Julie Elliott
@julieelliott.bsky.social
Research Faculty at Michigan State University. Geodesy, Tectonics, and Glaciers. All opinions my own.
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OMG it just took out one of the distant cameras!!
December 6, 2025 at 8:05 PM
OMG it just took out one of the distant cameras!!
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🌟OPEN ACCESS🌟In a new #BSSA paper, scientists compare a 1912 Denali earthquake with a more recent 2002 magnitude 7.9 event in the region. ⚒️
pubs.geoscienceworld.org/ssa/bssa/art...
pubs.geoscienceworld.org/ssa/bssa/art...
December 5, 2025 at 9:02 PM
🌟OPEN ACCESS🌟In a new #BSSA paper, scientists compare a 1912 Denali earthquake with a more recent 2002 magnitude 7.9 event in the region. ⚒️
pubs.geoscienceworld.org/ssa/bssa/art...
pubs.geoscienceworld.org/ssa/bssa/art...
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Today I’m joining the #GivingTuesday challenge to save the Museum of the Earth. As a Board of Trustee emeritus member, I see first-hand the Museum's impact on educating our community and the world about climate change, biodiversity, and our home planet. Please donate at priweb.org/support.
Save the Museum of the Earth and PRI – Secure Its Future!
In these challenging times, places like the Paleontological Research Institution (PRI) stand as beacons of hope, fostering understanding of the natural world and inspiring action for a sustainable fut...
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December 2, 2025 at 1:11 PM
Today I’m joining the #GivingTuesday challenge to save the Museum of the Earth. As a Board of Trustee emeritus member, I see first-hand the Museum's impact on educating our community and the world about climate change, biodiversity, and our home planet. Please donate at priweb.org/support.
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![Comic. [Two people in front of projected satellite image. A small portion of the image is pixelated squares.] PERSON 1: Wait, when was this imagery taken? Is this censorship the work of the contractor? One of our people? *Foreign actors!?* PERSON 2 with ponytail: Do we know who’s operating a facility at that location? PERSON 1: We can’t find *anything*. [caption] My hobby: Setting up big colored panels in the middle of nowhere as a prank on remote sensing people](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:cz73r7iyiqn26upot4jtjdhk/bafkreib6md2yc7x32taznh2u4feo27rltazabjco4fer3c6mni3soe5tfa@jpeg)
December 2, 2025 at 12:13 AM
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🚨 New #NOAA website documenting on our 2025 Aleutian Islands, Alaska Expedition aboard the R/V Atlantis #AT50-38
- Learn more about our science objectives, sampling operations, HOV Alvin dives, cruise track/ mapping efforts, expedition team/ partners, and additional resources. 🌊🧪 (1/2)
- Learn more about our science objectives, sampling operations, HOV Alvin dives, cruise track/ mapping efforts, expedition team/ partners, and additional resources. 🌊🧪 (1/2)
November 30, 2025 at 12:38 AM
Introduce yourself with five animals you have seen in the wild.
Caribou
Lynx
Tufted Puffin
Northern Hawk Owl
Vicuña
Caribou
Lynx
Tufted Puffin
Northern Hawk Owl
Vicuña
Introduce yourself with five animals you have seen in the wild.
Wolverine
Pika
Moose
Tarantula
Sea otter
Wolverine
Pika
Moose
Tarantula
Sea otter
Introduce yourself with five animals you have seen in the wild
Prairie rattlesnake
Moose
River otter
Ermine
Beaver
Prairie rattlesnake
Moose
River otter
Ermine
Beaver
November 28, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Introduce yourself with five animals you have seen in the wild.
Caribou
Lynx
Tufted Puffin
Northern Hawk Owl
Vicuña
Caribou
Lynx
Tufted Puffin
Northern Hawk Owl
Vicuña
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Monitoring crustal deformation: sometimes in the lithosphere, sometimes on your pie plate.
🍁🍂 Happy Thanksgiving from EarthScope!
🍁🍂 Happy Thanksgiving from EarthScope!
November 27, 2025 at 2:25 PM
Monitoring crustal deformation: sometimes in the lithosphere, sometimes on your pie plate.
🍁🍂 Happy Thanksgiving from EarthScope!
🍁🍂 Happy Thanksgiving from EarthScope!
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Oof, I feel this one, I’ve seen this more than a dozen times, it was the first glacier I stood on.
www.ktoo.org/2025/11/25/m...
www.ktoo.org/2025/11/25/m...
Mendenhall Glacier has officially receded from Mendenhall Lake
Scientists say that means the glacier has entered a new phase of its retreat.
www.ktoo.org
November 26, 2025 at 9:34 PM
Oof, I feel this one, I’ve seen this more than a dozen times, it was the first glacier I stood on.
www.ktoo.org/2025/11/25/m...
www.ktoo.org/2025/11/25/m...
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One secret to buildings that won't collapse during earthquake shaking is shear strength, as this simple model can demonstrate.
