Welcome to the 2026 Volcano World Cup! Here's a little introductory post about the Volcano World Cup for the uninitiated. Look for Group A coming out at the end of the week to start us off. eruptions.site/2026/06/08/w... #volcanoworldcup
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Welcome to the 2026 Volcano World Cup! IDL TIFF file The 2026 World Cup is just about the start and although many of us have very mixed feelings about FIFA (to say the least), the same can’t …
til of a whale graveyard?
Everything dies , but why go out of your way to die here, specifically?? This is so benignly weird that I want to slip it in as background colour next time it’s even vaguely applicable when I’m on set.
Geologically-speaking, it’s not exactly the safest stretch of road for a sign-hunting photo detour, but you won’t be sad about the scenery.
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Only a few hours left a landslide/glacier postdoc-in-waiting to catch a lucky break.
Here’s hoping we can pull off some geohazards academic matchmaking so the funding doesn’t vanish in a puff of fairy dust.
One of my fav places to freelance is adding to their staff:
The Furry Creek sign on Highway 99 is inspiring a photo hotspot for a community in which members say, you can feel safe ‘for being maybe a little weirder.’
New Scientist is looking for a physics and technology reporter to join the news team - apply here www.linkedin.com/jobs/view/44...
🚨Funding for 2yr postdoc w/ me & @geocron.bsky.social on landslide-tsunami-jökulhlaup project, but (this is the ridiculous part) I need to select someone NOW or I lose the $. If you're NOT in Canada (can be any nationality) and interested, send me your CV and transcripts by midnight MT, June 12. 🧪⚒️
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We're hiring a Senior Aquarist to help run our cephalopod facility at Columbia University. Our team maintains a colony of 250+ cuttlefish, develops new husbandry techniques (inc transgenics) & studies cuttlefish camouflage and social behavior. 1/3
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So many watch parties. Just so, so many.
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Dr Dan Shugar 🇨🇦
Jacob Aron
Mika McKinnon
Tessa Montague
As much as I dislike FIFA (& my opinion on the lousy cost/benefit of hosting 7 games is on-record), I want Vancouver & its businesses to do as well as possible during the World Cup. And for Vancouverites to enjoy it. I don’t know what other host cities are doing but Vancouver is leaning in visually.
Brent Toderian
LANDSLIDE FOLKS:
Time-urgent bat signal going out for a postdoc-to-be who is ready to scramble an application.
This is a good team. The fieldwork is gorgeous. You’d get to be in Canada, which is pretty fun on the scale of potential global locations at the moment.
Mika McKinnon
🚨Funding for 2yr postdoc w/ me & @geocron.bsky.social on landslide-tsunami-jökulhlaup project, but (this is the ridiculous part) I need to select someone NOW or I lose the $. If you're NOT in Canada (can be any nationality) and interested, send me your CV and transcripts by midnight MT, June 12. 🧪⚒️
Dr Dan Shugar 🇨🇦
Things that make me giggle:
I work for a video game studio.
They had to investigate @mineralcup.bsky.social to confirm it’s not competition for their slate of AAA games.
Move over, elephant graveyards - this whale necropolis extends 1,200km along the Indian Ocean seafloor at depths from 4,600-7,000m; has accumulated at least 476 fossil whale carcasses over the past 5m years; and has 5 active whale falls. Paper in @nature.com www.nature.com/articles/s41...
