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Why This Volcano Keeps Erupting. Via @drbenmiles #Science 🔭🔬🧪🥼🧑‍🔬 #Geology #RocksForJocks #EarthScience #seismology #Volcanology 🌋
Why This Volcano Keeps Erupting
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October 22, 2026 at 2:45 PM
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Startup taps underwater volcano as energy source in "proof point" test. Via @arstechnica #Science 🔭🔬🧪🥼🧑‍🔬 #Geology #RocksForJocks #EarthScience #seismology #Volcanology 🌋 #RenewableEnergy ♻️⚡🌎
Startup taps underwater volcano as energy source in "proof point" test
Can undersea geothermal power help Pacific Rim nations cut down on oil imports?
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October 19, 2026 at 10:45 PM
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What Really Happened During the 2026 Nepal Disaster? Via @whatdamath #Science #Geology #RocksForJocks #EarthScience #seismology 🔭🔬🧪🥼🧑‍🔬 youtu.be/5gded8dJO4Y?...
What Really Happened During the 2026 Nepal Disaster?
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September 7, 2026 at 2:15 PM
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Mount Toba eruption doesn't seem like it could nearly kill our species. Via @arstechnica #Science 🔭🔬🧪🥼🧑‍🔬 #EarthScience #RocksForJocks #Geology #Volcanology 🌋
Mount Toba eruption doesn't seem like it could nearly kill our species
The massive Toba eruption seems to have had little climate impact.
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August 15, 2026 at 1:00 AM
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A Seismic Wave from the 2011 #Japan 🇯🇵 9.0 Earthquake Shifted the Entire Country — Now We Know Why. Via @discover.magazine #EarthScience #RocksForJocks #Geology #Seismology
A Seismic Wave from the 2011 Japan 9.0 Earthquake Shifted the Entire Country — Now We Know Why
Learn how a seismic wave from the 2011 Tohoku earthquake reactivated plate boundaries beneath Japan and exposed a new earthquake hazard.
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June 23, 2026 at 12:01 AM
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This 'Lost City' Deep Beneath The Ocean Is Unlike Anything Seen Before on Earth. Via @sciencealert #MarineBiology 🌊 #Oceanography #EarthScience #RocksForJocks #Geology #Volcanology 🌋
This 'Lost City' Deep Beneath The Ocean Is Unlike Anything Seen Before on Earth
Close to the summit of an underwater mountain west of the Mid-Atlantic Ridge, a jagged landscape of towers rises from the gloom.
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June 22, 2026 at 4:30 PM
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A Giant Seismic Wave Bounced Off Earth's Core And May Have Shifted Japan. Via @sciencealert #Geology #RocksForJocks #EarthScience #seismology
A Giant Seismic Wave Bounced Off Earth's Core And May Have Shifted Japan
When the magnitude 9.0 Tōhoku earthquake struck off the coast of Japan in 2011, its seismic shivers did more than ripple through the planet.
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June 20, 2026 at 4:01 PM
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Hundreds of Mysterious Quakes Have Been Detected Deep Under Antarctica. Via @sciencealert #Geology #RocksForJocks #EarthScience #seismology
Hundreds of Mysterious Quakes Have Been Detected Deep Under Antarctica
If a movie opened with scientists discovering hundreds of earthquakes deep under Antarctica – in a place where they're not supposed to happen, geologically speaking – you might expect the next scene…
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June 19, 2026 at 2:15 PM
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An earthquake hit #Japan 🇯🇵 so hard it made the entire country move. Via @scientific_american #Geology #RocksForJocks #EarthScience #seismology
Japan’s 2011 earthquake was so powerful that it shifted the entire country’s location
This “extraordinary” event was likely caused by seismic waves bouncing off Earth’s core, researchers found
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June 18, 2026 at 10:30 PM
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Geologists Went Looking For Gold. They Found Something Far Rarer. Via @sciencealert #Geology #RocksForJocks #EarthScience #Space #Astrophysics #OrbitalMechanics #Astronomy 🚀 🌌 ☄️ 🛰️ #meteor #meteors
Geologists Went Looking For Gold. They Found Something Far Rarer.
When you're prospecting for gold, sometimes you can find treasure of a different kind.
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June 14, 2026 at 1:40 PM
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Scientists found a piece of a lost planet in the Sahara Desert. Via @scientific_american #EarthScience #RocksForJocks #Geology #Seismology
Scientists found a piece of a lost planet in the Sahara Desert
Hints of high-pressure chemistry within a rare meteorite suggest this fallen space rock comes from a planet gone wrong in the solar system’s early history
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June 11, 2026 at 1:00 AM
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Scientists Discover a Vast Structure Hiding Beneath Antarctica's Ice. Via @sciencealert #EarthScience #Geology #RocksForJocks #seismology #Science 🔭🔬🧪🥼🧑‍🔬
Scientists Discover a Vast Structure Hiding Beneath Antarctica's Ice
At the world's southernmost reaches, the land is buried under a layer of ice that can reach thousands of meters thick.
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June 10, 2026 at 8:45 PM
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Evidence of Minor Earth Core Reversal and Other Strange Discoveries Inside Earth. Via @whatdamath #EarthScience #RocksForJocks #Geology
Evidence of Minor Earth Core Reversal and Other Strange Discoveries Inside Earth
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June 5, 2026 at 12:45 AM
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A 'Supereruption' That Could Have Buried New Zealand Finally Makes Sense. Via @sciencealert #EarthScience #Geology #RocksForJocks #seismology #Volcanology 🌋
A 'Supereruption' That Could Have Buried New Zealand Finally Makes Sense
Some 350,000 years ago, the centre of New Zealand's North Island appeared much different than the mountainous, scrub-covered landscape it is today.
