Notices by bse (doktrock@toad.social), page 2

"The Garvellach islands off the west coast of Scotland are the best record of Earth entering its biggest ever ice age around 720 million years ago, researchers have discovered.
The big freeze, which covered nearly all the globe in two phases for 80 million years, is known as "Snowball Earth", after which the first animal life emerged." #geology

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj9l2mrn43jo

B.C. planning for worst-case scenario if Chilcotin River landslide bursts | Globalnews.ca #geology #Canada

https://globalnews.ca/news/10679507/bc-chilcotin-river-landslide-aug-3-2024/

There was enough oxygen on Earth "for animals to have thrived more than 2 billion years before the early Cambrian. So why did it take so long for them to appear?" discussion of the “Great Oxidation Event”
#geology #geochemistry #fossils

https://eos.org/science-updates/how-great-was-the-great-oxidation-event

#FossilFriday
https://ard.social/@tagesschau/112873160263290536

2024:Wikimania - The 19th edition of Wikimania will happen in Katowice, Poland from 7–10 August

https://wikimania.wikimedia.org/wiki/2024:Wikimania

11,778 acres of Chippewa National Forest land to be transferred back to the Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe #Minnesota | CBS (h/t Terijian at bsky)

https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/minnesota-tribe-leech-lake-land-returned-celebration/

Resignation Statement of Dickinson State University #NorthDakota President Steve Easton #lottawords

https://dickinsonstate.edu/news/2024/07-july/dsu-president-statement.html

#Minneapolis, #Minnesota USA. Foreground, Mississippi River, St. Anthony Falls and the Research Laboratory. Left, stone arch bridge; right I-35W bridge. Behind left, US Bank Stadium, the mill district and the core of downtown.

Position - Economic Geologist. Support critical #mineral and energy projects that focus on rare earth element minerals #REE in the Virginia Fall Zone and potential for extraction of critical minerals during carbon sequestration #Virginia Geological Survey #geology
https://www.jobs.virginia.gov/jobs/geologist-charlottesville-virginia-united-states-c8046d0c-ff9f-43be-a6c5-d7d6d7206eee

Looking out from an excavated cliff cave in Bandelier National Monument #NewMexico

Saw a lot of these cool bikes in the Netherlands and Belgium

Birch's on the Lake - Hazy IPA 1st place 2023 #Minnesota Brewer's Cup

Galileo Galilei was at the University of Padova #Italy from 1592 to 1610. He taught geometry, mechanics, and astronomy, and carried out significant research free from the restrictions of the church, as U Padua was an independent institution. Here is his actual lecturn!

"Scientists map one of Earth’s top hazards in the Pacific Northwest" - Cascadia subduction zone | WaPo #geology

https://wapo.st/4cca8hy

"Teenage T. rex fossil discovered by 3 young boys in #NorthDakota" | USA TODAY #paleontology #FossilFriday #dinosaur

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2024/06/04/teenage-t-rex-discovered-boys-north-dakota/73971112007/

physical science technician positions at USGS observatories in Alaska, Hawaii, or Washington #geology https://www.usajobs.gov/job/793291600

Geologists recommend eating at least one small rock per day! according to AI (h/t electricland.bsky.social) #geology

Visit to the Adventure Mine, Keweenaw peninsula #Michigan, USA. 1.1 billion year old basalt flows that carry pure #copper. We experienced an underground blast from a safe distance around the corner! #geology #mining

Full-time Visiting Assistant professor at Dept of #Geology at Occidental College, Los Angeles, #California
https://apply.interfolio.com/145962

The #Chicago Archaeopteryx, the Field Museum’s Newest #Dinosaur, Meets the Public | Chicago News | WTTW #paleontology #FossilFriday

https://news.wttw.com/2024/05/06/chicago-archaeopteryx-field-museum-s-newest-dinosaur-meets-public