High temperatures today and we’ve already had a long period of drought. Drinking water always seemed completely self-evident in NL. But it’s not. Although the Dutch focus has traditionally been on how to keep water out, we need to focus more on storing water. 👉 www.tudelft.nl/en/stories/a...

In times when funding becomes increasingly challenging and restrictive, this investment from Energi Simulation is a real difference maker for many PhDs and postdocs working in the field of #geoscience for the ##energytransition at our department at TU Delft www.tudelft.nl/en/2025/citg...

Energi Simulation continues geoenergy partnership with Delft University

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At this year's #EAGEAnnual2025 my colleague Anne gave a truly passionate and compassionate pitch why #geoscience #education needs to become more inclusive and diverse if we are serious about inspiring new talents to enter this field and work on the #energytransition @rockdeftud.bsky.social ⚒️💡🔋

On May 18, 1980, Richard Lasher got up early to get some photos at Spirit Lake. Instead, he was forced to stop because of the massive, explosive Mount St. Helens eruption and captured this iconic photo with his own red Ford Pinto on the road. 🧪⚒️ #OTD www.hemmings.com/stories/mt-s...

PhD Jesse came by in the afternoon and made my day with these freshly cored heterogeneous #Rotliegend #sandstone samples for #CrossScale w/ @geoenergyprof.bsky.social Aren't they pretty? Next: cutting them (and deciding where...), CT scan, porosimetry and then... Break them! 😎😎 #breakingrocks #rocks

Together with colleagues from @imperialcollegeldn.bsky.social we have tried to bring some clarity into the concept of capillary pinning during #CCS, considering the scales and heterogeneity in #geology www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Harvard University @harvard.edu weigert op de eisen van president Trump in te gaan en zet 2,2 miljard dollar aan overheidsgeld op het spel. De universiteit is niet van plan haar “onafhankelijkheid op te geven”.

Harvard zwicht niet voor Donald Trump - Delta

Harvard University weigert op de eisen van president Trump in te gaan en zet 2,2 miljard dollar aan overheidsgeld op het spel. De universiteit is niet van

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Proud of our postdoc Milady Naderloo rocking his #DeepNL plenary presentation, arguing the lessons learnt from #InducedSeismicity should not go to waste in #energytransition related scenarios

De voorgenomen sluiting van de VU-afdeling aardwetenschappen is desastreus voor het geowetenschappelijk onderzoek en onderwijs. Dat schrijven TU-hoogleraren Timo Heimovaara en @geoenergyprof.bsky.social namens hun afdeling geosciences and engineering in deze solidariteitsverklaring.

‘Sluiting aardwetenschappen aan VU is precies de verkeerde boodschap’ - Delta

De voorgenomen sluiting van de VU-afdeling aardwetenschappen is desastreus voor het geowetenschappelijk onderzoek en onderwijs. Dat schrijven TU-hoogleraren Timo Heimovaara en Sebastian Geiger namens ...

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Our open-ed statement in @tudelta.bsky.social, expressing solidarity with our colleagues and their students at the Vrije Universiteit of Amsterdam: delta.tudelft.nl/en/article/c... #geoscience #academia #science

‘Closing VU earth sciences sends exactly the wrong message’ - Delta

The planned closure of the VU Department of Earth Sciences is disastrous for geoscience research and education. That is what TU Delft professors Timo Heimovaara and Sebastian Geiger write in this soli...

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#GirlsDay today! On behalf of our Faculty @tudelftceg.bsky.social. We talked about earthquakes, geology & geothermal energy. We used straws to drill geologically layered clay, jumped and registered the "seismic wave" with @phyphox.org and of course we broke a rock! #breakingrocks #rocks 🤓😎

A statement of solidarity with our colleagues and their students from the Department of Earth Sciences at the Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam #geoscience #academia #science #earthscience #climatechange #energytransition ⚒️🧪🧬💡🔌

Another excellent and insightful summary on the #netzero benefits (including the financial benefits) in the UK by @drsimevans.carbonbrief.org from @carbonbrief.org 🔽

Simon Evans@drsimevans.carbonbrief.org · last yr.

NEW: Official advisers CCC say UK shld cut emissions 87% by 2040 ⚖️Net cost of net-zero 73% less than thought 💷Total cost to 2050 = £108bn (~£4bn/yr, 0.2% GDP) 🏡🚗H’hold energy/fuel bills to fall £1,400 🔌Electrification is key THREAD + charts www.carbonbrief.org/... 1/10

A beautiful and passionate inaugural lecture by our colleague Hadi Hajibeygi ⬇️

RockDefTUD@rockdeftud.bsky.social · last yr.

