Dr Sam Poppe

@sampvolcano.bsky.social

Assistant Prof @ Space Research Centre PAS (CBK PAN) / #volcano / #planets / #geology / #scicomm / #EDI officer @VIPScommission @IAVCEI / He/Him / Husband & twin dad

We are going back and beyond the #Moon! Fingers crossed for a successful launch and safe flight for the #Artemis II astronauts! While going around the Moon, they are scheduled to record geological observations of the lunar surface, exciting!

European Space Agency@esa.int · 4mo ago

#Artemis II update: countdown has started for launch. Liftoff of the crewed lunar mission is scheduled for 1 April 23:24 BST/00:24 CEST 2 April. NASA reports currently 80% chance of favourable weather conditions (pics: NASA & ESA/S.Corvaja) See go.nasa.gov/4sL4j3x @exploration.esa.int

The SLS rocket with the Artemis II Orion spacecraft and its European Service Module stands ready on the launchpad

Toch even een kleine correctie: dit is de eerste gedocumenteerde uitbarsting van deze vulkaan in Ethiopië. We weten niet wanneer de vorige uitbarsting was omdat deze vulkaan amper bestudeerd werd, en we de geschiedenis ervan dus niet kennen. Het zou me verbazen als het echt 12,000 jaar geleden was.

Here's the GVP page of Hayli Gubbi in Ethiopia: volcano.si.edu/volcano.cfm?.... Plume from the eruption can be seen in this Aqua/MODIS image cross the Red Sea to the Arabian Peninsula. #eruption #volcano

Volcanic ash plume from Hayli Gubbi in Ethiopia, November 23, 2025. Credit: NASA/Aqua
Prof. Simon Carn@simoncarn.bsky.social · 9mo ago

An explosive #eruption of Hayli Gubbi #volcano, located SE of Erta'Ale in the Afar Rift (Ethiopia), began at ~08:30 UTC on Nov 23. Eruption onset was fortuitously captured by a @planet.com overpass at 08:31 UTC. Hayli Gubbi has no record of Holocene eruptions. Toulouse VAAC reporting ash to ~15 km.

I've never been, so I thought 2026 may be good to attend #LPSC in Texas. By restricting academic freedom through abiding an executive order they have effectively lost their prime #Space #science meeting position. This is not ok, you won't see me or my science there. I hope no one submits.

Dr. Adeene Denton@spacewhalerider.com · 9mo ago

Choosing to go to LPSC now that they've doubled down on banning any content about making the field a better place for underrepresented scientists? That would be rewarding this behavior and make the field even more unsafe! Just a thought!

Abstract Submission

Abstract submission deadline: January 6, 2026, 11:59 p.m. U.S. CST
No new or revised abstracts will be accepted after January 6.
Abstract Submission Criteria

    All submitted abstracts must comply with Administration Executive Orders. Any non-compliant abstracts will be removed from consideration for the conference program.

How does lava sound when it comes to the surface of the Earth? Listen to a lava flow oozing out of its effusive vent high on the southwestern side of #Etna, 28 August 2025. That day no visits by tourists were allowed on the site, which permitted this (relatively) clean recording

You can't undo robust scientific consensus even if you tried. It is a well-proven #fact: Earth's #climate is changing, and that change is human-made. To all American scientists standing up to this attempt: global #academia is with you 💪🏼🌍 #climatecrisis

Nature@nature.com · 12mo ago

“This little report is basically designed to suppress science, not to enhance it or encourage it” Researchers say that the report misrepresents decades of climate science go.nature.com/3J4TOWD