Elizabeth V
@geolizzy.bsky.social
Ore Deposit geologist turned SAHM. I love rocks and books. Follow for geology and other science, women in STEM, and occasional snarky comments.
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Elizabeth V
@geolizzy.bsky.social
· Nov 10
Hello new followers! I’m Lizzy. My expertise is ore geology and mineral exploration, but I’m interested in all aspects of earth science. I’ve been a field mapper, lab scientist, adjunct faculty, and currently a SAHM because the job market is always up and down 😄
Ruling that the land owner owns the pore space under their property is interesting. Do you own the pore space but not what’s in it if it happens to be natural gas or whatever (unless you also own the mineral rights)? I have a lot of questions about this.
Ruling on control of pore space in underground rock formations. Relevant to carbon sequestration #CCS.
"the state law is unconstitutional because it allows a government-authorized taking of property... pore space" - #NorthDakota #WillistonBasin #geology 🧪⚒️
northdakotamonitor.com/2025/12/02/n...
"the state law is unconstitutional because it allows a government-authorized taking of property... pore space" - #NorthDakota #WillistonBasin #geology 🧪⚒️
northdakotamonitor.com/2025/12/02/n...
North Dakota judge rules in favor of landowners, finds law unconstitutional • North Dakota Monitor
A district court judge on Tuesday sided with a landowner group and found a North Dakota law related to underground storage of carbon dioxide to be unconstitutional.
northdakotamonitor.com
December 3, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Ruling that the land owner owns the pore space under their property is interesting. Do you own the pore space but not what’s in it if it happens to be natural gas or whatever (unless you also own the mineral rights)? I have a lot of questions about this.
I just bought wool yarn to make hats for my kids and with how expensive yarn is this year, they better like them 😅
December 3, 2025 at 12:09 AM
I just bought wool yarn to make hats for my kids and with how expensive yarn is this year, they better like them 😅
My apologies to whatever delivery driver had to deliver my two 20lb kettlebells that were shipped in one box
December 2, 2025 at 12:04 AM
My apologies to whatever delivery driver had to deliver my two 20lb kettlebells that were shipped in one box
Introduce yourself with five animals you have seen in the wild
Moose
Wolves
Pikas
Puffins
Grizzlies
Moose
Wolves
Pikas
Puffins
Grizzlies
Introduce yourself with five animals you have seen in the wild
Prairie rattlesnake
Moose
River otter
Ermine
Beaver
Prairie rattlesnake
Moose
River otter
Ermine
Beaver
Introduce yourself with five animals you have seen in the wild
Guanaco
Brown tarantula
Eastern newt
Caribou
Western blue jay
Guanaco
Brown tarantula
Eastern newt
Caribou
Western blue jay
November 28, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Introduce yourself with five animals you have seen in the wild
Moose
Wolves
Pikas
Puffins
Grizzlies
Moose
Wolves
Pikas
Puffins
Grizzlies
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Thin Section Thursday!
Ophitic texture of plagioclase laths encased in clinopyroxene in a gabbro from the Glen Mtns. Layered Complex in southwestern Oklahoma. Contributed by Robert Puckett. You can contribute too! Send images to akoziol1 at udayton dot edu. #thinsectionthursday
Ophitic texture of plagioclase laths encased in clinopyroxene in a gabbro from the Glen Mtns. Layered Complex in southwestern Oklahoma. Contributed by Robert Puckett. You can contribute too! Send images to akoziol1 at udayton dot edu. #thinsectionthursday
November 27, 2025 at 1:32 PM
Thin Section Thursday!
Ophitic texture of plagioclase laths encased in clinopyroxene in a gabbro from the Glen Mtns. Layered Complex in southwestern Oklahoma. Contributed by Robert Puckett. You can contribute too! Send images to akoziol1 at udayton dot edu. #thinsectionthursday
Ophitic texture of plagioclase laths encased in clinopyroxene in a gabbro from the Glen Mtns. Layered Complex in southwestern Oklahoma. Contributed by Robert Puckett. You can contribute too! Send images to akoziol1 at udayton dot edu. #thinsectionthursday
I’ve recently seen the discussion about how scientists need to rebuild trust, and well, I don’t think we have ever really had it. Scientists in the not so distant past did some really shitty things. People are still alive who had their relatives experimented on. And we just kinda moved on from that.
November 26, 2025 at 11:12 PM
I’ve recently seen the discussion about how scientists need to rebuild trust, and well, I don’t think we have ever really had it. Scientists in the not so distant past did some really shitty things. People are still alive who had their relatives experimented on. And we just kinda moved on from that.
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Some updates on what we have been working on lately here at NDGS Paleo.
T. rex and a whole lot of mammoths!
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
T. rex and a whole lot of mammoths!
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
Rare T. rex find in North Dakota, mammoth fossil digs ‘significant’ for research
The North Dakota Geological Survey has found a new Tyrannosaurus rex skeleton at a dig site in southwest North Dakota. Researchers first discovered the bones in September 2024 while searching for croc...
www.yahoo.com
November 25, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Some updates on what we have been working on lately here at NDGS Paleo.
