Dr. Heather McFarlin
@volcanoheather.bsky.social
Mom, Alaska seismology, volcanology, LGBTQ+ rights, abortion advocate, social justice and equity.
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An earthquake "Who-done-it?" 🔎 !!!
in our new paper doi.org/10.1785/0120...
Where was the 1912 Ms7.2 Alaska earthquake?
previously placed within the rupture area of the 2002 Mw7.9 Denali earthquake...
in our new paper doi.org/10.1785/0120...
Where was the 1912 Ms7.2 Alaska earthquake?
previously placed within the rupture area of the 2002 Mw7.9 Denali earthquake...
December 1, 2025 at 5:04 PM
An earthquake "Who-done-it?" 🔎 !!!
in our new paper doi.org/10.1785/0120...
Where was the 1912 Ms7.2 Alaska earthquake?
previously placed within the rupture area of the 2002 Mw7.9 Denali earthquake...
in our new paper doi.org/10.1785/0120...
Where was the 1912 Ms7.2 Alaska earthquake?
previously placed within the rupture area of the 2002 Mw7.9 Denali earthquake...
Reposted by Dr. Heather McFarlin
Here's a whole list of Native folks you SHOULD be following. They are brilliant, funny, smart and full of heart. The epitome of what community should and could be.
go.bsky.app/MEaiVa9
go.bsky.app/MEaiVa9
November 30, 2025 at 9:25 PM
Here's a whole list of Native folks you SHOULD be following. They are brilliant, funny, smart and full of heart. The epitome of what community should and could be.
go.bsky.app/MEaiVa9
go.bsky.app/MEaiVa9
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Seth Kantner will break your heart. He writes unflinchingly, bearing witness to the disruptive effects of climate changes that upend all our Iives.
Life and death on the coast www.adn.com/alaska-life/...
Life and death on the coast www.adn.com/alaska-life/...
Life and death on the coast
What the flooding in Northwest Alaska took and left behind.
www.adn.com
November 30, 2025 at 7:25 PM
Seth Kantner will break your heart. He writes unflinchingly, bearing witness to the disruptive effects of climate changes that upend all our Iives.
Life and death on the coast www.adn.com/alaska-life/...
Life and death on the coast www.adn.com/alaska-life/...
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It's that time of year again... time for #DisabledInSTEM 2026 Mentorship applications! I'm so excited to be running this program for the sixth year and seeing the growth over the years!
Mentee form: forms.gle/um5DvYnBi3tn...
Mentor form: forms.gle/BvaxnQm8uhUR...
Applications due December 5th!
Mentee form: forms.gle/um5DvYnBi3tn...
Mentor form: forms.gle/BvaxnQm8uhUR...
Applications due December 5th!
October 20, 2025 at 4:44 PM
It's that time of year again... time for #DisabledInSTEM 2026 Mentorship applications! I'm so excited to be running this program for the sixth year and seeing the growth over the years!
Mentee form: forms.gle/um5DvYnBi3tn...
Mentor form: forms.gle/BvaxnQm8uhUR...
Applications due December 5th!
Mentee form: forms.gle/um5DvYnBi3tn...
Mentor form: forms.gle/BvaxnQm8uhUR...
Applications due December 5th!
Of course I'm on duty when this happens on Thanksgiving. Glad there have been no significant damage reports and no reports of anyone being hurt. earthquake.alaska.edu/event/ak2025...
Willow M6.0 | Alaska Earthquake Center
Alaskan Earthquake Center
earthquake.alaska.edu
November 27, 2025 at 7:11 PM
Of course I'm on duty when this happens on Thanksgiving. Glad there have been no significant damage reports and no reports of anyone being hurt. earthquake.alaska.edu/event/ak2025...
Reposted by Dr. Heather McFarlin
We have reviewed a magnitude 4.9 event that occurred at 06:38 AM AK time. This event was located 11 miles NNE of Tyonek and 39 miles deep.
This event was reported felt throughout Southcentral Alaska.
For more information, please visit
https://earthquake.alaska.edu/event/ak2025wzudcl
This event was reported felt throughout Southcentral Alaska.
For more information, please visit
https://earthquake.alaska.edu/event/ak2025wzudcl
Tyonek M4.9 | Alaska Earthquake Center
Alaskan Earthquake Center
earthquake.alaska.edu
November 22, 2025 at 4:14 PM
We have reviewed a magnitude 4.9 event that occurred at 06:38 AM AK time. This event was located 11 miles NNE of Tyonek and 39 miles deep.
