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  1. Rare Antarctic dinosaur fossil found in a drawer

    Scientists have discovered a rare dinosaur fossil from Antarctica that had been stored away in a drawer for…
    #NewsBeep #News #Science #antarctica #AU #Australia #Dinosaur #Expedition #fossil #geologist #Titanosaur
    newsbeep.com/au/768532/

  2. Rare Antarctic dinosaur fossil found in a drawer

    Scientists have discovered a rare dinosaur fossil from Antarctica that had been stored away in a drawer for…
    #NewsBeep #News #Science #antarctica #AU #Australia #Dinosaur #Expedition #fossil #geologist #Titanosaur
    newsbeep.com/au/768532/

  3. We can change the ending

    Radio Friend, it's a Tuesday! We're starting off with energy again this morning at 10 Eastern. Then we'll cut to three tracks from the Danish artist Elias Rønnenfelt, palate cleanse with a little krautrock-inspired music. As we reach cruising altitude, on your left you'll hear shimmering indie-pop melodies shifting into heavy, sprawling psych-rock landscapes. On your right you'll hear a down-tempo, songwriting-focused sequence. As we prepare to land, ensure your tray table is in the full, […]

    chorddrift.com/2026/06/16/8590/

  4. We can change the ending

    Radio Friend, it's a Tuesday! We're starting off with energy again this morning at 10 Eastern. Then we'll cut to three tracks from the Danish artist Elias Rønnenfelt, palate cleanse with a little krautrock-inspired music. As we reach cruising altitude, on your left you'll hear shimmering indie-pop melodies shifting into heavy, sprawling psych-rock landscapes. On your right you'll hear a down-tempo, songwriting-focused sequence. As we prepare to land, ensure your tray table is in the full, […]

    chorddrift.com/2026/06/16/8590/

  5. RE: mstdn.social/@History_of_Geolo

    #Alfred #Wegener (died November 1930 in Greenland) was a #German #geologist, #polarexplorer, and #meteorologist. He is primarily known for his #theory of #continentaldrift, which has significantly influenced modern theories of #platetectonics. Fossil discoveries and similar calving fronts along the west coast of #Africa and the east coast of #SouthAmerica led him to his theory, which is still crucial for understanding the #evolutionaryhistory of life on Earth.
    ©This text#StefanFWirth Berlin 2026

  6. RE: mstdn.social/@History_of_Geolo

    #Alfred #Wegener (died November 1930 in Greenland) was a #German #geologist, #polarexplorer, and #meteorologist. He is primarily known for his #theory of #continentaldrift, which has significantly influenced modern theories of #platetectonics. Fossil discoveries and similar calving fronts along the west coast of #Africa and the east coast of #SouthAmerica led him to his theory, which is still crucial for understanding the #evolutionaryhistory of life on Earth.
    ©This text#StefanFWirth Berlin 2026

  7. I have been digging out my old copies of John McPhee's #books, dipping in, remembering what it was like to be a new #geologist, and how it has carried across into #spatial #data, #geomorphology, #geomorphometry, #hydrology, #landcover, #engineeringgeology, #environmentalscience, #landuse, #massmovement and so much more......
    This one paragraph reminded me so strongly of that time,, although I cannot of course write as eloquently:
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    "I used to sit in class and listen to the terms come floating down the room like paper airplanes. Geology was called a descriptive science, and with its pitted outwash plains and drowned rivers, its hanging tributaries and starved coastlines, it was nothing if not descriptive. It was a fountain of metaphor—of isostatic adjustments and degraded channels, of angular unconformities and shifting divides, of rootless mountains and bitter lakes..."
    #GIS #JohnMcPhee #science #scientificwriting #readingforpleasure #geology #water #landforms #spatialanalysis #spatiotemporal

  8. I have been digging out my old copies of John McPhee's , dipping in, remembering what it was like to be a new , and how it has carried across into , , , , , , , , and so much more......
    This one paragraph reminded me so strongly of that time,, although I cannot of course write as eloquently:
    --
    "I used to sit in class and listen to the terms come floating down the room like paper airplanes. Geology was called a descriptive science, and with its pitted outwash plains and drowned rivers, its hanging tributaries and starved coastlines, it was nothing if not descriptive. It was a fountain of metaphor—of isostatic adjustments and degraded channels, of angular unconformities and shifting divides, of rootless mountains and bitter lakes..."

  9. Doing some middle school job fair outreach tomorrow - looking forward to it… 😊
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    Grabbed some discarded core from the rock core lab as giveaways… (although the big piece of halite is for my office shelf, to join the other ‘trotskies’…)
    #middleschool #outreach #jobfair #geology #rock #rockcore #stem #stemeducation #stemforkids #stemcareers #geologist #USGS

  10. Doing some middle school job fair outreach tomorrow - looking forward to it… 😊
    --
    Grabbed some discarded core from the rock core lab as giveaways… (although the big piece of halite is for my office shelf, to join the other ‘trotskies’…)

  11. While at NASA/JPL the other day, I visited an old friend: the hand assembled and colored map from the first Mariner 4 tv image. A geologist got impatient waiting for the image processing folks to assemble the image, so they printed out the raw values onto tiny strips, stapled them to a wall, and hand-colored it with pastels. To save the map, it was sawed out of the wall and framed as a gift to the Lab director. Recently remounted and preserved. #NASA #JPL #Map #Mariner4 #Pastels #Geologist

  12. While at NASA/JPL the other day, I visited an old friend: the hand assembled and colored map from the first Mariner 4 tv image. A geologist got impatient waiting for the image processing folks to assemble the image, so they printed out the raw values onto tiny strips, stapled them to a wall, and hand-colored it with pastels. To save the map, it was sawed out of the wall and framed as a gift to the Lab director. Recently remounted and preserved. #NASA #JPL #Map #Mariner4 #Pastels #Geologist

  13. #introducton

    I'm a chartered engineering #geologist working in in the field of rock mechanics, #geohazard identification and mitigation. Keen to see and hear from all the fellow #geoscience, #earthscience and #geology people out there on #mastodon.

    I'm my spare time I like adventures in or under the mountains, and enjoy #photography when I'm out and about. Passionate about the #environment and protecting our one and only home 🌍.