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Bob Hilton @profbobhilton.bsky.social · Jun 4

New paper! led by Josh Dean “Old carbon routed from land to the atmosphere by global river systems”
doi.org/10.1038/s415...

#radiocarbon in #rivers reveals the age of CO2 they release to the atmosphere.

An active leak of old carbon from land.
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@joshfdean.bsky.social @oxuniearthsci.bsky.social

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Kristen Cook @kristencook.bsky.social · 15d

The Matai’an landslide dam in eastern Taiwan has failed this afternoon (eos.org/thelandslide...), flooding Guangfu, about 15 km downstream focustaiwan.tw/society/2025.... Even in the middle of a typhoon, the resulting flood produced a detectable seismic signal at stations ~40 km away.

Seismic waveforms and power spectral density plots showing the signal of a landslide lake outburst flood.

Planet satellite image from August 2025 of a large landslide blocking a river and creating a lake.

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bse @doktrock.bsky.social · 22d

🚨Job Alert 🚨 The Department of #Geology at the University of Otago in #NewZealand invites applications for a faculty position (Lecturer – equivalent to Assistant Professor in North American academic systems) in Earth sciences or adjacent field. ⚒️🧪 #Geosciences

otago.taleo.net/careersectio...

Lecturer/Pūkenga - Geology

Click the link provided to see the complete job description.

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The Royal Society @royalsociety.org · 22d

There's still one week to apply for our Faraday Discovery Fellowships. These prestigious long-term awards are designed to support mid-career research leaders to undertake high-quality, original research. Find out more now:

#RSGrants

royalsociety.org/grants/farad...

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PP Systems International @ppsystems.bsky.social · Sep 8

Arctic warming threatens vast carbon stores locked in permafrost. Don't miss this webinar to learn how river sediments reveal carbon stability + climate feedbacks. Register today! bit.ly/ppswb @profbobhilton.bsky.social @leomenar.bsky.social @oxuniearthsci.bsky.social #climatechange #climatescience

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David Olefeldt @olefeldt.bsky.social · Sep 4

New Study in ES&T! Permafrost peatlands accumulate mercury from distant sources, but thaw causes collapse into wetter bogs and fens. Lauren Thompson shows that these bogs, and especially fens, become hotspots for mercury methylation, and potential downstream transport.

pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/...

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Department of Earth Sciences at Durham University, UK @durhamearthsci.bsky.social · Sep 4

We're hiring!
Join us as an Associate Professor in Sustainable Earth Energy 🌍 Lead research in low-carbon geoenergy & energy storage, at one of the UK’s top universities. Apply by 31 Oct 2025 on this link👉
durham.taleo.net/careersectio...

#DurhamUniversity #Hiring #ApplyToday

Associate Professor in Sustainable Earth Energy

Click the link provided to see the complete job description.

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European Research Council (ERC) @erc.europa.eu · Sep 4

📣 The ERC Starting Grant call results are out!

Find out which early-career researchers will receive funding this year, what they will be investigating, where they will be based... plus lots of other #ERCStG facts & figures for 2025!

➡️ buff.ly/IsafuFh

#FrontierResearch 🇪🇺#EUfunded #HorizonEurope

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The Royal Society @royalsociety.org · Aug 28

We are very happy to announce the seven pioneering researchers who are the first recipients of the prestigious Royal Society Faraday Discovery Fellowships, long-term awards that support exceptional mid-career research leaders in the UK. #RSGrants royalsociety.org/news/2025/08...

Exceptional research leaders awarded first Royal Society Faraday Discovery Fellowships | Royal Society

Seven pioneering researchers have been announced as the first recipients.

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Jordon Hemingway @jordonhemingway.bsky.social · Aug 13

There's been a lot of (model-based) hype over the years about a "large Neoproterozoic DOC reservoir" that could have triggered the end of snowball earth and the proliferation of multi-cellular life. BUT here we show this was not the case. Instead, DOC levels were about 90% lower than today

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Jordon Hemingway @jordonhemingway.bsky.social · Aug 13

🚨 Paper alert! 🚨 After >1 year in review and six (6!) reviewers, I'm thrilled that this paper is finally out! Here, we provide the first data-based record of marine dissolved organic carbon in the geologic past.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...

The geologic history of marine dissolved organic carbon from iron oxides - Nature

A direct proxy for past dissolved organic carbon signatures using co-precipitated organic carbon in iron ooids enables reconstruction of marine dissolved organic carbon signals dating back to the Pala...

www.nature.com

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geomorphyuggs.bsky.social @geomorphyuggs.bsky.social · Aug 13

Can we now stop saying that once suspended sediment returns to pre-event levels, then the system response is over? Great paper here with relevance to cascading hazards and landscape evolution.

Nature @nature.com · Aug 13

Nature research paper: Large riverbed sediment flux sustained for a decade after an earthquake

go.nature.com/3UsaAS8

Large riverbed sediment flux sustained for a decade after an earthquake - Nature

Bedload can dominate river sediment flux after a major earthquake for a prolonged time period.

go.nature.com

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Bob Hilton @profbobhilton.bsky.social · Aug 22

New paper! Led by Gen Li on “Large riverbed sediment flux sustained for a decade after an earthquake” 🧪 ⚒️

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

And see write up below @oxuniearthsci.bsky.social

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Gordon Inglis @climategordon.bsky.social · Jul 29

Would highly recommend submitting your next geochemistry or cosmochemistry manuscript to @weareagc.bsky.social - and it's free for everyone!

