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Dr. Jane Alexander

@janealexandercsi.bsky.social

CSI/CUNY, geologist, way too old to be tenure track but here I am. Research interests in sedimentology and geochemistry. Swim/bike/run/ski. she/her/hers. Views my own. From Scotland, now split my time between southern Vermont and Staten Island, NY.

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October 25 is the deadline to submit voter registration applications to be eligible for the General Election.

October 25 is the deadline to submit voter registration applications to be eligible for the General Election.

Donโ€™t wait! Register today and make your voice heard!

Your application must be received by the Board of Elections today to be eligible to vote in the General Election.

25.10.2025 16:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Spring 2026 Internships:
๐Ÿ”ต Geographic Information Systems Intern | DOIT-2025-4i
๐Ÿ”ต Climate Hazard Resilience Intern | OCR-2025-5i
๐Ÿ”ต Legislative Affairs Intern | LEGDC-2025-6i
๐Ÿ”ต Payroll Intern | HRO-2025-2i
๐Ÿ”ต Water Compliance Intern | WRM-2025-3i
๐Ÿ”ต Human Resources Intern | HRO-2025-1i (3/4)

06.10.2025 18:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Are you ready to gain hands-on experience in environmental protection and explore a career in government? DEP's Spark Internship Program offers paid, professional development and work-based learning opportunities for students eager to make an impact. (1/4)

06.10.2025 18:36 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

โ€˜Donโ€™t pay any attention to what Trump says about medicineโ€™, Wes Streeting tells Britons โ€“ UK politics live

23.09.2025 12:50 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

As people get more & more obsessed with โ€˜bigโ€™ data and new tech for gathering loads of data

It is worth remembering that science is about asking useful questions & gathering the right data to answer them

12.09.2025 21:15 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 30    ๐Ÿ” 10    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Major, trace and rare earth element concentrations in NIST Standard Reference Materialยฎ 1646a analyzed by ALS Global using Method ME-MS61r This technical note compares analytical results obtained from ALS Global Method ME-MS61r with the certified and previously published results for NIST Standard Reference Materialยฎ 1646a, Estuarine Sedi...

If you send out samples to a commercial lab for ICP analysis, or you use NIST standard 1646a, you may be interested in this short technical note I shared on Zenodo.

zenodo.org/records/1703...

03.09.2025 14:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Major, trace and rare earth element concentrations in NIST Standard Reference Materialยฎ 1646a analyzed by ALS Global using Method ME-MS61r This technical note compares analytical results obtained from ALS Global Method ME-MS61r with the certified and previously published results for NIST Standard Reference Materialยฎ 1646a, Estuarine Sedi...

If you send out samples to a commercial lab for ICP analysis, or you use NIST standard 1646a, you may be interested in this short technical note I shared on Zenodo.

zenodo.org/records/1703...

03.09.2025 14:42 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thanks for posting. Iโ€™ve worked extensively on surveys of Oakland Beach, so will take a detailed look at this.

28.07.2025 19:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Iโ€™m one of those subway users. Most dangerous part of my journey is crossing the street with the walk sign.

18.07.2025 16:30 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

In the 1980s the focus was specifically on getting girls into engineering - so I became a geologist!

13.07.2025 11:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 1    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I worked on geochemical modeling for the Nirex proposal back in the 90โ€™s and was surprised to see a return to the same location, as the reason that didnโ€™t go ahead was fundamentally geological. But I havenโ€™t really been following the story since returning to academia and emigrating.

12.07.2025 12:44 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Manager, Science Research Mentoring Program The American Museum of Natural History is one of the worldโ€™s preeminent scientific and cultural institutions, and has as its mission to discover, interpret and disseminate information about human cult...

The AMNH (in New York) Education department is seeking a full-time Manager for their Science Research Mentoring Program (SRMP). Salary $65,000 โ€“ $72,000/yr. Must be able to commit to an 11 am to 7 pm schedule at least 3 days per week. careers.amnh.org/postings/4477

09.07.2025 19:59 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 27    ๐Ÿ” 25    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Evidence for subsidence rate variation in the Newark Basin and its influence on the deposition of fluvial sediments of the Stockton Formation The Newark Basin has seen renewed interest recently as a potential location for carbon sequestration. This study uses a recently exposed outcrop to investigate the reasons behind varying lithologies ...

#WeekendReading with The Depositional Record: Evidence for subsidence rate variation in the Newark Basin and its influence on the deposition of fluvial sediments of the Stockton Formation doi.org/10.1002/dep2...

