Dr. Wendy Panero
@mineraltoplanet.bsky.social
Minerals build planets. She/Her
Personal account 🥄
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NSF is open again!
A few comments:
*Please be patient.
During a shutdown NSF employees cannot open computers or respond to emails.
*Merit review will continue. However panels won’t resume until after Dec 8th.
*POs remain excited and committed to advancing science and the scientific workforce.
A few comments:
*Please be patient.
During a shutdown NSF employees cannot open computers or respond to emails.
*Merit review will continue. However panels won’t resume until after Dec 8th.
*POs remain excited and committed to advancing science and the scientific workforce.
November 13, 2025 at 5:58 PM
NSF is open again!
A few comments:
*Please be patient.
During a shutdown NSF employees cannot open computers or respond to emails.
*Merit review will continue. However panels won’t resume until after Dec 8th.
*POs remain excited and committed to advancing science and the scientific workforce.
A few comments:
*Please be patient.
During a shutdown NSF employees cannot open computers or respond to emails.
*Merit review will continue. However panels won’t resume until after Dec 8th.
*POs remain excited and committed to advancing science and the scientific workforce.
A heartfelt thank you to all of you who submitted proposal reviews in the last several weeks.
Your service is greatly appreciated, and it relieves our re-entry work load.
If you have an outstanding review, now is a great time to submit your comments.
Your service is greatly appreciated, and it relieves our re-entry work load.
If you have an outstanding review, now is a great time to submit your comments.
November 13, 2025 at 1:04 PM
A heartfelt thank you to all of you who submitted proposal reviews in the last several weeks.
Your service is greatly appreciated, and it relieves our re-entry work load.
If you have an outstanding review, now is a great time to submit your comments.
Your service is greatly appreciated, and it relieves our re-entry work load.
If you have an outstanding review, now is a great time to submit your comments.
Today many federal employees will get back to work for the first time since Sept 30. That’s 43 days of unread emails, missed obligations, and extraordinary stress.
If you need something from me, please be patient with as I work through my inbox and sort through shifted priorities/timelines.
If you need something from me, please be patient with as I work through my inbox and sort through shifted priorities/timelines.
November 13, 2025 at 11:59 AM
Today many federal employees will get back to work for the first time since Sept 30. That’s 43 days of unread emails, missed obligations, and extraordinary stress.
If you need something from me, please be patient with as I work through my inbox and sort through shifted priorities/timelines.
If you need something from me, please be patient with as I work through my inbox and sort through shifted priorities/timelines.
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![Comic. Someone is claiming to predict the exact date of a future earthquake. Should you listen? [flowchart: start] → NO (There are big earthquakes constantly, so if anyone ever *does* figure this out, it will be immediately obvious that their method works and then the world’s seismologists will not shut up about it. You won’t need this flowchart.)](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreic7wdqg4w6qfevbqzzq4esd6237pojsnpwsrbb7gaxsxobqaiwazm@jpeg)
November 10, 2025 at 8:55 PM
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Need a break from teaching???
Why not have a class viewing of my Landscapes Live talk?
Topics are landscape evolution, weathering, landslides, reading signals in deposited sediment
youtu.be/kr-T-Xoxp_4?...
Why not have a class viewing of my Landscapes Live talk?
Topics are landscape evolution, weathering, landslides, reading signals in deposited sediment
youtu.be/kr-T-Xoxp_4?...
Nicole Gasparini: LL 16.10.25
YouTube video by Landscapes Live
youtu.be
October 23, 2025 at 6:59 PM
Need a break from teaching???
Why not have a class viewing of my Landscapes Live talk?
Topics are landscape evolution, weathering, landslides, reading signals in deposited sediment
youtu.be/kr-T-Xoxp_4?...
Why not have a class viewing of my Landscapes Live talk?
Topics are landscape evolution, weathering, landslides, reading signals in deposited sediment
youtu.be/kr-T-Xoxp_4?...
GEO friends! Come hear the latest updates and ask your questions from Earth Science at NSF. You won’t see me in this webinar, but I’m still here.
US GEO folx: we’ve got one more webinar on the books (for now)! Come say hi, ask your burning questions, hear the latest about NSF/Earth Sciences. Thursday, Sept 18, 2p Eastern: www.nsf.gov/events/nsf-d...
