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We’ve called so many things “tipping points” that the public can’t tell when one really tips. Antarctic sea ice may have just crossed a threshold for real. The crisis is clearer than the language.
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Antarctica may have crossed a tipping point that leads to rising seas — New Scientist

Scientists are beginning to understand the sudden loss of sea ice in Antarctica – and there is growing evidence that it represents a permanent shift with potentially catastrophic consequences

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Rhyolite_Prof @edithrojas.bsky.social · 4d

😂😂😂 this thread has made me SO happy!!!

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Rhyolite_Prof @edithrojas.bsky.social · 4d

OH MY GOD! I die! 😂😂😂🥴🥴🥴

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Rhyolite_Prof @edithrojas.bsky.social · 4d

DEAD!!!! Or Basil for basalt!!! 😂😂😂
I honestly love it so much.

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Rhyolite_Prof @edithrojas.bsky.social · 4d

Students calling a rock VASCULAR instead of VESICULAR will always be funny!

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Rhyolite_Prof @edithrojas.bsky.social · 6d

I am at about 100. ONLY because I taught mineralogy!!!!

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Rhyolite_Prof @edithrojas.bsky.social · 6d

No kidding. We need to update the book we are using!

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Rhyolite_Prof @edithrojas.bsky.social · 6d

Only if!!!!

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Rhyolite_Prof @edithrojas.bsky.social · 6d

Students really overestimate what we know. I asked them how many minerals do they think I can recognize out of the 3,000ish! My three classes said 3000. 😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣🤣 Did not deny nor confirm. Lol

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Callan Bentley @callanbentley.bsky.social · 7d

We have some fun speakers & activities coming up this month in Geology Club! ⚒️

Flyer for Kelly Weinersmith's talk "A City on Mars: Can We Settle Space, Should We Settle Space, and Have we Really Thought This Through?" Wed. Oct. 8, 12:45pm

Flyer for Activity Day, featuring games like Quartetnary, new lab samples, and socializing. Wed. Oct. 15, 12:45pm

Flyer for Edith Rojas's talk "Volcanic Eruptions that Changed the World" Wed. Oct. 22, 12:45pm

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Rhyolite_Prof @edithrojas.bsky.social · 11d

RIIIGHT!!! Ugh!!!

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Rhyolite_Prof @edithrojas.bsky.social · 11d

Today is the day students learn this is not “the rocks for jocks” class they signed up for!!! 😂😂😬😬😬 📚📒And crystals have no magical powers! 🥴🔮

#geology #2YC #geologist #geologyteaching #communitycollege

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Rhyolite_Prof @edithrojas.bsky.social · 12d

How gneiss!!!

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Rhyolite_Prof @edithrojas.bsky.social · 19d

I need to summit a mountain!!!

Rhyolite_Prof @edithrojas.bsky.social · 19d

I just finished watching “The Alpinist” and I am so heart broken. Why am I just learning about Marc-Andre Leclerc 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭

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Celeste Labedz @celestelabedz.bsky.social · 19d

One of my favorite days from my planetary science for non-STEM majors class is when we mention Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin!

Other than her research, my favorite facts:
- Her childhood music teacher was Gustav Holst, composer of The Planets suite
- She advised two notable Franks: Drake and Kameny

Elise Cutts @elisecutts.bsky.social · 19d

Cecilia Payne-Gaposchkin ✨ figured out what stars are made of ✨ when she was just 25. 🔭🧪

Her PhD thesis basically established the Harvard astro department — at a time when Harvard didn't officially allow woman students.

I wrote this little profile to mark the 100th anniversary of her thesis:

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Rhyolite_Prof @edithrojas.bsky.social · 20d

I take antidepressants. 🤷🏽‍♀️

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Rhyolite_Prof @edithrojas.bsky.social · 20d

🥴🥴🥴 I guess!!