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A comprehensive 6,000-year study overturns the assumption that major #earthquakes follow predictable cycles, demonstrating instead that they occur in random clusters and lulls.
#EarthScience #Paleoseismology #Geophysics #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/02/es02122601.html

Scientists Found Small Volcanoes That Could Trigger Catastrophic Eruptions

Geologists have discovered a hidden network of "Petit-Spot" volcanoes that were previously thought to be dormant. These small but volatile engines have the potential to trigger a domino effect, leading to a catastrophic global eruption.

#Geology #Supervolcano #EarthScience #ClimateAlert #NaturalDisaster #ScienceNews #Volcano

https://www.thefuturist.co/scientists-found-small-volcanoes-that-could-trigger-catastrophic-eruptions/

Earth’s Magnetic Field Flips Regularly — Some Reversals Last 70,000 Years. Via @discover.magazine #EarthScience #RocksForJocks #Geology #OrbitalMechanics #Science 🔭🔬🧪🥼🧑‍🔬

Earth’s Magnetic Field Flips R...

#Earth system components are closer to #destabilization than previously estimated, creating a high risk of a "hothouse" trajectory driven by amplifying feedback loops and cascading tipping elements.
#EarthScience #Environmental #Ecology #Climatology #ClimateChange #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/02/es02112601.html

💁🏻‍♀️ ICYMI: ⚒️🎒 Ever wonder what a geologist packs for a day of hunting #fossils? Crystal Cortez from the #California Academy of Sciences shares the essential tools in her field kit.

👉 Learn more: https://thekidshouldseethis.com/post/whats-in-my-field-bag-show-and-tell-with-geologist-crystal-cortez?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=new_content&utm_content=field_bag

#earthscience #earth #science #geology #howto #jobs #museum #paleontology #rocks #stem #tksst #video

A person in a yellow sweater stands behind a table and holds a gray backpack in front of a wall of rock-embedded fossils.

The Seismometers At The End Of The Earth Have Names [Antarctica]
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https://www.npr.org/2026/02/08/nx-s1-5691843/the-seismometers-at-the-end-of-the-earth-have-names <-- shared radio interview (audio and transcript)
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https://www.usgs.gov/news/science-snippet/loneliest-seismometers-earth <-- shared #USGS page
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https://www.usgs.gov/news/science-snippet/loneliest-seismometers-earth <-- shared USGS overview video
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#radio #NPR #AllThingsConsidered #interview #IceCube #Antarctica #seismometer #SouthPole #globa; #earthquake #monitoring #remotesensing #seismic #GlobalSeismographicNetwork #fedscience #publicgood #publicsafety #earthscience #geology #structuralgeology #spatialanalysis #interdisciplinary #collaboration #geophysics #research #ScienceSnippet
@Npr @USGS @NSF

Why curling rocks come from just two spots on Earth. Via @scientific_american #EarthScience #RocksForJocks #Geology #Sports 🏃🏅🏆 #Olympics 🔥

Why curling rocks come from ju...

⚒️🎒 Ever wonder what a geologist packs for a day of hunting #fossils? Crystal Cortez from the #California Academy of Sciences shares the essential tools in her field kit.

👉 Learn more: https://thekidshouldseethis.com/post/whats-in-my-field-bag-show-and-tell-with-geologist-crystal-cortez?utm_source=mastodon&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=new_content&utm_content=field_bag

#earthscience #earth #science #geology #howto #jobs #museum #paleontology #rocks #stem #tksst #video

🏔️🐚 If you climbed to the top of #MountEverest, the last thing you’d expect to find is a sea floor. But the summit is actually made of limestone packed with the #fossils of trilobites and crinoids that lived 450 million years ago.

👉 https://www.sciencefocus.com/planet-earth/mount-everest-marine-ocean-fossils

💁🏻‍♀️ Learn more: Ascend to the summit of Mount Everest by drone https://thekidshouldseethis.com/post/ascend-to-the-summit-of-mount-everest-by-drone

#geology #paleontology #science #earthscience #fossils #evolution #nature #himalayas #discovery #mountains #ocean

Just once, ONCE... I'd like it to have been aliens. Just ONE time. Are 👽 really too much to ask for? A Russian Man Dug Into His Backyard - And Found Something Impossible. Via @answerswithjoe #Science 🔭🔬🧪🥼🧑‍🔬 #Geology #RocksForJocks #EarthScience #seismology youtu.be/_MARl4OuQPc?...

A Russian Man Dug Into His Bac...

Strategic co-location of blue carbon #ecosystems (#BCEs ) such as #mangroves and #seagrasses with #coral #reefs creates a synergistic environment that enhances the restoration and resilience of both #marine systems.
#Ecology #Environmental #EarthScience #MarineEcology #SustainabilityScience #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/02/eco02092601.html

The unprecedented surge in #atmospheric #methane during the early 2020s was primarily driven by a temporary decline in #hydroxyl (OH) radicals, which reduced the atmosphere's ability to break down the gas, coupled with increased natural emissions from wetlands due to wetter #climate conditions.
#AtmosphericChemistry #Biogeochemistry #Chemistry #Environmental #EarthScience #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/02/chm02092601.html

Bandera Volcano Ice Cave: The weird lava tube in New Mexico whose temperature is always below freezing. Via @live_science #EarthScience #Geology #RocksForJocks #Science 🔭🔬🧪🥼🧑‍🔬

Bandera Volcano Ice Cave: The ...

Scientist accidentally stumbles across bizarre ancient ‘wrinkle structures’ in Morocco that shouldn't be there. Via @live_science #EarthScience #Geology #RocksForJocks #seismology

Scientist accidentally stumble...

Geochemistry is the scientific discipline that integrates the principles of chemistry and geology to study the distribution, abundance, and cycling of chemical elements within the Earth and the cosmos. Its primary goals are to understand the chemical mechanisms that drive geological systems—from the formation of the planet's core to the composition of its atmosphere—and to trace the history of Earth's materials through time.
#EarthScience #Chemistry #sflorg
https://www.sflorg.com/2026/02/cat02082601.html

George Rossman, Caltech professor of mineralogy, emeritus, passed away on February 6, 2026. He was 81.

The unifying theme of his research career was a simple, relatable question: Why do gems and other minerals possess their distinctive colors? He also studied the distribution of water in minerals of the deep earth, electronic structure, etc.

From Chris Tacker on MSA-list and:
https://www.gps.caltech.edu/news-and-events/news/caltech-mourns-the-passing-of-george-rossman-19442026

#Caltech #MineralSocAmerica #Mineralology #EarthScience