#earth-science — Public Fediverse posts
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Antelope Canyon, Arizona — a slot canyon carved through ~190-million-year-old Navajo sandstone by desert flash floods. Over millennia, water and wind sculpted flowing, wave-like walls; at midday, sunbeams pierce the narrow slots, lighting the stone in glowing orange hues.
Photo: Tuxyso, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Chile's Marble Caves are swirling caverns carved into pure marble on the shore of Lake General Carrera. Over 6,000 years, wave action dissolved and polished the stone into smooth blue-and-white curves, and the lake's turquoise water — tinted by glacial flour — reflects onto the walls, bathing them in shifting blue light.
📸 Photo: Wescottm, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Pamukkale, Turkey — a 'cotton castle' of dazzling white travertine terraces. Calcium-rich hot-spring water flows down the hillside; as CO₂ escapes, calcite precipitates, building rimstone dams and milky-blue pools. The terraces grow ~2 cm a year — geology in real time. 📷 A.Savin, Free Art License, Wikimedia Commons: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:TR_Pamukkale_White_Terraces_asv2020-02_img16.jpg #geology #earthscience
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Hurricane Polo Makes Landfall in Baja California
#Atmosphere #AtmosphericPhenomena #Atmosphericscience #EarthScience #Hurricanes #Hydrology #Location #Naturalhazards
⏩ 1 new picture and 1 new video from NASA (SVS) https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?search=incategory%3A%22NASA+SVS+files+uploaded+by+OptimusPrimeBot%22&sort=create_timestamp_desc&ns6=1
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Hurricane Polo Makes Landfall in Baja California
#Atmosphere #AtmosphericPhenomena #Atmosphericscience #EarthScience #Hurricanes #Hydrology #Location #Naturalhazards
⏩ 1 new picture and 1 new video from NASA (SVS) https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?search=incategory%3A%22NASA+SVS+files+uploaded+by+OptimusPrimeBot%22&sort=create_timestamp_desc&ns6=1
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Hurricane Polo Makes Landfall in Baja California
#Atmosphere #AtmosphericPhenomena #Atmosphericscience #EarthScience #Hurricanes #Hydrology #Location #Naturalhazards
⏩ 1 new picture and 1 new video from NASA (SVS) https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?search=incategory%3A%22NASA+SVS+files+uploaded+by+OptimusPrimeBot%22&sort=create_timestamp_desc&ns6=1
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China's Zhangye Danxia looks like a painted desert — hills banded in rust-red, gold, green and teal. The stripes are ancient river and lake sediments tinted by iron minerals, laid down over millions of years, then folded and tilted as the Tibetan Plateau rose. Wind and rain sculpted the rest into today's "rainbow mountains."
📷 Terry Wu, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Colourful_mountains_of_the_Zhangye_National_Geopark.jpg -
Earth Tipped on Its Side During the Age of Dinosaurs—and Not Just Once
Earth is definitely not flat, but it’s not perfectly spherical, either. Due to its constant rotation, our Earth…
#NewsBeep #News #Space #EarthScience #Geoscience #Science #UK #UnitedKingdom
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Are we in the Anthropocene Epoch? Scientists can't decide
By Jacinta BowlerWhile the Anthropocene is a term most of us are well aware of, it is not an official geological epoch. Now a group of scientists has reignited the push to get it formally recognised.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2026-10-02/anthropocene-working-group-epoch-rejection/107215280
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Are we in the Anthropocene Epoch? Scientists can't decide
By Jacinta BowlerWhile the Anthropocene is a term most of us are well aware of, it is not an official geological epoch. Now a group of scientists has reignited the push to get it formally recognised.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2026-10-02/anthropocene-working-group-epoch-rejection/107215280
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Are we in the Anthropocene Epoch? Scientists can't decide
By Jacinta BowlerWhile the Anthropocene is a term most of us are well aware of, it is not an official geological epoch. Now a group of scientists has reignited the push to get it formally recognised.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2026-10-02/anthropocene-working-group-epoch-rejection/107215280
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Are we in the Anthropocene Epoch? Scientists can't decide
By Jacinta BowlerWhile the Anthropocene is a term most of us are well aware of, it is not an official geological epoch. Now a group of scientists has reignited the push to get it formally recognised.
