Joe Allen
@cu-in-the-field.bsky.social
Structural geology, field work, undergraduate research from the Appalachians, Colorado Rockies, Greenland, and beyond | earthquakes, faults, fractures, rocks | professor in WV | fan of NSF STEM Edu |
Sublime weather for an outdoor poster session! Enjoying the #NNCI REU Convocation at UC San Diego for undergrads finishing their summer research. 🧪
August 5, 2025 at 2:19 PM
Sublime weather for an outdoor poster session! Enjoying the #NNCI REU Convocation at UC San Diego for undergrads finishing their summer research. 🧪
Wet moose disguised as an outcrop.
July 20, 2025 at 10:56 PM
Wet moose disguised as an outcrop.
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The discourse surrounding precipitation changes in a warming climate (both public discussion and even scientific one at times) is complicated by widespread conflation of changes in averages vs extremes (and also actual vs *potential* evaporation/evaporative demand). [Thread]
July 16, 2025 at 7:35 PM
The discourse surrounding precipitation changes in a warming climate (both public discussion and even scientific one at times) is complicated by widespread conflation of changes in averages vs extremes (and also actual vs *potential* evaporation/evaporative demand). [Thread]
Scenes fromTEM lab work at Virginia Tech #NanoEarth with a #ConcordU undergrad student last week. 🧪
May 28, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Scenes fromTEM lab work at Virginia Tech #NanoEarth with a #ConcordU undergrad student last week. 🧪
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Two weeks ago, a video appeared showing slip in the Myanmar earthquake - the first time this has ever been recorded on video.
What can we learn from it? We deep-dive the science.
earthquakeinsights.substack.com/p/remarkable...
Two weeks ago, a video appeared showing slip in the Myanmar earthquake - the first time this has ever been recorded on video.
What can we learn from it? We deep-dive the science.
earthquakeinsights.substack.com/p/remarkable...
Remarkable video captures fault slip in the Myanmar earthquake
We deep dive the possibilities presented by a witnessed rupture
earthquakeinsights.substack.com
May 28, 2025 at 4:03 PM
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Two weeks ago, a video appeared showing slip in the Myanmar earthquake - the first time this has ever been recorded on video.
What can we learn from it? We deep-dive the science.
earthquakeinsights.substack.com/p/remarkable...
Two weeks ago, a video appeared showing slip in the Myanmar earthquake - the first time this has ever been recorded on video.
What can we learn from it? We deep-dive the science.
earthquakeinsights.substack.com/p/remarkable...
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Fanquakes at the Metallica concert at Va Tech last night! 🤘 🎸 www.si.com/fannation/co...
Metallica causes seismograph spike at Virginia Tech football stadium concert
Seismographs are usually used to measure when pieces of the earth slam into each other, but they’re pretty good at measuring whenever Metallica is on the stage.
www.si.com
May 9, 2025 at 2:15 PM
Fanquakes at the Metallica concert at Va Tech last night! 🤘 🎸 www.si.com/fannation/co...
Well so much for that outcrop. Get thee gone geologists. ⚒️
April 26, 2025 at 10:24 PM
Well so much for that outcrop. Get thee gone geologists. ⚒️
Some microprobe time for mineralogy class. First use of newly upgraded Concord U probe with all digital SEM controls.
April 24, 2025 at 4:44 PM
Some microprobe time for mineralogy class. First use of newly upgraded Concord U probe with all digital SEM controls.
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NSF has spent decades—and billions of dollars—trying to attract more women and members of underrepresented groups into STEM. Not anymore. scim.ag/3RUtgZg
NSF starts to kill grants that violate Trump’s war on diversity efforts
Attracting women and minorities into science and studying misinformation are no longer priorities, agency says
scim.ag
April 18, 2025 at 10:30 PM
NSF has spent decades—and billions of dollars—trying to attract more women and members of underrepresented groups into STEM. Not anymore. scim.ag/3RUtgZg
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Nearly 3,800 attendees, including many from colleges in NC and FL, which will be moving from the Southern Association to comply with state laws
I’m at the Higher Learning Commission meeting this weekend, in Chicago, and it is packed. Lots of folks here trying to figure out how to navigate the moment….
April 6, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Nearly 3,800 attendees, including many from colleges in NC and FL, which will be moving from the Southern Association to comply with state laws
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. @pavementgeology.bsky.social
Did I ever share with you this pic of the Vredefort pseudotachylite quarry after our London pavement geology tour? Just found it in a collection shared with me by impact specialist Christian Koeberl.
I think I was asking Prof Roger Gibson how you melt so much rock.
Did I ever share with you this pic of the Vredefort pseudotachylite quarry after our London pavement geology tour? Just found it in a collection shared with me by impact specialist Christian Koeberl.
I think I was asking Prof Roger Gibson how you melt so much rock.
March 11, 2025 at 7:10 PM
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LOL overheard mineralogy students today: amphiboles suck.
March 8, 2025 at 12:25 AM
LOL overheard mineralogy students today: amphiboles suck.
Tenure-track position in Geospatial Science / Phys #Geography / Surficial Geosystems at Concord Univ. Environmental Geosciences program! Seeking interdisciplinary environmental #geoscientist. ⚒️ #GISchat #geosky #aag jobs.concord.edu/postings/3243
Assistant Professor of Physical Geography (Tenure Track)
The Department of Physical and Environmental Sciences at Concord University invites applications for a tenure-track Assistant Professor position in Physical Geography and Geospatial Sciences. We seek ...
jobs.concord.edu
February 26, 2025 at 9:49 PM
Tenure-track position in Geospatial Science / Phys #Geography / Surficial Geosystems at Concord Univ. Environmental Geosciences program! Seeking interdisciplinary environmental #geoscientist. ⚒️ #GISchat #geosky #aag jobs.concord.edu/postings/3243
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What does an earthquake look like beneath your feet? This visualization shows seismic waves in action.
