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John Armitage @johnjarmitage.bsky.social · Sep 4

Out yesterday in @nature.com our study led by @gidden.bsky.social on how much carbon we can store in sedimentary basins. Key takeaways, (1) this is a limited resource, (2) most optimistically will limit global warming by 0.7°, (3) so let’s not waist it, but use it wisely.

Matthew Gidden @gidden.bsky.social · Sep 4

Our paper is out today in @nature.com where we assess a Prudent Planetary Limit for Geologic Carbon Storage:

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

A prudent planetary limit for geologic carbon storage - Nature

A risk-based, spatially explicit analysis of carbon storage in sedimentary basins establishes a prudent planetary limit of around 1,460 Gt of geological carbon storage, which requires making explicit ...

www.nature.com

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derekkeir.bsky.social @derekkeir.bsky.social · Jul 30

New ideas published in @geosociety.bsky.social Geology that the Northern Appalachian anomaly beneath the Eastern US is a migrating small-scale convection cell originating from past rifting of the Labrador Sea @gernon.bsky.social @sasbrune.bsky.social
pubs.geoscienceworld.org/gsa/geology/...

A viable Labrador Sea rifting origin of the Northern Appalachian and related seismic anomalies | Geology | GeoScienceWorld

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derekkeir.bsky.social @derekkeir.bsky.social · Jul 26

Congrats to Rhiannon Rees on publication of her trace element study from Ayelu, Abida and Gabilema volcanoes in the Ethiopian rift
www.frontiersin.org/journals/ear... @sorcerinsar.bsky.social @gernon.bsky.social @wattsvolcanology.bsky.social

Frontiers | Melt generation and evolution in the Adda’do rift segment of the Afar rift from trace elements and petrography

Along-rift variations in the stage of continental separation are observed in the northern East African Rift System (EARS), from magma-assisted continental ri...

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Dr Rebecca Williams @volcanologist.bsky.social · Jul 18

NERC: We need to open up environmental science! Why is it not diverse?

Also NERC: We're scrapping Independent Research Fellowships, New Investigator Grants, Small Grants, are limiting applications from institutions based on past success rates and will only allow you to submit your proposal once.

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Dorset Raptor Study Group @dorsetraptors.bsky.social · Jul 17

At last we are delighted to share with you this year's LIVE Hobby nest camera from a site within the Forestry England South Forest District. To view the live stream visit our website blog and click on the image. Enjoy! drsg.co.uk/f/fabulous-f... @dorsetbirdclub.bsky.social @harbourbirds.bsky.social

Fabulous falcons go live!

2025 Hobby nest cam now live

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Tom Gernon @gernon.bsky.social · Jul 15

Thank you ☺️

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Nature Portfolio @natureportfolio.nature.com · Jul 8

The mantle upwelling beneath the Afar rift may be influenced by tectonic processes in the overriding lithospheric plates that shape the distribution of both compositional heterogeneties and abundance of melt, according to a paper in Nature Geoscience. 🧪

Mantle upwelling at Afar triple junction shaped by overriding plate dynamics - Nature Geoscience

The mantle upwelling beneath the Afar rift may be influenced by tectonic processes in the overriding lithospheric plates that shape the distribution of both the compositional heterogeneities and abundance of melt, according to a geochemical and statistical study of volcanic samples.

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Tom Gernon @gernon.bsky.social · Jul 6

Are you running the Hobby Falcon live camera this year @dorsetraptors.bsky.social ?

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Nature Geoscience @natgeosci.nature.com · Jun 25

www.newsweek.com/geology-plat...

Magma "heartbeat" is tearing continent apart, geologists discover

"The plume is pulsing," said Earth Science professor Tom Gernon of the University of Southampton.

www.newsweek.com

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University of Southampton @unisouthampton.bsky.social · Jun 25

Our scientists have discovered deep Earth pulses beneath Africa that are slowly, over millions of years, tearing the continent apart and forming a new ocean 🌊

Read more 👉‬ https://tr.ee/Rj8ooV

A vivid scene of molten lava flowing from a volcanic eruption.

Rocky, arid Ethiopian landscape with scattered shrubs stretches towards distant rolling hills under a clear blue sky.

A person wearing a wide-brimmed hat and a backpack is kneeling on sandy ground, using a smartphone to take a close-up photo of a sedimentary rock formation.

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Nature Geoscience @natgeosci.nature.com · Jun 25

⚒️ Article: Mantle upwelling beneath the Afar rift may be influenced by tectonic processes in the overriding lithospheric plates

@wattsvolcanology.bsky.social @derekkeir.bsky.social ‬ @gernon.bsky.social @unisouthampton.bsky.social @swanseavolctephra.bsky.social

www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Schematic illustrations of the spatially heterogeneous nature of the mantle upwelling beneath Afar

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Tom Gernon @gernon.bsky.social · Jun 25

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Tom Gernon @gernon.bsky.social · Jun 25

Delighted to see Emma Watts' cool new Nature Geoscience study (with myself, @derekkeir.bsky.social and others) on the Afar plume featured so prominently in @thetimes.com today:

www.thetimes.com/uk/science/a...

