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Crocidolite! Super hazardous- known as blue asbestos, used in Kent cigarettes as a filter in the 50’s.

Inge Lehmann, Seismologist and geophysicist Inge Lehmann was a seismologist and geophysicist who discovered that the Earth has a solid inner core and a molten outer core.

Inge Lehmann, a Danish seismologist & geophysicist, discovered evidence of the Earth's solid inner core & molten outer core. Her work was confirmed by computer models decades later, but she did all her data collection & calculations by hand. More: adalovelaceday.subst...

Wendy Bohon: Quelling Fears and Sparking Geoscience Joy - Eos This earthquake enthusiast and science communicator wants you to know that a “whole ecosystem” of scientific careers exists outside of academia.

Through social media, talks, and more, @drwendyrocks.bsky.social shares the joy of understanding our planet with audiences that might otherwise have never taken a second look at a rock.

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Read more in our August issue: bit.ly/Eos-Aug2025

July 30, 1920, birthday of American geologist Marie Tharp. Her seafloor profiles and maps provided evidence that mid-ocean ridges are rift zones, where seafloor spreading takes place along a divergent plate boundary. This discovery supported the theory of plate tectonics
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Tennessee jobs don’t have sick leave? Getting out my popcorn to watch COVID, measles, and flu disable this area. Sending kids to school sick has public health consequences.

Sadly accurate

Mapping Federal Funding Cuts to U.S. Colleges and Universities American science and innovation should not be subject to the political winds of the day. Find out how the Trump administration’s grant terminations are affecting your school, your community, and your ...

American science and innovation should not be subject to the political winds of the day. Find out how the Trump administration’s grant terminations are affecting your school, your community, and your future.
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Win for chemical industry as EPA shutters scientific research office Companies feared rules and lawsuits based on Office of Research and Development assessments.

The heart and brain of EPA - its research office - has been dismantled. Policy now outranks evidence. Hundreds of scientists silenced while industry lobbyists cheer.

And the #EPA139 who spoke out still on admin leave.

Support them & the #DeclarationofDissent here: zurl.co/ZRMh1

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And all it took was totally selling out

How I’m advocating in Congress for the next generation of US scientists Adriana Bankston’s year-long policy fellowship allows her to fight for science and scientists at a crucial time.

Adriana Bankston’s year-long policy fellowship allows her to fight for science and scientists at a crucial time

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I need liberals to realize that conservatives take progressive ideas more seriously than they do—and that’s a big part of how they have concentrated so much power so quickly.

These tactics work. And now they’re in the hands of people who are using them to promote inequality instead of end it.

Thank you PBS for giving us heroes

If you’re attending a work meeting or professional association event and you have the ability to invite a junior staff person, please do- even if they’re not “ready” yet. This is how they become ready! Bonus points: convince your bean-counters to pay / reimburse junior staff.

It’s likely not solely an AGU decision, but the AV company who manages the event… I would prefer all Mac / Keynote requirement personally but I’m not in charge.

Big numbers, folks. They're hard to get your head around.

Let's think of it one other way.

George Washington was born on February 22, 1732.

If he was a magical vampire, who was still alive and had made $40K every day since he was born, he would have $4.29 billion.

Musk has $393.1 billion.

You are cordially invited to our Anti-Prime Sale, where every purchase will financially support bookstores, NOT billionaires 🥳

The Plate Tectonic Revolution and How California Became the Epicenter of a Scientific Breakthrough For many geologists, the moment this new understanding solidified was in December 1969, at a groundbreaking conference at the Asilomar Conference Center in California that reshaped the future of th…

“It was a very exciting time. I still get goosebumps even talking about it. A turning point, I think it was, in the plate tectonic revolution, that was the watershed of geology.” ~ Eldridge Moores to John McPhee, after the GSA Meeting, December 1969, called The Meeting of the New Global tectonics.

Every country received an identical ransom note with their country name & tariff added using mail-merge?

Why Texas Hill Country, where a devastating flood killed dozens, is one of the deadliest places in the US for flash flooding A hydrologist explains how the region’s geography and geology can lead to heavy downpours and sudden, destructive floods.

Texas Hill Country is scenic – and deadly during storms. Its steep hills and fast-moving water make it one of the most dangerous places in the U.S. for flash floods.

A flood on July 4 killed at least 27 people.

A hydrologist explains why this keeps happening:
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I don’t think anyone is prepared for what they just did w/ ICE.

This is not a simple budget increase. It is an explosion - making ICE bigger than the FBI, US Bureau of Prisons, DEA,& others combined.

It is setting up to make what’s happening now look like child’s play. And people are disappearing.

Reminder to register for Association of Environmental & Engineering Geologists Annual Meeting by August 1, 2025 to receive an early registration discount. Image features a yellow background, meeting logo, calendar showing date of August 1, various desktop items.

Register by August 1, 2025 to save some money! See you in Chicago- or online for Virtual Days! aegannualmeeting.org #geology #chicago

Indeed! Can’t we get back to pencil & paper? Our state is simultaneously banning phones at school AND requiring students to carry the same sh**y assigned chromebook from 6th grade through high school so they don’t have to buy paper textbooks. What’s even the point?

And classrooms need giant rolls of maps above the chalkboard

IN THIS HOUSE, WE BELIEVE: "HOT CROSS BUNS" ON A RECORDER IS MAGICAL CARMEN SANDIEGO IS FINDABLE IF YOU READ A BOOK, YOU SHOULD GET A PERSONAL PAN PIZZA IT'S OK TO DIE OF DYSENTERY THE SCHOLASTIC BOOK FAIR SHOULD COME TO YOUR WORK THE MITOCHONDRIA IS THE POWERHOUSE OF THE CELL

Welcome to the neighborhood.

How will they know where to “drill baby drill” without maps?

There Might Not Be a Map for That: Budget Cuts Threaten Geological Surveys

There Might Not Be a Map for That: Budget Cuts Threaten Geological Surveys www.nytimes.com/2025/06/20/c...

Who is Thomas Fugate? 22 Yr Old Picked By Trump for DHS Job Amid threats of retribution from Iran, critics have ramped up scrutiny on the 22-year-old who was assigned to a major terrorism-prevention post by Trump.

Amid the threats of retribution from Iran following the U.S. military strike on three Iranian nuclear sites, critics have ramped up their scrutiny of the 22-year-old who was assigned to a major terrorism-prevention post by President Donald Trump.
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Telefrancais fantastique!

UPDATE- this went really well! Here are a few notes on how I set up and did meetings with staffers in case it's helpful to anyone! 🧵

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Such a great song & spotlight on the rubber stamped cookie cutter life that many areas have become in the name of “progress”…on the plus side, the song taught me to pronounce Cuyahoga Falls properly.