The University of Aberdeen is currently accepting applications for the ONLINE MSc Planetary Sciences program: on.abdn.ac.uk/degrees/planet… We will also offer individual courses on demand.

New open access paper alert 🚨 🎉 In this work we look to quantify the effect of a range of interpretation uncertainties on fault displacement analysis using seismic reflection datasets. Will do an explainer thread later, but for now here’s the link: authors.elsevier.com/sd/article/S01…

☢️Wow, this is an incredible opportunity for those thinking of a nuclear career but are finding the prospect of going to university a little too expensive to bear. Check it out and please RT. Deadline 30th June ☢️cogentskills.com/nuclear-indust… Cogent Skills

Celebrating todays Supreme Court ruling by spending all day typing my reflections for the Verfassungsblog congratulations to WealdActionGroup.bsky.social and everyone involved in the case.

Core has arrived from Norway for workshops next week! IAS Meeting of Sedimentology Aberdeen 2024 International Association of Sedimentologists IAS Sedimentology @geo

Great first PhD paper from Phoebe Sleath - if you’re interested in compressional tectonics and alternative models for thrust development check it out 😊

Great to see Ramy Abdallah and Kingsley graduate 👨‍🎓 with their doctorates this week, and celebrating with family & friends. What a stunning 🤩 day University of Aberdeen Aberdeen Geology & Geophysics School of Geosciences, University of Aberdeen

Do you like hot springs?! Do you like #OrganicMatter?! Do you like #Mars?! Come along to my talk tomorrow on ‘Ancient Hot Spring Organic Matter Preservation and Thermal Alteration’! 11:45am, Meeting Room 4, IAS Meeting of Sedimentology Aberdeen 2024 #Geology #RhynieChert #37IMS International Association of Sedimentologists IAS Aberdeen Geology & Geophysics

Love a printed book- got our copy of the Law of the Paris Agreement 📖Mitchell Lennan and Elisa Morgera coauthored a chapter on ocean-based climate action, and I wrote on the Enhanced Transparency Framework. Thank you to the editors and feel free to DM of you need a copy.

With the Prime Minister having this afternoon confirmed that GB Energy's HQ will be in Aberdeen, the University and our Centre for Energy Transition stand ready to support its quest to accelerate the transition. abdn.io/XD

After two years of planning and preparation, the MSc Sustainable Water Management has launched this week. In the next year, our students will gain the skills and knowledge required to solve complex issues in water management. School of Geosciences, University of Aberdeen Geography & Environment | University of Aberdeen University of Aberdeen

Deadline: 17 Nov Abstract submission is open for the Tectonic Studies Group 2025 Annual Meeting. Conference registration will open later this month. Travel bursaries for students and Early Career Researchers are available. For more details please visit: tectonicstudiesgroup.wixsite.com/2025/

Been enjoying the late summer wildflower “meadow” outside the Science Teaching Hub University of Aberdeen Makes me smile 😊 every time I walk past- and we had summer weather today too ☀️ 😎

A sad day today. The Sphinx will melt in the early hours of tomorrow morning, meaning that’s the fourth consecutive year it has done so. This patch was once considered permanent. It has now melted completely since the 1700s in the following years: 1933 1959 1996 2003 2006 2017

Read all about CoRWM's recent visit to the Wylfa nuclear power station, and about Nuclear Restoration Services's progress in decommissioning, in this new Committee on Radioactive Waste Management blog post: gov.uk/government/new… 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿☢️ (yes, I was one of the members who braved the sea swim🏊‍♀️)

And me too for the swim 🏊‍♀️!

A reminder to consider applying for our PDRF position on digital twins, details below. Deadline: 18th November!

A great set of trips to better understand nuclear ☢️ waste disposal strategies with CoRWM visiting enresa El Cabril site and British Geological Survey with Nuclear Waste Services