Rob Evans
@roblevansgeo.bsky.social
Senior Scientist at WHOI. Geophysicist.
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Magnetotellurics (MT) measure the conductivity (or resistivity) of the Earth. Earth’s magnetic field induces electric currents in the Earth. The strength of this induced signal depends on the conductivity of the materials below the surface.
Learn more about MT ⬇️
https://loom.ly/QoServY
Learn more about MT ⬇️
https://loom.ly/QoServY
October 6, 2025 at 5:45 PM
Magnetotellurics (MT) measure the conductivity (or resistivity) of the Earth. Earth’s magnetic field induces electric currents in the Earth. The strength of this induced signal depends on the conductivity of the materials below the surface.
Learn more about MT ⬇️
https://loom.ly/QoServY
Learn more about MT ⬇️
https://loom.ly/QoServY
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@seagrant.whoi.edu hosted a workshop for Mashpee Wampanoag tribal youth last month at #WHOI's David Center for #OceanInnovation!
The "Utah Unây" program underscored how #TraditionalEcologicalKnowledge and western scientific practices can lead to more complete understanding of ecosystems.
The "Utah Unây" program underscored how #TraditionalEcologicalKnowledge and western scientific practices can lead to more complete understanding of ecosystems.
August 5, 2025 at 3:59 PM
@seagrant.whoi.edu hosted a workshop for Mashpee Wampanoag tribal youth last month at #WHOI's David Center for #OceanInnovation!
The "Utah Unây" program underscored how #TraditionalEcologicalKnowledge and western scientific practices can lead to more complete understanding of ecosystems.
The "Utah Unây" program underscored how #TraditionalEcologicalKnowledge and western scientific practices can lead to more complete understanding of ecosystems.
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I don’t even know what to say. So many brilliant scientists at the EPA.
I know so many dedicated and brilliant scientists who work (and I guess now worked) at EPA. The loss of expertise and ability to make science-informed decisions will have lasting damage for our health. Academics and advocates will have to try to fill the gap.
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/18/c...
www.nytimes.com/2025/07/18/c...
E.P.A. Says It Will Eliminate Its Scientific Research Arm
www.nytimes.com
July 19, 2025 at 2:33 AM
I don’t even know what to say. So many brilliant scientists at the EPA.
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#Expedition501: “New England Shelf Hydrogeology”
investigates freshened water under the ocean floor.
In this video, Co-Chief Scientist Brandon Dugan explains why sharing the impacts of #offshoreresearch with local communities is so important.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5f5...
investigates freshened water under the ocean floor.
In this video, Co-Chief Scientist Brandon Dugan explains why sharing the impacts of #offshoreresearch with local communities is so important.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5f5...
Coastal Communities Explainer
YouTube video by ECORD_IODP
www.youtube.com
July 19, 2025 at 1:21 PM
#Expedition501: “New England Shelf Hydrogeology”
investigates freshened water under the ocean floor.
In this video, Co-Chief Scientist Brandon Dugan explains why sharing the impacts of #offshoreresearch with local communities is so important.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5f5...
investigates freshened water under the ocean floor.
In this video, Co-Chief Scientist Brandon Dugan explains why sharing the impacts of #offshoreresearch with local communities is so important.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5f5...
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Last night, we closed #SHV30 in Salem—a place where many once gathered for comfort, connection, and strength during the eruption.
The SHV30 Street Part was a tribute to our shared journey.
Thank you, Salem, and thank you to all who came out.
The SHV30 Street Part was a tribute to our shared journey.
Thank you, Salem, and thank you to all who came out.
July 19, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Last night, we closed #SHV30 in Salem—a place where many once gathered for comfort, connection, and strength during the eruption.
The SHV30 Street Part was a tribute to our shared journey.
Thank you, Salem, and thank you to all who came out.
The SHV30 Street Part was a tribute to our shared journey.
Thank you, Salem, and thank you to all who came out.
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Holy fricking A, those are still big cuts.
House Approps Committee released the press release and top level summary of the CJS subcommittee budget bill. Not as bad as POTUS - but worse than Senate. 6% topline cut to NOAA, 23%(!) topline cut to NSF, NASA flat. Looking at draft bill now.
appropriations.house.gov/sites/evo-su...
appropriations.house.gov/sites/evo-su...
July 15, 2025 at 11:09 PM
Holy fricking A, those are still big cuts.
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#SHV30 is bringing the world to #Montserrat!
Participants from 15+ countries — including Jamaica, Argentina, Italy, UK, USA, New Zealand & more — will gather to reflect, reconnect & look ahead.