Check out these related classroom resources for more: https://loom.ly/mAqr054
Check out these related classroom resources for more: https://loom.ly/mAqr054
November 20, 2025 at 6:45 PM
One secret to buildings that won't collapse during earthquake shaking is shear strength, as this simple model can demonstrate.
Check out these related classroom resources for more: https://loom.ly/mAqr054
Check out these related classroom resources for more: https://loom.ly/mAqr054
Cool study that uses acoustic signals recorded at seismic sensors to identify aircraft type flying overhead (different aircraft have different frequency signatures). Alaska provides a lot of aircraft variety to evaluate. ⚒️🧪🚁
pubs.geoscienceworld.org/ssa/tsr/arti...
pubs.geoscienceworld.org/ssa/tsr/arti...
November 20, 2025 at 5:58 PM
Cool study that uses acoustic signals recorded at seismic sensors to identify aircraft type flying overhead (different aircraft have different frequency signatures). Alaska provides a lot of aircraft variety to evaluate. ⚒️🧪🚁
pubs.geoscienceworld.org/ssa/tsr/arti...
pubs.geoscienceworld.org/ssa/tsr/arti...
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I am hiring 4 postdoctoral researchers for up to 4 years each. Topics include ice sheet reconstruction, GIA, spatial stats, and satellite geodesy. Based in Tasmania.
All details are here: careers.utas.edu.au/en/listing/ with titles below
I am also recruiting multiple PhD students (see below)
1/n
All details are here: careers.utas.edu.au/en/listing/ with titles below
I am also recruiting multiple PhD students (see below)
1/n
Current Vacancies
careers.utas.edu.au
November 13, 2025 at 3:04 AM
I am hiring 4 postdoctoral researchers for up to 4 years each. Topics include ice sheet reconstruction, GIA, spatial stats, and satellite geodesy. Based in Tasmania.
All details are here: careers.utas.edu.au/en/listing/ with titles below
I am also recruiting multiple PhD students (see below)
1/n
All details are here: careers.utas.edu.au/en/listing/ with titles below
I am also recruiting multiple PhD students (see below)
1/n
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Part 2 of our history of the remarkable flight of the California Clipper in WW2 is now available.
To get back to the US after Pearl Harbor, Ford and his crew are asked by Pan Am to do something no commercial aircrew or passenger plane has done before:
Circumnavigate the world. #history #aviation
To get back to the US after Pearl Harbor, Ford and his crew are asked by Pan Am to do something no commercial aircrew or passenger plane has done before:
Circumnavigate the world. #history #aviation
Flying blind: The remarkable journey of the California Clipper, Part 2
What Pan Am were asking of Ford, his crew and his aircraft was to do something that no commercial flying boat had ever done before: complete a circumnavigation of the world.
theupfront.media
November 7, 2025 at 7:00 PM
It's #WorldTsunamiAwarenessDay. Before warning systems existed, tsunamis could be a surprise. A 1946 M8.6 earthquake in Alaska launched a tsunami that devastated Hilo, HI and killed >150 in the HI Islands. Now warning infrastructure in AK is being defunded, weakening the network. ⚒️🧪🌊 bit.ly/4oqexnR
Tsunami
56 years ago today a devastating Tsunami tore through our Hilo Town. It may have taken us to our knees, but we did not break. Instead, we rebuilt, stronger, and more prepared. Listen as survivors of both the 1946 and 1960 Tsunami tell their story. Please enjoy this mini Documentary done as a collaboration with Taylor Martin Media and the Pacific Tsunami Museum. Enjoy
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November 5, 2025 at 1:49 PM
It's #WorldTsunamiAwarenessDay. Before warning systems existed, tsunamis could be a surprise. A 1946 M8.6 earthquake in Alaska launched a tsunami that devastated Hilo, HI and killed >150 in the HI Islands. Now warning infrastructure in AK is being defunded, weakening the network. ⚒️🧪🌊 bit.ly/4oqexnR
#30DayMapChallenge Day 4: My Data
Hardware stores I have visited/spent too much money in while doing fieldwork in southern and interior Alaska. Maybe one day I'll make it through a trip without needing to stop at a hardware store (but probably not).
Hardware stores I have visited/spent too much money in while doing fieldwork in southern and interior Alaska. Maybe one day I'll make it through a trip without needing to stop at a hardware store (but probably not).
November 5, 2025 at 5:00 AM
#30DayMapChallenge Day 4: My Data
Hardware stores I have visited/spent too much money in while doing fieldwork in southern and interior Alaska. Maybe one day I'll make it through a trip without needing to stop at a hardware store (but probably not).
Hardware stores I have visited/spent too much money in while doing fieldwork in southern and interior Alaska. Maybe one day I'll make it through a trip without needing to stop at a hardware store (but probably not).
#30DayMapChallenge Day 2: Lines
Think your commute is rough? Here are migration paths of Arctic terns that breed in Alaska. Each color represents the round trip track for an individual tagged bird. Migration data source in comment. Map made with the Generic Mapping Tools (GMT).
