The #EruptionArchives expedition team will be fueling research for years to come: research will expand knowledge of how volcanic activity affects marine ecosystems & potentially reconstruct volcanic behavior in Chile over 1000-year timescales. Full video: youtu.be/RArQJoVx5V0?si…

I'm talking at a conference later this year (on UX+AI). I just saw an ad for the conference with my photo and was like, wait, that doesn't look right. Is my bra showing in my profile pic and I've never noticed...? That's weird. I open my original photo. No bra showing. I put

In Nature Communications, Bright et al. present findings from the #VentUnderworld expedition that transform scientific understanding of ecology and the evolution of animal life at and beneath hydrothermal vents in the deep sea. Read the full paper here: nature.com/articles/s4146…

GRACKLE WITH CHIP

Anzû—depicted as either a giant eagle or a lion-headed eagle—is the personification of thunder clouds & the southern wind in Mesopotamian myth. Born of the primordial waters of Apsu, Anzû started a war when he stole the Tablet of Destinies from the god Enlil. #MythologyMonday

Some polychaetes are bioluminescent; this sassy sparkler has protein structures in the bristles, making them iridescent. Polychaete means many bristles, and each body segment has a pair of fleshy protrusions called parapodia covered in bristles called chaetae. #ChileMargin2024

It is a really jarring moment to be a historian. To know what might be coming is alarming. To realize that no one around you sees it or acknowledges it is a weird place to be in. Its like time traveling without time traveling. 1/8

...and that is what is happening. House prices have shot up, driven by what is effectively limitless demand, so long as banks lend on this basis. Tenants without inherited wealth cannot accumulate savings to buy; they're already paying a mortgage on an inflated price. What is...

'Cry Wolf' #illustration by Borja Gonzalez

“Snow was falling, so much like stars filling the dark trees that one could easily imagine its reason for being was nothing more than prettiness.” - Mary Oliver Footage from Dive 747 during the #ChileMargin2024 expedition.

The myth of the griffin—a creature with the back half of a lion & front half of an eagle—may have originated with the protoceratops, a four-legged dinosaur with a parrot-like beak. Early fossil hunters may have believed their skeletons were that of griffins. #MythologyMonday

always fworward never backwards

In the Czech tale "The Twelve Months," a girl is sent out in a blizzard to find violets, strawberries, & apples for her stepsister's birthday. Luckily she meets the twelve spirits of the months. March gives her violets, June strawberries, & September apples. #FairyTaleTuesday

Barn Swallows by Kirsty May Hall

Flat Eartheres (flerfers?) are dying today because of fellow comrades who flew to Antarctica only to witness that the sun does indeed rotate all around the horizon as if Earth was (shocker) round!

It's finally done. Over 3 days of hand-plotting 173 years' worth of data. The end result is unbelievable. What an incredible dataset to look at.

French schoolteacher Emilie Sagee struggled to keep a job because of her ghostly double. During class, students often saw an identical apparition standing beside her, mimicking her movements. Her double even performed tasks on its own throughout school. #WyrdWednesday

The nuckelavee or nuckalavee is a horse-like demon from Orcadian folklore that combines equine and human elements. British folklorist Katharine Briggs called it "the nastiest" of all the demons of Scotland's Northern Isles. The nuckelavee's breath was thought to wilt crops and

This feather star was seen off the coast of Antarctica, on 2nd dive of the ongoing #PerpetualPlanet Southern Ocean Expedition, led by National Geographic Society in collaboration w/ Schmidt Ocean Institute & supported by Rolex's Perpetual Planet Initiative. Live dives: youtube.com/@SchmidtOcean/…

Fish, sponges, tunicates&more thriving on Southern Ocean seafloor. Led by National Geographic Explorers in collaboration w Schmidt Ocean, “Into the Southern Ocean” is a National Geographic Society Perpetual Planet Ocean Expedition supported by Rolex’s Perpetual Planet Initiative.