NSF Division of Earth Sciences Informational Webinar
www.nsf.gov
September 12, 2025 at 8:13 PM
GEO friends! Come hear the latest updates and ask your questions from Earth Science at NSF. You won’t see me in this webinar, but I’m still here.
These webinars have been a highlight of my summer. Come hear the latest in EAR next Monday.
US Earth Science folks: it’s time for another NSF EAR webinar! Come hear from staff and get (most of) your questions answered. Monday, Aug 18, 2p Eastern. Register here: www.nsf.gov/events/nsf-d...
NSF Division of Earth Sciences Informational Webinar
www.nsf.gov
August 11, 2025 at 3:42 PM
These webinars have been a highlight of my summer. Come hear the latest in EAR next Monday.
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When the ground starts shaking, don’t panic like a CEO caught on the kiss cam. 👀 Take protective actions your HR director would approve of: Drop, Cover & Hold On. Unlike ducking out of frame at Coldplay, these steps actually protect you from harm—whether it’s falling debris or falling reputations.
July 24, 2025 at 6:12 PM
When the ground starts shaking, don’t panic like a CEO caught on the kiss cam. 👀 Take protective actions your HR director would approve of: Drop, Cover & Hold On. Unlike ducking out of frame at Coldplay, these steps actually protect you from harm—whether it’s falling debris or falling reputations.
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US Earth Science people: Our June webinar felt so good, we’re making it a series. Join us next Tuesday 7/15 (and again in Aug & Sept) to hear from NSF staff and to get (most of?) your questions answered. www.nsf.gov/events/nsf-d...
NSF Division of Earth Sciences Informational Webinar
www.nsf.gov
July 10, 2025 at 1:29 PM
US Earth Science people: Our June webinar felt so good, we’re making it a series. Join us next Tuesday 7/15 (and again in Aug & Sept) to hear from NSF staff and to get (most of?) your questions answered. www.nsf.gov/events/nsf-d...
NSF’s Division of Earth Science ran a bracket of disaster movies, and we can confirm this conclusion.
June 12, 2025 at 2:13 PM
NSF’s Division of Earth Science ran a bracket of disaster movies, and we can confirm this conclusion.
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US Earth Scientists: We know you have questions, come get them answered directly from NSF/EAR POs! Tuesday, June 17, 2p Eastern. Register here: www.nsf.gov/events/nsf-d...
NSF Division of Earth Sciences Informational Webinar
www.nsf.gov
June 9, 2025 at 7:24 PM
US Earth Scientists: We know you have questions, come get them answered directly from NSF/EAR POs! Tuesday, June 17, 2p Eastern. Register here: www.nsf.gov/events/nsf-d...
Thanks to @ritaparai.bsky.social for a spectacular public lecture at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum. She makes a strong case for measuring noble gasses in the atmosphere of Venus.
May 29, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Thanks to @ritaparai.bsky.social for a spectacular public lecture at the Smithsonian Air and Space Museum. She makes a strong case for measuring noble gasses in the atmosphere of Venus.
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Hello everyone interested in Mineralogy, Crystallography, Petrology: The Mineralogical Society of America is now on Bluesky! Our website: msaweb.org.
May 23, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Hello everyone interested in Mineralogy, Crystallography, Petrology: The Mineralogical Society of America is now on Bluesky! Our website: msaweb.org.
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Apparently surface rupture during the Myanmar 2025. I'm very surprised by the weak shaking along the rupture. I'm not sure if this is the main rupture (I would say no - nonetheless, VERY COOL). Author unknown, location Thazi (to be confirmed)
May 12, 2025 at 2:18 AM
Apparently surface rupture during the Myanmar 2025. I'm very surprised by the weak shaking along the rupture. I'm not sure if this is the main rupture (I would say no - nonetheless, VERY COOL). Author unknown, location Thazi (to be confirmed)
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For #FieldworkFriday, I want to highlight the critical role of NSF’s RAPID funding mechanism. RAPID grants have allowed me to quickly get equipment out in the field and recording irreplaceable data after M7.1 (in 2018) and M8.2 (in 2021) earthquakes along the Alaska subduction zone. 1/3
May 2, 2025 at 8:21 PM
For #FieldworkFriday, I want to highlight the critical role of NSF’s RAPID funding mechanism. RAPID grants have allowed me to quickly get equipment out in the field and recording irreplaceable data after M7.1 (in 2018) and M8.2 (in 2021) earthquakes along the Alaska subduction zone. 1/3
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**BIG NEWS in the geology world!** For the first time, scientists spotted an active eruption along the mid-ocean ridge!!
