Anna Perttu

We have a #MinCup25 champion!!

Congratulations, #Kyanite!
www.mineralcup.org/2025

After eight years of competing, another few hours to verify votes was nothing, right?

Amazing first run, #Tugtupite, and better luck next year.

To The Best Of Our Knowledge Intelligent. Optimistic. Curious.

I was heartbroken to hear of the end of TTBOOK.

I have been listening to "To The Best Of Our Knowledge" for what feels like my whole life. I don't think its possible to express the impact it has had on my life.

It has 35 years of compelling ideas and interviews in their archive

www.ttbook.org

Jane Goodall’s legacy: three ways she changed science The primatologist challenged what it meant to be a scientist.

Jane Goodall’s legacy: three ways she changed science

I don't remember when I saw that they were going to make it, but I sent it to my friend who is in a lego club with his kids so he would remind me. It came out yesterday!

I AM SO EXCITED

#AGU25 session schedule is out! Looks like December 18 is Infrasound day!

Oral I: agu.confex.com/agu/agu25/me...
Oral II: agu.confex.com/agu/agu25/me...
Posters III: agu.confex.com/agu/agu25/me...

#TeamInfrasound

I am always happy to chat away about #infrasound! You never know when someone might bring up a colleague who you didn't know about who worked in the field back in the day when things were less... open...

Vote in 2025 Final Match — Mineral Cup Click here to vote in Kyanite vs Tugtupite Photo credits: John Sobolewski and Parent Géry

#MinCup25 Final: After a month of learning and laughter, we’re at the final match to determine the 2025 Mineral Cup Champion! We have blue blades of #kyanite up against optical magician #tugtupite.

Vote: www.mineralcup.org/2025/vote/r5...
Results: www.mineralcup.org/2025/results...

Every year at Tucson Gem show, I gaze lovingly at the tables of the perfect shade of green. Every year, I find a little Dioptase cave that I want to curl up in like a tiny dragon.

Also, I once saw a tiny gem cut Dioptase for $80. I cry over not purchasing it.

#MinCup25
Vote Dioptase!

#MinCup25

Related! #MinCup25 #Hematite

We all learn differently and I decided I needed more hands on experience after my Masters so I took research jobs to get it! Every path is unique and valid! We aren't cookie cutters and thats important!

Here's the @auscope.bsky.social Seismometers in Schools recording this morning's M7.8 Kamchatka earthquake. Data and network visualisation is from SRC's Seismosphere.
The 24-hour single station view from Nhulunbuy in the Northern Territory shows the seismometer detecting the earth ringing for hours!

The reason I started saying this is b/c many of my students haven’t had opportunities to actually think for themselves or collaboratively come to consensus to shape an idea. I blame this on k-12 standardized tests/worksheets and poor/uneven implementation of NGSS (what science ed *should* be).

Capturing expert uncertainty: ICC-informed soft labelling for volcano-seismicity - Bulletin of Volcanology Reliable classification of volcano-seismic signals underpins monitoring and eruption forecasting and is an essential tool for advancing understanding of subsurface processes. However, traditional appr...

Great to see this new work by Sam Mitchinson published this week! He quantified the uncertainty in expert classification of volcano seismic events, with important implications for ML model accuracy. 🌋

Modern spectrograms are awesome but there is just something so cool about older ones like this.... Liu (1985) the signal from the May 18, 1980 eruption of Mt St Helens in China!

The best way to start the day is with an email from someone saying they are using your research. 🥰

Everyone writing about Perseverance today should be asking how many of the scientists and engineers who were involved in this discovery no longer work for NASA bc of Trump.

Very excited that my new earrings came this morning! These are custom from cursivecraft.co.nz I love them!

Natasha Kozyreva, treasured Alaska Earthquake Center family member, passed away on August 30th. She leaves an enduring legacy. Researchers using our catalog are working with data shaped by Natasha’s careful hand. Read more about her: https://earthquake.alaska.edu/staff-spotlight-natasha-kozyreva

If anyone on #TeamInfrasound ever needs student projects... I have a list...

Pro tip: keep a document of ideas for projects and papers.

BUT split them into things YOU want to do vs. something SOMEONE should do (you would be ok not being involved).

You can also have a list of things that would be a good student project. Then when you have an idea it has a home.

My email to the amazing scientists I was working with at NOAA to locate things in the archive bounced as undeliverable. 💔

Seriously excited about the lineup we have for #TeamInfrasound at #AGU this year. Its going to be a different mix (obviously) but still a very strong set of talks. Just in case you need a little bright spot today!

Snap, crackle and pop!

Love the booming explosions from the summit vent in the background.

Hark! Is that a mineral list I spy? www.mineralcup.org/2025/mineral...

Lots of new contenders this year as we increase to 75% turnover for #MinCup25.

ENJOY THE FOOD! I miss it so much!

Hello fellow scientists!
I am a geophysicist specializing in #infrasound, early warning systems, and helping people understand the active geology where they live.

I am also a huge early music lover (and entered Uni as a performance major)!

Currently in NZ but making a big move to Europe soon!

Made a figure.
Questioned the figure.
Spent all day recalculating and replotting.
Original figure was correct.
#science

YouTube video by Alaska Earthquake Center 2025 Tracy Arm Landslide: Listen to the seismic signal

From AEC over on X: The seismic data from before the Tracy Arm Landslide sped up so you can hear it. 🧪⚒️🪨
youtu.be/8_DZqYrlp4A?...