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June 3, 2026 at 11:00 PM
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Researchers develop a new process to get lithium out of rocks. Via @arstechnica #EarthScience #RocksForJocks #Geology #RenewableEnergy ♻️⚡🌎
Researchers develop a new process to get lithium out of rocks
If it scales up, it can help us diversify our sources of a key element.
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June 3, 2026 at 2:30 PM
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A Dazzling Meteor Just 'Video Bombed' a Volcanic Eruption. Via @sciencealert #SkyWatchers 🌃✨🌠 #Astrophotography ✨ 📷 #Photography 📸 #Space #Astrophysics #OrbitalMechanics #Astronomy 🚀 🌌 ☄️ 🛰️ #seismology #EarthScience #RocksForJocks #Geology #Volcanology 🌋
A Dazzling Meteor Just 'Video Bombed' a Volcanic Eruption
It's not every day that our planet erupts in a fiery outpouring from the ground and the sky at the same time and same place.
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May 31, 2026 at 1:02 PM
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Something Made Earth's Molten Core Reverse Direction in 2010. Via @sciencealert #EarthScience #Geology #RocksForJocks #seismology #Volcanology 🌋
Something Made Earth's Molten Core Reverse Direction in 2010
Something strange is going on, deep below the ground beneath our feet.
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May 29, 2026 at 1:40 AM
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Satellites imaged an underwater volcano erupting — but scientists have no idea what's actually happening on the seafloor. Via @spacedotcom #EarthScience #RocksForJocks #Geology #Seismology #Volcanology 🌋 #Oceanography
Satellites imaged an underwater volcano erupting — but scientists have no idea what's actually happening on the seafloor
"This new eruption could present an even better opportunity for 'island-naut' exploration as we prepare to return to the moon with women and men via Artemis IV."
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May 27, 2026 at 1:20 PM
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Earth’s molten outer core is behaving in chaotic, unexpected ways. Via @scientific_american #EarthScience #RocksForJocks #Geology #Seismology #Science 🔭🔬🧪🥼🧑‍🔬
Earth’s molten outer core is behaving in chaotic, unexpected ways
Scientists are working to solve a mystery of Earth’s molten outer core, which lies more than 2,000 kilometers beneath our feet
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May 26, 2026 at 8:30 PM
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A Vast Source of Natural Hydrogen Is Hiding in Ancient Canadian Rocks. Via @sciencealert #EarthScience #Geology #RocksForJocks #RenewableEnergy ♻️⚡🌎
A Vast Source of Natural Hydrogen Is Hiding in Ancient Canadian Rocks
If hydrogen becomes widely available to fuel the world's transportation networks and power grids, it could genuinely reduce the carbon dioxide currently being pumped into the atmosphere.
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May 26, 2026 at 6:15 PM
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Scientists discover why gold doesn’t ‘rust’. Via @scientific_american #Geology #RocksForJocks #EarthScience #Science 🔭🔬🧪🥼🧑‍🔬
Scientists discover why gold doesn’t ‘rust’
Gold doesn’t tarnish like similar metals do. A new paper says that the key is the intricate “herringbone” pattern of its atoms.
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May 25, 2026 at 4:45 PM
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An Underwater Volcanic Eruption Brewing in the Bismarck Sea May Cause a New Island to Rise. Via @discover.magazine #seismology #EarthScience #RocksForJocks #Geology #Volcanology 🌋
An Underwater Volcanic Eruption Brewing in the Bismarck Sea May Cause a New Island to Rise
Learn about the underwater volcanic eruption that is disrupting waters near Papua New Guinea, potentially setting the stage for a new island to emerge.
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May 25, 2026 at 1:00 AM
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A Hidden Design Feature May Explain How the Great Pyramid Survives Earthquakes. Via @discover.magazine #archeology #History #Anthropology #sociology #egyptology #engineering ⚙️🛠️🔧🔬🧰 #seismology #EarthScience #RocksForJocks #Geology
A Hidden Design Feature May Explain How the Great Pyramid Survives Earthquakes
Learn how the Great Pyramid of Giza in Egypt may weaken earthquake vibrations above the King’s Chamber, helping the ancient structure survive centuries of seismic shaking.
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May 24, 2026 at 12:00 PM
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Mysterious Earthquakes Strike Like Clockwork – We May Finally Know Why. Via @sciencealert #seismology #EarthScience #RocksForJocks #Geology #Volcanology 🌋 #Science 🔭🔬🧪🥼🧑‍🔬
Mysterious Earthquakes Strike Like Clockwork – We May Finally Know Why
For more than three decades, experts have been trying to solve the mystery of why a certain kind of underwater fault triggers earthquakes way more predictably than others.
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May 23, 2026 at 6:30 PM
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'Supergiant' Gold Deposits May Be Worth Over US$80 Billion. Via @sciencealert #Geology #RocksForJocks #EarthScience
'Supergiant' Gold Deposits May Be Worth Over US$80 Billion
Two large gold deposits discovered in China may hold a collective mass of over 2,000 metric tons (2,200 US tons) of the precious material – the largest ever found within the country's borders.
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May 22, 2026 at 9:40 PM