https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2026-10-02/anthropocene-working-group-epoch-rejection/107215280
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https://www.europesays.com/uk/1230793/ Earth Tipped on Its Side During the Age of Dinosaurs—and Not Just Once #EarthScience #geoscience #Science #Space #UK #UnitedKingdom
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https://www.europesays.com/ie/715316/ Earth Tipped on Its Side During the Age of Dinosaurs—and Not Just Once #EarthScience #Éire #geoscience #IE #Ireland #Science #Space
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#NatureBasedSolutions für eine gesunde Umwelt 🌿
Seit 2020 lehrt und forscht Professor Maximilian Lau an der #TUBAF. Zu Beginn im Tenure-Track-Programm, ab 1. Oktober 2026 an einer eigenen Professur für Biogeochemie. Mit spannenden Kooperationen, modernen Analytik-Laboren, Forschung mit Verantwortung für die Region und kreativen Ideen für eine zeitgemäße Lehre, hat der Umweltwissenschaftler nun einiges vor.
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#NatureBasedSolutions für eine gesunde Umwelt 🌿
Seit 2020 lehrt und forscht Professor Maximilian Lau an der #TUBAF. Zu Beginn im Tenure-Track-Programm, ab 1. Oktober 2026 an einer eigenen Professur für Biogeochemie. Mit spannenden Kooperationen, modernen Analytik-Laboren, Forschung mit Verantwortung für die Region und kreativen Ideen für eine zeitgemäße Lehre, hat der Umweltwissenschaftler nun einiges vor.
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#NatureBasedSolutions für eine gesunde Umwelt 🌿
Seit 2020 lehrt und forscht Professor Maximilian Lau an der #TUBAF. Zu Beginn im Tenure-Track-Programm, ab 1. Oktober 2026 an einer eigenen Professur für Biogeochemie. Mit spannenden Kooperationen, modernen Analytik-Laboren, Forschung mit Verantwortung für die Region und kreativen Ideen für eine zeitgemäße Lehre, hat der Umweltwissenschaftler nun einiges vor.
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#NatureBasedSolutions für eine gesunde Umwelt 🌿
Seit 2020 lehrt und forscht Professor Maximilian Lau an der #TUBAF. Zu Beginn im Tenure-Track-Programm, ab 1. Oktober 2026 an einer eigenen Professur für Biogeochemie. Mit spannenden Kooperationen, modernen Analytik-Laboren, Forschung mit Verantwortung für die Region und kreativen Ideen für eine zeitgemäße Lehre, hat der Umweltwissenschaftler nun einiges vor.
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Just damn. More gloom.
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**"Earth’s life-support systems are failing, scientists have warned – with seven out of nine key indicators now in the ‘danger zone’."**
#Earth'svitalsigns #climatechange #biosphere #earthscience #science
https://www.dailymail.com/sciencetech/article-16171803/Earths-life-support-systems-breached-scientists.html -
Just damn. More gloom.
🙁
**"Earth’s life-support systems are failing, scientists have warned – with seven out of nine key indicators now in the ‘danger zone’."**
#Earth'svitalsigns #climatechange #biosphere #earthscience #science
https://www.dailymail.com/sciencetech/article-16171803/Earths-life-support-systems-breached-scientists.html -
Just damn. More gloom.
🙁
**"Earth’s life-support systems are failing, scientists have warned – with seven out of nine key indicators now in the ‘danger zone’."**
#Earth'svitalsigns #climatechange #biosphere #earthscience #science
https://www.dailymail.com/sciencetech/article-16171803/Earths-life-support-systems-breached-scientists.html -
Just damn. More gloom.
🙁
**"Earth’s life-support systems are failing, scientists have warned – with seven out of nine key indicators now in the ‘danger zone’."**
#Earth'svitalsigns #climatechange #biosphere #earthscience #science
https://www.dailymail.com/sciencetech/article-16171803/Earths-life-support-systems-breached-scientists.html -
Salar de Uyuni in Bolivia is the world's largest salt flat: 10,582 km² of salt crust left behind when prehistoric lakes evaporated thousands of years ago. In the rainy season a thin film of water turns it into a giant mirror, and it is so flat that NASA uses it to calibrate satellite altimeters! Beneath the crust, brine holds a huge share of the world's lithium.
