Jack Geary Murphy
@jackgearymurphy.bsky.social
Lecturer in Earth & Environment @upenn.bsky.social
Geochemist | Earth Historian | Returned Peace Corps Volunteer | Teacher | Father | Denizen of 🌍
Explore, observe, measure, model, learn, tell friends, repeat
Geochemist | Earth Historian | Returned Peace Corps Volunteer | Teacher | Father | Denizen of 🌍
Explore, observe, measure, model, learn, tell friends, repeat
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John McPhee’s “evenhandedness harks back to an era when reasonable people could disagree.“ Elizabeth Kolbert writes about McPhee’s piece “Encounters with the Archdruid,” a classic of environmental reporting.
Elizabeth Kolbert on John McPhee’s “Encounters with the Archdruid”
The nominal subject was the Sierra Club leader David Brower, but McPhee allowed a mining expert named Charles Park to share the stage.
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March 30, 2025 at 7:01 PM
John McPhee’s “evenhandedness harks back to an era when reasonable people could disagree.“ Elizabeth Kolbert writes about McPhee’s piece “Encounters with the Archdruid,” a classic of environmental reporting.
Bioturbation: my kids’ daily mission to erase order from my house.
March 19, 2025 at 11:53 AM
Bioturbation: my kids’ daily mission to erase order from my house.
OPINION: When Should Universities Take a Stand? linkedin.com/pulse/opinio... via
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OPINION: When Should Universities Take a Stand?
I've heard from some colleagues in response to my opinion piece on Institutional Neutrality that universities should take a position when they—or their members—are under attack. I agree.
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March 15, 2025 at 3:19 PM
OPINION: When Should Universities Take a Stand? linkedin.com/pulse/opinio... via
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Should universities take official positions on contested social and political issues? Or should they remain neutral? And if they stay neutral, does that mean they should stay silent? - I have a proposal.
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OPINION: Institutional Neutrality, Yes. Silence, No. | Jack Geary Murphy
Institutional Neutrality, Yes. Silence, No.
Should universities take official positions on contested social and political issues? Or should they remain…
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March 11, 2025 at 7:19 PM
Should universities take official positions on contested social and political issues? Or should they remain neutral? And if they stay neutral, does that mean they should stay silent? - I have a proposal.
shorturl.at/NPSXw
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Philadelphia Stands up for Science and Democracy!
March 7, 2025 at 4:28 PM
Philadelphia Stands up for Science and Democracy!
Big shout out to Pele for the perfectly timed demonstration of hot spot volcanism—right when my Intro to the Earth System students were researching it for their igneous rocks problem set! Love when real-world events align with the classroom. Seems like you got my memo!
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March 4, 2025 — Videos of episode 12 of the Kīlauea summit eruption
Staff at the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory made observations of lava fountaining during episode 12 of the eruption in Halemaʻumaʻu, at Kīlauea summit. Both the north and south vents were active du...
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March 7, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Big shout out to Pele for the perfectly timed demonstration of hot spot volcanism—right when my Intro to the Earth System students were researching it for their igneous rocks problem set! Love when real-world events align with the classroom. Seems like you got my memo!
www.usgs.gov/media/videos...
www.usgs.gov/media/videos...
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Opinion piece: Farms worldwide need access to commercial satellite data to enhance #SustainableDevelopment goals and research. In PNAS: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
#SDGs #SmallholderFarm #ClimateChange #agriculture #LandUse #CropProductivity
#SDGs #SmallholderFarm #ClimateChange #agriculture #LandUse #CropProductivity
February 25, 2025 at 6:25 PM
Opinion piece: Farms worldwide need access to commercial satellite data to enhance #SustainableDevelopment goals and research. In PNAS: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
#SDGs #SmallholderFarm #ClimateChange #agriculture #LandUse #CropProductivity
#SDGs #SmallholderFarm #ClimateChange #agriculture #LandUse #CropProductivity
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We're excited to be a cohost for the Climate Storytellers' Summit on 4/10 with High Meadows Environmental Institute, @yaleclimatecomm.bsky.social, and My Climate Story! Interested in submitting a story? You have until 3/1 at 6pm ET.
web.sas.upenn.edu/pcssm/calend...
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Climate Storytellers’ Summit
EVENT DESCRIPTION Join My Climate Story project, the Yale Program on Climate Communication, the Penn Center for Science, Sustainability, & the Media, and the High Meadows Environmental Institute f...
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February 20, 2025 at 4:09 PM
We're excited to be a cohost for the Climate Storytellers' Summit on 4/10 with High Meadows Environmental Institute, @yaleclimatecomm.bsky.social, and My Climate Story! Interested in submitting a story? You have until 3/1 at 6pm ET.
web.sas.upenn.edu/pcssm/calend...
web.sas.upenn.edu/pcssm/calend...
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Tyranny requires your fear, your silence, and your compliance.
Democracy requires your courage.
Democracy requires your courage.
February 20, 2025 at 2:14 AM
Tyranny requires your fear, your silence, and your compliance.
Democracy requires your courage.
Democracy requires your courage.
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For my first scientific post here, I want to talk about the Phanerozoic temperature record we published last Fall, which unfortunately has been making rounds in the climate denier circuit 👀 First though hopefully you can appreciate the beauty of this reconstruction ✨...