This event was reported felt throughout Southcentral Alaska.
For more information, please visit
https://earthquake.alaska.edu/event/ak2025wzudcl
This event was reported felt throughout Southcentral Alaska.
For more information, please visit
https://earthquake.alaska.edu/event/ak2025wzudcl
Reposted by Dr. Heather McFarlin
You're never gonna believe this, but we're out of archaeologists again.
We have matched ~650 groups with archaeologists this semester! I am so grateful to the 196 Archaeologist volunteers!
We have 60 unmatched groups rn
Know archaeologists who could do a session? Send them to SkypeAScientist.com
We have matched ~650 groups with archaeologists this semester! I am so grateful to the 196 Archaeologist volunteers!
We have 60 unmatched groups rn
Know archaeologists who could do a session? Send them to SkypeAScientist.com
SKYPE A SCIENTIST
Skype a Scientist matches your classroom, scout troop, or library with scientists for Q&A sessions for free!
SkypeAScientist.com
November 11, 2025 at 4:26 PM
You're never gonna believe this, but we're out of archaeologists again.
We have matched ~650 groups with archaeologists this semester! I am so grateful to the 196 Archaeologist volunteers!
We have 60 unmatched groups rn
Know archaeologists who could do a session? Send them to SkypeAScientist.com
We have matched ~650 groups with archaeologists this semester! I am so grateful to the 196 Archaeologist volunteers!
We have 60 unmatched groups rn
Know archaeologists who could do a session? Send them to SkypeAScientist.com
I think I'd rather have Aikman in the booth at the Commanders game...
November 9, 2025 at 11:27 PM
I think I'd rather have Aikman in the booth at the Commanders game...
Reposted by Dr. Heather McFarlin
WHAT: People's Town Hall: Food Security in Fairbanks
Where: UAF Schaible Auditorium
WHEN: 11/22/25; 12-4 pm *snacks from 11:30-12*
More info in comments.
Where: UAF Schaible Auditorium
WHEN: 11/22/25; 12-4 pm *snacks from 11:30-12*
More info in comments.
November 4, 2025 at 10:08 PM
WHAT: People's Town Hall: Food Security in Fairbanks
Where: UAF Schaible Auditorium
WHEN: 11/22/25; 12-4 pm *snacks from 11:30-12*
More info in comments.
Where: UAF Schaible Auditorium
WHEN: 11/22/25; 12-4 pm *snacks from 11:30-12*
More info in comments.
Another article about Alaska Earthquake Center and tsunami funding cuts www.alaskasnewssource.com/2025/11/01/s...
November 1, 2025 at 4:29 AM
Another article about Alaska Earthquake Center and tsunami funding cuts www.alaskasnewssource.com/2025/11/01/s...
Reposted by Dr. Heather McFarlin
NOAA’s National Weather Service holds the federal responsibility for tsunami warnings, and has historically been a primary supporter of seismic data collection in Alaska
NOAA cancels longstanding funding for seismic data collection crucial to tsunami warning systems
The Alaska Earthquake Center has long provided NOAA with seismic data for tsunami monitoring and warning purposes. That work will wind down in November, after the federal agency said it can no longer fund the contract.
akpub.io
November 1, 2025 at 2:50 AM
NOAA’s National Weather Service holds the federal responsibility for tsunami warnings, and has historically been a primary supporter of seismic data collection in Alaska
Reposted by Dr. Heather McFarlin
More than 2,000 people filled out "Did You Feel It" reports for this morning's magnitude 5.4 earthquake on the Kenai Peninsula. Get the details in this story our amazing Earthquake Center team pulled together for you today!
https://earthquake.alaska.edu/mid-morning-quake-between-seward-and-homer
https://earthquake.alaska.edu/mid-morning-quake-between-seward-and-homer
October 31, 2025 at 1:24 AM
More than 2,000 people filled out "Did You Feel It" reports for this morning's magnitude 5.4 earthquake on the Kenai Peninsula. Get the details in this story our amazing Earthquake Center team pulled together for you today!
https://earthquake.alaska.edu/mid-morning-quake-between-seward-and-homer
https://earthquake.alaska.edu/mid-morning-quake-between-seward-and-homer
Reposted by Dr. Heather McFarlin
The remnants of Typhoon Halong spared Quinhagak much of the home damage seen in other villages. But the storm caused massive beach erosion and upended the Nunalleq site, the world’s largest trove of pre-contact Yup’ik cultural treasures. www.adn.com/alaska-news/...