📷 Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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The Ideal Candidates for Interstellar Travel
https://buymeacoffee.com/newscafe/the-first-biological-astronauts-sent-beyond-solar-system-won-humans
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The Ideal Candidates for Interstellar Travel
https://buymeacoffee.com/newscafe/the-first-biological-astronauts-sent-beyond-solar-system-won-humans
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The Ideal Candidates for Interstellar Travel
https://buymeacoffee.com/newscafe/the-first-biological-astronauts-sent-beyond-solar-system-won-humans
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The Ideal Candidates for Interstellar Travel
https://buymeacoffee.com/newscafe/the-first-biological-astronauts-sent-beyond-solar-system-won-humans
#cosmos #interstellar #space #spaceScience #universe #solarsystem #earth #earthscience #research -
At the Grand Canyon, ~500-million-year-old Tapeats Sandstone rests directly on ~1.7-billion-year-old Vishnu Schist. That boundary is the Great Unconformity — over a billion years of Earth's history simply missing. Entire mountain ranges rose and eroded away without a trace. Photo: Mikenorton, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. #geology #earthscience
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At the Grand Canyon, ~500-million-year-old Tapeats Sandstone rests directly on ~1.7-billion-year-old Vishnu Schist. That boundary is the Great Unconformity — over a billion years of Earth's history simply missing. Entire mountain ranges rose and eroded away without a trace. Photo: Mikenorton, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. #geology #earthscience
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At the Grand Canyon, ~500-million-year-old Tapeats Sandstone rests directly on ~1.7-billion-year-old Vishnu Schist. That boundary is the Great Unconformity — over a billion years of Earth's history simply missing. Entire mountain ranges rose and eroded away without a trace. Photo: Mikenorton, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. #geology #earthscience
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At the Grand Canyon, ~500-million-year-old Tapeats Sandstone rests directly on ~1.7-billion-year-old Vishnu Schist. That boundary is the Great Unconformity — over a billion years of Earth's history simply missing. Entire mountain ranges rose and eroded away without a trace. Photo: Mikenorton, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. #geology #earthscience
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A Gravitational Battle Within the Earth Is Changing the Length of Days
Earth’s days are not exactly the same length. Scientists have been recording small variations in for decades. These…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Science #Earth #earthscience #Geology #gravity #Planets
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A Gravitational Battle Within the Earth Is Changing the Length of Days
Earth’s days are not exactly the same length. Scientists have been recording small variations in for decades. These…
#NewsBeep #News #Space #Earth #EarthScience #Geology #gravity #Planets #Science #UK #UnitedKingdom
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https://www.europesays.com/uk/1223121/ A Gravitational Battle Within the Earth Is Changing the Length of Days #Earth #EarthScience #Geology #gravity #Planets #Science #Space #UK #UnitedKingdom
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A Gravitational Battle Within the Earth Is Changing the Length of Days
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A Gravitational Battle Within the Earth Is Changing the Length of Days
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A Gravitational Battle Within the Earth Is Changing the Length of Days
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A Gravitational Battle Within the Earth Is Changing the Length of Days
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US-India Satellite Captures Time-lapse Video of Volcanic Eruption
In this animation, frames of NISAR data from December 2025 to August 2026 show the spread of lava…
#NewsBeep #News #US #USA #UnitedStates #UnitedStatesOfAmerica #Space #Earth #earthscience #EarthScienceDivision #JetPropulsionLaboratory #NISAR(NASA-ISROSyntheticApertureRadar) #Science #volcanoes
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US-India Satellite Captures Time-Lapse Video of Volcanic Eruption
#EarthScience #EruptionDynamics #Geology #Hyperwall #Lava #Naturalhazards #SolidEarth #Structuralgeology
⏩ 1 new picture and 1 new video from NASA (SVS) https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?search=incategory%3A%22NASA+SVS+files+uploaded+by+OptimusPrimeBot%22&sort=create_timestamp_desc&ns6=1
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US-India Satellite Captures Time-Lapse Video of Volcanic Eruption
#EarthScience #EruptionDynamics #Geology #Hyperwall #Lava #Naturalhazards #SolidEarth #Structuralgeology
⏩ 1 new picture and 1 new video from NASA (SVS) https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?search=incategory%3A%22NASA+SVS+files+uploaded+by+OptimusPrimeBot%22&sort=create_timestamp_desc&ns6=1
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US-India Satellite Captures Time-Lapse Video of Volcanic Eruption
#EarthScience #EruptionDynamics #Geology #Hyperwall #Lava #Naturalhazards #SolidEarth #Structuralgeology
⏩ 1 new picture and 1 new video from NASA (SVS) https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?search=incategory%3A%22NASA+SVS+files+uploaded+by+OptimusPrimeBot%22&sort=create_timestamp_desc&ns6=1
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Up in smoke
join us next week to hear how data can help us respond better to UK wildfires
After a summer of record temperatures, A&E admissions and time without rainfall, it is perhaps no surprise that the number of wildfires in England and Wales this year has surpassed the total recorded for the whole of 2025.