T. rex and a whole lot of mammoths!
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
T. rex and a whole lot of mammoths!
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
New EO dropped. They want to do all scientific innovation with AI for:
1) advanced manufacturing
2) biotech
3) critical minerals
4) nuclear fission and fusion energy
5) quantum information science and
6) semiconductors and microelectronics
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
1) advanced manufacturing
2) biotech
3) critical minerals
4) nuclear fission and fusion energy
5) quantum information science and
6) semiconductors and microelectronics
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
Launching the Genesis Mission
By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Purpose.
www.whitehouse.gov
November 25, 2025 at 4:45 PM
New EO dropped. They want to do all scientific innovation with AI for:
1) advanced manufacturing
2) biotech
3) critical minerals
4) nuclear fission and fusion energy
5) quantum information science and
6) semiconductors and microelectronics
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
1) advanced manufacturing
2) biotech
3) critical minerals
4) nuclear fission and fusion energy
5) quantum information science and
6) semiconductors and microelectronics
www.whitehouse.gov/presidential...
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This beautiful stone is from China and I’m trying to find out more about it. It might be from the M Triassic Baifeng or Guohua Fms of S China. Is there anyone out there with local knowledge? I’ve not been able to locate sufficient detail in the literature. It’s not a carbonate. #chinesepicturestone
November 25, 2025 at 10:46 AM
This beautiful stone is from China and I’m trying to find out more about it. It might be from the M Triassic Baifeng or Guohua Fms of S China. Is there anyone out there with local knowledge? I’ve not been able to locate sufficient detail in the literature. It’s not a carbonate. #chinesepicturestone
Took my kid to the doctor and saw a pair of sundogs on the way home, but I was the only excited one
November 25, 2025 at 12:54 AM
Took my kid to the doctor and saw a pair of sundogs on the way home, but I was the only excited one
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Data centers popping up on Indigenous lands everywhere, but especially perilous to us desert tribes where water availability for crops and for communities have new competition.
The data center boom in the desert
The AI race is transforming northwestern Nevada into one of the world's largest data-center markets—and sparking fears of water strains in the nation’s driest state.
www.technologyreview.com
November 24, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Data centers popping up on Indigenous lands everywhere, but especially perilous to us desert tribes where water availability for crops and for communities have new competition.
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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
November 23, 2025 at 6:26 PM
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
It’s 2025 and this is still happening
Massachusetts's state legislature is considering a bill to ban shock therapy treatment for autistic students at the Judge Rotenberg Center, a residential school in Canton.
www.wcvb.com/article/mass...
www.wcvb.com/article/mass...
Mass. Legislature considers bill to ban painful shocks as treatment
Speaker after speaker opposed the use of painful electric shocks on people when testifying Tuesday before the Massachusetts Legislature's Joint Committee on Children, Families and Persons with Disabil...
www.wcvb.com
November 21, 2025 at 5:46 PM
It’s 2025 and this is still happening
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Please help build some public-facing interpretive signage at Siccar Point. www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/siccar-point
The campaign is very close to 2/3 of their goal, with 9 days to go...
@thenoblegasbag.bsky.social
⚒️
The campaign is very close to 2/3 of their goal, with 9 days to go...
@thenoblegasbag.bsky.social
⚒️
Building the James Hutton Deep Time Trail
We are raising vital funds for a new Deep Time Trail at Siccar Point to celebrate the life and legacy of James Hutton for his Tercentenary.
www.crowdfunder.co.uk
November 21, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Please help build some public-facing interpretive signage at Siccar Point. www.crowdfunder.co.uk/p/siccar-point
The campaign is very close to 2/3 of their goal, with 9 days to go...
@thenoblegasbag.bsky.social
⚒️
The campaign is very close to 2/3 of their goal, with 9 days to go...
@thenoblegasbag.bsky.social
⚒️
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Semeru, Indonesia is erupting. Communities are being evacuated.
Incredible footage of pyroclastic density currents in the news.
youtube.com/watch?v=ducv...
Incredible footage of pyroclastic density currents in the news.
youtube.com/watch?v=ducv...
Indonesia's Mount Semeru erupts and covers villages with falling ash
YouTube video by Associated Press
youtube.com
November 20, 2025 at 10:26 PM
Semeru, Indonesia is erupting. Communities are being evacuated.
Incredible footage of pyroclastic density currents in the news.
youtube.com/watch?v=ducv...
Incredible footage of pyroclastic density currents in the news.
youtube.com/watch?v=ducv...
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I don’t normally share petitions, but good friends and colleagues are going to lose their jobs as part of the planned cuts to the geology dept at Leicester.
Consider adding your signature here:
www.change.org/p/save-geolo...
