The official Bluesky account for Earth Science Week.
An American Geosciences Institute (@agi-updates.bsky.socialβ¬) program linking the public and Earth science. π https://www.earthsciweek.org/
Earth Science Week
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π¨ To celebrate #GlobalWindDay, AGI & My NASA Data invite educators to register for a #webinar on the Earth Systems Data Explorer!
Register now, & you will be sent the link to the webinar's live premiere, which will be on YouTube at 6 PM ET on August 25, 2026.
#STEMeducation #MyNASAData #Data #STEM
Itβs the longest day of the year, so thereβs time to celebrate today's eventsπ
βοΈ #SummerSolstice: Recognizing the effect of Earth's tilt on the seasons!
π #WorldHydrographyDay: The science of describing oceans, lakes, & rivers!
π¨ & Happy #FathersDay to all the dads out there!
Photo: Isaac Sloman
Worlds literally collide this week with the #GreatAmericanInterchange! π
Head to bit.ly/pliocene-ground-sloth to learn more & tune in next week for another #FossilFriday from the Paleo Research Institute collection
www.digitalatlasofancientlife.org/vc/
#Fossil #Paleontology #GroundSloth #Pliocene
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Happy National Iced Tea Day!
Celebrate how Earth's systems have contributed to every sip! π§πβοΈ
Photos modified from by Dewi Ika Putri, Ritexh Raj, Alonso Romero, and Mohammed Babikir on Unsplash (in order of appearance)
June 17 is #WorldDayToCombatDesertificationAndDrought πποΈπͺΎ
This year's theme is "Rangelands: Recognize. Respect. Restoreβ.
Up to half of the world's rangelands are degraded or at risk β they deserve our attention!
π Learn more: www.unccd.int/events/desertification-drought-day/2026
#Rangelands
Lucy in the ground, permineralized? Why yes, our 3-million-year-old greatx100 grandma was named after the #Beatles song! ππΆ
Head to bit.ly/pliocene-hominin to learn more & tune in next week for another #FossilFriday from the Paleo Research Institute
www.digitalatlasofancientlife.org/vc/
#Fossil
Today is #WorldOceansDay, & this yearβs theme is #reimagine π
The #ocean is part of our lives, from the air we breathe to the climate balance that makes life possible!
Become an ocean guardian &
join the global movement at worldoceanday.org, coordinated by The Ocean Project.
Images from NOAA
Teachers, join the #EarthScienceInformationPartners' (ESIP) July Meeting K-12 Teachers Workshop on Thursday, July 30!
β $20 gets you access to the K-12 Workshop + an 8-hour PD certificate
β In-person attendees get breakfast & lunch
See the agenda, & register: buff.ly/5Kbep0H
#stemeducation
Did you know that the largest #shark of all time was prey to an even larger toothed whale?!π¦π
Head to bit.ly/miocene-shark to learn more & tune in next week for another #FossilFriday from the Paleo Research Institute collection
www.digitalatlasofancientlife.org/vc/
#Fossil #Megalodon #Paleontology
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Earth Science Week
π¦ Itβs #CaveWeek!
#Stalactites, ancient fossils, rare creatures found nowhere else, aquifers that supply drinking waterβ¦ #caves are doing a lot out there in the dark πππ¦
π Resources here:
nckri.org/cave-week/ (organized by #EarthScienceWeekPartner, the National Cave & Karst Research Institute)