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Vicky Veritas
@vickyveritas.bsky.social
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Born in the Anthropocene
Worked at the intersection of Geology and GIS 
BS Geology, MS Earth Science

#Geosciences | #EarthScience | #Geology | #GIS | #Rocks | #TeamFluorite | #ScienceFiction | #Fantasy | 
#TwitterMigration : @morganssong
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deepseadawn.bsky.social
Yes, you CAN go back in time! This StoryMap allows readers to experience several hundred million years of Earth history in just minutes with a scroll-driven animation. Happy GIS Day too!
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Want to know how the team did it?
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⚒️ 🧪 #gischat #geogsky #geogchat 🌎 🌍 🌏
November 20, 2025 at 8:24 PM
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h2ogie.bsky.social
SJSU Geology is offering need-based scholarships of up to $15k/year for undergraduates to come study Geology or Earth Systems Science with us. The application deadline for Fall 26 is soon (12/1), but wanted to share this opportunity with any prospective students. sites.google.com/sjsu.edu/s-s...
November 20, 2025 at 8:35 PM
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earthquakeguy.bsky.social
The November 20, 1933 M7.3 #earthquake offshore Baffin Island, #Nunavut triggered submarine landslides.
See some of the latest research here:
cdnsciencepub.com/doi/full/10....
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November 20, 2025 at 9:25 PM
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nadwgab.bsky.social
324 of #365Minerals 🧪⚒️

Nepheline:
- A feldspathoid mineral
- Forms in volcanic rocks with low silica content
- Its name comes from the Greek word "νεφέλη/nephélē" (cloud) because it turns cloudy when exposed to strong acid #minerals
A blocky chunk of greyish-white, featureless nepheline, with dark brown stripes of biotite. From Dungannon, Ontario, Canada. Specimen on display in the Natural History Museum, London.
November 20, 2025 at 10:35 AM
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geologyjohnson.bsky.social
this kind of tiling is reminiscent of the element positioning on some of my billion year old microfossils. I wonder...
thespite.bsky.social Jaume Sanchez Elias @thespite.bsky.social · Dec 21
two levels of truchet tiles superposed on an icosphere
November 20, 2025 at 2:43 PM
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geoscientistmag.bsky.social
Through a unique blend of art and science, Olivia Rafferty's debut album Typical Forever highlights how creative storytelling can make geoscience both accessible and emotionally resonant.

geoscientist.online/sections/une...

#geology #geoscience #music #scicomm
Perspectives on time - GEOSCIENTIST
Singer-songwriter Olivia Rafferty embarks upon an enlightening exploration of Earth's history through her debut album, Typical Forever.
geoscientist.online
November 20, 2025 at 11:38 AM
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mattepritchard.bsky.social
Beautiful November day for Field Geophysics looking for a buried gorge. Thanks to Geoff Abers for the photos.
Four students collecting seismic data with computer and sledgehammer 3 people collecting surveying data in open field
November 20, 2025 at 1:10 PM
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drlperezdiaz.bsky.social
I can’t offer you huge Black Friday markdowns but I have some unique, “where did you get that!?” gifts made locally by me, or other small businesses in my community. Perfect for that geology-enthusiast in your life 👇🏻

You can find them all here: www.luciaperezdiaz.com/category/all...
November 20, 2025 at 1:47 PM
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paul-bierman.bsky.social
Headed to Minnesota as guest of northhouse.org. Talking about my book on Greenland, ice cores and climate change on Saturday evening. When the Ice is Gone. WW Norton, 2024. 

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#scicomm
#climate
#UVMresearch
#science
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#geosky
#ClimateHealth
#ClimateAction

