Olof Taromi Sandström
@budochess.bsky.social
Phd, Sutainability strategist, geoscientist.
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The Earth contains around 20 million km³ of groundwater. However, some of it lies too deep to extract, while other reserves are being depleted faster than they can be replenished. Will we run out of it?
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Will we run out of groundwater?
Groundwater supplies half the world’s drinking water and irrigates a third of its crops, yet it is disappearing fast. How much can we still use before it is gone? ERC grantee Marc Bierkens is among th...
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November 13, 2025 at 10:01 AM
The Earth contains around 20 million km³ of groundwater. However, some of it lies too deep to extract, while other reserves are being depleted faster than they can be replenished. Will we run out of it?
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#COP30 @utrechtuniversity.bsky.social
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What if geothermal energy could power the nation? 🔥
In a new #GSAConnectscast feature, USGS scientists explore how geothermal research is shaping a more sustainable energy future.
🎥 Watch now: geosociety.co/geothermal
#USGS #GeothermalEnergy #EnergyTransition #Sustainability
In a new #GSAConnectscast feature, USGS scientists explore how geothermal research is shaping a more sustainable energy future.
🎥 Watch now: geosociety.co/geothermal
#USGS #GeothermalEnergy #EnergyTransition #Sustainability
November 6, 2025 at 7:02 PM
What if geothermal energy could power the nation? 🔥
In a new #GSAConnectscast feature, USGS scientists explore how geothermal research is shaping a more sustainable energy future.
🎥 Watch now: geosociety.co/geothermal
#USGS #GeothermalEnergy #EnergyTransition #Sustainability
In a new #GSAConnectscast feature, USGS scientists explore how geothermal research is shaping a more sustainable energy future.
🎥 Watch now: geosociety.co/geothermal
#USGS #GeothermalEnergy #EnergyTransition #Sustainability
Green to Grey is a pioneering collaboration between journalists and scientists counting every green space lost in Europe between January 2018 and December 2023.
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Green to Grey – How Europe is squandering the little nature it has left
Green to Grey is a pioneering collaboration between journalists and scientists counting every green space lost in Europe between January 2018 and December 2023.
greentogrey.eu
October 7, 2025 at 6:18 AM
Green to Grey is a pioneering collaboration between journalists and scientists counting every green space lost in Europe between January 2018 and December 2023.
greentogrey.eu
greentogrey.eu
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![Comic. [Large panel showing curve of Earth with upward opening curve below the surface labeled “constant curvature borehole.” Two smaller overlaid panels show (1) People next to machine on tracks with a tube pointed to the ground labeled “directional drilling rig” and (2) Earth with a ring embedded in it.] [caption] Good news: Geologists have decided that Earth is finally old enough to get its first lithosphere piercing!](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreibpl7phuxlhmuliw2lbkdjbzlwwyqbtknak33yd6ilfh2ihcxef4e@jpeg)
September 23, 2025 at 6:58 PM
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![Comic. [two people in labcoats look at body pierced with blade draped over bench] PERSON 1: We found him lying uncomformably on the lab bench. I wonder if the iron-rich intrusion in his back is related. PERSON 2 with ponytail: It could be clastic. Maybe a rift opened in his body, and the intrusive material later fell into the hole. [caption] The Geology Department Investigates Their First Murder](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreidexczuo22iq6o77sexfgdpvgx6baetimwtkzoeb7h7glon7enx4y@jpeg)
July 9, 2025 at 1:19 AM
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![5-panel comic. (1) [teacher with long hair next to whiteboard] TEACHER: I’m supposed to give you the tools to do good science. (2) [teacher addressing students] But what *are* those tools? Methodology is hard and there are so many ways to get incorrect results. What is the magic ingredient that makes for good science? (3) TEACHER: To figure it out, I ran a regression with all the factors people say are important: [embedded list in sub-panel, cut off at end] Outcome variable: correct scientific results. Predictors: collaboration; skepticism of others’ claims; questioning your own beliefs; trying to falsify hypotheses; checking citations; statistical rigor; blinded analysis; financial disclosure; open data (4) TEACHER: The regression says two ingredients are the most crucial: 1) genuine curiosity about the answer to a question, and 2) ammonium hydroxide. (5) STUDENT: Wait, why did *ammonia* score so high? How did it even get on the list? LONG HAIR: ...And now you’re doing good science!](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreigzaphhj4mfgfrxddlvdmw47335gnwzqbfqvrnff5x4oovgpf36nq@jpeg)
June 12, 2025 at 8:28 PM
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Technology breakthroughs are unlocking geothermal energy’s vast potential worldwide
By drawing on tech & expertise from the oil & gas industry to lower costs, geothermal could provide secure & clean energy in almost all countries around the globe
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By drawing on tech & expertise from the oil & gas industry to lower costs, geothermal could provide secure & clean energy in almost all countries around the globe
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June 8, 2025 at 12:45 PM
Technology breakthroughs are unlocking geothermal energy’s vast potential worldwide
By drawing on tech & expertise from the oil & gas industry to lower costs, geothermal could provide secure & clean energy in almost all countries around the globe
More ➡️ iea.li/4h6lm9D
By drawing on tech & expertise from the oil & gas industry to lower costs, geothermal could provide secure & clean energy in almost all countries around the globe
More ➡️ iea.li/4h6lm9D
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![Comic. PERSON: It’s weird how, despite being one of the main branches of the tree of life, no archaea species are known to cause disease in humans. PERSON WITH SHORT HAIR: Personally, I think it’s because those gross methane breathers are too weird and incompetent to figure out how to hurt us even if they wanted to. [from small point under microscope on desk]: *Hey!* [caption] Bad news: After overhearing a conversation in our lab, Archaea has finally started harming humans.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreibeun6ux6wr6w76uv3nubobmc2aydwd2onzh525sxr3soufnc52pe@jpeg)
Seven years of training in mine water management soon comes to an end. More than 200 people from six countries has particaipated, resulting in upgraded regulations, improved working conditions for miners as well as a more particapatory process in general.
