Jonathan Harvey

Look at this stunning diverse assemblage of fauna found in the Wenlock Limestone! What fossils can you spot?

#FossilFriday #LapworthRocks #Fossils #Fossil #Geology #Palaeontology #Paleontology #Museum

Definitely some brachiopods, some crinoids, trilobites and corals i think. Is this from somewhere like Wrens Nest?

This looks fun.

Uh oh, you mentioned Pluto, that could cause trouble.

YouTube video by Shawn Willsey: Geology Explained Large Quake Hits Japan, Tsunami Generated: Geologist Analysis

Short update on the recent M7.6 EQ off the coast of Japan by geologist Shaun Wilsey, this size and nature of EQ is not uncommon for this area of Japan. www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbMi...

YouTube video by Stefan Burns RARE TRIPLE EVENT UNDERWAY! M6.7 EQ Alaska, BIG Solar Flare, and EPIC Eruption from Kilauea 💥

Live feed on the erupting Kilauae volcano, huge lava fountain, appears to have taken out one of the cameras. www.youtube.com/watch?v=uojM...

Im with you on that.

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The Big Bang Theory, genius level hilarity first 6 seasons or so, by season 12, mundane drivel churned out to flog a dead horse.

The rain brings out the colors of the rocks so that you can see them better. Positive thinking.

YouTube video by Professor Agust Gudmundsson Geological Activity Explained 5 Why most tectonic fractures are short and only a few long

Professor Agust Gundmundsson talks about the faults and fractures in the rocks of the Bristol Channel. www.youtube.com/watch?v=-80d...

Aurora Colors Explained - Southern and Northern Lights Learn how aurora colors work. See the chemistry and physics of the northern and southern lights and how the aurora works on other planets.

For the curious:

sciencenotes.org/aurora-color...

Why am I doing this? Well, climate talk has dropped like a rock since January. And fewer invites mean less support for my small but mighty Talking Climate team.

But silence isn’t an option: so I'm stepping it UP!

If you believe climate conversations matter too, please subscribe and share 💚💬🌎

Trump's White House & fawning hacks here don't really care about the 0.001% that the BBC gets wrong. They care about all the stuff it gets right.

YouTube video by Medieval Wisdom Why Roman CONCRETE Lasts 2000 Years While Ours Dies in 50

How does Roman concrete last 2,000 years? www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJdN...

School pupils are to be taught how to tackle conspiracy theories, spot 'fake news' & root out misinformation. The Daily Mail, ajudged by Wikipedia to be an unreliable new source, is furious. You don't have to be Sherlock Holmes to work out why.

Perspective on the 2025 M7.7 earthquake in Myanmar Published in Science today: four new articles, and our perspective

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Today, Science released a special issue about the M7.7 earthquake that struck Myanmar in March. We were invited to write a perspective about the four research papers in the special issue.

Find our post, including the text of our perspective, here:

But the sketch I have here attempted to give of its varied functions shows us that it is really a most complex structure, a wonderful piece of machinery, as[ 259] it were, which in its various component gases, its actions and reactions upon the water and the land, its production of electrical discharges, and its furnishing the elements from which the whole fabric of organic life is composed and perpetually renewed, may be truly considered to be the very source and foundation of life itself. This is seen, not only in the fact of our absolute dependence upon it every minute of our lives, but in the terrible effects produced by even a slight degree of impurity in this vital element. Yet it is among those nations that claim to be the most civilised, those that profess to be guided by a knowledge of the laws of nature, those that most glory in the advance of science, that we find the greatest apathy, the greatest recklessness, in continually rendering impure this all-important necessary of life, to such a degree that the health of the larger portion of their populations is injured and their vitality lowered, by conditions which compel them to breathe more or less foul and impure air for the greater part of their lives. The huge and ever-increasing cities, the vast manufacturing towns belching forth smoke and poisonous gases, with the crowded dwellings, where millions are forced to live under the most terrible insanitary conditions, are the witnesses to this criminal apathy, this incredible recklessness and inhumanity.

Wow. I did not know that Alfred Russell Wallace (co-discoverer of evolution by natural selection) wrote a book in 1904 about the biological potential for life on other planets, and I've just found this extraordinary paragraph setting out the insanity of atmospheric pollution [1/3]. In 1904!

Noone mentioned The Exorcist? These movies are different kinds of scarey, The Shining is truly unsettling, The Thing is graphically grotesque and psychologically unnerving as it forces you to think who to trust, whilst The Exorcist is incredibly shocking and disgusting, its horrifically exhausting.

YouTube video by Shawn Willsey: Geology Explained A Monster Hurricane: Learn How Cat 5 Melissa Came To Be With A Meteorologist

Geologist Shane Willsey and a meteorologist discuss the very powerful hurricane Melissa hitting Jamaica at the moment. www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQax...

Nadine Dorries? really? barrel being officially scraped.

I dont think even the Daily Mail would do that (he says optimistically).

Thank you to @mrjamesob.bsky.social for having me on, one of the v few people in the UK press to follow this story during what is now a decade of media apathy &/or complicity

AWOOOOOO!!!

For some (likely rabbits, moles, and other small mammals) hearing that famous wolf howl will send shivers down their spine, but for us, it’s nothing short of magic.

Happy Wolf Awareness Week! 🐺

Check out our website for more about wolves: dfnd.us/47t9EnH ⬅️

If you can show me some rocks that can produce fertile offspring then i will use the term species.

'Urban geology': How to find fossils (and other discoveries) in your city's buildings If you look closer at the building stones, tiles and pavements of the big city, you can find a hidden world of geology and history, from fascinating fossils to unusual rocks.

This was a lot of fun to write for the BBC - the joys of 'urban geology': fossil-hunting and more in the buildings of central London with @pavementgeology.bsky.social. She even showed me a possible dinosaur bone! #urbangeology www.bbc.com/future/artic...

There may not be obvious parallels with Jan 6th, conduct-wise, but the message is identical: laws are to be abused in pursuit of Trump’s foes & ignored in relation to his allies. He is telling his base that they can commit crimes with impunity. Fascism 101.

YouTube video by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon EJAE, Audrey Nuna and Rei Ami from KPop Demon Hunters: Golden | The Tonight Show

KPop Demon Hunters is a brilliant film, but it’s also lovely seeing its voice actors, songwriters, and singers become stars after years of struggling in the industry

It’s pretty bonkers this is not a real band, and EJAE (lead vocals) hadn’t performed in a decade until this
youtu.be/8y-ViyUk7Dk?...

Hmmm, looks like eroded volcanic ash layers, spooky.

YouTube video by Rob Butler Trashing continental drift. 1: Mobilists vs fixists

Interesting youtube talk on the historical arguments that eventually led to the theory of plate tectonics. www.youtube.com/watch?v=QmYy...