🗓️ July 14–18, 2025
🎟️ Register: www.mvo.ms/shv30
Participants from 15+ countries — including Jamaica, Argentina, Italy, UK, USA, New Zealand & more — will gather to reflect, reconnect & look ahead.
🗓️ July 14–18, 2025
🎟️ Register: www.mvo.ms/shv30
June 22, 2025 at 4:45 PM
#SHV30 is bringing the world to #Montserrat!
Participants from 15+ countries — including Jamaica, Argentina, Italy, UK, USA, New Zealand & more — will gather to reflect, reconnect & look ahead.
🗓️ July 14–18, 2025
🎟️ Register: www.mvo.ms/shv30
Participants from 15+ countries — including Jamaica, Argentina, Italy, UK, USA, New Zealand & more — will gather to reflect, reconnect & look ahead.
🗓️ July 14–18, 2025
🎟️ Register: www.mvo.ms/shv30
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Could it POSSIBLY be that some US lawmakers are poised to reject huge cuts that have been proposed by the Trump administration to the National Science Foundation, NASA and other agencies ???
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
🧪 🌊 🌎
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
🧪 🌊 🌎
US senators poised to reject Trump’s proposed massive science cuts
Committee gives first hint that policymakers might preserve, rather than slash, funding for US National Science Foundation and other agencies.
www.nature.com
July 11, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Could it POSSIBLY be that some US lawmakers are poised to reject huge cuts that have been proposed by the Trump administration to the National Science Foundation, NASA and other agencies ???
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
🧪 🌊 🌎
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
🧪 🌊 🌎
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HUD secretary's hostile takeover of the NSF building have angered NSF employees
June 25, 2025 at 3:46 PM
HUD secretary's hostile takeover of the NSF building have angered NSF employees
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Call your Senators and House Reps to point out what an egregious example of waste, fraud, and abuse this would be. HUD Sec Turner is asking for extensive renovations including a private elevator, gym, and luxury dining room for himself and his cronies.
NEW: NSF will be kicked out of their building. Announcement will be made tomorrow by HUD Sec. and Governor of VA. HUD will take over the NSF building over the next two years.
NSF staffer: "There is no planning for NSF, no identified future location, appropriation for a new building or a move."
NSF staffer: "There is no planning for NSF, no identified future location, appropriation for a new building or a move."
June 25, 2025 at 1:53 AM
Call your Senators and House Reps to point out what an egregious example of waste, fraud, and abuse this would be. HUD Sec Turner is asking for extensive renovations including a private elevator, gym, and luxury dining room for himself and his cronies.
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Exploring the solid Earth beneath the oceans holds transformative potential for #geophysics applications such as #tectonic research and deep Earth imaging.
Learn about new opportunities for ocean-based geophysical sensing on May 28: buff.ly/d6Uhndz
Learn about new opportunities for ocean-based geophysical sensing on May 28: buff.ly/d6Uhndz
May 21, 2025 at 5:02 PM
Exploring the solid Earth beneath the oceans holds transformative potential for #geophysics applications such as #tectonic research and deep Earth imaging.
Learn about new opportunities for ocean-based geophysical sensing on May 28: buff.ly/d6Uhndz
Learn about new opportunities for ocean-based geophysical sensing on May 28: buff.ly/d6Uhndz
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Research project investigates freshened water under the ocean floor:
Start of an international expedition off the coast of New England #EXP501 #IODP3
www.ecord.org/iodp%c2%b3-n...
Start of an international expedition off the coast of New England #EXP501 #IODP3
www.ecord.org/iodp%c2%b3-n...
May 20, 2025 at 7:17 PM
Research project investigates freshened water under the ocean floor:
Start of an international expedition off the coast of New England #EXP501 #IODP3
www.ecord.org/iodp%c2%b3-n...
Start of an international expedition off the coast of New England #EXP501 #IODP3
www.ecord.org/iodp%c2%b3-n...
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This is an absolute disaster. If we don't stop this, they will turn NSF into a pawn of the Trump administration. There will be no research on climate, biodiversity, or anything that isn't eugenics or AI or how to more efficiently destroy the planet for profit.
This cannot be allowed to happen.
This cannot be allowed to happen.
Exclusive: NSF faces radical shake-up as officials abolish its 37 divisions
Changes seen as a response to presidential directives on what research to fund
www.science.org
May 9, 2025 at 3:42 AM
This is an absolute disaster. If we don't stop this, they will turn NSF into a pawn of the Trump administration. There will be no research on climate, biodiversity, or anything that isn't eugenics or AI or how to more efficiently destroy the planet for profit.