In Greater Manchester, a major incident was declared by Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue on 13 July as they responded to a fire on moorland near Dove Stone Reservoir on Saddleworth Moor. A separate fire started the following day near Swineshaw Reservoir at Glossop, and the multi-agency team tackling both incidents was only stood down on 3 August, though firefighters remained there to continue monitoring conditions.
The National Fire Chiefs Council said that by 10 August, their teams had responded to 966 wildfires across England and Wales, including 185 in the first 10 days of August.
Days later, the UK government led by new PM Andy Burnham brought together an emergency COBRA meeting of senior officials and issued an unprecedented ‘severe alert’ warning message about wildfires sent directly to people’s phones. Measures included a temporary ban on the sale of disposable BBQs but they were criticised by WWF and End Fuel Poverty Coalition for failing to grapple with the root causes of extreme heat.
Many of us can only look on, see the smoke and try to decide whether or not to close our windows, but many are doing their part by trying to understand the conditions that make wildfires possible, the impacts they can have on people and planet, and what we can do to prevent them.
On Tuesday 29 September, we’ll hear from leading local experts on the different ways that data can help us understand what wildfires, and extreme heat, mean for people in the UK and beyond.
- Clare Nolan, Strategic Risk Analyst – Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue who has been compiling data related to the Greater Manchester wildfires.
- Dr. Gail Millin-Chalabi, GIS, Mapping and Earth Observation Community Lead in the Faculty of Science and Engineering at the University of Manchester, will be talking about mapping and Earth Observation data techniques for wildfires.
- Dr Congbo Song is a Research Scientist with the National Centre for Atmospheric Science (NCAS) at the University of Manchester, focusing on atmospheric data science and air quality analytics. He will present key findings on indoor and outdoor air pollution impacts during the recent wildfires across Greater Manchester.
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Up in smoke
join us next week to hear how data can help us respond better to UK wildfires
After a summer of record temperatures, A&E admissions and time without rainfall, it is perhaps no surprise that the number of wildfires in England and Wales this year has surpassed the total recorded for the whole of 2025.
In Greater Manchester, a major incident was declared by Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue on 13 July as they responded to a fire on moorland near Dove Stone Reservoir on Saddleworth Moor. A separate fire started the following day near Swineshaw Reservoir at Glossop, and the multi-agency team tackling both incidents was only stood down on 3 August, though firefighters remained there to continue monitoring conditions.
The National Fire Chiefs Council said that by 10 August, their teams had responded to 966 wildfires across England and Wales, including 185 in the first 10 days of August.
Days later, the UK government led by new PM Andy Burnham brought together an emergency COBRA meeting of senior officials and issued an unprecedented ‘severe alert’ warning message about wildfires sent directly to people’s phones. Measures included a temporary ban on the sale of disposable BBQs but they were criticised by WWF and End Fuel Poverty Coalition for failing to grapple with the root causes of extreme heat.
Many of us can only look on, see the smoke and try to decide whether or not to close our windows, but many are doing their part by trying to understand the conditions that make wildfires possible, the impacts they can have on people and planet, and what we can do to prevent them.
On Tuesday 29 September, we’ll hear from leading local experts on the different ways that data can help us understand what wildfires, and extreme heat, mean for people in the UK and beyond.
- Clare Nolan, Strategic Risk Analyst – Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue who has been compiling data related to the Greater Manchester wildfires.
- Dr. Gail Millin-Chalabi, GIS, Mapping and Earth Observation Community Lead in the Faculty of Science and Engineering at the University of Manchester, will be talking about mapping and Earth Observation data techniques for wildfires.
