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Kerry Leith
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Geoscientist. Alpine addict. Geomorphology, rivers, landslides, 🚴. Earth Sciences New Zealand. Views are my own.
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Kerry Leith @stressdriven.bsky.social · Nov 25
I made a starter pack for past and present researchers here at GNS Science. Let's see who else is hiding out there 🏔🌋🏞

go.bsky.app/4KQru6o
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eos.org
Correction: the debris flow was caused by a glacier collapse, *not* a GLOF.
eos.org Eos @eos.org · Aug 26
There was a devastating debris flow in Nepal and Tibet today which has already claimed hundreds of lives. The disaster was triggered by a glacial lake outburst flood. @davepetley.bsky.social is tracking the ongoing situation on The Landslide Blog:

eos.org/thelandslide...
The 26 August 2026 catastrophic debris flow in Nepal and Tibet
Initial observations on the 26 August 2026 catastrophic debris flow in Nepal and Tibet, which has killed hundreds of people.
eos.org
August 26, 2026 at 8:52 PM
stressdriven.bsky.social
A well-presented comment on the importance of long-term perspectives in science and society

thespinoff.co.nz/politics/29-...
The problem with treating science like a startup
Few New Zealanders spend much time thinking about volcanic monitoring but when a volcano erupts, we expect expertise to exist immediately.
thespinoff.co.nz
June 29, 2026 at 11:46 PM
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davepetley.bsky.social
At least 12 people were killed in a landslide triggered by the M=7.8 earthquake near Mindanao in the Philippines this morning. The landslide location is reported to be New Aklan in Glan, Sarangani. New Aklan appears to be at 5.7705 N, 125.3356E. #earthquake #mindanao #philippines
June 8, 2026 at 2:06 PM
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mlafrance.bsky.social
A livestream of a volcano in the Philippines captured a meteor crashing to Earth today. What are the odds?

Mayon Volcano, Location: Albay, Luzon, Philippines
May 25, 2026 at 6:13 PM
stressdriven.bsky.social
Autumn in Queenstown, and four days talking about landslides with @davepetley.bsky.social and others at LaRGE 2026. If ever there was need for indoor - outdoor flow, this is it! landsliderisk.nz
April 28, 2026 at 4:50 AM
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te-ara-paerangi.community
These are the kind of people we will be needing more of as climate change worsens. The extreme weather events around the country are a stark reminder that the coalition govt. is plucking out the eyes of our research system by reducing $ / shifting $ to things they think will make $$ fast.
#NZPOL
Extreme weather scientists warn of impending funding drought
'Some nerd sitting in an office' doesn't seem like exciting research to fund but it's answering urgent questions about severe weather, a climate scientist says.
www.rnz.co.nz
April 20, 2026 at 4:52 AM
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inseismoland.bsky.social
Our paper, led by Ignacio Sepulveda, with Bjarke Nilsson, Yao Yu, Matías Carvajal, Matthew Brandin, David Sandwell is out in Science today! science.org/doi/epdf/10....
Video: Bjarke Nilsson
@sdsuresearch.bsky.social @scrippsocean.bsky.social @ucsandiego.bsky.social @udeconcepcion.bsky.social @lmu.de
March 26, 2026 at 8:58 PM
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davidho.bsky.social
This should be the biggest weather and climate news on your radar today.

You can send an email today to say why dismantling NCAR is a bad idea for everyone: [email protected]
Trump Administration Readies Plans to Dismantle Renowned Science Lab
www.nytimes.com
March 13, 2026 at 6:25 PM
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paleoseismicity.bsky.social
Postdoc position on speleothem seismic vulnerability from FEM modeling (1-2 years) in Katowice (Poland) w/ @speleojacek.bsky.social

paleoseismicity.org/postdoc-posi...
» Postdoc position on speleothem seismic vulnerability from FEM modeling (1-2 years) in Katowice (Poland)
paleoseismicity.org
March 12, 2026 at 1:54 PM
stressdriven.bsky.social
It's not often we see videos of landslides in action. Here's one from last weekend's storm that passed down New Zealand www.facebook.com/share/v/182G...
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February 19, 2026 at 5:20 AM
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ts.egu.eu
TectoTalks remind!⏰
Don’t miss it!🔥
ts.egu.eu EGU TS @ts.egu.eu · Jan 22
🔥Save the date for the next EGU TS TectoTalks session!!🔥⛏️🗻

