Alison Koleszar (she/hers)
@akoleszar.bsky.social
Enthusiast of volcanoes, geochemistry, parenting, & pedagogy. Senior Lecturer @ Colgate University. She/her.
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AGU go-ers, see you in New Orleans
Join us for a lively networking event - meet peers, talk science, grab your limited-edition swag!
Refreshments & appetizers available
SUN DEC 14 | 6–9 PM | Tulane River & Coastal Center (1 block from Convention Center
SZ4D activities @AGU & register: bit.ly/43pJHTx
Join us for a lively networking event - meet peers, talk science, grab your limited-edition swag!
Refreshments & appetizers available
SUN DEC 14 | 6–9 PM | Tulane River & Coastal Center (1 block from Convention Center
SZ4D activities @AGU & register: bit.ly/43pJHTx
October 21, 2025 at 4:18 PM
AGU go-ers, see you in New Orleans
Join us for a lively networking event - meet peers, talk science, grab your limited-edition swag!
Refreshments & appetizers available
SUN DEC 14 | 6–9 PM | Tulane River & Coastal Center (1 block from Convention Center
SZ4D activities @AGU & register: bit.ly/43pJHTx
Join us for a lively networking event - meet peers, talk science, grab your limited-edition swag!
Refreshments & appetizers available
SUN DEC 14 | 6–9 PM | Tulane River & Coastal Center (1 block from Convention Center
SZ4D activities @AGU & register: bit.ly/43pJHTx
The @colgate.edu BLAST (Bubbles, Lavas, and Silicic Tephras) research group is heading to @iavcei.bsky.social 2025! Come and chat about geochem/componentry/explosivity/grainsize on Monday and Friday afternoons: Poster 1.7.23 (Monday, Koleszar et al) and Poster 3.4.26 (Friday, D'Errico et al).
June 24, 2025 at 6:17 PM
The @colgate.edu BLAST (Bubbles, Lavas, and Silicic Tephras) research group is heading to @iavcei.bsky.social 2025! Come and chat about geochem/componentry/explosivity/grainsize on Monday and Friday afternoons: Poster 1.7.23 (Monday, Koleszar et al) and Poster 3.4.26 (Friday, D'Errico et al).
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10-year-old kiddo made a pastry ternary, but both parents are geologists so...
April 27, 2025 at 12:07 AM
10-year-old kiddo made a pastry ternary, but both parents are geologists so...
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Come find fault with our students! I mean, come find faults *with* our students. Colgate Earth and Environmental Geosciences is seeking a Visiting Assistant Professor in Structural Geology. Review starts May 16.
apply.interfolio.com/167020 NB: No interesting structures in the photo, just seds. 🧪⚒️
apply.interfolio.com/167020 NB: No interesting structures in the photo, just seds. 🧪⚒️
April 25, 2025 at 6:06 PM
Come find fault with our students! I mean, come find faults *with* our students. Colgate Earth and Environmental Geosciences is seeking a Visiting Assistant Professor in Structural Geology. Review starts May 16.
apply.interfolio.com/167020 NB: No interesting structures in the photo, just seds. 🧪⚒️
apply.interfolio.com/167020 NB: No interesting structures in the photo, just seds. 🧪⚒️
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But little by little I kept moving it forward until I had more energy to make it a reality this past year. So if you can relate in any way to that story, I just want to say that I see you & I am here cheering you on...one day your project too will make it into world.
6/6 #disabledacademic
6/6 #disabledacademic
March 4, 2025 at 10:21 PM
But little by little I kept moving it forward until I had more energy to make it a reality this past year. So if you can relate in any way to that story, I just want to say that I see you & I am here cheering you on...one day your project too will make it into world.
6/6 #disabledacademic
6/6 #disabledacademic
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Today’s firings from NOAA/NWS are unconscionable & make us all less safe.
It is wild to see certain weather bros for the first time realize politics affects them. I hope this inspires them to be more proactively engaged in politics instead of loudly and proudly declaring themselves above politics.
It is wild to see certain weather bros for the first time realize politics affects them. I hope this inspires them to be more proactively engaged in politics instead of loudly and proudly declaring themselves above politics.
February 27, 2025 at 10:45 PM
Today’s firings from NOAA/NWS are unconscionable & make us all less safe.
It is wild to see certain weather bros for the first time realize politics affects them. I hope this inspires them to be more proactively engaged in politics instead of loudly and proudly declaring themselves above politics.
It is wild to see certain weather bros for the first time realize politics affects them. I hope this inspires them to be more proactively engaged in politics instead of loudly and proudly declaring themselves above politics.
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Some folks have asked, given recent news, “how do I show my friends/family the impact of NSF?” We have some easy Fact Sheets for you! Here’s a brief thread about this website: new.nsf.gov/about/fact-s... which hosts a ton of useful one-pagers.
February 8, 2025 at 3:31 PM
Some folks have asked, given recent news, “how do I show my friends/family the impact of NSF?” We have some easy Fact Sheets for you! Here’s a brief thread about this website: new.nsf.gov/about/fact-s... which hosts a ton of useful one-pagers.
