Jason R. Patton @earthjay@qoto.org

I'm a geologist and this isn't cute or funny. Rocks only climb trees like this when they're very stressed.

Data from #LitliHrutur eruption as of July 13 by #Iceland Institute of Earth Sciences - graph in Icelandic & English; maps in Icelandic - "hraun" is Icelandic for lava and marks lava flows from 2021, 2022 & 2023. https://jardvis.hi.is/is/eldgos-vid-litla-hrut-nidurstodur-maelinga-13-juli #Fagradalsfjall #volcano🌋 #geology

(MAP) Here’s Where They're Planning New Murals for the 2023 Eureka Street Art Festival

https://lostcoastoutpost.com/2023/jul/15/map-heres-where-theyre-planning-new-murals-2023-eu/

Today, #TEKTONIKA #DOAJ has published its first paper ! 🎉

20th to 21st Century Relative Sea and Land Level Changes in Northern #California - by J. Patton @earthjay et al.

https://tektonika.online/index.php/home/article/view/6

Toot it, share it, read it FREE !

#openscience #openaccess #tectonics #eustasy #SeaLevel

@wearetektonika @earthjay @RobinLacassin As one of the reviewers of this work, I am thrilled to see my review report published in #openaccess, along with the paper. This is a big step forward toward #transparency of the #peerreview process, and recognition of the work involved in reviewing scientific papers. Congratulations to the authors for their paper, and to @wearetektonika editors for their work!

BREAKING: The European Union has reportedly warned Elon Musk that Twitter could be BANNED in Europe unless the platform abides by the EU’s strict rules on content moderation.

That sounds significant. #Twitter

Our partners at the Earth Observatory of Singapore Remote Sensing lab has processed a map of Mauna Loa #MaunaLoa surface change from JAXA ALOS-2 radar images acquired yesterday and earlier this year. We call this a Damage Proxy Map, and in this case it shows the areas covered by new lava flows at (29 Nov 2022, 10:23 UTC).
Data products available at https://eos-rs-products.earthobservatory.sg/EOS-RS_202211_Hawaii_MaunaLoa_Volcano/

The Economist this morning:

On Tuesday the World Meteorological Organisation published, for the first time, an evaluation of global water resources. The findings are bleak: much of the world experienced unusually dry conditions in 2021. Although this was partly due to La Niña—a temporary weather pattern that influences the distribution of rains and winds—it is mostly a result of climate change, which is driving up temperatures and worsening droughts. These changes affect economies: in Britain and Europe alone, droughts currently cause around $9bn in losses each year.

#climate #climatechange #lanina

Our partners at the Earth Observatory of Singapore Remote Sensing lab made map of surface displacements for Mauna Loa #MaunaLoa east side from JAXA ALOS-2 radar images acquired yesterday and earlier this year. This #InSAR displacement map shows motion of surface to east and up in this case. The northeast rift zone has expanded due to new magma moving there and the summit has moved down during #volcano #eruption at (29 Nov 2022, 10:23 UTC).
Data products available at https://eos-rs-products.earthobservatory.sg/EOS-RS_202211_Hawaii_MaunaLoa_Volcano/

Set your DVR to record! 📺

Many of your favorite earth scientists (including me - I’m one of your favorites, right? 😉) will be talking about the San Andreas fault on the Discovery Channel on Dec. 15th at 9pm ET!

The show is part of a docuseries called “Brink of Disaster” 🙄. I’m hopeful that the content is better than the title!

#science #earthquake #scicomm #sanandreas #fault #southerncalifornia

Regarding the earthquakes felt around Taupō today, I hope everyone there managed to get some sleep.

"...this activity is almost all aftershocks of the M5.6 earthquake... The most likely scenario is there will be a number of smaller aftershocks which will taper off, much like we experienced with the M 5 in September 2019 with a similar aftershock sequence.”
#Taupō #NZTwits #NewZealand #Earthquake #volcano #Aoteara
More info:
https://www.nzherald.co.nz/rotorua-daily-post/news/lake-taupo-quake-tsunami-destroys-boats-damages-foreshore-150-aftershocks-following-56-tremor/OYSTQG3EWRBAZPHBXL3PEH62YA/

Joy and sadness can coexist. Although it is difficult to notice it during life's storms, having perspective can bring balance.
It's -30ºC/-22ºF temperature today in the environment around me. From the lake near my cabin in the wilderness of the Yukon, I'm sending joy, hope and positivity.
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Saxophone: Todd MacLean of PEI
Drum: Gurdeep Pandher

#Radar #interferogram showing deformation of Mauna Loa through Nov. 29 at 00:22 HST. Article on how to interpret this image is at http://ow.ly/a9wv50LROXU