www.paulbierman.net
Paul Bierman, Geoscientist
My passions are telling stories and solving the mysteries of our planet
www.paulbierman.net
November 20, 2025 at 3:37 PM
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thefosterlab.bsky.social
My alma mater, Leicester University, is dissolving its Geology Department leading to the loss of 14 staff. Palaeo is being completely axed, despite Leicester's long and storied history in this area (and its current strengths). Please sign this petition!!: www.change.org/p/save-geolo...
Sign the Petition
Save Geology at the University of Leicester
www.change.org
November 19, 2025 at 9:10 AM
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anatotitan.bsky.social David O @anatotitan.bsky.social · 3d
Once upon a time I was a nearly prolific illustrator of ancient life forms. Here's a sampling of this 🐡🎨 paleoart from the early 20's.
A Permian Creek bed inhabited by giant insect and temnospondyl A scene of a centrosaurus dinosaur browsing vegetation by a mountain stream A tuojuangosaurus dinosaur bathing in a woodland pool A therizinosaurus dinosaur with two chicks walking through the early morning woods
November 19, 2025 at 2:17 PM
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God I hate how *certain* people ruin shit for everybody. My university now requires every member of every student club to go through Hazing Prevention Training (yay more online modules)... Because yeah that's really a problem for Ceramics clubs and Earth Science clubs 🫠
November 19, 2025 at 4:44 PM
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watershedlab.bsky.social
I wrote about the under-appreciated hazard of landslide-triggered tsunamis, which need serious consideration in discussions of new pipelines from Alberta 🧪⚒️
@theglobeandmail.com @davidebybc.bsky.social @natural-resources.canada.ca @mark-carney.bsky.social @ucalgaryscience.bsky.social
New northwest pipeline risks hazard of landslide tsunamis
Major Projects Office needs to be wary in its planning for pipeline projects to tidewater
www.theglobeandmail.com
November 19, 2025 at 5:26 PM
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ichnologist.bsky.social
For my 'Evolution of the Earth' class today, on to the Cretaceous Period: ocean life, from plankton to mosasaurs; continental life with spread of flowering plants & dinosaur-dominated ecosystems; plate tectonics & paleogeography; & of course its abrupt end with the big space-rock kablooie. 🧪🦖🦕🪷🪨⚒️
Meme with two-panels: Panel 1 - cartoon dog wearing a hat and sitting on a chair next to a table with a cup on it, while flames consume the room around him; Panel 2 - the dog says "This is fine," but underneath him I've added "Burrowing mammals, insects, birds, amphibians, turtles..."
November 19, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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oceannetworks.ca
1/🌐 It’s #GISDay!

ONC is celebrating how geographic information systems show us parts of the planet that we can’t see—like the seafloor.

Check out this 3D-rendered bathymetric model of NEPTUNE observatory’s Main Endeavour Field site, created by ONC’s GIS team.

Echoes to insights 🌐 arcg.is/5WXnu
November 19, 2025 at 7:05 PM
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deepseadawn.bsky.social
Happy Geography Awareness Week!!!
#geogsky #geogchat 🌎 🌍 🌏 ⚒️
geographers.bsky.social American Association of Geographers @geographers.bsky.social · 4d
The demand for geography and GIS skills has never been greater, and the intellectual approaches and conceptual tools of the discipline are more relevant than ever. Now, community college #geography programs are growing fast and changing the landscape of geography #education: buff.ly/GLo0tWP #GeoWeek
Community Colleges Are Changing the Landscape of Geography Education | ArcNews | Fall 2021
While the relevance of geography is being challenged at the university level, the growth of the field at community colleges is promising.
buff.ly
November 18, 2025 at 5:20 PM
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ichnologist.bsky.social
I've always loved the beauty & diversity of forms expressed by dunes, & enthusiastically extend that appreciation to dunes on Mars. 🧪🪨
uahirise.bsky.social HiRISE Beautiful Mars (NASA) @uahirise.bsky.social · 4d
HiPOD: The Shifting Winds of Hellas Plantia

This region hosts remarkably complex dunes like this field in the Hellespontus Montes mountain range. Dunes here migrate both east and west, converging at a central area.

More: https://uahirise.org/hipod/ESP_016339_1380
#Mars #science #NASA
November 18, 2025 at 5:51 PM
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cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social Canadian History Ehx @cdnhistoryehx.bsky.social · 4d
On Nov. 18, 1929, a 7.2 magnitude earthquake struck off the south coast of Newfoundland.
It produced an eight-metre high tsunami that swept into the coast of the island.
It killed nearly 30 people.
This is the story of the Grand Banks Earthquake.