This cannot be allowed to happen.
This cannot be allowed to happen.
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Science friends, I’ll be honest: We have no idea yet what any of this will mean. But I can tell you that I work alongside some of the best humans around and that we are fighters. www.science.org/content/arti...
April 25, 2025 at 12:06 AM
Science friends, I’ll be honest: We have no idea yet what any of this will mean. But I can tell you that I work alongside some of the best humans around and that we are fighters. www.science.org/content/arti...
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My latest post is now out.
I show how Trump's attacks on science and universities are neither random nor new - they fit very precisely into the authoritarian playbook.
This means we can guess what might come next and prepare - and we must!
christinapagel.substack.com/p/censor-pur...
I show how Trump's attacks on science and universities are neither random nor new - they fit very precisely into the authoritarian playbook.
This means we can guess what might come next and prepare - and we must!
christinapagel.substack.com/p/censor-pur...
Censor, purge, defund: how Trump following the authoritarian playbook on science and universities
I have mapped 35 of the Trump administration's attacks on science and universities to the authoritarian playbook - and consider what it means for attacks still to come
christinapagel.substack.com
March 10, 2025 at 2:58 PM
My latest post is now out.
I show how Trump's attacks on science and universities are neither random nor new - they fit very precisely into the authoritarian playbook.
This means we can guess what might come next and prepare - and we must!
christinapagel.substack.com/p/censor-pur...
I show how Trump's attacks on science and universities are neither random nor new - they fit very precisely into the authoritarian playbook.
This means we can guess what might come next and prepare - and we must!
christinapagel.substack.com/p/censor-pur...
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It's extremely worrying to see universities facing choices that can lead to this. Graduate education leads to new knowledge and future leaders, and even a temporary pause in some PhD programs is a huge loss. Has anyone heard any updates on publicly-funded fellowships like NSF GRFP?
This will directly affect the future, & the present, of Pennsylvania & the country. Jonas Salk invented the Polio vaccine at Pitt. Pitt helped unlock DNA & pioneered organ transplants. Musk is offering a future where Americans are poorer, sicker, & less free. One word: NO
www.wesa.fm/health-scien...
www.wesa.fm/health-scien...
The University of Pittsburgh pauses its Ph.D. admissions process amid research funding uncertainty
A spokesperson for the University told WESA Friday that the school has "temporarily paused additional Ph.D. offers of admission," while Pitt works to understand how proposed federal funding cuts could...
www.wesa.fm
February 22, 2025 at 2:40 AM
It's extremely worrying to see universities facing choices that can lead to this. Graduate education leads to new knowledge and future leaders, and even a temporary pause in some PhD programs is a huge loss. Has anyone heard any updates on publicly-funded fellowships like NSF GRFP?
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‼️The US-based @ipcc.bsky.social technical support unit (TSU) for Working Group 3 Co-Chairs has been terminated, and the US won’t be attending next week’s IPCC meeting where the AR7 chapter outlines will be approved.
More by @afreedma.bsky.social here:
More by @afreedma.bsky.social here:
Scoop: U.S. delegation pulled from key U.N. climate science meeting
The IPCC meeting in China is slated to determine the content in the group's next series of reports.
www.axios.com
February 21, 2025 at 2:58 AM
‼️The US-based @ipcc.bsky.social technical support unit (TSU) for Working Group 3 Co-Chairs has been terminated, and the US won’t be attending next week’s IPCC meeting where the AR7 chapter outlines will be approved.
More by @afreedma.bsky.social here:
More by @afreedma.bsky.social here:
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A lot of our academic colleagues go to work at NSF for a couple of years as a rotator. In the programs that have funded me, rotators have been essential to keeping those divisions going. It's hard to see how these firings won't severely diminish NSF.
Firings at the NSF included permanent employees who had already completed their one-year probationary period, as well as at-will workers.
National Science Foundation Fires 168 Workers as Federal Purge Continues
Firings at the NSF included permanent employees who had already completed their one-year probationary period, as well as at-will workers.
wrd.cm
February 18, 2025 at 8:23 PM
A lot of our academic colleagues go to work at NSF for a couple of years as a rotator. In the programs that have funded me, rotators have been essential to keeping those divisions going. It's hard to see how these firings won't severely diminish NSF.
