Sicilia, è ancora estate, a Catania 28 gradi e molte persone vanno al mare #Sicilia #caldo #estatelunga #localteam

I wonder if #Brexit voters noticed that Turkey didn't join the #EU , that the #NHS didn't get hundreds of millions of pounds more each week, that fishermen & farmers are worse off, that small exporters are drowning in paperwork, that #European grants haven't been replaced....

Non-Newtonian fluids turn into solids when pressure is applied. It's called the process of impact-activated solidification that occurs when compressive forces are applied to fluid-grain suspensions

[📹 University of Chicago: buff.ly/2NB5r7r]

Those in UK with an interest in volcanoes The Fire Within with Werner Herzog paying homage to French volcanologists Katia and Maurice Krafft is now on BBC iPlayer bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episod… VMSG

This Monday 24th Oct I'll be at Jodrell delivering a meet the expert q&a session at lunchtime (may involve exploding stars and pumpkins) and then the week after I'll be back for the return of the Lovell Lecture series jodrellbank.net/events/profess…

Sustainable Management in Earth 🌍 resource extraction MOOC 👇 Earth Sciences at the University of Manchester The Geological Society University Geoscience UK

Join us this Sunday to celebrate the Caribbean Islands and their communities.

Take part in tours, crafting sessions and immersive experiences to learn more about the wonderful natural history of the Caribbean Islands. Learn more ➡️

Once more, stunning sunny weather in a morning jog near Manchester

The Chang'e-5 basalts are the youngest dated lunar basalts. It's not clear what supports young volcanism because their mantle is dry and KREEP poor. This paper published in Science Advances now indicates its mantle is fusible composed of CPX-ILM cumulates science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…

Visiting the LEGI at Grenoble this week !

They are doing fascinating turbidity currents/underwater avalanches made hydrogel beads on an inclined tank (40deg) !

#FlumeFriday #SoftEarthGeophysics
#fluidmechanics

📢Manuscript writing workshop📢 I will be running a manuscript writing workshop for ERCs on the 4th of January at VMSG 2022. It will, hopefully, be both entertaining and informative! 🤔📝

Il 21 ottobre di duecento anni fa iniziava l'eruzione del Vesuvio definita come 'la più spettacolosa conflagrazione del secolo'. Fu un'eruzione esplosiva ed effusiva, che colpì diversi paesi alle pendici del vulcano. Ne parliamo nel blog INGVvulcani: ingvvulcani.com/2022/10/21/ler…

Oliver Hughes, site manager at #lostgardensoffallowfield the The University of Manchester botanical grounds was highly commended at the teaching excellence awards this week for his work with student volunteers, supporting student sense of belonging. Well deserved! Earth Sciences at the University of Manchester UoM Science and Engineering 🎃👻

Excited to be back at the NHM collections for the first time in YEARS. Fossil fishies: I am coming for you!

📢 I'm glad to share with you our latest article accepted in American Mineralogist 🤩
We investigated the partitioning of trace elements between amphibole and alkali-basaltic melt with implications for amphibole fractionation at deep crustal levels. 👇

minsocam.org/msa/Ammin/AM_P…

We need a general election in the Uk, a new government with clear mandate and leadership. Simply rotating the PM role is not the way.

Please share widely to anyone who might be interested in this 10-month Physical Geography role. Specialism and/or ability to teach Hydrology and Natural Hazards at Year 1 and 2 respectively would be ideal.

jobs.reading.ac.uk/displayjob.asp…

Last night was another historic night of my life! I was in London to accept the medal for the 2022 Early Career Energy Geoscientist from The Energy Group of the Geological Society of London The Geological Society. A truly incredible night! I am grateful beyond words to everyone who got me here!

Just sent out the 1st circular for the 9th German Volcanology meeting that will take place 1-3 March at BGR in Hannover.
Everyone working at German universities or research institutes & working on magmatic topics, please apply.

As always, no fees!
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