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I prefer “Chicxulub’s Splash Pool” but the app isn’t flexible that way.
February 19, 2025 at 5:54 PM
I prefer “Chicxulub’s Splash Pool” but the app isn’t flexible that way.
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Many areas are seeing record snowfall this winter, thanks to global warming--or rather, global weirding!
How so?
It hasn't been cold enough for lakes other than Erie to completely ice over yet. As cold air sweeps across them, it's picking up moisture and dumping massive snowfall on the other side.
How so?
It hasn't been cold enough for lakes other than Erie to completely ice over yet. As cold air sweeps across them, it's picking up moisture and dumping massive snowfall on the other side.
🔵🔴⚠️The ongoing cold spell affecting USA and Canada is bringing heavy snowfalls and very low temperatures,triggering a #lakeeffectsnow that covers 800km from LakeSuperior to LakeOntario, with all the Great Lakes seen a in this Sentinel-3 view of Feb.17.
February 18, 2025 at 2:50 PM
Many areas are seeing record snowfall this winter, thanks to global warming--or rather, global weirding!
How so?
It hasn't been cold enough for lakes other than Erie to completely ice over yet. As cold air sweeps across them, it's picking up moisture and dumping massive snowfall on the other side.
How so?
It hasn't been cold enough for lakes other than Erie to completely ice over yet. As cold air sweeps across them, it's picking up moisture and dumping massive snowfall on the other side.
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There are so many things wrong with this country but there were so many things right with it too. Watching the good things get destroyed in the service of rich white men is gut wrenching
February 14, 2025 at 11:05 PM
There are so many things wrong with this country but there were so many things right with it too. Watching the good things get destroyed in the service of rich white men is gut wrenching
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Hello Bluesky community! #ESWN is a non-profit providing opportunities for peer mentoring, community building, and career development for scientists, educators, and professionals who contribute to and support the earth, space, and environmental sciences. Give us a follow and say hi!
January 19, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Hello Bluesky community! #ESWN is a non-profit providing opportunities for peer mentoring, community building, and career development for scientists, educators, and professionals who contribute to and support the earth, space, and environmental sciences. Give us a follow and say hi!
An hour in the woods to battle the Sunday Scaries.
January 19, 2025 at 9:24 PM
An hour in the woods to battle the Sunday Scaries.
Really excited about this— Wingspan (and the dragon version, Wyrmspan!) are favorites in our household.
FINSPAN—a follow up to Wingspan—is out, and I'm part of it!
Illustrators Ana María Martínez & Catalina Martínez and I drew a fantastic array of fish for Stonemaier Games.
Enjoy! 🌊 🐡 🥳
#sciart #medart #fishart #sciencegames #finspan #wingspan #fish #cardgames #medart
youtu.be/Fuvsx5Hd3iE
Illustrators Ana María Martínez & Catalina Martínez and I drew a fantastic array of fish for Stonemaier Games.
Enjoy! 🌊 🐡 🥳
#sciart #medart #fishart #sciencegames #finspan #wingspan #fish #cardgames #medart
youtu.be/Fuvsx5Hd3iE
Finspan announcement trailer
YouTube video by Stonemaier Games
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January 19, 2025 at 2:22 PM
Really excited about this— Wingspan (and the dragon version, Wyrmspan!) are favorites in our household.
Time to edit the syllabus for Dangerous Earth to include this!
(The first hazard covered in the course is impacts from space)
(The first hazard covered in the course is impacts from space)
"If I'd have seen it, I probably would've been standing right there, so it probably would've ripped me in half."
Wow!
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Wow!
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
P.E.I. homeowner captures sound and video of meteorite strike on camera, and scientists believe it's a first | CBC News
A man in Prince Edward Island got doubly lucky last July, recording a meteorite's impact on his home security cameras. The space rock also landed in the exact spot he'd been standing minutes earlier.
www.cbc.ca
January 16, 2025 at 12:05 AM
Time to edit the syllabus for Dangerous Earth to include this!
(The first hazard covered in the course is impacts from space)
(The first hazard covered in the course is impacts from space)
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So many in my area complaining that their roads "aren't clear" and I'm confused about the expectation. A plow doesn't get every molecule of snow up. And if it stays way below freezing, nothing left behind will melt. Do they expect pristine asphalt? Not trying to dunk on them, I'm just so confused.
January 9, 2025 at 1:33 PM
So many in my area complaining that their roads "aren't clear" and I'm confused about the expectation. A plow doesn't get every molecule of snow up. And if it stays way below freezing, nothing left behind will melt. Do they expect pristine asphalt? Not trying to dunk on them, I'm just so confused.
woot! Super excited about #volcano science at #IAVCEI this summer. Colgate BLAST (Bubbles, Lavas, and Silicic Tephras) is submitting two abstracts, featuring five @colgateuniversity.bsky.social undergrads plus colleagues from WWU and USGS-AVO!