An excellent dept that doesn’t deserve to be decimated. 🧪⚒️🌍
Consider adding your signature here:
www.change.org/p/save-geolo...
An excellent dept that doesn’t deserve to be decimated. 🧪⚒️🌍
Sign the Petition
Save Geology at the University of Leicester
www.change.org
November 19, 2025 at 11:20 PM
I don’t normally share petitions, but good friends and colleagues are going to lose their jobs as part of the planned cuts to the geology dept at Leicester.
Consider adding your signature here:
www.change.org/p/save-geolo...
An excellent dept that doesn’t deserve to be decimated. 🧪⚒️🌍
Consider adding your signature here:
www.change.org/p/save-geolo...
An excellent dept that doesn’t deserve to be decimated. 🧪⚒️🌍
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My alma mater, Leicester University, is dissolving its Geology Department leading to the loss of 14 staff. Palaeo is being completely axed, despite Leicester's long and storied history in this area (and its current strengths). Please sign this petition!!: www.change.org/p/save-geolo...
Sign the Petition
Save Geology at the University of Leicester
www.change.org
November 19, 2025 at 9:10 AM
My alma mater, Leicester University, is dissolving its Geology Department leading to the loss of 14 staff. Palaeo is being completely axed, despite Leicester's long and storied history in this area (and its current strengths). Please sign this petition!!: www.change.org/p/save-geolo...
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Science People: We at NSF are still recovering/catching up/getting our lives together. But the agency posted these FAQs about post-shutdown resumption of operations which might answer a lot of Qs for you: www.nsf.gov/resumption-o...
Resumption of Operations at NSF
Information for NSF staff and the research community regarding the agency's resumption of operations after a lapse in appropriations.
www.nsf.gov
November 18, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Science People: We at NSF are still recovering/catching up/getting our lives together. But the agency posted these FAQs about post-shutdown resumption of operations which might answer a lot of Qs for you: www.nsf.gov/resumption-o...
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⚒️🧪 Earth and Atmospheric Sciences (among other programs) to be eliminated at University of Nebraska-Lincoln #UNL. A tragedy all around. #Geosciences
They are really planning to go through with these cuts at Nebraska, despite recommendations not to. Unbelievable.
If you want to hire highly qualified, very successful earth and atmospheric sciences faculty in teaching and research, quite a few are probably looking for jobs for next year.
If you want to hire highly qualified, very successful earth and atmospheric sciences faculty in teaching and research, quite a few are probably looking for jobs for next year.
Final Budget Reduction Plan | Budget Process | Nebraska
budgetprocess.unl.edu
November 17, 2025 at 7:04 PM
⚒️🧪 Earth and Atmospheric Sciences (among other programs) to be eliminated at University of Nebraska-Lincoln #UNL. A tragedy all around. #Geosciences
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No Mineral Monday post today
Without contributions from people like you, there is no Mineral Monday (or Thin Section Thursday) posts.
Please consider contributing.
Send information (200 - 300 words max) to akoziol1 (at) udayton dot edu.
Without contributions from people like you, there is no Mineral Monday (or Thin Section Thursday) posts.
Please consider contributing.
Send information (200 - 300 words max) to akoziol1 (at) udayton dot edu.
November 17, 2025 at 2:29 PM
No Mineral Monday post today
Without contributions from people like you, there is no Mineral Monday (or Thin Section Thursday) posts.
Please consider contributing.
Send information (200 - 300 words max) to akoziol1 (at) udayton dot edu.
Without contributions from people like you, there is no Mineral Monday (or Thin Section Thursday) posts.
Please consider contributing.
Send information (200 - 300 words max) to akoziol1 (at) udayton dot edu.
My TikTok and my BlueSky are talking about wildly different things today
November 14, 2025 at 7:18 PM
My TikTok and my BlueSky are talking about wildly different things today
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As much as I dislike coal companies, the people who run them, and the devastation their mines have wrought, especially in Appalachia, I have the utmost respect for the people who work underground and hope this story has a good ending. Nobody deserves to die in darkness like that.
Crews are pumping about 6,000 gallons of water a minute from the Rolling Thunder Mine. After a wall holding back an unknown pocket of water was compromised, 17 miners made it out safely.
Search Continues For Trapped Miner - West Virginia Public Broadcasting
Crews are now pumping approximately 6,000 gallons of water a minute from the Rolling Thunder Mine in Drennen. A miner was trapped Saturday after a wall holding back an unknown pocket of water was compromised.
n.pr
November 13, 2025 at 12:34 PM
As much as I dislike coal companies, the people who run them, and the devastation their mines have wrought, especially in Appalachia, I have the utmost respect for the people who work underground and hope this story has a good ending. Nobody deserves to die in darkness like that.
I may have missed the aurora last night thanks to clouds, but I did get my MRI results and they were “unremarkable”.
November 12, 2025 at 1:02 PM
I may have missed the aurora last night thanks to clouds, but I did get my MRI results and they were “unremarkable”.