04.07.2025 16:03 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 2    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

My daughter used to do the same as a young kid. Iโ€™d watch her face carefully at all times, and the lifeguards got to know us. I reminded her about it when she became a lifeguard as a teenager, and she was horrified!

19.06.2025 21:00 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 16    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
Be stubborn with your vision and flexible with your plan.


she is.
BEAUTIFUL
5.8/10k

Be stubborn with your vision and flexible with your plan. she is. BEAUTIFUL 5.8/10k

Good advice, these days.

10.05.2025 17:53 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 54    ๐Ÿ” 9    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 2    ๐Ÿ“Œ 3

Sorry to hear this. I remember him well from the Geologists Association and my time at UCL.

06.05.2025 10:40 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Rapid Response Bridge Funding Program In the face of recent abrupt shifts in federal funding for education research, including large-scale terminations of National Science Foundation (NSF) research grant awards, we have developed a rap...

**Rapid Response Bridge Funding Program** -- $25,000 grants earmarked for early-career researchers whose NSF-funded research on STEM and education has just been terminated.

www.spencer.org/grant_types/...

hub.jhu.edu/2025/04/28/j...

Thanks @lizneeley.bsky.social !

03.05.2025 15:22 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 76    ๐Ÿ” 73    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 4

Feeling v conflicted about this launch๐Ÿงช
Inner scientist: space shouldn't be the playground of the rich & famous โ˜น๏ธ
Inner kid: ๐Ÿฅณ
Inner geek: An 11min journey 100km up does not make you an astronaut ๐Ÿ˜ 
Inner feminist: powerful successful women showing the bravery and riches usually associated with men ๐Ÿ™†โ€โ™€๏ธ

14.04.2025 11:54 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 255    ๐Ÿ” 47    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 24    ๐Ÿ“Œ 8
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The back- and side-door cold fronts are converging at #NYC and producing an extremely impressive - and unusual - temperature gradient across the city, via NYS Mesonet obs.

Temperatures in the low 80s across traditional seabreeze-prone locations are 30F warmer than inland locations right now.

29.03.2025 21:23 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 138    ๐Ÿ” 25    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 8    ๐Ÿ“Œ 10
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Home Energy Storage - Green Mountain Power Home battery storage programs offering comfort, convenience and safety through outages, while also reducing costs and carbon.

Scotland should take a look at Vermontโ€™s program to distribute battery storage to homes, with the added benefits of a backup power supply during storms, and the option to integrate with rooftop solar.

greenmountainpower.com/rebates-prog...

29.03.2025 12:49 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Sorry this happened. I really enjoyed your talk on Tuesday, that was pitched perfectly for our students.

22.03.2025 01:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

We installed a white metal roof on our home in Vermont 2 years ago, and I havenโ€™t used an air conditioner on the upper level of the house since.

10.03.2025 11:28 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 4    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

We had 33 kids in primary school in the late 70โ€™s. As an adult, I marvel at how innovative our teachers were at running an engaging, fear free classroom with differentiation for kids of different abilities. Lots of organized physical activity during the day definitely helped.

05.03.2025 17:16 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0
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Wow: JD Vance is apparently skiing in Vermont this weekend and the locals arenโ€™t having it. Thousands have lined the streets in protest.

01.03.2025 17:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 15757    ๐Ÿ” 2972    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 568    ๐Ÿ“Œ 705
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From the vermont community on Reddit Explore this post and more from the vermont community

Today's Sugarbush snow report (since taken down, but circulating widely and emailed to thousands). Love to see it. www.reddit.com/r/vermont/co...

01.03.2025 19:26 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 21    ๐Ÿ” 8    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Some really good news from AGU.

01.03.2025 15:01 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 3    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Thatโ€™s the best news Iโ€™ve seen in weeks. I had been regretting renewing my AGU membership this year, and now I can be happy that I did.

01.03.2025 13:43 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 1    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

As a dual national I agree with pretty much everything in this article. However, immigrants are only eligible to vote when they become citizens, and believe me, by then you have plenty of paperwork to prove it!

28.02.2025 12:48 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

Love this. I just need my CSI students to move to VT, then I wouldnโ€™t have to commute every week.

25.02.2025 00:58 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 2    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 0    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

I guess it was nice while it lasted. Back to long and unpredictable express bus commutes for me and thousands of others.

19.02.2025 18:13 โ€” ๐Ÿ‘ 0    ๐Ÿ” 0    ๐Ÿ’ฌ 1    ๐Ÿ“Œ 0

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