January 27, 2025 at 3:50 PM
For my first scientific post here, I want to talk about the Phanerozoic temperature record we published last Fall, which unfortunately has been making rounds in the climate denier circuit 👀 First though hopefully you can appreciate the beauty of this reconstruction ✨...
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Excellent post
January 27, 2025 at 12:33 AM
Excellent post
Already photo of the year?
Could not have imagined a better visual of what’s to come this year than this photo right here…
January 2, 2025 at 2:27 AM
Already photo of the year?
Oof
This Sagan warning from 1995 - so utterly spot-on…..
Some folks are pretty good seeing things coming.
December 19, 2024 at 1:51 PM
Oof
This is interesting, masks some progress being made in emission reduction in the US and EU. Far from sufficient, but it’s not the case that nothing has been done.
December 16, 2024 at 2:08 PM
This is interesting, masks some progress being made in emission reduction in the US and EU. Far from sufficient, but it’s not the case that nothing has been done.
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Last night was the official building dedication of our new home at @upenn.bsky.social! Thank you to Roy and Diana Vagelos, the entire Vagelos family and all the donors for your commitment to supporting energy research!
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December 13, 2024 at 12:45 PM
Last night was the official building dedication of our new home at @upenn.bsky.social! Thank you to Roy and Diana Vagelos, the entire Vagelos family and all the donors for your commitment to supporting energy research!
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Our first kiddo was born at the end of my PhD. With many local fam & friends, decided not to relocate for a postdoc - would’ve ended my acad career. Just then Jon Hawkings was hired at the local uni. I emailed him, and he put me on startup to help build his lab. Now, I’m teaching faculty there.
December 13, 2024 at 3:37 AM
Our first kiddo was born at the end of my PhD. With many local fam & friends, decided not to relocate for a postdoc - would’ve ended my acad career. Just then Jon Hawkings was hired at the local uni. I emailed him, and he put me on startup to help build his lab. Now, I’m teaching faculty there.
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We can’t control the timing of things appearing on the NSF Earth Sciences website but finally the announcement, FAQ, and full solicitations for our realignment are out!
DCL: www.nsf.gov/pubs/2025/ns...
FAQ: www.nsf.gov/pubs/2025/ns...
All EAR programs: new.nsf.gov/geo/ear
DCL: www.nsf.gov/pubs/2025/ns...
FAQ: www.nsf.gov/pubs/2025/ns...
All EAR programs: new.nsf.gov/geo/ear
Division of Earth Sciences (GEO/EAR)
Find out how the Division of Earth Sciences supports research, education and facilities that enable scientific advances in the earth sciences.
new.nsf.gov
December 12, 2024 at 6:52 PM
We can’t control the timing of things appearing on the NSF Earth Sciences website but finally the announcement, FAQ, and full solicitations for our realignment are out!
DCL: www.nsf.gov/pubs/2025/ns...
FAQ: www.nsf.gov/pubs/2025/ns...
All EAR programs: new.nsf.gov/geo/ear
DCL: www.nsf.gov/pubs/2025/ns...
FAQ: www.nsf.gov/pubs/2025/ns...
All EAR programs: new.nsf.gov/geo/ear
“It’s easy to be a humanist in good times, but to be a humanist in bitter times and bitter circumstances, that is truly a heroic act.” - David Brooks
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Opinion | David Brooks on Staying Humane in Inhumane Times (Published 2023)
The ancient wisdom of Athens and Jerusalem can help us survive these cruel and challenging times.
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December 12, 2024 at 3:31 PM
“It’s easy to be a humanist in good times, but to be a humanist in bitter times and bitter circumstances, that is truly a heroic act.” - David Brooks
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As a student, research staff, and teaching faculty, I value what universities provide society. As a parent of two, ‘saving for college’ feels impossible on an academic salary. Our society must ensure access to education in science, humanities, and critical thinking. These programs are essential.
More colleges offering free tuition to middle-class families
Schools are dipping into endowments and raising money to lure families earning upwards of six-figures
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December 12, 2024 at 1:05 PM
As a student, research staff, and teaching faculty, I value what universities provide society. As a parent of two, ‘saving for college’ feels impossible on an academic salary. Our society must ensure access to education in science, humanities, and critical thinking. These programs are essential.
Anyone on here doing isotope measurements on a quad icpms? I’ve been working a bit on Li isotopes using a PerkinElmer NexION5000. Would love to chat.
December 10, 2024 at 9:40 PM
Anyone on here doing isotope measurements on a quad icpms? I’ve been working a bit on Li isotopes using a PerkinElmer NexION5000. Would love to chat.
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Fascinating paper on where 6000 global elites went to college. Billionaires, CEOs, heads of state, central bankers, etc.
In a word: Harvard.
Fully 10% of global elites went to Harvard. Elite US schools are over-represented (23% IvyPlus), but nobody comes close to Harvard.
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In a word: Harvard.
Fully 10% of global elites went to Harvard. Elite US schools are over-represented (23% IvyPlus), but nobody comes close to Harvard.
🧵
December 6, 2024 at 7:10 PM
Fascinating paper on where 6000 global elites went to college. Billionaires, CEOs, heads of state, central bankers, etc.
In a word: Harvard.
Fully 10% of global elites went to Harvard. Elite US schools are over-represented (23% IvyPlus), but nobody comes close to Harvard.
🧵
In a word: Harvard.
Fully 10% of global elites went to Harvard. Elite US schools are over-represented (23% IvyPlus), but nobody comes close to Harvard.
🧵