generated. Be careful. Don’t repost.
Very sad to see misinformation so frequently after disasters.
Very sad to see misinformation so frequently after disasters.
October 29, 2025 at 4:31 PM
This is a fake image, probably AI generated. Be careful. Don’t repost.
Very sad to see misinformation so frequently after disasters.
Very sad to see misinformation so frequently after disasters.
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Remember when social media was a useful tool for assessing damage post-disaster, instead of having to fish through fake photos made with AI garbage?
That was nice.
That was nice.
Black River hospital Jamaica #hurricane #melissa 🇯🇲
October 29, 2025 at 3:45 PM
Remember when social media was a useful tool for assessing damage post-disaster, instead of having to fish through fake photos made with AI garbage?
That was nice.
That was nice.
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Update: Hurricane Melissa has made landfall in southwestern Jamaica — and has tied the all-time record for strongest Atlantic basin hurricane landfall.
Hurricane Melissa will be a generational-scale climate disaster and will require an international response to help Jamaicans recover.
Hurricane Melissa will be a generational-scale climate disaster and will require an international response to help Jamaicans recover.
October 28, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Update: Hurricane Melissa has made landfall in southwestern Jamaica — and has tied the all-time record for strongest Atlantic basin hurricane landfall.
Hurricane Melissa will be a generational-scale climate disaster and will require an international response to help Jamaicans recover.
Hurricane Melissa will be a generational-scale climate disaster and will require an international response to help Jamaicans recover.
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#Melissa vient de toucher terre avec une pression centrale de 892 hPa à égalité avec le cyclone historique Labor Day de 1935.
C’est donc un record absolu pour le bassin Atlantique au moment de l’atterrissage (landfall)
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C’est donc un record absolu pour le bassin Atlantique au moment de l’atterrissage (landfall)
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October 28, 2025 at 2:33 PM
#Melissa vient de toucher terre avec une pression centrale de 892 hPa à égalité avec le cyclone historique Labor Day de 1935.
C’est donc un record absolu pour le bassin Atlantique au moment de l’atterrissage (landfall)
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C’est donc un record absolu pour le bassin Atlantique au moment de l’atterrissage (landfall)
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Disaster underway in #Jamaica.
#Melissa #hurricane making landfall along south-west coast of the island, with extremely low central pressure, and winds over 280 km/h. Massive rainfall predicted. Protect yourself, keep safe.
Source of data: www.tropicaltidbits.com/storminfo/
#Melissa #hurricane making landfall along south-west coast of the island, with extremely low central pressure, and winds over 280 km/h. Massive rainfall predicted. Protect yourself, keep safe.
Source of data: www.tropicaltidbits.com/storminfo/
October 28, 2025 at 2:59 PM
Disaster underway in #Jamaica.
#Melissa #hurricane making landfall along south-west coast of the island, with extremely low central pressure, and winds over 280 km/h. Massive rainfall predicted. Protect yourself, keep safe.
Source of data: www.tropicaltidbits.com/storminfo/
#Melissa #hurricane making landfall along south-west coast of the island, with extremely low central pressure, and winds over 280 km/h. Massive rainfall predicted. Protect yourself, keep safe.
Source of data: www.tropicaltidbits.com/storminfo/
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Hurricane #Melissa strengthened to a powerful Category 5 on Monday, with destuctive winds and major winds expected to intensify in Jamaica.
Expected to make landfall on Tuesday, Melissa is set to be the strongest hurricane in recent history to directly hit the island.
Expected to make landfall on Tuesday, Melissa is set to be the strongest hurricane in recent history to directly hit the island.
October 28, 2025 at 10:01 AM
Hurricane #Melissa strengthened to a powerful Category 5 on Monday, with destuctive winds and major winds expected to intensify in Jamaica.
Expected to make landfall on Tuesday, Melissa is set to be the strongest hurricane in recent history to directly hit the island.
Expected to make landfall on Tuesday, Melissa is set to be the strongest hurricane in recent history to directly hit the island.