This second session will focus on fault growth and evolution and their influence on fluid flow and seismicity

📅 18 February 2026 at 10:00 CET
🔗 Registration: msteams.link
February 12, 2026 at 7:09 AM
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seismosocam.bsky.social
In a new #SRL paper, scientists use a new and more complete catalog of earthquakes spanning 14 years to explore the relationship between geodetically observed slow slip events and seismicity in the Hikurangi subduction zone in Aotearoa, New Zealand. ⚒️

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February 8, 2026 at 9:01 PM
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safeairschoolsuk.bsky.social
Across 3 consecutive autumn terms, installing HEPA air filters helped this Hampshire school achieve:

🔥21% fewer illness absences

🔥4,500 extra pupil-days in school

🔥Clear benefits for
SEND | SEMH | FSM

#EvidenceInAction #SafeAirSchools

www.portsmouth.co.uk/education/th...
The 5p Solution: How clean air is transforming attendance and learning in one Hampshire school
Generations of pupils have learned in stuffy classrooms filled with recycled air, but a Hampshire school is now breathing new life into the way lessons are taught.
www.portsmouth.co.uk
February 3, 2026 at 3:57 PM
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rocklabstrasbourg.bsky.social
The 16th Euroconference on Rock Physics and Rock Mechanics is now over! What a week! Great science, great people, great location! Best conference ever? 😆
January 26, 2026 at 3:02 PM
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radionz.nzcow.com
📢 Georgina Taiapa said two feet of deep silt, water and debris surrounded the motel after a large slip crashed into the property.
Witness describes 'water and debris everywhere' as slip engulfs Hicks Bay Motor Lodge
www.rnz.co.nz
January 23, 2026 at 4:22 AM
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davepetley.bsky.social
On 22 January 2026, a landslide was triggered by heavy rainfall at Mount Maunganui in New Zealand. Six people are missing. Two more people are confirmed to have been killed by a landslide at Papamoa.
eos.org/thelandslide... #landslide #mountmaunganui
Early news about the 22 January 2026 landslide at Mount Maunganui in New Zealand - Eos
On 22 January 2026, a landslide was triggered by heavy rainfall at Mount Maunganui in New Zealand. Six people are missing.
eos.org
January 22, 2026 at 8:12 AM
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rocklabstrasbourg.bsky.social
Our paper about phreatic explosions at Whakaari is the featured paper on the Communications Earth & Environment homepage! 🌋
Check out our open-access paper here 👇
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
January 16, 2026 at 6:01 AM
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davepetley.bsky.social
A sensational guest post by Derek Cronmiller, Theron Finley Panya Lipovsky and Jan Dettmer of the Yukon Geological Survey: Photos and Preliminary Observations from an Overview Flight of the 6 December 2025 Hubbard Glacier Earthquake, Yukon Territory, Canada.
eos.org/thelandslide...
Rock avalanche below Mt King George triggered by the 6 December 2025 Hubbard Glacier Earthquake. The runout distance is 1.4 km.
January 5, 2026 at 7:36 AM
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musicalchairs.bsky.social
Like many kiwis with grownup kids, I'm in Australia today! So, Happy Christmas to everyone who understands this graph!
An explanation / Christmas message in the ALT text x
The graph shows Govt (pink) running near continous deficits - with a break in the early 2000s when Aussie households (blue) plunged deep into debt as they bid up the price of houses (partners in crime with NZ, Canada, UK, etc). Remember: Govts can only run budget surpluses if the country as a whole is running surpluses with the rest of the world (yellow) and/or the domestic private sector is piling deeper into debt (red/blue). Since 2008, the Aussie Govt has run large deficits and, in the first few cvid years, Aussie deficits were WAY bigger than NZ. Those Govt deficits, along with strong mineral exports (2019 - 2024), have given the Aussie economy a big boost. That's why our kids live there now. Those Govt deficits through the 2010s are why Aussie cities have nicer things. Meanwhile, in NZ, our dumbass commentariat are still fawning over the potential date for aGovt surplus. The UK, USA, Japan and loads of other advanced economies haven't run surpluses for 20+ years. All I want for Christmas is a sensible discussion about the *whole* economy - how we invest in our resilience, reduce our addiction to dirty fossil fuel imports, stop exporting the products of rampant ecocide. A discussion about we balance our economy with the rest of the world, with nature, and, restore the societal balance that we know will be better for all of us (and yet...).
December 24, 2025 at 11:06 PM
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commsearth.nature.com
🌋Phreatic eruptions at Whakaari volcano are influenced by subsurface pressurisation magnitudes and timescales, which in turn are significantly influenced by hydrothermal mineralisation and magmatic gas input rates.