The end is near, but first — one final chapter
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May 27, 2025 at 12:19 PM
Seven years of training in mine water management soon comes to an end. More than 200 people from six countries has particaipated, resulting in upgraded regulations, improved working conditions for miners as well as a more particapatory process in general.
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What happens to soil during droughts? 🌱
A new BGS review explores the impact of drought on temperate soils, highlighting what we know, what we don't, and what that means for UK agriculture and ecosystems.
Read more: www.bgs.ac.uk/news/what-is...
A new BGS review explores the impact of drought on temperate soils, highlighting what we know, what we don't, and what that means for UK agriculture and ecosystems.
Read more: www.bgs.ac.uk/news/what-is...
May 23, 2025 at 11:29 AM
What happens to soil during droughts? 🌱
A new BGS review explores the impact of drought on temperate soils, highlighting what we know, what we don't, and what that means for UK agriculture and ecosystems.
Read more: www.bgs.ac.uk/news/what-is...
A new BGS review explores the impact of drought on temperate soils, highlighting what we know, what we don't, and what that means for UK agriculture and ecosystems.
Read more: www.bgs.ac.uk/news/what-is...
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Nature research paper: Exploring pathways for world development within planetary boundaries
https://go.nature.com/3SJKqJu
https://go.nature.com/3SJKqJu
Exploring pathways for world development within planetary boundaries - Nature
Current trends imply that we will transgress most of the planetary boundaries by 2050; however, ambitious, urgent and universal action to ameliorate climate change and increase resource efficiency can effectively reduce the degree of transgression.
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May 21, 2025 at 10:54 AM
Nature research paper: Exploring pathways for world development within planetary boundaries
https://go.nature.com/3SJKqJu
https://go.nature.com/3SJKqJu
Reposted by Olof Taromi Sandström
Reposted by Olof Taromi Sandström
Reposted by Olof Taromi Sandström
What if you literally had all the money in the world?
Watch the latest What If? video collaboration with @minuteearth.bsky.social!
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Watch the latest What If? video collaboration with @minuteearth.bsky.social!
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What if you literally had all the money in the world?
YouTube video by xkcd's What If?
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May 7, 2025 at 6:57 PM
What if you literally had all the money in the world?
Watch the latest What If? video collaboration with @minuteearth.bsky.social!
youtu.be/saj7b5C6TCM
Watch the latest What If? video collaboration with @minuteearth.bsky.social!
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Simply (it's not simple) put it back from where we took it...
Real Climate Solutions Are Beneath Us - Eos
It’s time to accept that durable subsurface carbon storage, along with emissions reductions, must be part of the plan to mitigate the effects of climate change—and geoscience must play a central role.
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May 4, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Simply (it's not simple) put it back from where we took it...
Sand is the second most utilized natural resource after water and is vital for the function of modern life. But we need a sustainable way for its usage.
How sand mining threatens our planet—and what we can do about it
For most of us, sand is just something that sticks to our feet at the beach. But in the global economy, sand mining is big business — and its’ effects on ecosystems and societies worldwide are often d...
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May 4, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Sand is the second most utilized natural resource after water and is vital for the function of modern life. But we need a sustainable way for its usage.
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We, as humans need geology in all our everyday life, from the toothpaste we use to the cars we drive and almost everything else as well.
Everything is connected...by geology - EuroGeoSurveys
Most people don’t know much about geology or how it is relevant to their lives. Even in Australia, where their minerals industry is responsible for 14% of its GDP (second […]
eurogeosurveys.org
April 21, 2025 at 7:37 PM
We, as humans need geology in all our everyday life, from the toothpaste we use to the cars we drive and almost everything else as well.
This is rather good news and gives at least some hope for the climate goals.
Growth in global oil demand slowed markedly in 2024
This was driven by lower consumption from global road transport, in part due to the rising impact of EVs
As a result, oil’s share of total energy demand fell below 30% for the first time ➡️ iea.li/3RsbZX8
This was driven by lower consumption from global road transport, in part due to the rising impact of EVs
As a result, oil’s share of total energy demand fell below 30% for the first time ➡️ iea.li/3RsbZX8
April 16, 2025 at 8:06 AM
This is rather good news and gives at least some hope for the climate goals.
Check out our latest article on #Geosystem_Services
A systematic review of the literature on geosystem services indicators listing of 75 indicators compiled from literature.
An indicator set for the potential of geosystem services in Sweden for the further development of indicator sets.
A systematic review of the literature on geosystem services indicators listing of 75 indicators compiled from literature.
An indicator set for the potential of geosystem services in Sweden for the further development of indicator sets.
Geosystem services from the subsurface: A literature review and a proposed set of indicators tailored to a Swedish setting
In this study, a literature review was conducted to identify indicators that can be utilised to assess and visualise the potential of the geophysical …
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April 16, 2025 at 6:43 AM
Check out our latest article on #Geosystem_Services
A systematic review of the literature on geosystem services indicators listing of 75 indicators compiled from literature.
An indicator set for the potential of geosystem services in Sweden for the further development of indicator sets.
A systematic review of the literature on geosystem services indicators listing of 75 indicators compiled from literature.
An indicator set for the potential of geosystem services in Sweden for the further development of indicator sets.
Reposted by Olof Taromi Sandström
Reposted by Olof Taromi Sandström
