Prof. Dr. Michaela Spiske

Prof. Dr. Michaela Spiske

@tsunamiboulder.bsky.social

Tsunami and storm researcher 🌊. Natural hazards. Coastal processes. Enthusiastic boulder lover. Sedimentologist. Speaker of the German Section for Sedimentology. Professor at @unibonn.bsky.social‬

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1 month ago
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Yesterday’s “Schnupperuni” (girlsday) at UniBonn was real fun!
Hope that we were able to catch the girls’ interest for geosciences with a short rock tutorial and the simulation of viscous landslide behavior.
#UniBonn #Schnupperuni #girlsday #experiment #landslide

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1 month ago
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Yesterday’s “Schnupperuni” (girlsday) at UniBonn was real fun!
Hope that we were able to catch the girls’ interest for geosciences with a short rock tutorial and the simulation of viscous landslide behavior.
#UniBonn #Schnupperuni #girlsday #experiment #landslide

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1 month ago
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The upcoming Sedimentology.Lunch-Talk (Feb 12) will focus on “Coastal Erosion and Shore Platform Developement across Tectonic Gradients” – by Prof. Dr. Kevin Norton from Uni Tübingen.

Registration for the Zoom-link ⬇
dggv.de/bildungsange...

#sedimentology #talks #research @DGGV_de

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1 month ago
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The final exams for this semester are in full swing. Good luck to all students! 🍀
#ExamWeek #exams #UniBonn

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3 months ago
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Quite a nice sample of Sahara dust deposited on my terrace during yesterday´s event.
#saharadust #eolian #aeolian #sampling #sediment

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4 months ago
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Understanding extreme-wave hazards on high-energy coasts requires a standardised approach to field data collection: analysis and recommendations Abstract. Coastal boulder deposits provide vital information on extreme wave events. They are crucial for understanding storm and tsunami impacts on rocky coasts, and for understanding long-term hazar...

Our recent publication on coastal boulder 🌊🪨 research is now available:
Many thanks to Ronadh Cox for leading this!
nhess.copernicus.org/articles/25/...

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5 months ago
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Safe the dates! #Sedimentology.Lunch Talks will be back in November with various topics, such as diagenesis, geochemical proxies, silicate weathering, cosmogenic nuclides, ...
More info & registration: www.dggv.de/bildungsangebot/sedimentology-lunch/
#sedimentology #talks #research #topics #DGGV

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7 months ago
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120 Years of Earthquakes and Their Tsunamis: 1901-2020 YouTube video by PacificTWC

120 años de terremotos y sus tsunamis.

El tamaño de cada círculo representa la magnitud del terremoto, mientras que el color representa su profundidad dentro de la tierra

Via Pacific Tsunami Warning Center

youtu.be/ilFEKSZQv5o

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7 months ago
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Today is my first official day as full #professor for #sedimentology at @unibonn.bsky.social. It´s been a long way, but now I am super excited about all new tasks and opportunities, my own #researchgroup and all upcoming projects!
#Academia #HazardResearch #Bonn

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7 months ago
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the California Geological Survey has prepared a survey to gather your observations from the M8.8 Kamchatka, Russia Tsunami

If you have been able to make any observations of the tsunami or of the evidence left behind by tsunami, we want your information:

survey123.arcgis.com/share/76979d...

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8 months ago
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The upcoming Sedimentology.Lunch-Talk (July 10) will focus on “The Story of the North German Basin and Potentials for Today” – presented by Prof. Dr. Magdalena Scheck-Wenderoth from GFZ.
www.dggv.de/bildungsangebot/sedimentology-lunch/ #sedimentology #talks #research #DGGV #GFZ @gfz.bsky.social

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8 months ago
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Understanding extreme-wave hazards on high-energy coasts requires a standardised approach to field data collection: Analysis and recommendations Abstract. Coastal boulder deposits provide vital information on extreme wave events. They are crucial for understanding storm and tsunami impacts on rocky coasts, and for understanding long-term hazar...

A community effort by #ISROC network to standardise field data collection in coastal boulder research - funded by #NSF - starring Rónadh Cox @megafloods.bsky.social @tsunamiboulder.bsky.social @shoreplatform.bsky.social 🪨⛏️🛰️📸 #preprint #NHESS @egu.eu @nh.egu.eu

doi.org/10.5194/egus...

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9 months ago
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Busy Hurricane Season Expected in 2025 - Eos A new NOAA report predicts an active Atlantic hurricane season, though global weather patterns could still shift predictions.

Warmer than average ocean temperatures will fuel another active hurricane season, as NOAA predicts up to 19 named storms in the Atlantic.

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9 months ago
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Join us for the upcoming online Sedimentology.Lunch-Talk on June 12:
Sedimentary patterns and provenance of the Rosenhof Member (Nama Group, S Namibia) by Mandy Zieger-Hofmann (SNSD)
More info www.dggv.de/bildungsangebot/sedimentology-lunch/ #sedimentology #talks #research #provenance #Namibia #DGGV

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10 months ago
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The new season of Sedimentology.Lunch-Talks starts in May with a presentation by Dr. Cécile Blanchet (@clblanchet.bsky.social).
For more information visit dggv.de/bildungsange...

#sedimentology #riverdynamics #continentalmargins #talks #research #topics

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11 months ago
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The new season of #Sedimentology.Lunch Talks starts in May!
Talks will cover various topics, such as river dynamics, provenance analysis, the North German Basin…
For information and registration visit www.dggv.de/bildungsangebot/sedimentology-lunch/

#sedimentology #talks #research #topics #DGGV

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