👉Read more here:
www.nature.com/articles/s43...
Phreatic eruptions at Whakaari Volcano driven by hydrothermal mineralisation and magmatic gas input - Communications Earth & Environment
Phreatic eruptions at Whakaari volcano are influenced by subsurface pressurisation magnitudes and timescales, which are significantly influenced by hydrothermal mineralisation and magmatic gas input rates, according to 3-dimensional numerical modelling of volcanic hydrothermal systems.
www.nature.com
December 16, 2025 at 5:24 PM
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uguroeztuerk.bsky.social
Consider submitting your #EGU26 abstract in the broad theme of #Landslides to our session of #NH3.6. We are among the continuous major landslide sessions during the meeting, and will continuously try to give more opportunities to #ECS researchers.

🧐 AI is good in preparing infographics by the way.
December 15, 2025 at 5:03 PM
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radionz.nzcow.com
📢 Luis Arevalo fears his grandson will never be able to drink water straight from the tap because of the nitrate in the local water supply.

👉 Bot to check Bluesky account creation dates
What's really going on with Canterbury's water
www.rnz.co.nz
December 15, 2025 at 5:52 PM
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celestelabedz.bsky.social
My dad texted me that he ran into a now-retired professor in the department today, one of my favorite instructors. I can't stop thinking about how this must feel for someone like that, seeing the community you spent a whole career building get dissolved by administrators using faulty data.
celestelabedz.bsky.social Celeste Labedz @celestelabedz.bsky.social · Dec 6
It's over.

Despite the fact that the academic council recommended against it, despite the fact that the program brought in more tuition than it cost, and despite the fact that Nebraskans need & deserve this expertise, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences will be cut.

www.dailynebraskan.com/news/adminis...
BREAKING: ‘This hurts’: UNL eliminates 4 programs despite faculty, student pleas
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln eliminates the Earth and atmospheric sciences 8-0, educational administration 7-1, statistics 7-1, textiles, merchandising and fashion design 7-1 programs.
www.dailynebraskan.com
December 13, 2025 at 2:51 AM
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tepunahamatatini.bsky.social
🚨 Scholarship alert! 🚨 Join us on a masters scholarship to work on the impacts of extreme climate events for coastal systems and communities → www.tepunahamatatini.ac.nz/posts/master...
Masters scholarship on the impacts of extreme climate events
Applications are invited for a masters scholarship at the University of Canterbury on the impacts of extreme climate events for coastal systems and communities.
www.tepunahamatatini.ac.nz
December 11, 2025 at 6:03 PM
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stevebrusatte.bsky.social
Heartbreaking. The University of Nebraska will terminate its entire Earth science department.

One of the country's most successful and respected geology & climate programs: gone.

When ideologues & politicians are threatened by the very act of studying climate change, I wonder: who of us is next?
celestelabedz.bsky.social Celeste Labedz @celestelabedz.bsky.social · Dec 6
It's over.

Despite the fact that the academic council recommended against it, despite the fact that the program brought in more tuition than it cost, and despite the fact that Nebraskans need & deserve this expertise, Earth & Atmospheric Sciences will be cut.

www.dailynebraskan.com/news/adminis...
BREAKING: ‘This hurts’: UNL eliminates 4 programs despite faculty, student pleas
The University of Nebraska-Lincoln eliminates the Earth and atmospheric sciences 8-0, educational administration 7-1, statistics 7-1, textiles, merchandising and fashion design 7-1 programs.
www.dailynebraskan.com
December 6, 2025 at 8:40 PM