In Quinhagak, the storm stripped away beach and priceless archaeological artifacts
www.adn.com
October 23, 2025 at 6:42 AM
The remnants of Typhoon Halong spared Quinhagak much of the home damage seen in other villages. But the storm caused massive beach erosion and upended the Nunalleq site, the world’s largest trove of pre-contact Yup’ik cultural treasures. www.adn.com/alaska-news/...
Reposted by Dr. Heather McFarlin
On the ground reporting from Quinhagak. Not as catastrophic like further north, but still severe impacts from #halong, including 60 ft of Beach loss and the destruction of an extensive archeological dig.
#alaska #flooding #erosion
www.kyuk.org/public-safet...
#alaska #flooding #erosion
www.kyuk.org/public-safet...
‘It looks like a bomb hit.' Ex-typhoon Halong peels back as much as 60 feet from Quinhagak’s shoreline
Severe erosion in the coastal community has put critical infrastructure in peril and destroyed a vital archaeological lens into the past.
www.kyuk.org
October 20, 2025 at 1:07 AM
On the ground reporting from Quinhagak. Not as catastrophic like further north, but still severe impacts from #halong, including 60 ft of Beach loss and the destruction of an extensive archeological dig.
#alaska #flooding #erosion
www.kyuk.org/public-safet...
#alaska #flooding #erosion
www.kyuk.org/public-safet...
@shanahstone.bsky.social you still looking for Dillingham pics?
October 19, 2025 at 4:16 AM
@shanahstone.bsky.social you still looking for Dillingham pics?
Reposted by Dr. Heather McFarlin
I’m still looking for No Kings photos from Dillingham, Haines, Kotz, Port Alexander, Sitka, Valdez, Wrangell, or anywhere else in Alaska there was a protest. I know there’s more out there!
October 19, 2025 at 2:34 AM
I’m still looking for No Kings photos from Dillingham, Haines, Kotz, Port Alexander, Sitka, Valdez, Wrangell, or anywhere else in Alaska there was a protest. I know there’s more out there!
Reposted by Dr. Heather McFarlin
Alt text: A comment from an account called bluesky-helper telling the poster that their account has been suspended and that they need to click a link to avoid being terminated.
Don't click the link.
Don't click the link.
Guys new scamming method on bluesky. Please share this around. Dont fall for this stuff
Block, move on.
Block, move on.
October 19, 2025 at 12:26 AM
Alt text: A comment from an account called bluesky-helper telling the poster that their account has been suspended and that they need to click a link to avoid being terminated.
Don't click the link.
Don't click the link.
Reposted by Dr. Heather McFarlin
Alaska communities rallying today for the nationwide No Kings protest - Gustavus, Dillingham, Soldotna, Fairbanks, Juneau, Wasilla, Kotz, Valdez, Anchorage and who else!?
Send us your photos!
Tag community + photographer name - [email protected]
www.marchagainst.org/whenwhere
Send us your photos!
Tag community + photographer name - [email protected]
www.marchagainst.org/whenwhere
What's the next move? — MarchAgainst.org
www.marchagainst.org
October 18, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Alaska communities rallying today for the nationwide No Kings protest - Gustavus, Dillingham, Soldotna, Fairbanks, Juneau, Wasilla, Kotz, Valdez, Anchorage and who else!?
Send us your photos!
Tag community + photographer name - [email protected]
www.marchagainst.org/whenwhere
Send us your photos!
Tag community + photographer name - [email protected]
www.marchagainst.org/whenwhere
Reposted by Dr. Heather McFarlin
'We’re in God’s hands now': A dispatch from Western Alaska
“We don’t know where we’re going, or where we’re going to live. Or if we’ll ever go back home,” said John ... He added: “We’re all in God’s hands. We’re not in control any more.”
www.northernjournal.com/were-in-gods...
“We don’t know where we’re going, or where we’re going to live. Or if we’ll ever go back home,” said John ... He added: “We’re all in God’s hands. We’re not in control any more.”
www.northernjournal.com/were-in-gods...