Think your commute is rough? Here are migration paths of Arctic terns that breed in Alaska. Each color represents the round trip track for an individual tagged bird. Migration data source in comment. Map made with the Generic Mapping Tools (GMT).
November 2, 2025 at 9:16 PM
#30DayMapChallenge Day 2: Lines
Think your commute is rough? Here are migration paths of Arctic terns that breed in Alaska. Each color represents the round trip track for an individual tagged bird. Migration data source in comment. Map made with the Generic Mapping Tools (GMT).
Think your commute is rough? Here are migration paths of Arctic terns that breed in Alaska. Each color represents the round trip track for an individual tagged bird. Migration data source in comment. Map made with the Generic Mapping Tools (GMT).
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Another article about Alaska Earthquake Center and tsunami funding cuts www.alaskasnewssource.com/2025/11/01/s...
November 1, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Another article about Alaska Earthquake Center and tsunami funding cuts www.alaskasnewssource.com/2025/11/01/s...
West was also manager for the radar altimetry data processing project for Seasat, the first satellite designed to collect oceanographic data. #geodesy ⚒️🧪
October 27, 1930, birthday of American mathematician and computer programmer Gladys Mae West.
She created an accurate model of the Earth's shape, and her work on satellite geodesic modelling laid the foundations for GPS technology 🛰️🌐
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gladys_...
She created an accurate model of the Earth's shape, and her work on satellite geodesic modelling laid the foundations for GPS technology 🛰️🌐
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gladys_...
October 28, 2025 at 1:22 AM
West was also manager for the radar altimetry data processing project for Seasat, the first satellite designed to collect oceanographic data. #geodesy ⚒️🧪
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From a crewmember on yesterday's Teal 74 mission into now-Category 5 Hurricane #Melissa. As clear of an eye as you will see in the Atlantic basin.
October 27, 2025 at 4:11 PM
From a crewmember on yesterday's Teal 74 mission into now-Category 5 Hurricane #Melissa. As clear of an eye as you will see in the Atlantic basin.
Today is International GNSS Day. October 23 was chosen because 10.23 MHz is the foundational frequency for GPS. The world has become dependent on GNSS, but there are threats to service continuity. It is good to take a day to appreciate the value of GNSS. #geodesy www.ion.org/news/interna...
October 24, 2025 at 1:46 AM
Today is International GNSS Day. October 23 was chosen because 10.23 MHz is the foundational frequency for GPS. The world has become dependent on GNSS, but there are threats to service continuity. It is good to take a day to appreciate the value of GNSS. #geodesy www.ion.org/news/interna...
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CLaSH is seeking an Assistant Director to help lead an ambitious, interdisciplinary effort to transform the science of and advance community resilience for hazards like landslides and flooding. Apply by November 15th. See also csdms.colorado.edu/wiki/Jobs
October 22, 2025 at 11:43 PM
CLaSH is seeking an Assistant Director to help lead an ambitious, interdisciplinary effort to transform the science of and advance community resilience for hazards like landslides and flooding. Apply by November 15th. See also csdms.colorado.edu/wiki/Jobs
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Ever seen a 750-pound muskox face off with a 210-pound pumpkin? 💥 Hudson did, and won! 🏆 Catch more pumpkin-smashing, leaf-crunching, fall fun during #ZooBoo, October 18 & 19. 🎃🐾
October 16, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Ever seen a 750-pound muskox face off with a 210-pound pumpkin? 💥 Hudson did, and won! 🏆 Catch more pumpkin-smashing, leaf-crunching, fall fun during #ZooBoo, October 18 & 19. 🎃🐾
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When you see photos of GPS stations, you’re usually looking at the protective radome cover and not the GPS antenna itself. The gray radome helps shield the antenna from rain, snow, and debris buildup and protects it against general wear.
October 21, 2025 at 4:05 PM
When you see photos of GPS stations, you’re usually looking at the protective radome cover and not the GPS antenna itself. The gray radome helps shield the antenna from rain, snow, and debris buildup and protects it against general wear.
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We are hiring! If you're passionate about volcanic fluid geochemistry, this is the job for you. Come join our awesome team to contribute to volcano monitoring and research in Aotearoa!
Volcanic Fluids Geochemist
At Earth Sciences New Zealand, we power a better future through science. Formed from the merger of GNS Science and NIWA, we bring together over 1,200 passionate people united by a shared purpose: to d...
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October 20, 2025 at 11:53 PM
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They have dogs coming in from Kwigillingok (aka "Kwig") as well and this is how some are getting tagged. Lots of Typhoon Dogs getting rescued from the YK-Delta, and the folks doing it could use your help. Donate here: www.bethelfriendsofcanines.com/donate.html
October 20, 2025 at 10:09 PM
They have dogs coming in from Kwigillingok (aka "Kwig") as well and this is how some are getting tagged. Lots of Typhoon Dogs getting rescued from the YK-Delta, and the folks doing it could use your help. Donate here: www.bethelfriendsofcanines.com/donate.html