Jessica Tierney @leafwax.bsky.social · Jul 17

✨Paper #2 has just been published @weareagc.bsky.social ✨ And it is about hopanoids!! Thank you @climategordon.bsky.social for trusting a brand new journal with your research. AGC is 💎 open access: free to publish and free to read 🙌 Geochemists, come publish with us! journals.uu.se/AGC/article/...

Hopanoid distributions differ in mineral soils and peat: a re-evaluation of hopane-based pH proxies | Advances in Geochemistry and Cosmochemistry

Advances in Geochemistry and Cosmochemistry, ISSN 2977-1994 | CC BY 4.0

journals.uu.se

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Bob Hilton @profbobhilton.bsky.social · Jul 17

Fun to be out earlier in the week sampling #greenhouse gases from the Thames here in #Oxford 🧪⚒️

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EAG @eageo.bsky.social · Jul 17

Job alert: Assistant Professor (Tenure Track) of Soil Chemistry, ETH Zurich (CH). Apply by 30 Sep. More info: buff.ly/gc5joAV

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The Royal Society @royalsociety.org · Jul 17

Our new Faraday Discovery Fellowships Accelerated International Route provides a fast-track option for international mid-career researchers looking to relocate to the UK, providing up to £4m over a five-year period. Find out more: #RSGrants royalsociety.org/grants/farad...

Faraday Discovery Fellowships Accelerated International Route | Royal Society

The Faraday Discovery Fellowships Accelerated International Route provides a fast-track option for attracting mid-career researchers looking to relocate to the UK from overseas, providing up to £4m ov...

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David Pyle @davidmpyle.bsky.social · Jul 16

Soufriere Hills Volcano, Montserrat, with a haze descending across the buried city of Plymouth. #SHV30

Photographic view across the sea of southern Montserrat, with the hazy green hill of the Soufriere Hills Volcano in the background, blue sky and clouds above.

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The Royal Society @royalsociety.org · Jul 16

Our University Research Fellowships are now open for applications. These fellowships are for outstanding early career scientists to pursue cutting-edge scientific research and build an independent research career. Find out more: #RSGrants royalsociety.org/grants/unive...

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Germán Bonilla-Rosso @germusthermophilus.bsky.social · Jul 12

🇨🇭The #ETH in #Zürich is looking for an Assistant Professor in #Soil (Bio-/Geo-) Chemistry!

Deadline to apply is September 30th!

Please Share!

#AcademicSky #Biochemistry #biogeochemistry #soilscience

ethz.ch/en/the-eth-z...

Assistant Professor (Tenure Track) of Soil Chemistry

ethz.ch

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Earth and Planetary Sciences at ETH Zurich @eth-eaps.bsky.social · Jul 11

Seulgi Moon, currently Associate Professor at the University of California in Los Angeles, has been appointed as Associate Professor of Earth Surface Dynamics in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at @ethz.ch. Many congratulations and welcome to the department!

ETH Zurich @ethz.ch · Jul 11

At its meeting of 9 and 10 July 2025 and upon application of Joël Mesot, President of ETH Zurich, the ETH Board appointed eight professors. The Board also awarded the title of "Professor of Practice" once.
ethz.ch/en/news-and-...

Eight professors appointed

At its meeting of 9 and 10 July 2025 and upon application of Joël Mesot, President of ETH Zurich, the ETH Board appointed eight professors. The Board also awarded the title of

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Bob Hilton @profbobhilton.bsky.social · Jul 11

And this totally amazing poster of an @ipgp.bsky.social centric view of how far we have come on #river catchment and #CriticalZone geochemistry! by Jerome Gaillardet 🧪 ⚒️

Schematic of themes and outcomes tracking catchment scale geochemical processes, inspired by the Amazon basin

Bob Hilton @profbobhilton.bsky.social · Jul 11

Really fantastic @goldschmidt-confer.bsky.social #Goldschmidt2025 conference in Prague! Thanks @eageo.bsky.social

Some 🧪🥼⚒️ highlights #greenhouse gases in rivers & lakes; timescales of #water and element #storage in catchments; #enhancedweathering state of play; closing the geological #C budget.

Earth Surface Geochemistry group members in Central Prague enjoying an evening after busy science 🧪 at the Goldschmidt Conference

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David Olefeldt @olefeldt.bsky.social · Jul 7

I have a fully funded PhD position open for start in Jan or May 2026. Field work in peatlands of the Northwest Territories, with lab work to understand potential downstream mobilization of carbon, nutrients, mercury after thaw or wildfire. Reach out for more information, and please send on!

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PP Systems International @ppsystems.bsky.social · Jul 7

TODAY-Don't miss it! Innovative multi-year #OrganicCarbon mapping (2010-2024) to predict arctic #ClimateImpact #ClimateChange #CarbonCycle #Goldschmidt2025 @profbobhilton.bsky.social @leomenar.bsky.social @goldschmidt-confer.bsky.social @geochemsoc.bsky.social @oxuniearthsci.bsky.social bit.ly/LMR-G

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Leverhulme Trust @leverhulme.ac.uk · Jul 7

To mark our 100th anniversary, the Trust Board is pleased to announce the Leverhulme Centenary Awards – a £100 million investment to support pioneering research centres, doctoral scholars and rising academic leaders.

Read more here: www.leverhulme.ac.uk/news/100mill...

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