Michal Ben-Israel
@geombi.bsky.social
Geomorphologist, dog lover, big fan of coffee.
I study how microbes 🦠 and mountains 🏔️ shape each other.
Helmholtz Global Fellow @GFZ Potsdam (starting Dec 25).
I study how microbes 🦠 and mountains 🏔️ shape each other.
Helmholtz Global Fellow @GFZ Potsdam (starting Dec 25).
Reposted by Michal Ben-Israel
Have you heard about the Night Science Podcast, where we talk about the actual creative process of doing science? We explore this with discussions with brilliant scientists & also philosophers and artists, to figure out the tricks of the creative scientific trade.
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August 24, 2025 at 4:56 PM
Have you heard about the Night Science Podcast, where we talk about the actual creative process of doing science? We explore this with discussions with brilliant scientists & also philosophers and artists, to figure out the tricks of the creative scientific trade.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/n...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/n...
Interdisciplinary research is often encouraged as a concept, but it turns out pivoting comes with a real measurable cost.
Fascinating new paper shows that when researchers “pivot” to new areas of work the outcome is less impactful.
#ScienceOfScience
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
#ScienceOfScience
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The pivot penalty in research - Nature
An analysis of millions of scientific papers and patents reveals a ‘pivot penalty’ when researchers shift direction, with the impact of studies decreasing rapidly the further they move from their prev...
www.nature.com
June 1, 2025 at 11:50 AM
Interdisciplinary research is often encouraged as a concept, but it turns out pivoting comes with a real measurable cost.
Reposted by Michal Ben-Israel
A glacier partially collapsed in Switzerland, burying the village of Blatten in a huge landslide of ice, rock, and mud after residents had been evacuated.
Scientists called the collapse of the glacier “unprecedented” in the Swiss Alps.
Scientists called the collapse of the glacier “unprecedented” in the Swiss Alps.
May 29, 2025 at 4:17 PM
A glacier partially collapsed in Switzerland, burying the village of Blatten in a huge landslide of ice, rock, and mud after residents had been evacuated.
Scientists called the collapse of the glacier “unprecedented” in the Swiss Alps.
Scientists called the collapse of the glacier “unprecedented” in the Swiss Alps.
Reposted by Michal Ben-Israel
We are looking for a postdoctoral researcher to study nearshore active faults with bathymetric surveys from an autonomous kayak!
The main site will be the Kefalonia Transform Fault Zone 🇬🇷
All the info in the 🔗 below.
www.gfz.de/en/career/jo...
The main site will be the Kefalonia Transform Fault Zone 🇬🇷
All the info in the 🔗 below.
www.gfz.de/en/career/jo...
Job Offers
www.gfz.de
May 26, 2025 at 3:37 PM
We are looking for a postdoctoral researcher to study nearshore active faults with bathymetric surveys from an autonomous kayak!
The main site will be the Kefalonia Transform Fault Zone 🇬🇷
All the info in the 🔗 below.
www.gfz.de/en/career/jo...
The main site will be the Kefalonia Transform Fault Zone 🇬🇷
All the info in the 🔗 below.
www.gfz.de/en/career/jo...
Reposted by Michal Ben-Israel
Post-doc opportunity in Biodiversity and Geomorphology at ETH Zurich, Switzerland. See also: csdms.colorado.edu/wiki/Jobs
February 28, 2025 at 8:07 PM
Post-doc opportunity in Biodiversity and Geomorphology at ETH Zurich, Switzerland. See also: csdms.colorado.edu/wiki/Jobs
Reposted by Michal Ben-Israel
Hello Bluesky! 🦋🏞️
We are organizing weekly seminars for scientists to present their research in and around geomorphology.
Affiliated with @eurogeosciences.bsky.social GM
More information on our website: www.landscapeslive.org
We are organizing weekly seminars for scientists to present their research in and around geomorphology.
Affiliated with @eurogeosciences.bsky.social GM
More information on our website: www.landscapeslive.org
Landscapes Live
Landscapes Live is a weekly online seminar series freely accessible to the international scientific community interested in various aspects of geomorphology. Our talks take place on Zoom every Thursda...
www.landscapeslive.org
February 23, 2025 at 4:06 PM
Hello Bluesky! 🦋🏞️
We are organizing weekly seminars for scientists to present their research in and around geomorphology.
Affiliated with @eurogeosciences.bsky.social GM
More information on our website: www.landscapeslive.org
We are organizing weekly seminars for scientists to present their research in and around geomorphology.
Affiliated with @eurogeosciences.bsky.social GM
More information on our website: www.landscapeslive.org
To all ye who have yet to abandon all hope (and #AGU24), please consider joining us for the last block of the meeting to hear about life and landscapes across scales. EP54B
Friday, 4pm, 146C.
Friday, 4pm, 146C.
December 13, 2024 at 2:37 AM
To all ye who have yet to abandon all hope (and #AGU24), please consider joining us for the last block of the meeting to hear about life and landscapes across scales. EP54B
Friday, 4pm, 146C.
Friday, 4pm, 146C.
Reposted by Michal Ben-Israel
If you’re at #AGU24 next week and interested in enhanced rock weathering, let’s chat at my Monday morning poster! I’ll be sharing some lessons learned from our field trials over the last 5 years and exciting new work going on in California.
December 6, 2024 at 7:39 PM
If you’re at #AGU24 next week and interested in enhanced rock weathering, let’s chat at my Monday morning poster! I’ll be sharing some lessons learned from our field trials over the last 5 years and exciting new work going on in California.
Reposted by Michal Ben-Israel
#AGU2024
Last session on the last day
#EP54B
- Support students and sign up to serve as an OSPA judge. 🙏 - DM me if ya need more info. Please reskeet.
🌲🌏🐞🏔️⛈️Ecohydrology and Biogeomorphology: How Biotic and Abiotic Interactions Can Shape Landscapes and Ecosystems Across Scales
Last session on the last day
#EP54B
- Support students and sign up to serve as an OSPA judge. 🙏 - DM me if ya need more info. Please reskeet.
🌲🌏🐞🏔️⛈️Ecohydrology and Biogeomorphology: How Biotic and Abiotic Interactions Can Shape Landscapes and Ecosystems Across Scales
December 1, 2024 at 8:22 PM
Hi geo folks, I’m mentoring a really great student through the GEMS program who’s interested in applying for undergrad fellowships (both in the U.S. and abroad). Any recommendations?
BTW, GEMS is an amazing program!
Check it out here if you’re unfamiliar:
gems-program.org
BTW, GEMS is an amazing program!
Check it out here if you’re unfamiliar:
gems-program.org
GEMS - Home
The Geoscience Education Mentorship and support (GEMS) program provides mentorship support for undergraduate and early-stage graduate students in the geosciences. We match students with faculty, postd...
gems-program.org
November 12, 2024 at 3:59 PM
Hi geo folks, I’m mentoring a really great student through the GEMS program who’s interested in applying for undergrad fellowships (both in the U.S. and abroad). Any recommendations?
BTW, GEMS is an amazing program!
Check it out here if you’re unfamiliar:
gems-program.org
BTW, GEMS is an amazing program!
Check it out here if you’re unfamiliar:
gems-program.org
Like many others I've migrated here from X/twitter.
Hoping to rebuild the Earth Sciences/Geomorphology science community here...
Hoping to rebuild the Earth Sciences/Geomorphology science community here...
November 11, 2024 at 5:57 PM
Like many others I've migrated here from X/twitter.
Hoping to rebuild the Earth Sciences/Geomorphology science community here...
Hoping to rebuild the Earth Sciences/Geomorphology science community here...