Heidi Stenner @hstenner@qoto.org

“For deep time is measured in units that humble the human instant: millennia, epochs and aeons, instead of minutes, months and years. Deep time is kept by rock, ice, stalactites, seabed sediments and the drift of tectonic plates. Seen in deep time, things come alive that seemed inert. New responsibilities declare themselves. Ice breathes. Rock has tides. Mountains rise and fall. We live on a restless Earth.”

― Robert Macfarlane, Underland: A Deep Time Journey

#DeepTime #RockyMountains

Unexpected focal mechanism for M7.0 earthquake near #Solomon Islands. I would have expected a shallow thrust #earthquake on the #subduction interface, but it appear to be a steep #normal #faulting event. As of yet, only possible #tsunami waves on the nearby Honiara sea level station are a few cms in amplitude.

The UN's Dag Hammarskjöld library is holding a virtual event on #OpenAccess for Climate Justice. I'm glad this conversation is continuing well beyond the initiatives from OA Week in October.

The event is next week (30 November) and it's free. If you're advocating #OpenScholarship #OpenScience and trying to make sure that everyone has access to critical knowledge, here is the link to register https://research.un.org/conferences/webinar3

@climatejustice @libraries

LISTEN: In audio obtained by ProPublica, an anti-abortion lobbyist suggests to Tennessee lawmakers -- who passed the nation's most restrictive abortion ban -- that IVF and contraception could be further regulated in a few years’ time.

Read the full story here:
https://www.propublica.org/article/inside-anti-abortion-meeting-with-tennessee-republican-lawmakers?utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=mastodon-post

#Abortion #IVF #Contraception #Tennessee

What’s worse

#EarthquakeReport #EarthquakeToot for M7.0 #Earthquake offshore of #SolomonIslands

#AftershockAlert for M6.0 earthquake nearby

Read more abt tectonics of this region in 2016 report: https://earthjay.com/?p=4580

https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/us7000irfm/executive

Timeline cleanse: This baby elephant messing around with an on air reporter is totally adorbs 🥰

(h/t Sheldrick Wildlife Trust)

Boudinage are one of the most spectacular geologic structures and some of my favorite rocks.

More beautiful boudinage here: https://goo.gl/XXSyEv

Callan Bentley's great AGU blog post on boudinage explains it all: https://blogs.agu.org/mountainbeltway/2011/06/20/boudinage-favorite-geoword/

Image from: https://folk.uib.no/nglhe/PhotoAlbum/Boudinage%20Chapter%2014/index.html

#WaterscenesoftheCenozoicWednesday is here again, so here's #paleoart of Conflicto, an ancient, Antarctic relative of ducks and geese that lived pretty much immediately after the extinction of non-avian dinosaurs. We have really excellent fossils of this bird so, despite it not being especially closely related to any living species, we know it strongly resembled modern geese.

Friendly #Mastodon tip of the Day 2

Filters are your best friend. If you don’t want content about Elon Musk , go to Preference > Filters and make one for "Musk".

Or #Twitter. Or anything you don't want to see.

Those posts will be hidden, and filters can be time-limited. So if you just want to filter out football chat during the world cup, you can do that.

🔃Reblog and follow me for more daily tips.

In the eastern foothills at the base of the Sierra Nevada, Mobius Arch frames Lone Pine Peak. Alabama Hills National Scenic Area, #California.

#photography #landscape #nature #hiking #backpacking

In this drawing I attempted to portray a trilobite from an angle less often seen. This is Lycophron titan Australia's largest trilobite, and maybe third in the world. From the Ordovician of Central Australia
#Palaeoart #Paleoart

So many people are having a bad first experience with Mastodon because they're using the official app which is lacking features, doesn't allow image uploads randomly, has random slowness, and doesn't give you easy access to the two most active feeds where you can find people (Local and Federated).

Please switch to Metatext, Tusky, or Tooot for a better mobile experience (or even use a browser).

Out of the >15k users that joined this week, over 11k are on the official apps.

New from Eos.org: #Climate change and its effects are not #gender neutral: Women and girls are hit the hardest, as the #climatecrisis deepens already existing gender inequalities.

https://eos.org/articles/how-climate-change-is-affecting-women-in-the-amazon

George Takei joins Mastodon!!!

https://universeodon.com/@georgetakei/109355673119355282

I’m boldly going where I haven’t gone before, which is right here at this site. Apparently this is a “toot.” I would appreciate a follow!

Hello! 👋 I'm new here, so here's a little #introduction about who I am & what I do as a scientific researcher 🌎

I'm a community #ecologist by training & a lot of my #PhD research was based on #TropicalForest #carbon storage in Brazil & Panama. I now lead a project investigating decision-making, trade-offs & conflicts involving people, #biodiversity, #energy & #justice, using #hydropower #dams as a model system.

I also love running, walking my dog & being in wild places 😀

#research #science

I didn't take this photo but I was with my husband when he did. It was breathtaking up on Stenbury Down on the Isle of Wight, watching the mist roll in at sunset. The sheep were surprised to see us and for once the weather did what we'd hoped it would do! #SheepofMastodon

Everyone please be aware that the service we used to use that provided tickers went down and doesnt plan to go back up.. This unfortunately slows down the default theme.

As such I switched the default theme to the no-ticket theme and this works just fine. However im not sure it will help for people already signed up on the server.

To fix the problem please go intto your preferences and change the theme to the no-ticket theme.