Dr Ben-Mansour
@walid06seismo.bsky.social
Structural/Environmental seismologist
(Fennoscandia-Africa-Antarctica-Patagonia)
Washington University in Saint Louis
Ultra runner(🇫🇷🇯🇵🇪🇸🇰🇷🇳🇿🇵🇹)
(Fennoscandia-Africa-Antarctica-Patagonia)
Washington University in Saint Louis
Ultra runner(🇫🇷🇯🇵🇪🇸🇰🇷🇳🇿🇵🇹)
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⚒️ Article: Convective erosion and lateral transport of metasomatized continental keels may generate enriched mantle geochemical domains
@gernon.bsky.social @unisouthampton.bsky.social @ukiodp.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@gernon.bsky.social @unisouthampton.bsky.social @ukiodp.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
November 11, 2025 at 4:00 PM
⚒️ Article: Convective erosion and lateral transport of metasomatized continental keels may generate enriched mantle geochemical domains
@gernon.bsky.social @unisouthampton.bsky.social @ukiodp.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@gernon.bsky.social @unisouthampton.bsky.social @ukiodp.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Chinese scientists have become the first to visit one of Earth’s most remote and geologically intriguing realms: an underwater volcanic ridge in the Arctic Ocean
go.nature.com/4hV4gxa
go.nature.com/4hV4gxa
Chinese researchers reveal unexplored section of mysterious Arctic Ocean ridge
Oceanographers hope to find otherworldly ecosystems at hydrothermal vents on the seafloor.
go.nature.com
November 12, 2025 at 10:45 AM
Chinese scientists have become the first to visit one of Earth’s most remote and geologically intriguing realms: an underwater volcanic ridge in the Arctic Ocean
go.nature.com/4hV4gxa
go.nature.com/4hV4gxa
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From NASA to the National Institutes of Health, federal agencies conduct research that universities cannot. Agency scientists speak with Nature about the irreplaceable facilities, institutional knowledge, and training opportunities that the country is losing. 🧪
Insiders warn how dismantling federal agencies could put science at risk
From NASA to the National Institutes of Health, federal agencies conduct research that universities cannot. Agency scientists speak out about the irreplaceable facilities, institutional knowledge and training opportunities that the country is losing.
go.nature.com
November 8, 2025 at 11:32 PM
From NASA to the National Institutes of Health, federal agencies conduct research that universities cannot. Agency scientists speak with Nature about the irreplaceable facilities, institutional knowledge, and training opportunities that the country is losing. 🧪
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📢🌊 Funded PhD position in Marine Seismology at Syracuse University 🌊📢
I'm seeking an enthusiastic student to join our Seismology group at SU! You'll be part of a collaborative NSF-funded team to collect new marine seismic data to work out the tectonics of early seafloor spreading in the Atlantic.
I'm seeking an enthusiastic student to join our Seismology group at SU! You'll be part of a collaborative NSF-funded team to collect new marine seismic data to work out the tectonics of early seafloor spreading in the Atlantic.
October 6, 2025 at 10:44 PM
📢🌊 Funded PhD position in Marine Seismology at Syracuse University 🌊📢
I'm seeking an enthusiastic student to join our Seismology group at SU! You'll be part of a collaborative NSF-funded team to collect new marine seismic data to work out the tectonics of early seafloor spreading in the Atlantic.
I'm seeking an enthusiastic student to join our Seismology group at SU! You'll be part of a collaborative NSF-funded team to collect new marine seismic data to work out the tectonics of early seafloor spreading in the Atlantic.
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The findings of a study in Nature Geoscience show that temperatures of over 900 °C are needed to form stable continents. go.nature.com/47iIVJg ⚒️ 🧪
October 20, 2025 at 10:09 PM
The findings of a study in Nature Geoscience show that temperatures of over 900 °C are needed to form stable continents. go.nature.com/47iIVJg ⚒️ 🧪
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Ongoing #AQG #quantum #gravimeter measurement campaign by @gfz.bsky.social and @bkgbund.bsky.social at #GOW Wettzell for investigating instrument repeatabilities and testing field techniques. A great opportunity to gain new insides and exchange with and strengthen the community!
September 24, 2025 at 2:18 PM
Ongoing #AQG #quantum #gravimeter measurement campaign by @gfz.bsky.social and @bkgbund.bsky.social at #GOW Wettzell for investigating instrument repeatabilities and testing field techniques. A great opportunity to gain new insides and exchange with and strengthen the community!
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68 years ago, the launch of Sputnik 1 paved the way for human #SpaceExploration.
Our recent decadal survey builds on Sputnik's legacy by offering recommendations to support the future of space research and exploration.