January 8, 2025 at 2:24 PM
woot! Super excited about #volcano science at #IAVCEI this summer. Colgate BLAST (Bubbles, Lavas, and Silicic Tephras) is submitting two abstracts, featuring five @colgateuniversity.bsky.social undergrads plus colleagues from WWU and USGS-AVO!
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Planning your climate or environment syllabus? I like to show short videos so students & I can visualize some of the things we're talking about. Here are some of the ones I like:
January 2, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Planning your climate or environment syllabus? I like to show short videos so students & I can visualize some of the things we're talking about. Here are some of the ones I like:
Acquisition of a 3D printer: kiddo was jazzed about articulated dragons/axolotls/fidgets; I was jazzed about bits and bobs for streamlining #lab work! This little green widget means no more juggling tubing while carefully tipping a full 8-gal bucket to siphon water off of sieved tephras. #geology
January 7, 2025 at 12:11 AM
Loaf pans of data! Looks like a unimodal normal distribution for this tephra sub-layer (c. 750-year-old pumice from Augustine #Volcano).
January 6, 2025 at 8:25 PM
Loaf pans of data! Looks like a unimodal normal distribution for this tephra sub-layer (c. 750-year-old pumice from Augustine #Volcano).
Working on the syllabus for "Dangerous Earth" and getting super excited to revisit these excellent books with students @colgateuniversity.bsky.social!
"Quakeland" - @kathryn-miles.bsky.social
"Disasterology" - @samlmontano.bsky.social
"Eruption" - Steve Olson
"Asteroid Hunters" - Carrie Nugent
"Quakeland" - @kathryn-miles.bsky.social
"Disasterology" - @samlmontano.bsky.social
"Eruption" - Steve Olson
"Asteroid Hunters" - Carrie Nugent
January 6, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Working on the syllabus for "Dangerous Earth" and getting super excited to revisit these excellent books with students @colgateuniversity.bsky.social!
"Quakeland" - @kathryn-miles.bsky.social
"Disasterology" - @samlmontano.bsky.social
"Eruption" - Steve Olson
"Asteroid Hunters" - Carrie Nugent
"Quakeland" - @kathryn-miles.bsky.social
"Disasterology" - @samlmontano.bsky.social
"Eruption" - Steve Olson
"Asteroid Hunters" - Carrie Nugent
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On reflection, I would much rather have pumpkin spice in everything than AI in everything.
November 18, 2024 at 12:53 PM
On reflection, I would much rather have pumpkin spice in everything than AI in everything.
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Hey Everyone, The IAGD was on Twitter/X for more than a decade. It's hard to switch platforms and lose all of that, so please give us a follow here! We are working to make the geosciences a more inclusive place for everyone, especially people with disabilities.
Hi Blue Sky! The International Association for Geoscience Diversity (the IAGD) is a volunteer-run, donation-powered 501c3 non profit dedicated to improving inclusion of people with disabilities in the geosciences. Follow along with our adventures and advocacy here 🧪♿⚒️
a poster that says forward together with cartoon people in wheelchairs
Alt: a poster that says forward together with cartoon people in wheelchairs holding hands in a line
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November 17, 2024 at 4:39 PM
Hey Everyone, The IAGD was on Twitter/X for more than a decade. It's hard to switch platforms and lose all of that, so please give us a follow here! We are working to make the geosciences a more inclusive place for everyone, especially people with disabilities.
Kiddo's version of a #GreatShakeOut infographic to illustrate the importance of Drop-Cover-Hold On - perhaps not as elegant as the real infographics, but still gets the point across for #earthquake #hazards 😂
November 17, 2024 at 10:02 PM
Kiddo's version of a #GreatShakeOut infographic to illustrate the importance of Drop-Cover-Hold On - perhaps not as elegant as the real infographics, but still gets the point across for #earthquake #hazards 😂
I'm a #volcano person, but my classes this semester are currently doing aqueous & soft rock #geology. Side quests are fun (road salt in waterways! lobe-finned fish go terrestrial!), but back to #tephra soon! Pic: 2024 on Augustine Volcano w/ @colgateuniversity.bsky.social undergrads & WWU colleagues
November 17, 2024 at 9:49 PM
I'm a #volcano person, but my classes this semester are currently doing aqueous & soft rock #geology. Side quests are fun (road salt in waterways! lobe-finned fish go terrestrial!), but back to #tephra soon! Pic: 2024 on Augustine Volcano w/ @colgateuniversity.bsky.social undergrads & WWU colleagues
My general strategy for programming in R:
If task x takes y minutes to do manually, grumble about it for at least a year before spending the 1-2 hours automating it in R. I've found this strategy holds true for all values of y...
If task x takes y minutes to do manually, grumble about it for at least a year before spending the 1-2 hours automating it in R. I've found this strategy holds true for all values of y...
November 16, 2024 at 8:03 PM
My general strategy for programming in R:
If task x takes y minutes to do manually, grumble about it for at least a year before spending the 1-2 hours automating it in R. I've found this strategy holds true for all values of y...
If task x takes y minutes to do manually, grumble about it for at least a year before spending the 1-2 hours automating it in R. I've found this strategy holds true for all values of y...