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A black-and-white historical photograph showing severe destruction from the 1929 Grand Banks tsunami in Newfoundland. Several wooden houses have been ripped from their foundations and floated inland, now sitting tilted and half-collapsed in a snowy, ice-covered landscape. Some houses are broken apart, with walls and roofs caved in. Debris including barrels and a small boat lie scattered across the frozen ground and shallow floodwater. In the background, a snowy hillside rises with a few remaining intact houses near the top, under a cloudy sky. The scene is bleak and chaotic, capturing the aftermath of a powerful natural disaster in winter.
November 18, 2025 at 6:42 PM
vickyveritas.bsky.social
Never heard of Faden quartz. You’re in for a treat! Thank you, @richardgibson.bsky.social

⚒️🧪 geology geoscience #WomenInStem
November 17, 2025 at 6:05 PM
vickyveritas.bsky.social
Copper fans, we did it! Copper is the very FIRST Ore Cup Champion & the Ore Mineral of the Year. Great job! 🙌

Thank you, Mineral Cup team. The content has been extra excellent, & another great Cup. Kudos! 290 days until #MinCup26 !

#OreCup ⚒️ sci-fi 🧪 🖖🏼 scifi Geosciences #WomenInSTEM geology 🍎 🔭🪐
Lustrous wavy copper stripes this museum specimen of a copper pseudomorph where copper has replaced the sedimentary cross-bedding of Precambrian shale. More at: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Native_copper-replaced_cross-bedded_sedimentary_rocks_%28Nonesuch_Shale,_Mesoproterozoic;_White_Pine_Mine,_Upper_Peninsula_of_Michigan,_USA%29_1_%2817110279879%29.jpg
November 13, 2025 at 12:05 AM
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#OreCup
stressrelated.bsky.social Dr. Kim Hannula @stressrelated.bsky.social · 12d
I think it's cool how copper connects to tectonics - a failed rift in Michigan, ocean floor stranded by convergent tectonics in Cyprus - and how that tectonics connects to human use of metals.
November 10, 2025 at 10:54 PM
vickyveritas.bsky.social
Copper crystals can form beautiful leafy patterns called dendrites from the Greek word dendron meaning tree. Dendrites grow due to mineral-rich fluids moving through cracks or during rapid cooling from a melt or vapor. Vote and more👇🏼

#OreCup ⚒️ sci-fi 🧪 🖖🏼 scifi Geosciences #WomenInSTEM geology 🍎 🔭🪐
Aerial dendritic growth of elongated Copper crystals, with the dominant dodecahedron. From Ray Mines, Pinal County, Arizona. From: https://www.mindat.org/photo-55571.html
November 10, 2025 at 9:19 PM
vickyveritas.bsky.social
Patinating copper is a thing apparently. Not for the faint of heart.
It involves ammonia, salt, water and a fumigation container.

www.instructables.com/Blue-Patina-...

#OreCup
November 10, 2025 at 7:07 PM
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1/3 Well this is a first (for me): Native #copper replaces ancient cross-bedded sedimentary rock perfectly preserving the original cross-bedding. Copper does amazing stuff in Michigan. 🤯 More below! Pinging @richardgibson.bsky.social

#OreCup ⚒️ sci-fi 🧪 🖖🏼 scifi Geosciences #WomenInSTEM geology 🍎 🔭🪐
Lustrous wavy copper stripes this museum specimen of a copper pseudomorph where copper has replaced the original sedimentary bedding. From: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Native_copper-replaced_cross-bedded_sedimentary_rocks_%28Nonesuch_Shale,_Mesoproterozoic;_White_Pine_Mine,_Upper_Peninsula_of_Michigan,_USA%29_1_%2817110279879%29.jpg
November 10, 2025 at 2:59 PM
vickyveritas.bsky.social
Lady Liberty’s torch has gone thru renovations over the years. Originally designed as a lighthouse, the original torch was replaced by a new #copper torch in 1986 that was covered in gold leaf to give it a glow. It is 29 feet in length and weighs 450,000 pounds, with copper that will endure. Vote👇🏼
vickyveritas.bsky.social Vicky Veritas @vickyveritas.bsky.social · 16d
#Copper is the oldest metal worked by humans, & is 100% recyclable. Nearly 80% of all copper ever mined is still in use today. Historically significant examples of its use include the Statue of Liberty, which is made of copper.

Vote info 👇🏼

#OreCup ⚒️ sci-fi 🧪 Geosciences #WomenInSTEM geology 🍎 🔭🪐
The Statue of Liberty in Paris, France before it was transported to America. Photo taken in 1886. When the statue was originally assembled, it was copper colored.
November 10, 2025 at 1:32 AM