More lunacy, more denigration of Science.
Did you see the Aurora displays this week? If so we'd love to see your photos! Thanks to Karl Thurlow for sharing these images with us, taken in Aviemore on Tuesday.
Did you know BGS monitor geomagnetic activity and have an alert service? please visit:
geomag.bgs.ac.uk/education/cu...
Dob's Linn: where Charles Lapworth used fossil graptolites to age a succession of strata. Dob's Linn forms the internationally recognised boundary between the Ordovician and Silurian.
Dob's Linn is named after Halbert Dobson, 17th century Covenanter. geologyglasgow.org.uk/iconic-sites...
If you are in the US and you would like to send a message to your elected representative about the proposed dissolution of the National Center for Atmospheric Research, @agu.org makes it easy with a template here: agu.quorum.us/campaign/151... #AGU25
Some good news at last. BBC News - www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c4...
Erasmus live updates: Scheme to return for UK students from 2027 - BBC News
This is very concerning: BBC News - China intimidated UK university to ditch human rights research, documents show
www.bbc.com/news/article...
BBC News - How will Peak District carbon capture plan work? - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
@bbcnewsnight.bsky.social Why is this top story on BBC online & radio news? Is nothing happening in the UK today? BBC News - www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/c2...
Charlie Kirk shooting latest: FBI release images of 'person of interest' in Charlie Kirk shooting - BBC News
@raskin.house.gov as a British citizen, thank you for what you said in the House today, exposing Nigel Farage and his malign intent. I'm very pleased to see real opposition gathering pace to the actions of the Trump administration. I look forward to being back in Maryland soon to visit family.
An update to my Gazetteer of the UK's fossil trees at large, to include the discovery of a fossil tree stump in Markeaton Park in Derby as reported in #BBCNews
- link in pdf document below ruthsiddall.co.uk/Walks/Britai...
#urbangeology
BGS SEISMIC INFORMATION: INCHLAGGAN, HIGHLAND 01 AUGUST 2025 16:45 UTC 3.1 ML
The following preliminary information is available for this earthquake:
LAT/LON : 57.076° North / 5.200° West
GRID REF : 206kmE / 803 kmN
DEPTH : 8 km
MAGNITUDE : 3.1 Ml
Another MS Word classic is replacing 'borehole' with 'brothel'
Kamchatka earthquake highlights the advances in tsunami early warning systems 🌊 🛰️
BGS Prof David Tappin, Marine Geologist & tsunami expert explains how the Kamchatka event highlighted the improved mitigation measures now in place.
www.bgs.ac.uk/news/kamchat...
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A M8.8 earthquake just ruptured the subduction zone offshore Russia’s Kamchatka peninsula. This is one of the world’s truly huge earthquakes, and a triggered tsunami is currently traveling across the Pacific ocean.
This same fault ruptured on July 20th in a M7.4, and last August in a M7.1.
This is a superb illustration of seismic waves travelling around the earth.
BGS SEISMIC ALERT: OFFSHORE KAMCHATKA, RUSSIA 29 JULY 2025 23:24 UTC 8.8 MW
The following preliminary information is available for this earthquake:
LAT/LON : 52.530° North / 160.165° East
DEPTH : 20 km
MAGNITUDE : 8.8 MW
LOCALITY : Offshore East Coast Kamchatka
Scotland’s signs are delivering. Y’all understood the assignment. 😂
#MSH45 | July 22, 1980 | 5:14 p.m.
After 39 days of quiet, the clock resets.
At 5:14 p.m., a beige-gray column of ash punches skyward from Mount St. Helens—the first eruption visible in daylight since May 18.
Two more pulses follow at 6:25 and 7:01. At peak, ash tops 59,000 feet. It's a big show.
The monitoring station on Mauna Loa provides the longest direct measurements of CO2 in the atmosphere.
Trump wants to shut it down, which is like taking the batteries out of your screaming smoke alarm and pretending the house isn't on fire. #climatechange
Everyone else: "This is the Holy Door of St Peter's Basilica of Rome, opened by The Pope only once in 25 years in jubilee"🤩
Me: "See these lovely rudists in front of a portal in St Peter's Basilica which people call holy door"🧐
#urbangeology 🤣
BBC News - Peak Cluster carbon capture project 'could boost hundreds of jobs' - BBC News
www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Surprised & delighted to see JOIDES Resolution in Kristiansand, Norway where we visited today. She & the scientists on board have made huge contributions to our science over many years. One of many projects which made the USA a world leader in science. Now being trashed by ignorance and greed.
Day 3 of the University of Derby #GeoEnergy MSc field trip sees a focus on the #CriticalMinerals needed for the #EnergyTransition.
Are you serious @royalsociety.org?? He is trying to destroy science, spreading dangerous misinformation, inciting violence & your response is to do nothing?
So what’s your purpose then? What do you exist for? Other than being elite?
🧪 #academicsky
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The latest issue of the Department of Earth Sciences Magazine is now available to read online. Dive into research reports, alumni adventures and student successes, and explore news and awards from the past 12 months!
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Unbelievable. Donald Trump has been invited to a state visit to the UK. We should not be rolling out the red carpet to celebrate this man. Agree? Add your name to the petition today: you.38degrees.org.uk/petitions/no...
Public lands in the USA are the highlight for millions of domestic and foreign visitors. Is the aim to destroy the tourist industry as well as biodiversity?
