Alec Yates

I do miss that feeling of "wow, this is really well written" when reading student work.

(as I review another masters thesis with lit review clearly written by chatgpt, this time with the wrong reference titles to back that up).

Little bit different from my usual work. Putting some nodes out at a site of a recent archaelogical dig in St Lawrence, Jersey. Aim is to apply HVSR towards detecting a layer boundary related to prior human compaction. Lets see!

La Corbière, Jersey

Taking a few extra friends back to Jersey for Christmas this year 🎄

(four smart solo seismic nodes)

Piton de la fournaise volcano in the flesh.

Had planned to hike to the summit but not to be with the elevated alert since this morning!

Arrived on La Réunion for a short stay. Realizing how big it really is when i compare it to my island of birth... 😄

The #HayliGubbi #eruption in Afar, Ethiopia, is the first documented eruption at this poorly known volcano.

Was it entirely unexpected?
Difficult to say - Berhe Goitom and colleagues already reported some seismicity in 2011-2012 so perhaps there was already some geophysical unrest for a while:

Certainly less involved in social media use for science since the days of Twitter (hoping this can change here), but my impression would have been that LinkedIn has become the no. 1. This I would like to change too ^^; find the formality of LinkedIn hard to stomach sometimes.

As Hurricane Melissa makes landfall in Jamaica, we can see its approach over the past few days on seismometers. Strong winds generated by hurricanes create ocean waves and pressure fluctuations that cause stronger up and down movements in the water column, which seismometers record.

Agree. Also english as second language, and i see someone already mentioned people briefly zoning out.

I tend to only show any bullet point at the moment I am discussing it, to avoid disconnect between what I am saying and where the attention should be focused on the slide (the main problem imo).

Leaving the Aeolien islands with a bang.

Didn't quite understand what I was getting when I ordered the Vulcano pizza 😅.

Think I've hit my pizza dough quota for awhile

Fieldwork finished, was a good one!

Now we patiently wait to see if the boats will resume; Aeolien islands living up to their name.

Cool location! Lived there for a year during my phd

Certainly one of the more pleasant field trips!

Just about finishing up on Panarea island, over two hundred short-term nodal deployments towards mapping hydrothermal alteration, with @jonaspaetzel.bsky.social and Adrian Thorn.

Having Stromboli as an 'office' view for the past few days has been quite something! A couple more days of fieldwork planned, then a cheeky trip to the volcano for a bit of tourism ;)

Definitely a bunch of fieldwork left unshared during the past year, but this can change ;)

Currently undertaking fieldwork in Panarea, Italy, with scientists from Brussels, Ghent, and Namur, to map zones of hydrothermal alteration. Worse places to be in October 😎.

This was not a planned shot ^^; almost surprisingly, first time visiting a UK institution.

Literally my reaction to a review request 30 minutes ago, after telling myself for sure no more reviews for a while 😄

Flying in for a 2 week visit to University of Helsinki 👌

I got there in the end too after they sent me a personalized submission link, so all good.

And yes, not so unexpected ^^. Trying to submit last minute abstracts on overloaded servers is one of my specialties 😆.

another similar msg suggesting email will be sufficient to confirm submission still possible (assuming their servers are loaded right now).

fyi, lots of people experiencing issues with waiting room infinite loop (myself included).

On Twitter (X), they are saying to email them with User ID and Session to ensure you can submit (i am assuming this will be after the deadline now, but email acting as proof of intention). Example below.

Very cool !

Cheers man !

Thanks Jean !

On the same day that i graduated from my first degree eleven years ago, i defended my PhD 🙂. Thanks to FB for letting me know of that little coincidence.

And thanks to this great team 👌👌 (sorry Co, there isnt one photo where at least one of us isnt looking the wrong way 😅).

On to 🇧🇪 for a Post-doc.

Great topic 👌

Eeyyy congratulations !!