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How a plume of magma threatens to one day rip east Africa apart

Scientists believe a 3,200-mile crack running from Ethopia to Mozambique will develop over several million years, creating a new ocean and vast island

www.thetimes.com

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derekkeir.bsky.social @derekkeir.bsky.social · Jun 25

for a nice summary of the work on the pulsing Afar plume by @wattsvolcanology.bsky.social see this article in @newsweek.com
www.newsweek.com/geology-plat...
@gernon.bsky.social @sorcerinsar.bsky.social

Magma "heartbeat" is tearing continent apart, geologists discover

"The plume is pulsing," said Earth Science professor Tom Gernon of the University of Southampton.

www.newsweek.com

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Emma Watts @wattsvolcanology.bsky.social · Jun 25

New paper alert🚨

In this new article in @natgeosci.nature.com we use a multidisciplinary approach (geochemistry, geophysics and mathematically modelling) to see pulsing in the mantle plume beneath Afar and how the flow varies along the rift See the 🧵 below:
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Mantle upwelling at Afar triple junction shaped by overriding plate dynamics - Nature Geoscience

The mantle upwelling beneath the Afar rift may be influenced by tectonic processes in the overriding lithospheric plates that shape the distribution of both the compositional heterogeneities and abund...

www.nature.com

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derekkeir.bsky.social @derekkeir.bsky.social · Jun 25

In this new paper in @natgeosci.nature.com by @wattsvolcanology.bsky.social, she uses analysis of seismic and geochemical data to see pulsing of a mantle plume and how it flows along the rift
@wattsvolcanology.bsky.social @sorcerinsar.bsky.social @gernon.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Mantle upwelling at Afar triple junction shaped by overriding plate dynamics - Nature Geoscience

The mantle upwelling beneath the Afar rift may be influenced by tectonic processes in the overriding lithospheric plates that shape the distribution of both the compositional heterogeneities and abund...

www.nature.com

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Tom Gernon @gernon.bsky.social · Jun 12

Was a brilliant lecture and great to catch up!

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🇺🇦 paul q. brussée @paulbrussee.bsky.social · May 24

„De geologie kampt tegenwoordig met de hardnekkige maar foutieve aanname dat er niets nieuws meer te ontdekken valt." @gernon.bsky.social

@gemmavenhuizen.bsky.social @nrcwetenschap.bsky.social #geologie www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2025/...

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Tom Gernon @gernon.bsky.social · May 22

This is major! Very well deserved, Dave. Congratulations

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Katharine Hayhoe @katharinehayhoe.com · Apr 19

For nearly 15 years the US Dept of Interior's Climate Adaptation* Science Centers have supported hundreds of scientists studying how ecosystems respond to climate change & pollution, invasive species, sustainable wildlife & wild lands management, and more.

Now the admin wants to cancel them all.

Trump swings budget ax at USGS biology research

Plan to eliminate $307 million ecosystem program could face obstacles in Congress

www.science.org

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The Palaeoverse Community @palaeoverse.bsky.social · Apr 15

🚨Palaeoverse Lecture Series🚨
🗓️24th April 2025, 16:00 UTC🗓️

Next week’s talk is from Dr Richard Stockey @richardstockey.bsky.social from University of Southampton, on “Modelling ancient animal habitats in space and time: linking fossils and Earth system models”

Register here: bit.ly/palaeoverse-...

A flyer for the Palaeoverse lecture series, featuring a cartoon geology toolkit and a photo of Dr Stockey in a brown hat and dark fleece

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Paul Voosen @voosen.me · Apr 11

BREAKING from @science.org: The Trump admin is seeking to kill nearly all climate research at NOAA, its climate science agency.

Its near-final budget proposal would end all NOAA research labs, academic institutes, and regional climate centers. And it wants to fully end the NOAA Research division.

Trump seeks to end climate research at premier U.S. climate agency

White House aims to end NOAA’s research office; NASA also targeted

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Keith Smith @drkeithsmith.bsky.social · Apr 11

These huge proposed cuts to the NASA budget would cancel all but two astrophysics missions, kill spacecraft going to Mars & Venus, close NASA Goddard, and much more. They would devastate space science, not just in the US but globally. 🔭🧪
arstechnica.com/space/2025/0...

Trump White House budget proposal eviscerates science funding at NASA

“This would decimate American leadership in space.”…

arstechnica.com

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Paul Voosen @voosen.me · Apr 9

@science.org confirms that yesterday the Trump admin wiped out the technical staff of the U.S. National Climate Assessment and the Global Change Research Program. When USGCRP's acting director, who is on a time-limited contract, leaves, it will leave the congressionally mandated office empty.

Trump administration fires staff for flagship U.S. climate assessment

Move could open the door to using high-profile report to attack climate science

www.science.org

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Tom Gernon @gernon.bsky.social · Mar 19

This is a great @nytimes.com article - highly relevant to science funding bodies and grant appraisal processes in other countries like the UK:

www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/o...

Opinion | DOGE Needs a Different Playbook for Science

We need less administrative bloat in science.

www.nytimes.com

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