We’re studying how such visuals improve public communication after major earthquakes. We'd love your input! Please take our short survey & share: ww3.unipark.de/uc/SIOseismi...
We’re studying how such visuals improve public communication after major earthquakes. We'd love your input! Please take our short survey & share: ww3.unipark.de/uc/SIOseismi...
February 25, 2025 at 10:48 PM
What does an earthquake look like beneath your feet? This visualization shows seismic waves in action.
We’re studying how such visuals improve public communication after major earthquakes. We'd love your input! Please take our short survey & share: ww3.unipark.de/uc/SIOseismi...
We’re studying how such visuals improve public communication after major earthquakes. We'd love your input! Please take our short survey & share: ww3.unipark.de/uc/SIOseismi...
Looks like all staff at NSF HEGS Human Environment and Geographic Sciences were terminated. www.aag.org/wp-content/u...
www.aag.org
February 25, 2025 at 7:38 PM
Looks like all staff at NSF HEGS Human Environment and Geographic Sciences were terminated. www.aag.org/wp-content/u...
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“No one has ever seen a [presidential] transition in which one of the most valuable parts of our government enterprise is being taken apart," says Harold Varmus, former NIH director.
Our latest, from the @nature.com reporters covering Trump 2.0:
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Our latest, from the @nature.com reporters covering Trump 2.0:
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Trump’s siege of science: how the first 30 days unfolded and what’s next
The breakneck pace and devastating impact of the administration’s policy changes has shocked researchers.
www.nature.com
February 20, 2025 at 7:41 PM
“No one has ever seen a [presidential] transition in which one of the most valuable parts of our government enterprise is being taken apart," says Harold Varmus, former NIH director.
Our latest, from the @nature.com reporters covering Trump 2.0:
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
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Our latest, from the @nature.com reporters covering Trump 2.0:
www.nature.com/articles/d41...
🧪
Ironically, this old kids homework emerged at the top of the scrap paper stack today.
February 18, 2025 at 12:21 AM
Ironically, this old kids homework emerged at the top of the scrap paper stack today.
Lots of bad news out there, but we have open positions in #chemistry (TT analytical/inorganic, open rank) jobs.concord.edu/postings/3235, #geosciences (postdoc tephra data mgmt) jobs.concord.edu/postings/3211, and #computerscience (TT cybersec/data analytics/etc) jobs.concord.edu/postings/3229 🧪⚒️
February 17, 2025 at 2:09 PM
Lots of bad news out there, but we have open positions in #chemistry (TT analytical/inorganic, open rank) jobs.concord.edu/postings/3235, #geosciences (postdoc tephra data mgmt) jobs.concord.edu/postings/3211, and #computerscience (TT cybersec/data analytics/etc) jobs.concord.edu/postings/3229 🧪⚒️
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The 2025 Chemistry Faculty Jobs List has 481 tenure-track positions and 81 teaching positions: bit.ly/facultychemj... #facultychemjobs #chemjobs #chemsky 🧪⚗️
Faculty, if you know of tenure-track positions that I should be listing, or see an error, please e-mail me at chemjobber@gmail.com
Faculty, if you know of tenure-track positions that I should be listing, or see an error, please e-mail me at chemjobber@gmail.com
The 2025 Chemistry Faculty Jobs List
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February 14, 2025 at 12:18 AM
The 2025 Chemistry Faculty Jobs List has 481 tenure-track positions and 81 teaching positions: bit.ly/facultychemj... #facultychemjobs #chemjobs #chemsky 🧪⚗️
Faculty, if you know of tenure-track positions that I should be listing, or see an error, please e-mail me at chemjobber@gmail.com
Faculty, if you know of tenure-track positions that I should be listing, or see an error, please e-mail me at chemjobber@gmail.com
The first sentence used to extend beyond the word STEM to say: "The U.S. National Science Foundation is committed to expanding the opportunities in STEM to people of all racial, ethnic, geographic and socioeconomic backgrounds, sexual orientations, gender identities and to persons with disabilities"
The NSF Broadening Participation webpage has been quite gutted. There used to be articles on the left side, including indigenous initiatives... and now they are all gone. The paragraph is also smaller than it used to be.
February 11, 2025 at 6:17 PM
The first sentence used to extend beyond the word STEM to say: "The U.S. National Science Foundation is committed to expanding the opportunities in STEM to people of all racial, ethnic, geographic and socioeconomic backgrounds, sexual orientations, gender identities and to persons with disabilities"
Wondering what P-2025 holds in store for climate and the environment? Here's a concise and disturbing summary. www.law.berkeley.edu/wp-content/u...
www.law.berkeley.edu
February 7, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Wondering what P-2025 holds in store for climate and the environment? Here's a concise and disturbing summary. www.law.berkeley.edu/wp-content/u...
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More twists in black plastic utensils story: The study overstated the potential exposure to flame retardants by an order of magnitude because of a math error, and now the whole journal has been de-listed from a science index for not meeting "quality criteria." arstechnica.com/health/2024/...
Journal that published faulty black plastic study removed from science index
Chemosphere cut from Web of Science, which calculates impact factors.
arstechnica.com
December 20, 2024 at 2:59 PM
More twists in black plastic utensils story: The study overstated the potential exposure to flame retardants by an order of magnitude because of a math error, and now the whole journal has been de-listed from a science index for not meeting "quality criteria." arstechnica.com/health/2024/...