- Dr Congbo Song is a Research Scientist with the National Centre for Atmospheric Science (NCAS) at the University of Manchester, focusing on atmospheric data science and air quality analytics. He will present key findings on indoor and outdoor air pollution impacts during the recent wildfires across Greater Manchester.
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Up in smoke
join us next week to hear how data can help us respond better to UK wildfires
After a summer of record temperatures, A&E admissions and time without rainfall, it is perhaps no surprise that the number of wildfires in England and Wales this year has surpassed the total recorded for the whole of 2025.
In Greater Manchester, a major incident was declared by Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue on 13 July as they responded to a fire on moorland near Dove Stone Reservoir on Saddleworth Moor. A separate fire started the following day near Swineshaw Reservoir at Glossop, and the multi-agency team tackling both incidents was only stood down on 3 August, though firefighters remained there to continue monitoring conditions.
The National Fire Chiefs Council said that by 10 August, their teams had responded to 966 wildfires across England and Wales, including 185 in the first 10 days of August.
Days later, the UK government led by new PM Andy Burnham brought together an emergency COBRA meeting of senior officials and issued an unprecedented ‘severe alert’ warning message about wildfires sent directly to people’s phones. Measures included a temporary ban on the sale of disposable BBQs but they were criticised by WWF and End Fuel Poverty Coalition for failing to grapple with the root causes of extreme heat.
Many of us can only look on, see the smoke and try to decide whether or not to close our windows, but many are doing their part by trying to understand the conditions that make wildfires possible, the impacts they can have on people and planet, and what we can do to prevent them.
On Tuesday 29 September, we’ll hear from leading local experts on the different ways that data can help us understand what wildfires, and extreme heat, mean for people in the UK and beyond.
- Clare Nolan, Strategic Risk Analyst – Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue who has been compiling data related to the Greater Manchester wildfires.
- Dr. Gail Millin-Chalabi, GIS, Mapping and Earth Observation Community Lead in the Faculty of Science and Engineering at the University of Manchester, will be talking about mapping and Earth Observation data techniques for wildfires.
- Dr Congbo Song is a Research Scientist with the National Centre for Atmospheric Science (NCAS) at the University of Manchester, focusing on atmospheric data science and air quality analytics. He will present key findings on indoor and outdoor air pollution impacts during the recent wildfires across Greater Manchester.
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Up in smoke
join us next week to hear how data can help us respond better to UK wildfires
After a summer of record temperatures, A&E admissions and time without rainfall, it is perhaps no surprise that the number of wildfires in England and Wales this year has surpassed the total recorded for the whole of 2025.
In Greater Manchester, a major incident was declared by Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue on 13 July as they responded to a fire on moorland near Dove Stone Reservoir on Saddleworth Moor. A separate fire started the following day near Swineshaw Reservoir at Glossop, and the multi-agency team tackling both incidents was only stood down on 3 August, though firefighters remained there to continue monitoring conditions.
The National Fire Chiefs Council said that by 10 August, their teams had responded to 966 wildfires across England and Wales, including 185 in the first 10 days of August.
Days later, the UK government led by new PM Andy Burnham brought together an emergency COBRA meeting of senior officials and issued an unprecedented ‘severe alert’ warning message about wildfires sent directly to people’s phones. Measures included a temporary ban on the sale of disposable BBQs but they were criticised by WWF and End Fuel Poverty Coalition for failing to grapple with the root causes of extreme heat.
Many of us can only look on, see the smoke and try to decide whether or not to close our windows, but many are doing their part by trying to understand the conditions that make wildfires possible, the impacts they can have on people and planet, and what we can do to prevent them.
On Tuesday 29 September, we’ll hear from leading local experts on the different ways that data can help us understand what wildfires, and extreme heat, mean for people in the UK and beyond.
- Clare Nolan, Strategic Risk Analyst – Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue who has been compiling data related to the Greater Manchester wildfires.
- Dr. Gail Millin-Chalabi, GIS, Mapping and Earth Observation Community Lead in the Faculty of Science and Engineering at the University of Manchester, will be talking about mapping and Earth Observation data techniques for wildfires.
- Dr Congbo Song is a Research Scientist with the National Centre for Atmospheric Science (NCAS) at the University of Manchester, focusing on atmospheric data science and air quality analytics. He will present key findings on indoor and outdoor air pollution impacts during the recent wildfires across Greater Manchester.
