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Science Magazine @science.org · 6d

Jane Goodall, a towering figure in primatology whose observations of chimpanzee behavior in the wild and advocacy for their conservation made her a household name, died Wednesday at the age of 91. https://scim.ag/4mKKEg4

Jane Goodall, famed primatologist, changed the way we thought about apes

The scientist and conservationist made waves with her observations and advocacy

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Igor Sushko @igorsushko.bsky.social · 5d

🚨 Explosion at the Chevron Oil Refinery in El Segundo, located between the Los Angeles airport and Manhattan Beach in California.

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Mineral Cup #MinCup25 @mineralcup.bsky.social · 6d

We have a #MinCup25 champion!!

Congratulations, #Kyanite!
www.mineralcup.org/2025

After eight years of competing, another few hours to verify votes was nothing, right?

Amazing first run, #Tugtupite, and better luck next year.

2025 — Mineral Cup

www.mineralcup.org

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Stormrider @kwh.bsky.social · 7d

Incredibly close! Vote for #kyanite please - it’s an awesome P-T indicator mineral, with all its pseudomorphs (if you are so inclined). Thank you!

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Mineral Cup #MinCup25 @mineralcup.bsky.social · 8d

#MinCup25 Final: After a month of learning and laughter, we’re at the final match to determine the 2025 Mineral Cup Champion! We have blue blades of #kyanite up against optical magician #tugtupite.

Vote: www.mineralcup.org/2025/vote/r5...
Results: www.mineralcup.org/2025/results...

Vote in 2025 Final Match — Mineral Cup

Click here to vote in Kyanite vs Tugtupite Photo credits: John Sobolewski and Parent Géry

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Emily Lakdawalla, Uranus Expert @elakdawalla.bsky.social · 13d

Some good news from space, as the NASA-ISRO NISAR mission publishes its first synthetic aperture radar images of Earth. This spacecraft has a heckin' big antenna (a dish 12 meters across) for bouncing L- and S-band (25- and 10-cm) radio waves off the surface www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/nasa-is...

NASA-ISRO Satellite Sends First Radar Images of Earth’s Surface

Preliminary images from the most powerful Earth radar satellite ever launched offer a tantalizing glimpse of the science the mission will be able to deliver.

www.jpl.nasa.gov

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Stormrider @kwh.bsky.social · 14d

SRL article link: pubs.geoscienceworld.org/ssa/srl/arti...

Supershear Earthquakes: Their Occurrence and Importance for Seismic Hazard, Early Warning, and Design Standards | Seismological Research Letters | GeoScienceWorld

Abstract. Strike‐slip faults—where tectonic plates grind past each other horizontally—are a defining feature of many densely populated continental seismic

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Stormrider @kwh.bsky.social · 14d

“Scientists warn California should prepare for destructive ‘supershear’ earthquakes” news from USC & SCEC along with recent SRL article dornsife.usc.edu/news/stories...

'Supershear' earthquakes a major threat to California, say scientists

USC Dornsife researchers say powerful, fast-moving quakes will strike the Golden State, urge stronger building codes and better monitoring

dornsife.usc.edu

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Stormrider @kwh.bsky.social · 15d

I’m so glad you mentioned the #HayWired scenario in your superb article! Lots of great information is freely available here: www.usgs.gov/programs/sci...

HayWired Scenario

The HayWired scenario depicts a scientifically realistic earthquake sequence, and its cascading impacts, that all starts with a magnitude 7 earthquake on the Hayward Fault. The scenario emphasizes con...

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Dr. Judith Hubbard @judithgeology.bsky.social · 16d

⚒️ 🧪 Were you one of the tens of thousands in the Bay Area woken up by the M4.3 earthquake last night? The earthquake occurred on the Hayward Fault, which runs along the east side of the valley.

Learn more about what we know, and don't know, about the Hayward Fault and its seismic hazard:

M4.3 earthquake rattles Berkeley, CA

A reminder of the hazard of the Hayward Fault

earthquakeinsights.substack.com

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Tim Dawson @timblor.bsky.social · 16d

Here it is: M3.0.

USGS map of earthquake locations today in Berkeley showing M3 aftershock.

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Stormrider @kwh.bsky.social · 16d

HayWired scenario depicts a scientifically plausible M 7 scenario earthquake on the Hayward Fault. USGS, CGS, Berkeley, EERI, CA-SSC and many other partners collaborated on a series of reports and a short video. Be prepared! Links to diverse products may be found here: www.usgs.gov/programs/sci...

