Jason R. Patton @earthjay@qoto.org

Monday sea ice update time - have a great week! 🙂

#Arctic sea ice extent is currently the 9th lowest on record (JAXA data)...
• about 130,000 km² above the 2010s mean
• about 550,000 km² below the 2000s mean
• about 1,170,000 km² below the 1990s mean
• about 1,670,000 km² below the 1980s mean

More graphs of current conditions: https://zacklabe.com/arctic-sea-ice-extentconcentration/

At least 46 dead after this earthquake. This is far worse than I thought it would be. Earthquakes do not have to be big to kill people.
https://edition.cnn.com/2022/11/21/asia/earthquake-west-java-indonesia-intl/index.html

Learned a new thing this morning.

Adding alt text (and more) to images in Mastodon
https://edtechfactotum.com/adding-alt-text-and-more-to-images-in-mastodon/

Today's #earthquake in W Java has a strike-slip mechanism according to moment tensor solution by BMKG, Indonesian Meteorology, Climatology, and Geophysical Agency - https://inatews.bmkg.go.id/

See map 👇🏼 with the "beach ball" showing the fault mechanism with two possible very steep fault planes.

Hypocenter shallow depth ~11km and closeness to Cianjur town (less than 10km), where damages are reported, likely explains its destructive character. Strong shaking also reported in Jakarta at ~80km from the epicenter.

Earth, as seen from the Moon by the uncrewed Orion capsule on its Artemis I test flight

ML and coastal geomorphology... This is a really simple example but results are better than expected.

I'm a #Mamademic! I'm #Mum to mini-volcanologist (5 years old) and mini-geophysicist (2 years old). Having #kids and doing #science requires some juggling!

Today, I'm #WFH because mini-geophysicist is sick. I had a really busy day planned and this has sent me into a bit of a minor panic. I'm still learning how to juggle and be comfortable at prioritising their needs over work. The snuggles are cute but it makes working on the laptop hard.

Hello everyone!

EGU s very pleased to join you all on Mastodon - to discuss all things #geoscience, #geology, #EarthScience, #SpaceScience, #PlanetaryScience and more! As Europe's leading organisation for Earth, planetary & space science research, we support 19 #OpenAccess journals and hold Europe's biggest Earth, space and planetary science meeting each year - #EGU23 this year between 23-28 April 2023, in Vienna Austria and online.

Find out more on our website: https://www.egu.eu/

I finally succeeded to get the green "verified" mark 😆

First I started pasting the html instruction not into the head and in the wrong file. Nothing happened. When I put it at the root of my personal IPGP page (in index.html) it suddenly worked 🤓

Our #introduction - (1/2)

The International Seismological Centre (ISC) was set up in 1964 with the assistance of UNESCO as a successor to the International Seismological Summary to follow up the pioneering work of Prof. John Milne and Sir Harold Jeffreys in collecting, archiving and processing of #seismic bulletins and preparing and distributing the definitive summary of world seismicity, the ISC Bulletin.

Frost flowers on a pond near Boulder, CO. Phenomena is relatively rare on freshwater bodies, though are somewhat more common atop saline sea ice in the Arctic. (Photos by Daniel Swain, Nov. 20, 2022)

Today's Google Doodle is about Marie Tharp, a pioneering #oceanographer. Click the animation to learn about her - the video and activities are great!

https://www.google.com/

For more on Marie Tharp: https://marietharp.ldeo.columbia.edu/about-marie-tharp

#ocean #WomenInSTEM #PlateTectonics #EarthScience

Magnitude 5.6 #earthquake on #Java #Indonesia about one hour ago (2022-11-2ZT06:21) a little south of #Jakarta. There are reports of damage. Signal on station GE.BBJI (Bungbulang, Garut, Java) courtesy of @geofon and displayed using @obspy software. I hope that damage and injuries are limited. https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us7000ir9t/executive

This site makes me feel guilty about the fact I didn’t let mastodons on the Ark.

Here is how to choose a #Mastodon #instance:

Go to https://debirdify.pruvisto.org/

Click [authenticate]

Click [search followers]

You will see the Most Relevant Instances. Avoid those with Mastodon in their name. They tend to be slow because of too many new users.

Thanks, @debirdify@twitter.com!

Meet Eugen Rotchko (@Gargron), founder of @Mastodon, who just got a profile in TIME magazine. I encourage you to really read the entire excellent interview, bc not only will you learn more about the ethos behind Mastodon, but you can also hear what it’s like for an intelligent human being to talk about social media.

“Thousands Have Joined Mastodon Since Twitter Changed Hands. Its Founder Has a Vision for Democratizing Social Media.”

https://time.com/6229230/mastodon-eugen-rochko-interview/

A graphic I put together showing the Himalayan orogeny.

#geology #geography #geographyteacher #platetectonics

Hi everyone! I am a postdoc based in Pittsburgh interested in #climatechange #ecology, #forests, and #phenology.

My current postdoc research uses #roots collected from #Trillium #herbarium specimens to quantify changes in #AMF community composition across the past 120 years in eastern North America.

Other past and current research focuses on shifts in #temperate #plants phenology in response to warming springs.

More information on my website at https://benrlee.com

#introduction