Learn more for #WorldSpaceWeek: https://ow.ly/cMtQ50X6ujS
Our recent decadal survey builds on Sputnik's legacy by offering recommendations to support the future of space research and exploration.
Learn more for #WorldSpaceWeek: https://ow.ly/cMtQ50X6ujS
October 4, 2025 at 11:00 PM
68 years ago, the launch of Sputnik 1 paved the way for human #SpaceExploration.
Our recent decadal survey builds on Sputnik's legacy by offering recommendations to support the future of space research and exploration.
Learn more for #WorldSpaceWeek: https://ow.ly/cMtQ50X6ujS
Our recent decadal survey builds on Sputnik's legacy by offering recommendations to support the future of space research and exploration.
Learn more for #WorldSpaceWeek: https://ow.ly/cMtQ50X6ujS
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New research demonstrates a nonvolatile silicon photonic microelectromechanical system switch, which has potential applications in optical networks-on-chip, optical interconnects, and quantum information processors.
Learn more in this week’s issue of #ScienceAdvances: https://scim.ag/4nxqGXA
Learn more in this week’s issue of #ScienceAdvances: https://scim.ag/4nxqGXA
October 3, 2025 at 9:14 PM
New research demonstrates a nonvolatile silicon photonic microelectromechanical system switch, which has potential applications in optical networks-on-chip, optical interconnects, and quantum information processors.
Learn more in this week’s issue of #ScienceAdvances: https://scim.ag/4nxqGXA
Learn more in this week’s issue of #ScienceAdvances: https://scim.ag/4nxqGXA
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As government websites go dark, educators across the country have been reworking lesson plans and searching for reliable sources of up-to-date scientific information. https://scim.ag/46Vlwxu
Science teachers scramble as U.S. climate resources vanish
As government websites go dark, some nonprofits are trying to fill the void
scim.ag
October 3, 2025 at 10:40 PM
As government websites go dark, educators across the country have been reworking lesson plans and searching for reliable sources of up-to-date scientific information. https://scim.ag/46Vlwxu
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Here's a reminder on #InternationalCoffeeDay: It's OK to take a (coffee) break. ☕
"It’s ... helpful to have a venue to share the day-to-day ups and downs of life as a grad student," a #PhD student wrote in this 2019 #ScienceWorkingLife. https://scim.ag/4nvLTBb
"It’s ... helpful to have a venue to share the day-to-day ups and downs of life as a grad student," a #PhD student wrote in this 2019 #ScienceWorkingLife. https://scim.ag/4nvLTBb
October 1, 2025 at 4:24 PM
Here's a reminder on #InternationalCoffeeDay: It's OK to take a (coffee) break. ☕
"It’s ... helpful to have a venue to share the day-to-day ups and downs of life as a grad student," a #PhD student wrote in this 2019 #ScienceWorkingLife. https://scim.ag/4nvLTBb
"It’s ... helpful to have a venue to share the day-to-day ups and downs of life as a grad student," a #PhD student wrote in this 2019 #ScienceWorkingLife. https://scim.ag/4nvLTBb
September 4, 2025 at 3:54 PM
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The July 29 tsunami from the Mw 8.8 Kamchatka earthquake was recorded by the differential pressure guages on our ocean bottom seismographs near Samoa. Here are the records from the first 4 OBSs we recovered.
August 8, 2025 at 12:02 AM
The July 29 tsunami from the Mw 8.8 Kamchatka earthquake was recorded by the differential pressure guages on our ocean bottom seismographs near Samoa. Here are the records from the first 4 OBSs we recovered.
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The Patagonian slab window is a portal where, without a slab in the way, material is flowing between the Pacific and Atlantic upper mantles. Read now: seismica.library.mcgill.ca/article/view...
@tellurianite.bsky.social&@dougwiens.bsky.social&@walid06seismo.bsky.social&@lamont.columbia.edu&@whoi.edu
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August 1, 2025 at 7:38 PM
The Patagonian slab window is a portal where, without a slab in the way, material is flowing between the Pacific and Atlantic upper mantles. Read now: seismica.library.mcgill.ca/article/view...
@tellurianite.bsky.social&@dougwiens.bsky.social&@walid06seismo.bsky.social&@lamont.columbia.edu&@whoi.edu
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Here's NASA astrophysics, if I read the president's proposed budget correctly. 🔭
May 30, 2025 at 11:01 PM
Here's NASA astrophysics, if I read the president's proposed budget correctly. 🔭
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JUST IN: International students make up more than a quarter of Harvard University's student body. Harvard says the government's actions, which could cut off a major revenue stream, are "unlawful."