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https://www.europesays.com/ie/704477/ US-India Satellite Captures Time-lapse Video of Volcanic Eruption #Earth #EarthScience #EarthScienceDivision #Éire #IE #Ireland #JetPropulsionLaboratory #NISAR(NASAISROSyntheticApertureRadar) #Science #Space #Volcanoes
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Earth’s Orbit May Have Been Altered by a Passing Star 2.8 Million Years Ago
#earth #earthscience #astronomy #cosmos #universe #solarsystem
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Yemen’s factions battling Iran-backed Houthis share a common enemy but not common goals
CAIRO — Yemeni factions fighting the Iran-backed Houthis are united mainly in one thing — their opposition to…
#NewsBeep #News #BreakingNews #2024-2026Mideastwars #breakingnews #EarthScience #Generalnews #Iran #Militaryanddefense #ML--Yemen-Factions-Explainer #Warandunrest #Worldnews
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https://www.europesays.com/iran/303652/ Yemen’s factions battling Iran-backed Houthis share a common enemy but not common goals #20242026MideastWars #EarthScience #GeneralNews #Iran #MilitaryAndDefense #MLYemenFactionsExplainer #WarAndUnrest #WorldNews
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Spent the #Equinox dragging my science students out from lunch (they got to go eat early) so we could measure the angle of inclination for our local noon and thereby measure our latitude!
Even with my homespun inclinometers, we observed solar noon close to 12:18 pm local time and most kids measured a 72 degree inclination. That works out to 18 deg N and 64.5 deg W.
Our actual coordinates according to Google Earth are 18 deg 08' 10" N and 66 deg 07' 46" W. We were dead on for latitude and only slightly off our longitude.
As the sun is directly over the Equator (0 deg lat) on the Equinox. This makes it the ideal day to observe your latitude.
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Spent the #Equinox dragging my science students out from lunch (they got to go eat early) so we could measure the angle of inclination for our local noon and thereby measure our latitude!
Even with my homespun inclinometers, we observed solar noon close to 12:18 pm local time and most kids measured a 72 degree inclination. That works out to 18 deg N and 64.5 deg W.
Our actual coordinates according to Google Earth are 18 deg 08' 10" N and 66 deg 07' 46" W. We were dead on for latitude and only slightly off our longitude.
As the sun is directly over the Equator (0 deg lat) on the Equinox. This makes it the ideal day to observe your latitude.
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Spent the #Equinox dragging my science students out from lunch (they got to go eat early) so we could measure the angle of inclination for our local noon and thereby measure our latitude!
Even with my homespun inclinometers, we observed solar noon close to 12:18 pm local time and most kids measured a 72 degree inclination. That works out to 18 deg N and 64.5 deg W.
Our actual coordinates according to Google Earth are 18 deg 08' 10" N and 66 deg 07' 46" W. We were dead on for latitude and only slightly off our longitude.
As the sun is directly over the Equator (0 deg lat) on the Equinox. This makes it the ideal day to observe your latitude.
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Spent the #Equinox dragging my science students out from lunch (they got to go eat early) so we could measure the angle of inclination for our local noon and thereby measure our latitude!
Even with my homespun inclinometers, we observed solar noon close to 12:18 pm local time and most kids measured a 72 degree inclination. That works out to 18 deg N and 64.5 deg W.
Our actual coordinates according to Google Earth are 18 deg 08' 10" N and 66 deg 07' 46" W. We were dead on for latitude and only slightly off our longitude.
As the sun is directly over the Equator (0 deg lat) on the Equinox. This makes it the ideal day to observe your latitude.
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📢 Tomorrow!
Irene Alorda Montiel will defend her PhD thesis.
📖 "Reading sediments: Anthropogenic Impacts on Coastal Wetlands"
Good luck, Irene! 👏
www.uab.cat/web/sala-de-...
#PhDDefense #CoastalWetlands #MarineScience #Research #EarthScience -
📢 Tomorrow!
Irene Alorda Montiel will defend her PhD thesis.
📖 "Reading sediments: Anthropogenic Impacts on Coastal Wetlands"
Good luck, Irene! 👏
www.uab.cat/web/sala-de-...
#PhDDefense #CoastalWetlands #MarineScience #Research #EarthScience
