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Christine Siddoway

@iphigenesdream.bsky.social

Field geologist, US Antarctic Program investigator - West Antarctica, College professor, Proterozoic-lover, admirer of Iphigene Ochs. Favorite mineral: Cordierite. Best rock types: mylonite, kinzigite and diamictite! Favorite weather: blowing snow.

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AND most important, you mentioned our clipping!!

26.02.2026 02:57 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Hockey-loving kids just witnessed their heroes acting like cowards If 12-year-olds knew something was wrong with the extravagant endorsement of the Trump administration, how did, say, Auston Matthews, the captain of the Maple Leafs not know this?

@davebidini.bsky.social had some thoughts on the Team USA hockey. He's impassioned - and he's right. www.thestar.com/opinion/cont...

25.02.2026 21:22 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 1

Canadian journalist @davebidini.bsky.social tells it true

26.02.2026 00:12 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 2    πŸ“Œ 0
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Brooklyn 8:37 PM

23.02.2026 01:38 β€” πŸ‘ 8848    πŸ” 918    πŸ’¬ 176    πŸ“Œ 93
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Pleistocene cinder cone in the southern part of the Owens Valley. Coso volcanic field.

23.02.2026 16:24 β€” πŸ‘ 39    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
U.S. women's hockey defeats Canada in OT to win Olympic gold
YouTube video by Team USA U.S. women's hockey defeats Canada in OT to win Olympic gold

This is the gold medal team that we can be most proud of youtu.be/qPzw0DRBmlg?...

23.02.2026 17:50 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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In Rual Alaska, Geospatial Education Creates Local Career Pathways for Youth | Case Study Bristol Bay adapts rural education for geospatial careers, giving Alaska residents in remote areas pathways to thrive through GIS programs.

#GIS education creates local-career-pathways-for-youth in-rural #Alaska

23.02.2026 16:45 β€” πŸ‘ 5    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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From Ted Turner to TikTok: The Rise and Fall of Science Journalismβ€”and What Comes Next Speaking from Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier, a conversation for Breaking the News traces how CNN helped shape today’s fractured media landscapeβ€”and why rebuilding trust in science storytelling may be

Speaking live from Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier, Miles O’Brien reflects on CNN, the collapse of science journalism, and a new project tracing the roots of today’s fractured media landscape.

open.substack.com/pub/milesobr...

15.02.2026 18:20 β€” πŸ‘ 8    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

now that’s #outreach, @milesobrien.com and #KOPRI

23.02.2026 01:48 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Land Ho! Fifty-five days after shoving off, we see the beautiful cliffs of New Zealand - and smell the fertile turf.

Land Ho! Fifty-five days after shoving off for Antarctica. What an adventure.

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18.02.2026 19:42 β€” πŸ‘ 7    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
NASA Troubleshooting Artemis II Rocket Upper Stage Issue, Preparing to Roll Back - NASA Editor’s note: NASA has updated an earlier version of this blog to provide additional details.

Looks like a rollback is brewing for Artemis II. March launch windows would close, but if they do it soon, they preserve April options.

www.nasa.gov/blogs/missio...

21.02.2026 18:44 β€” πŸ‘ 4    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Beyond the beaches, Wellington’s catastrophic sewage spill could be bad news for coastal ecosystems Sewage spills are often seen as short-term public health crises. But the ecological impacts can be lasting, especially if combined with marine heatwaves and storms.

Alarming coastal ocean event in Wellington -- arising in part from extremely wet January

17.02.2026 18:41 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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An El NiΓ±o is brewing And with it the next, pivotal, chapter of the climate fight.

An El NiΓ±o is brewing
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17.02.2026 05:55 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Ian McKellen performs β€œThe Strangers’ Case” speech from β€œSir Thomas More” on Colbert.

05.02.2026 13:07 β€” πŸ‘ 9242    πŸ” 3612    πŸ’¬ 176    πŸ“Œ 725
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I'll be giving a talk on Feb 17 for the Hawkes Bay RSNZ and Art Deco celebration week on "the other large HB quake" the 1863 Waipukurau earthquake

05.02.2026 18:25 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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AGU Denounces Trump Administration’s Repeal of the EPA Endangerment Finding In 1856, American scientist Eunice Foote made history by publishing the first academic paper demonstrating that carbon dioxide traps heat from the Sun, a discovery that laid the foundation for climate...

