Happy #ThinSectionThursday! Hope you enjoy this thin section of a bryozoan-crinoid dominated grainstone from the Permian of Western Australia.

The story that stays with me most is being in the middle of the Pacific on 9/11. Despite being thousands of miles away, the tragedy felt immediate. The way everyone came together to support one another, especially those with loved ones in NYC and at the Pentagon, is something I'll never forget.

U.S. Scientific Ocean Drilling@us-sciod.bsky.social · 3mo ago

As you may know, the JOIDES Resolution is on its final transit to a shipbreaking yard in Turkey. Though expected, this news is difficult to hear. As we feel this loss, we want to hear from you: What is your favorite story from the JR? 📷 Phil Christie / Sea1 (left) 📷 Adam Bogus / IODP (right)

Today, the legendary JR begins her last journey to the shipwrecking yard. Home to many of us, she helped to understand plate tectonics, climate, deep biosphere, earthquakes/volcanoes, and was an integral part in international science and collaboration 🫡 www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/home/...

New in Geosphere's themed issue "Uplift History of the Sierra Nevada, USA": M.T. Hren and M.T. Brandon use leaf wax hydrogen isotope data to show that the Sierra Nevada experienced renewed uplift in the late Cenozoic. Read the full issue: geosociety.co/FossilLeaf Image: Figure 3. (A)

Congratulations to Julia Daniel, a student in my lab group, who just successfully defended her MS thesis! Rock on, Julia!

UConn Gives 26 "Because of You" Undergraduate research is fundamental to the UConn Department of Earth Sciences experience. Your support helps cover critical costs, ensuring students can fully participate in these transformative experiences. Make your impact here: tinyurl.com/3se25mmv

🌎 UConn Gives starts now! 🌎 Hands-on experiences like this class field trip at the core of Earth Sciences at UConn. From fieldwork to research, our students gain the skills they need to succeed beyond the classroom. Any level of support helpssupport helps. Make your impact today: lnkd.in/eAYjs3NB

Congratulations to Olivia Adams, a student in my lab group, who just successfully defended her MS thesis! Rock on, Olivia!

NYT: Trump Halts Five Wind Farms Off the East Coast The Interior Department said the projects posed national security risks, without providing details. The decision imperils billions of dollars of investments.

Hmmm. I wonder how much $$$ UConn will spend building a whole new facility for its 9 member golf team + 3 COACHES: updc.uconn.edu/gpf/?brid=NC... Meanwhile my department is having to cut our incoming graduate class by half… #nutmegsky @uconnaaup.bsky.social

NSF is about to dismantle NCAR at Russell Vought's direction to protect the fossil fuel industry. It's hard to communicate just how much NCAR does, so let's take a look: I've never worked at NCAR, and I've worked with NCAR researchers once ever. What scientific discoveries has NCAR made possible? 👇

#AGU25 folks, there is a rapid- response town hall TODAY on the #NCAR dismantling at 1 pm, La Nouvelle Orleans ballroom C (per an AGU media advisory)

These cuts include eliminating the Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, its degree programs in meteorology and geology, faculty, and staff.

AAUP@aaup.org · 10mo ago

STOP THE CUTS! “We could have fewer & fewer offerings at UNL, which is going to make it less attractive to students, which is going to be the slow death. But we still have time to turn this around & to tell the Board of Regents to vote against these cuts.” - Sarah Zuckerman, AAUP UNL President

A few people have asked if there is anything that they can do about UNL's decision to cut its Earth & Atmospheric Sciences Department. There is a public feedback from that one can submit to UNL that you can access here: apc.unl.edu/fall-2025-bu... Clint Rowe (our dept. chair) has asked to get…

My former department, where I spent most of my career. 💔

Dr. Lynne Elkins@ljelkins.bsky.social · last yr.

I have just heard an ALARMING report that my former Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences at the University of Nebraska is threatened with elimination, due to a university & state-wide budget crisis, and despite their ongoing success in scholarship and teaching. This is really shocking.

For #ThinSectionThursday, a bryozoan grainstone/rudstone from the Permian of Western Australia.

Consider calling your representatives! Many might not be aware of this plan.

Paul Voosen@voosen.me · last yr.

My latest: Polar scientists warn that the White House and NSF are planning to terminate the Nathaniel Palmer, the only US research icebreaker capable of handling Antarctic extremes, this October. So far the plan has seen minimal pushback from Congress.

What?

Science Magazine@science.org · last yr.

The National Science Foundation plans to abruptly end operation of the RV Nathaniel B. Palmer, the sole U.S. research ship capable of braving the farthest reaches of Antarctica and the Southern Ocean. scim.ag/4mB8LOX

Are you looking to share your work on Permian biotic crises at #GSAConnects in San Antonio? If so, check out session T198!

Check out our latest #IODP #Exp379 contribution about the #Antarctic Ice Sheet's history @natcomms.nature.com. Read the full article here: rdcu.be/euikE

West Antarctic ice retreat and paleoceanography in the Amundsen Sea in the warm early Pliocene

Nature Communications - A geological climate archive documents the effects of ocean warming on Antarctic marine ice-sheets. Large sediment fluxes from the interior of West Antarctica precede the...

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Pleased to share a new paper out on Early Triassic gymnosperm recovery following the end-Permian event in the southern high latitudes, led by @treeamores.bsky.social! doi.org/10.1130/B380...

Prof. Robert Thorson on how geology helped UConn become UConn. youtu.be/LMphe5qt2ek?...

How UConn Became UConn | UConn

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Another day, another hit to science. NSF’s HQ was built to purpose. Now, NSF employees are being kicked out with no notice and little information about what's next. These short-sighted policies will cost U.S. science leadership for decades. #ScienceMatters #NSF #StrongScienceStrongAmerica

Margaret Fraiser@margaretfraiser.bsky.social · last yr.

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US Earth Scientists: We know you have questions, come get them answered directly from NSF/EAR POs! Tuesday, June 17, 2p Eastern. Register here: www.nsf.gov/events/nsf-d...

NSF Division of Earth Sciences Informational Webinar

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Can tropical corals find refuge at higher latitudes under future warming? In our new paper in Science Advances, we argue that coral range expansion will be *far too slow* for most coral species to outpace climate change. 🪸🌊 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... A short 🧵 (1/16)

NEW: A nearly 90% funding cut proposed by the Trump administration would likely shut down and devastate the 37 tribal colleges and universities created to serve the students disadvantaged by the nation’s historic mistreatment of Indigenous communities. By @mattkrupnick.bsky.social

Trump Wants to Cut Tribal College Funding by Nearly 90%, Putting Them at Risk of Closing

ProPublica found that Congress was underfunding tribal colleges by a quarter-billion dollars per year. Rather than fixing the problem, proposed federal funding cuts unveiled this week would devastate ...

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Surface Geologist 🚨Job opening🚨 #NorthDakota Geological Survey #geology Field mapping of glacial sediments or sedimentary rock, geologic hazards (landslide) mapping, interpreting aerial and satellite imagery, etc. www.dmr.nd.gov/dmr/workwith...

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Employment Opportunities | Department of Mineral Resources, North Dakota

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Are you looking to share your work on Permian biotic crises at #GSAConnects in San Antonio? If so, check out session T198!

And NSF has not faired any better in the proposed budget - tools for action on that are here: www.savensf.com/take-action