They visited the hydrothermal vent the day before, where a vibrant ecosystem thrived in the sweltering water. The next day, everything was gone. ⚒️🧪
My latest for @nytimes.com
They visited the hydrothermal vent the day before, where a vibrant ecosystem thrived in the sweltering water. The next day, everything was gone. ⚒️🧪
My latest for @nytimes.com
Volcanic Eruption in Deep Ocean Ridge Is Witnessed by Scientists for First Time (Gift Article)
Researchers diving in a submersible in the eastern Pacific realized that the landscape they had studied the day before had been glassed over by fresh lava.
www.nytimes.com
May 2, 2025 at 5:03 PM
**BIG NEWS in the geology world!** For the first time, scientists spotted an active eruption along the mid-ocean ridge!!
They visited the hydrothermal vent the day before, where a vibrant ecosystem thrived in the sweltering water. The next day, everything was gone. ⚒️🧪
My latest for @nytimes.com
They visited the hydrothermal vent the day before, where a vibrant ecosystem thrived in the sweltering water. The next day, everything was gone. ⚒️🧪
My latest for @nytimes.com
“Brain, what are we going to do tonight?”
“The same thing we do every night. Change a flat tire.”
Not like anything else happened today, right?
“The same thing we do every night. Change a flat tire.”
Not like anything else happened today, right?
I’m such a public transit nerd. I’m almost giddy that I get to sample a new bus system (Fairfax County) when a great bus driver rescued me and my bike with a flat tire.
April 25, 2025 at 11:19 PM
“Brain, what are we going to do tonight?”
“The same thing we do every night. Change a flat tire.”
Not like anything else happened today, right?
“The same thing we do every night. Change a flat tire.”
Not like anything else happened today, right?
I’m such a public transit nerd. I’m almost giddy that I get to sample a new bus system (Fairfax County) when a great bus driver rescued me and my bike with a flat tire.
April 23, 2025 at 11:09 PM
I’m such a public transit nerd. I’m almost giddy that I get to sample a new bus system (Fairfax County) when a great bus driver rescued me and my bike with a flat tire.
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To better understand mantle magma supplies deep beneath volcanoes, scientists must catalyze research progress to address grand challenges, write @magmatist.bsky.social, @compucian.bsky.social, + colleagues from @whoi.edu and @carnegiescience.bsky.social. cc @sz4d.bsky.social
eos.org/science-upda...
eos.org/science-upda...
The Deep Frontier of Mantle Magma Supply - Eos
Compared with crustal magma systems, little is known about the deep sources of volcanic supply chains. Interdisciplinary efforts can help answer key questions about how magma migrates from the mantle.
eos.org
March 25, 2025 at 2:20 PM
To better understand mantle magma supplies deep beneath volcanoes, scientists must catalyze research progress to address grand challenges, write @magmatist.bsky.social, @compucian.bsky.social, + colleagues from @whoi.edu and @carnegiescience.bsky.social. cc @sz4d.bsky.social
eos.org/science-upda...
eos.org/science-upda...
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They had previously tried to rob stores using perl, but found the syntax burdensome and the support community too small to be practical.
March 18, 2025 at 12:14 AM
They had previously tried to rob stores using perl, but found the syntax burdensome and the support community too small to be practical.
This is such a great way to start the week. Welcome back, colleagues. Science needs you.
NSF plans to reinstate all probationary employees who were fired on 18 Feb!
NSF’s decision. 👏🏻👏🏻❤️
NSF’s decision. 👏🏻👏🏻❤️
March 3, 2025 at 2:39 PM
This is such a great way to start the week. Welcome back, colleagues. Science needs you.
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This is such a dark day for so many wonderful people, colleagues, and scientists.
Margaret is one of several colleagues I’m losing at 1:00p today, including one of my best friends who finally got his dream job 5 months ago. Fuck all of this.
Please let the GEO/EAR community know: Program Directors and Mission Support who’ve been at NSF under two years were just terminated via Zoom. Even those of us whose offer letter stated one probationary year and whose government data states “permanent”.
February 18, 2025 at 5:58 PM
This is such a dark day for so many wonderful people, colleagues, and scientists.