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🌋 Kīlauea is showing off again! This Hawaiian volcano – one of the world’s most active – has been erupting in an unusual stop-and-go style #Geology
October 25, 2025 at 3:16 PM
🌋 Kīlauea is showing off again! This Hawaiian volcano – one of the world’s most active – has been erupting in an unusual stop-and-go style #Geology
Let's explain rocks by sandwiches. Trust me. Earth builds rock three main ways: it stacks, it cools from melt, or it presses and reheats what it already made. #Geology 🧵
October 24, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Let's explain rocks by sandwiches. Trust me. Earth builds rock three main ways: it stacks, it cools from melt, or it presses and reheats what it already made. #Geology 🧵
There’s a literal leak at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean—plugged straight into the Cascadia megathrust. Scientists call it Pythia’s Oasis. It’s a spring on the seafloor that shoots out warm, almost‑fresh water like a firehose. Yes, from right above the fault. #Geology🧵
October 21, 2025 at 5:28 AM
There’s a literal leak at the bottom of the Pacific Ocean—plugged straight into the Cascadia megathrust. Scientists call it Pythia’s Oasis. It’s a spring on the seafloor that shoots out warm, almost‑fresh water like a firehose. Yes, from right above the fault. #Geology🧵
That's no mere rolling rock—it's a "volcanic bomb" launched from the La Palma vent like a cannonball. This molten boulder hit the steep ash cone and just kept rolling, carving a path for over a kilometer. Geologists dubbed these terrifying projectiles "spallation bombs."
October 20, 2025 at 3:57 PM
That's no mere rolling rock—it's a "volcanic bomb" launched from the La Palma vent like a cannonball. This molten boulder hit the steep ash cone and just kept rolling, carving a path for over a kilometer. Geologists dubbed these terrifying projectiles "spallation bombs."
Earth—Patch Notes v4.56 Ga
– Fixed supercontinent crash loop (not a bug, a feature).
– Magnetic field auto‑renewal improved.
– Rift DLC now ships with passive margins.
– Ocean balance: fewer BIF drops, more plankton.
– Known issue: roads vs. landslides.
– Fixed supercontinent crash loop (not a bug, a feature).
– Magnetic field auto‑renewal improved.
– Rift DLC now ships with passive margins.
– Ocean balance: fewer BIF drops, more plankton.
– Known issue: roads vs. landslides.
October 19, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Earth—Patch Notes v4.56 Ga
– Fixed supercontinent crash loop (not a bug, a feature).
– Magnetic field auto‑renewal improved.
– Rift DLC now ships with passive margins.
– Ocean balance: fewer BIF drops, more plankton.
– Known issue: roads vs. landslides.
– Fixed supercontinent crash loop (not a bug, a feature).
– Magnetic field auto‑renewal improved.
– Rift DLC now ships with passive margins.
– Ocean balance: fewer BIF drops, more plankton.
– Known issue: roads vs. landslides.