@agu.org position statement

13.02.2026 05:33 β€” πŸ‘ 9    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Researcher (294200) | Norwegian Meteorological Institute Job title: Researcher (294200), Employer: Norwegian Meteorological Institute, Deadline: Monday, February 23, 2026

πŸ“’ We are hiring at MET!

Position 1 (location in Tromso or Oslo)
Focus on climate and sea ice remote sensing using passive microwave sensors
πŸ‘‰ www.jobbnorge.no/en/available...

πŸ•’ 2-year position linked to projects with ESA.

Please help spread the word and boost πŸ¦‹β©πŸ“§

#Climate #SeaIce #RemoteSensing

05.02.2026 11:41 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 9    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I’m pleased to share my latest article in @uk.theconversation.com

It asks what overheated apartments, flooded rice fields, & invisible policy failures have in common, & how preventable harm becomes the slow violence of necropolitics in the Chthulucene.

Here's a short thread on some key points 🧡

03.02.2026 08:13 β€” πŸ‘ 160    πŸ” 82    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 7
Assistant Professor of Geological Oceanography - College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences - Fairbanks, Alaska, United States The Oceanography Department of the College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences (CFOSΒ at the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) seeks applications from exceptional candidates for a tenure-track faculty p...

@uafairbanks.bsky.social is hiring! An opening for a geological oceanographer - see job posting here:

careers.alaska.edu/jobs/assista...

13.02.2026 05:30 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1

β€œYou wouldn’t always know it, but it went up every year I was president,” he said to applause.

β€œThat whole, suddenly America’s like the biggest oil producer and the biggest gas that was me, people.” - Barack Obama

πŸ”₯🌎πŸ”₯

apnews.com/article/busi...

13.02.2026 05:12 β€” πŸ‘ 40    πŸ” 21    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 1

Minnesota’s economy runs on the strength of our small businesses.

I’m proposing $10 million in direct relief to help businesses impacted by Operation Metro Surge stabilize, protect jobs, and get back on solid footing.

13.02.2026 00:26 β€” πŸ‘ 8290    πŸ” 1490    πŸ’¬ 193    πŸ“Œ 56
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Failure, Data, and the Slow Truth of Thwaites Even when the drilling stops, the scienceβ€”and the stakesβ€”keep moving beneath Antarctica’s most consequential glacier

A failed drill, rare new data, and the slow race to understand Antarctica’s most consequential glacierβ€”my companion essay to tonight’s PBS NewsHour report from Thwaites.
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13.02.2026 00:00 β€” πŸ‘ 11    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
Despite setback, researchers uncover new findings at Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier
YouTube video by PBS NewsHour Despite setback, researchers uncover new findings at Antarctica’s Thwaites Glacier

summary report : thanks for your reporting and taking many along on the expedition to #Thwaites @milesobrien.com @pbsnews.org

13.02.2026 05:18 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
Why is Ice Slippery? | What the Physics?!
YouTube video by NOVA PBS Official Why is Ice Slippery? | What the Physics?!

a spirited account ! particularities of ice surfaces

13.02.2026 05:07 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 1    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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At the Edge of the Ice, and Time A live conversation from Antarctica reveals what we learnedβ€”and what we still don’t knowβ€”about the fate of the Doomsday Glacier

At the Edge of the Ice, and Time
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12.02.2026 14:03 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

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11.02.2026 03:45 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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That feeling when you FINALLY get a selfie with the amazing @theevareid.bsky.social!!

#GISchat #geogsky #blacksky @geospatialwomen.bsky.social @womeningis.bsky.social

10.02.2026 18:57 β€” πŸ‘ 25    πŸ” 2    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

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11.02.2026 03:16 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

Go #Badgers 🦑🦑🦑@wisconsinwatch.org

11.02.2026 03:10 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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How Caroline β€˜KK’ Harvey juggled Wisconsin ice hockey and Team USA before Milan Cortina Olympics - NCAA.org Caroline "KK" Harvey balanced her senior season at Wisconsin with Team USA training ahead of the 2026 Milan Cortina Olympics. Now the 2025 national champion

go #TeamUSA #WomensHockey

11.02.2026 03:06 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0