The ebb and flow of life... Today attending the inaugural lecture of esteemed and appreciated colleague Prof. Hadi Hajibeygi, professor of Geo Energy and Solid and Fluid Mechanics

Amidst all terrible news, I am sad that here it is not better. Today the VU Amsterdam announced they'll cut Earth Sciences, and fire 39 staff. 130 students are left to figure out how to finish, and an unknown number of PhDs lose their supervisors. My heart goes out to my colleagues 😳😥

Spring is in the air at TU Delft ☀️🌼🌸🌻

Me too 🔽

Stephen Curry@scurry.bsky.social · last yr.

A decision I find hard to understand. www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

Here's Jesse and Parvin taking a moment before the conference starts to check out the flowers! The right season to come visit us is starting 🥰 from now until mid-May the flower fields are blooming. Always good to take a moment with nature to recharge ☀️🌷

RIP academic freedom. This is a very sad day for academia in America.

Columbia Yields to Trump in Battle Over Federal Funding

Columbia’s agreement is a significant moment in the intensifying battle between Trump and elite universities.

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For those of you who are Tired Of All This Shit, we bring you: The relationship between volcanism and the invention of the bicycle! We made this clip, with @vanhinsbergen.bsky.social, for last year's Tour de France stage over the Cantal Volcano, and its highest remaining peak, Puy Mary ❤️🤠

Campus is starting to blossom! Thanks to a bike detour I ran into the first trees bursting into full song this morning

First trip after maternity leave for Anne, together with @entelakane.bsky.social, Annemarie and Ilshat we visit the Geothermal Alliance Bavaria in Munich, with a special site visit to a local #geothermal plants 😁😁

This is a great illustration of what the new energy order looks like: ➡️ large to small ➡️ centralised to decentralised ➡️ large grids to microgrids ➡️ one-directional to bi-directional ➡️ passive consumers to active prosumers Of course simplified & highly stylised but it shows the direction of travel.

Stunning new visualization of global temperatures since 1940, from @hausfath.bsky.social www.theclimatebrink.com/p/visualizin...

🚨Another new #openaccess papers discussing the connection between multi-scale #geology and fluid flow for low-carbon #energy applications such as #CCS and #geothermal. Once again very enjoyable research with colleagues and friends from Imperial College London www.lyellcollection.org/doi/full/10....

Impact of Sedimentological Heterogeneity on Subsurface Storage in Net-Transgressive, Shallow-Marine Sandstones: Cliff House Sandstone, New Mexico, USA | Geoenergy

Net-transgressive, shallow-marine sandstone reservoirs overlain by thick mudstone seals are prime candidates for storage of CO2, H2 and thermal energy. Although these reservoirs have high net-to-gross...

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In our latest Editorial we discuss the continuing damage being done to US science, and its impact on researchers and the environment 👇 Deep cuts: www.nature.com/articles/s41...

As one of the signatories of the brilliant open letter by @scurry.bsky.social I am dismayed by this decision, but sadly also not entirely surprised. If we don't stand up for our values and science in this day and age, especially if we're privileged to do so, when then?

The Guardian@theguardian.com · last yr.

Elon Musk survives as fellow of Royal Society despite anger among scientists

Any lab can only be so good as their technicians... Last week our rock saw broke down. Today our invaluable technician Marc is fixing it so probably tomorrow it is already working again. Our MScs, PhDs and postdocs are not much delayed. Yay for Marc! (And the rest of our awesome tech team!)

At the non-for-profit journal Geoenergy we have a number of paper calls for our thematic issues on #geothermal, #CCS, siting for offshore windfarms, #geology for the #energytransition by early career researchers, etc. See www.lyellcollection.org/geoenergy/th...

Geoenergy thematic collections

Geoenergy focuses on the publications of timely and topical research in subsurface geoscience, critical for this new era of sustainable energy. Geoenergy continues the mission of its sister journal P...

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I will close the letter for signatures at 17:00 today (UK time). Last chance to voice your support before this evening's meeting of the Royal Society.

Stephen Curry@scurry.bsky.social · last yr.

There are now over 3000 signatories to my letter asking the Royal Society to explain why it has taken no action and said nothing about evident contraventions of its code of conduct by Elon Musk FRS. forms.gle/dBGaHk7SYUNA...