Rocks keep tiny compasses. When they cooled, iron minerals locked in whatever “north” was trending. Lay them across the seafloor and you get zebra stripes of magnetic nostalgia. My phone can’t remember yesterday’s Wi‑Fi. #Geology
October 19, 2025 at 6:41 PM
Rocks keep tiny compasses. When they cooled, iron minerals locked in whatever “north” was trending. Lay them across the seafloor and you get zebra stripes of magnetic nostalgia. My phone can’t remember yesterday’s Wi‑Fi. #Geology
In my opinion the problem with Jurassic Park isn’t cloning dinosaurs. It’s building on a tropical island with that many steep slopes and zero landslide mitigation. #Geology
October 19, 2025 at 6:23 PM
In my opinion the problem with Jurassic Park isn’t cloning dinosaurs. It’s building on a tropical island with that many steep slopes and zero landslide mitigation. #Geology
Have you heard about a volcano that erupts black lava and turns it snow-white in hours? Meet Ol Doinyo Lengai in Tanzania – often called the world’s most unique. It’s the only known volcano that spews carbonatite lava (a carbonate lava) instead of the usual molten silicate rock. #Geology
October 19, 2025 at 4:33 PM
Have you heard about a volcano that erupts black lava and turns it snow-white in hours? Meet Ol Doinyo Lengai in Tanzania – often called the world’s most unique. It’s the only known volcano that spews carbonatite lava (a carbonate lava) instead of the usual molten silicate rock. #Geology
Have you heard about a volcano that erupts black lava and turns it snow-white in hours? Meet Ol Doinyo Lengai in Tanzania – often called the world’s most unique. It’s the only known volcano that spews carbonatite lava (a carbonate lava) instead of the usual molten silicate rock. #Geology
October 19, 2025 at 4:32 PM
Have you heard about a volcano that erupts black lava and turns it snow-white in hours? Meet Ol Doinyo Lengai in Tanzania – often called the world’s most unique. It’s the only known volcano that spews carbonatite lava (a carbonate lava) instead of the usual molten silicate rock. #Geology
New Fossil found! 😂
Nokiasorus 🦕
Nokiasorus 🦕
February 6, 2025 at 9:11 PM
New Fossil found! 😂
Nokiasorus 🦕
Nokiasorus 🦕
My kind of fireworks? Volcanic lightning. Who needs sparklers when magma’s got a built-in light show? #HappyNewYear #Geology
December 31, 2024 at 8:37 PM
My kind of fireworks? Volcanic lightning. Who needs sparklers when magma’s got a built-in light show? #HappyNewYear #Geology
Earth recycles oceanic crust through subduction. We recycle New Year’s resolutions. Nature’s got us beat. #HappyNewYear #Geology
December 31, 2024 at 8:30 PM
Earth recycles oceanic crust through subduction. We recycle New Year’s resolutions. Nature’s got us beat. #HappyNewYear #Geology
Orogeny (mountain building) takes millions of years, but we expect instant changes after the clock strikes midnight. Perspective, right? Let 2025 be the start of something awesome. #HappyNewYear #Geology
December 31, 2024 at 8:29 PM
Orogeny (mountain building) takes millions of years, but we expect instant changes after the clock strikes midnight. Perspective, right? Let 2025 be the start of something awesome. #HappyNewYear #Geology
December 13, 2024 at 6:25 PM
We often think about Rome’s power—military conquests, cultural achievements, political might—but do we ever consider the rocks under its sandals? The city’s legendary structures owe much of their existence to specific stones pulled from local quarries and volcanic fields. #Geology
December 11, 2024 at 8:37 AM
We often think about Rome’s power—military conquests, cultural achievements, political might—but do we ever consider the rocks under its sandals? The city’s legendary structures owe much of their existence to specific stones pulled from local quarries and volcanic fields. #Geology
On April 1st, 1974, a man hauled 70 tires up to the mouth of a dormant volcanoe in Alaska and set them alight. Seeing the smoke, the residents were afraid that the volcano was about to erupt and called the police. When they investigated, "APRIL FOOL" was spray-painted next to the tires. #Geology
December 11, 2024 at 8:28 AM
On April 1st, 1974, a man hauled 70 tires up to the mouth of a dormant volcanoe in Alaska and set them alight. Seeing the smoke, the residents were afraid that the volcano was about to erupt and called the police. When they investigated, "APRIL FOOL" was spray-painted next to the tires. #Geology
You ever picture the ocean floor as a quiet, empty plain? Down there, scattered like odd potatoes, lie polymetallic nodules. They’re metal-rich lumps on muddy sediments, sometimes miles deep, forming over millions of years, layer by careful layer. Let's explore 👇 #Geology
December 11, 2024 at 8:20 AM
You ever picture the ocean floor as a quiet, empty plain? Down there, scattered like odd potatoes, lie polymetallic nodules. They’re metal-rich lumps on muddy sediments, sometimes miles deep, forming over millions of years, layer by careful layer. Let's explore 👇 #Geology