HayWired Scenario

The HayWired scenario depicts a scientifically realistic earthquake sequence, and its cascading impacts, that all starts with a magnitude 7 earthquake on the Hayward Fault. The scenario emphasizes con...

www.usgs.gov

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California Geological Survey @cageosurvey.bsky.social · 16d

At 2:56 AM a magnitude 4.3 earthquake occurred near Berkeley, CA. The earthquake location is close to the Hayward fault. This earthquake generated light shaking across the Bay Area. The CGS continues to monitor the situation. www.conservation.ca.gov/cgs

Map of the San Francisco Bay area that shows the locations of strong motion stations which are marked by triangles. The colors on the map represent different levels of shaking with purples being weak shaking, blues being light shaking and green being moderate shaking.

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Mount St. Helens in 1980 @mountsthelens1980.bsky.social · 19d

#MSH45 | May 18, 1980 — 8:32 a.m.
Geologists Dorothy and Keith Stoffel, with pilot Bruce Judson, make a final pass over Mount St. Helens. A M5.1 quake strikes. Ice and rock collapse into the crater.

Below them, the north face heaves—then gives way. The largest landslide in recorded history begins.

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David Shiffman, Ph.D. 🦈 @whysharksmatter.bsky.social · 21d

Antiscience Is an Existential Threat | TIME

Antiscience Is an Existential Threat

The ideologically-motivated assault on science threatens us all.

time.com

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Stormrider @kwh.bsky.social · 21d

““Lab-Quakes”: Quantifying the Complete Energy Budget of High-Pressure Laboratory Failure” by agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/authored-by/... et al. - agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1029/...

“Lab‐Quakes”: Quantifying the Complete Energy Budget of High‐Pressure Laboratory Failure

We independently constrained the energy consumed by new surfaces, heating, and radiation during laboratory earthquakes Pre-failure deformation history influences the partitioning between the majo...

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Dr. Wendy Bohon @drwendyrocks.bsky.social · 25d

This video shows how the seismic waves from the magnitude 7.4 earthquake off the coast of Russia were detected by seismometers across North America. (Animation from @earthscope.org) 🧪

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Jascha Polet @jascha.bsky.social · 25d

Today’s M7.4 aftershock of the Kamchatka #earthquake was located in the Northern section of the mainshock rupture, where most aftershocks (in pink/purple) and foreshocks occurred. This event was also an interface thrust earthquake, but slip was concentrated at a greater depth. ⚒️🧪

Seismicity map of Kamchatka generated using GMT by Jascha Polet

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California Curated @californiacurated.bsky.social · 26d

California’s state rock, serpentine, tells a story of deep Earth forces and unique ecosystems found nowhere else. It can also be quite pretty.
californiacurated.com/2023/04/20/s...

Serpentine: The Geological Gem of California

Serpentine is formed through the metamorphic process, where pre-existing rocks are transformed into new types under high temperatures, pressures, and chemical processes. This unique rock originates…

californiacurated.com

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Dr. Wendy Bohon @drwendyrocks.bsky.social · 27d

Come and fly along the San Andreas fault with me! 🧪

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Pat Hyland @hylandwx.bsky.social · Sep 3

Ever seen a “volnado” before?

Check out this video from USGS of a whirlwind kicking up loose ash deposits along the active fountain and flow within the Halemaʻumaʻu crater of Kilauea!

According to USGS, these whirlwinds have been documented during several eruptive episodes downwind of the eruption

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Jascha Polet @jascha.bsky.social · Sep 2

Never gets old does it? ⚒️🧪🌋
Kilauea is at it again! Live webcam:
www.youtube.com/live/BqmpkUd...

Screenshot of live webcam of Kilauea eruption

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Reuters @reuters.com · Sep 3

Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano erupts again on September 2, its 32nd eruption since December.

#kilauea #volcano #hawaii #lava #eruption

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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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Dr. Judith Hubbard @judithgeology.bsky.social · Sep 1

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A magnitude 6 earthquake struck northeastern Afghanistan just before midnight on August 31st. Vulnerable homes built of mud, brick, stone, and wood collapsed; the reported death toll has exceeded 800 people.

Why do earthquakes occur here, what happened in this one, and why was it so deadly?

Deadly M6 earthquake strikes northeastern Afghanistan

Shallow thrust faulting in a highly vulnerable region

earthquakeinsights.substack.com

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