We’re currently seeking applicants specializing in Indigenous Knowledge Systems for a 2-year position. #NativesInSTEM
Consideration will begin soon! 📲Find out more and apply today: go.whoi.edu/ikp-postdoc
Consideration will begin soon! 📲Find out more and apply today: go.whoi.edu/ikp-postdoc
go.whoi.edu
January 24, 2025 at 3:41 PM
We’re currently seeking applicants specializing in Indigenous Knowledge Systems for a 2-year position. #NativesInSTEM
Consideration will begin soon! 📲Find out more and apply today: go.whoi.edu/ikp-postdoc
Consideration will begin soon! 📲Find out more and apply today: go.whoi.edu/ikp-postdoc
Spotlight on one of our Navy Students: web.mit.edu/spotlight/aiming-high
web.mit.edu
January 24, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Spotlight on one of our Navy Students: web.mit.edu/spotlight/aiming-high
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Geoscience folks, have you seen all our skeets about how NSF/EAR has reorganized? Now there's a one-stop-shop for all the info: new.nsf.gov/geo/updates/... (note the webinars happening this week! come ask your questions!)
Realigning the NSF Division of Earth Sciences
new.nsf.gov
December 16, 2024 at 6:25 PM
Geoscience folks, have you seen all our skeets about how NSF/EAR has reorganized? Now there's a one-stop-shop for all the info: new.nsf.gov/geo/updates/... (note the webinars happening this week! come ask your questions!)
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We are looking for a postdoc who integrates Indigenous Knowledge into their coastal or marine science
#NativesinSTEM
whoi.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/WHOI-Externa...
#NativesinSTEM
whoi.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/WHOI-Externa...
Postdoctoral Investigator – Indigenous knowledge Systems
Job Summary Job Description The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution is seeking a post-doctoral researcher specializing in the application, integration and/or incorporation of Indigenous Knowledge Sys...
whoi.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com
November 25, 2024 at 8:26 PM
We are looking for a postdoc who integrates Indigenous Knowledge into their coastal or marine science
#NativesinSTEM
whoi.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/WHOI-Externa...
#NativesinSTEM
whoi.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/WHOI-Externa...
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#Highlights from #AGU24:
🎓️ We spread the word about opportunities in independent #oceanscience
🧑🏽🔬 Our @agu.org #LandingFellows worked on building #diversityingeoscience
🫱🏽🫲🏻 Our leadership met w/ Sen. Ed Markey
🎉 We threw an #mCDR party at @artechouse.bsky.social
Now, time for a nap! 💤
🎓️ We spread the word about opportunities in independent #oceanscience
🧑🏽🔬 Our @agu.org #LandingFellows worked on building #diversityingeoscience
🫱🏽🫲🏻 Our leadership met w/ Sen. Ed Markey
🎉 We threw an #mCDR party at @artechouse.bsky.social
Now, time for a nap! 💤
December 13, 2024 at 9:12 PM
#Highlights from #AGU24:
🎓️ We spread the word about opportunities in independent #oceanscience
🧑🏽🔬 Our @agu.org #LandingFellows worked on building #diversityingeoscience
🫱🏽🫲🏻 Our leadership met w/ Sen. Ed Markey
🎉 We threw an #mCDR party at @artechouse.bsky.social
Now, time for a nap! 💤
🎓️ We spread the word about opportunities in independent #oceanscience
🧑🏽🔬 Our @agu.org #LandingFellows worked on building #diversityingeoscience
🫱🏽🫲🏻 Our leadership met w/ Sen. Ed Markey
🎉 We threw an #mCDR party at @artechouse.bsky.social
Now, time for a nap! 💤
I've been helping out at the @whoi.bsky.social booth at #AGU24 this week. Today is the last day to stop by and learn about our education programs.
December 12, 2024 at 12:38 PM
I've been helping out at the @whoi.bsky.social booth at #AGU24 this week. Today is the last day to stop by and learn about our education programs.
We are looking for a postdoc who integrates Indigenous Knowledge into their coastal or marine science
#NativesinSTEM
whoi.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/WHOI-Externa...
#NativesinSTEM
whoi.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/WHOI-Externa...
Postdoctoral Investigator – Indigenous knowledge Systems
Job Summary Job Description The Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution is seeking a post-doctoral researcher specializing in the application, integration and/or incorporation of Indigenous Knowledge Sys...
whoi.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com
November 25, 2024 at 8:26 PM
We are looking for a postdoc who integrates Indigenous Knowledge into their coastal or marine science
#NativesinSTEM
whoi.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/WHOI-Externa...
#NativesinSTEM
whoi.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/WHOI-Externa...