Trump administration revokes Harvard's ability to enroll international students
International students make up more than a quarter of Harvard University's student body. Harvard says the government's actions, which could cut off a major revenue stream, are "unlawful."
www.npr.org
May 22, 2025 at 7:15 PM
JUST IN: International students make up more than a quarter of Harvard University's student body. Harvard says the government's actions, which could cut off a major revenue stream, are "unlawful."
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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
Exclusive: NSF director to resign amid grant terminations, job cuts, and controversy | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
Exclusive: NSF director to resign amid grant terminations, job cuts, and controversy
“I have done all I can,” says Sethuraman Panchanathan, a Trump appointee who has led agency since 2020
www.science.org
April 25, 2025 at 1:01 AM
Exclusive: NSF director to resign amid grant terminations, job cuts, and controversy | Science | AAAS www.science.org/content/arti...
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Join us this summer from August 4-7, 2025, in Breckenridge, Colorado, to explore the science and computational challenges that underpin our understanding of Earth’s dynamical systems. For more information about CIG The Next Generation from, see our website: geodynamics.org/events/detai...
April 4, 2025 at 1:28 AM
Join us this summer from August 4-7, 2025, in Breckenridge, Colorado, to explore the science and computational challenges that underpin our understanding of Earth’s dynamical systems. For more information about CIG The Next Generation from, see our website: geodynamics.org/events/detai...
Pre-print alert: Ben-Mansour et al (2025) ➡️ eartharxiv.org/repository/o...
April 12, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Pre-print alert: Ben-Mansour et al (2025) ➡️ eartharxiv.org/repository/o...
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A study in Nature Communications shows that hidden water beneath Antarctica’s ice can accelerate ice loss, potentially raising sea levels by over two meters by 2300. https://go.nature.com/4jsKIQj 🧪
April 12, 2025 at 4:08 PM
A study in Nature Communications shows that hidden water beneath Antarctica’s ice can accelerate ice loss, potentially raising sea levels by over two meters by 2300. https://go.nature.com/4jsKIQj 🧪
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VU University Amsterdam is going to be closing their Earth Sciences bachelor's program and some of the relevant research (some will go to Utrecht University or other departments) as the university shifts more towards "climate and earth". ⚒️
nltimes.nl/2025/04/04/h...
nltimes.nl/2025/04/04/h...
Higher education cuts to hit VU University's earth sciences department; 37 jobs at risk
The VU University Amsterdam is translating the government’s budget cuts and its other financial challenges into a reorganization of its Earth Sciences Department. That puts 37 employees at risk of dis...
nltimes.nl
April 4, 2025 at 10:45 AM
VU University Amsterdam is going to be closing their Earth Sciences bachelor's program and some of the relevant research (some will go to Utrecht University or other departments) as the university shifts more towards "climate and earth". ⚒️
nltimes.nl/2025/04/04/h...
nltimes.nl/2025/04/04/h...
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The SZ4D newsletter is here! Read how SZ4D scientists are advancing subduction zone research
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🔍 Dive into fault zone structure research
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March 21, 2025 at 8:07 PM
The SZ4D newsletter is here! Read how SZ4D scientists are advancing subduction zone research
🚀 SZNet Chile Field Trip, IMPACTS, workshop & exchange program
🔍 Dive into fault zone structure research
🖇️ Join the network of +180 scientists now
🔬A Science Hub for research & collaboration
🔗 bit.ly/41QMhAJ
🚀 SZNet Chile Field Trip, IMPACTS, workshop & exchange program
🔍 Dive into fault zone structure research
🖇️ Join the network of +180 scientists now
🔬A Science Hub for research & collaboration
🔗 bit.ly/41QMhAJ
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Scientists are now organizing events, called Stand Up for Science, on 7 March in Washington, D.C., and state capitals.
So far, they have attracted more than 100 volunteers from some 30 states who are hoping to rally support for research as a public good. scim.ag/4328LAD
So far, they have attracted more than 100 volunteers from some 30 states who are hoping to rally support for research as a public good. scim.ag/4328LAD
‘I really wanted something to happen.’ The students behind the Stand Up for Science protests
New group hopes to turn out researchers for 7 March demonstrations against Trump administration policies
scim.ag
February 19, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Scientists are now organizing events, called Stand Up for Science, on 7 March in Washington, D.C., and state capitals.
So far, they have attracted more than 100 volunteers from some 30 states who are hoping to rally support for research as a public good. scim.ag/4328LAD
So far, they have attracted more than 100 volunteers from some 30 states who are hoping to rally support for research as a public good. scim.ag/4328LAD