'We’re in God’s hands now': A dispatch from Western Alaska
Hundreds have left their homes. Many may never go back.
www.northernjournal.com
October 18, 2025 at 1:56 AM
'We’re in God’s hands now': A dispatch from Western Alaska
“We don’t know where we’re going, or where we’re going to live. Or if we’ll ever go back home,” said John ... He added: “We’re all in God’s hands. We’re not in control any more.”
www.northernjournal.com/were-in-gods...
“We don’t know where we’re going, or where we’re going to live. Or if we’ll ever go back home,” said John ... He added: “We’re all in God’s hands. We’re not in control any more.”
www.northernjournal.com/were-in-gods...
Reposted by Dr. Heather McFarlin
Folks have been focused on the developing disaster in southwest Alaska, but America's farthest-west community is suffering, too: Adak has been without power for two weeks because of problems with the local generator.
www.kucb.org/regional/202...
www.kucb.org/regional/202...
Adak residents ‘getting by’ after two weeks without power
A replacement generator is currently being sent on a barge, but it’s not scheduled to arrive until Nov. 3 – weather dependent.
www.kucb.org
October 17, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Folks have been focused on the developing disaster in southwest Alaska, but America's farthest-west community is suffering, too: Adak has been without power for two weeks because of problems with the local generator.
www.kucb.org/regional/202...
www.kucb.org/regional/202...
Reposted by Dr. Heather McFarlin
Spreading the word on the "Typhoon Dogs" being rescued from Kipnuk, Alaska where the entire flooded village had to evac and could not take their dogs.This thread covers the news and includes donate links for those getting the dogs out via small aircraft. (No roads!) bsky.app/profile/chas...
Here are the latest Typhoon Dogs pics posted by Bethel Friends of Canines to FB. This is how these dogs are getting saved.
October 17, 2025 at 10:35 PM
Spreading the word on the "Typhoon Dogs" being rescued from Kipnuk, Alaska where the entire flooded village had to evac and could not take their dogs.This thread covers the news and includes donate links for those getting the dogs out via small aircraft. (No roads!) bsky.app/profile/chas...
Reposted by Dr. Heather McFarlin
white house has joined bluesky
click here to block all official us government accounts instantly
bsky.app/profile/did:...
click here to block all official us government accounts instantly
bsky.app/profile/did:...
October 17, 2025 at 10:08 PM
white house has joined bluesky
click here to block all official us government accounts instantly
bsky.app/profile/did:...
click here to block all official us government accounts instantly
bsky.app/profile/did:...
Reposted by Dr. Heather McFarlin
May 1982, Kipnuk in better times, now devastated by Typhoon Halong. If you can, consider donating Alaska Community Fund, helping those impacted in Western Alaska (alaskacf.fcsuite.com...).
October 17, 2025 at 4:52 PM
May 1982, Kipnuk in better times, now devastated by Typhoon Halong. If you can, consider donating Alaska Community Fund, helping those impacted in Western Alaska (alaskacf.fcsuite.com...).
Reposted by Dr. Heather McFarlin
In case you are looking for Indigenous thrillers/horror stories this October. Fricking love libraries that put together lists like this.
pima.bibliocommons.com/v2/list/disp...?
pima.bibliocommons.com/v2/list/disp...?
Indigenous-Authored Chills and Thrills — a staff-created list from Pima County Public Library
The Many Nations team collected spooky titles by Indigenous authors to celebrate 2024's yíiyáh season. "Yíiyáh" is a Navajo expression that ranges in meaning from "scary" to "dangerous." Dive into the...
pima.bibliocommons.com
October 17, 2025 at 11:18 AM
In case you are looking for Indigenous thrillers/horror stories this October. Fricking love libraries that put together lists like this.
pima.bibliocommons.com/v2/list/disp...?
pima.bibliocommons.com/v2/list/disp...?
Reposted by Dr. Heather McFarlin
Read this, and understand that prison is evil, and must be abolished, but also there are some things no one can take away.
What's it like for a trans woman in a men's prison? B Speaks brings us this haunting, hopeful look at a woman remaining true to herself through unimaginable hardship.
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
www.assignedmedia.org/breaking-new...
Freedom is Something You Carry Inside — Assigned
A trans woman’s account of life in a men’s prison in Georgia.
www.assignedmedia.org
October 16, 2025 at 8:46 PM
Read this, and understand that prison is evil, and must be abolished, but also there are some things no one can take away.