Today marks the end of coal in electricity generation in the UK! www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
The UK's last coal power station, Ratcliffe-on-Soar, is due to end operations on Monday.
University of Derby #EarthScientist#tectonic#EarthSciences#Geology#Derby#researchow.ly/U6UQ50TmFiZ
Scientists have discovered similarities between the present-day separation of tectonic plates in Africa and the ongoing formation of Iceland, in what in what is believed to be a world-first.
Induction field trip to @natstonecentre with some of our newly arrived University of Derby #GeoEnergy#DerbyDales. ⚒️☀️🕶️😀
The best possible monument to Annie Alexander (1867-1950), paleontologist, geologist, educator, philanthropist. Breaking all those restrictive social norms and rules took guts and stamina ⚒️🧪 www.geological-digressions.com/annie-montag... Image credit: ReBecca Hunt-Foster
A few more days left to apply to present in this @sedsonline.bsky.social student seminar on Sedimentary Systems and the Energy Transition. ⚒️
New to Bluesky and looking for sedimentologists? Try out this starter pack… go.bsky.app/LpKM3ek
Just two weeks until we start reviewing applications for our tenure-track asst. prof. position in Earth & Env. Sciences here at Denison. We're looking for someone who looks at Earth hazards and can teach structure/tectonics! apply.interfolio.com/149751
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Less than 3% of organic carbon produced at the surface ocean of marginal sea makes it into the sediment. Water depth turns out to be the most significant predictor of accumulation of organic carbon in the sediment (Goes back to the classic argument about burial rates) 🧪⚒️🌊 doi.org/10.1029/2023...
Between 17.4 and 24.5 Tmol (0.2–0.3 Pg) of organic carbon (OC) are sedimented on the seafloor annually, of which 90% is along continental margins More than 95% of marine OC sedimentation occurs i...
Apparently, I was the one million six hundred and sixty one thousand one hundred and ninetieth person to join 1,661,190! I wonder who was the one million six hundred and sixty one thousand one hundred and eighty ninth......
And we are off! Welcoming new students to the #EnvironmentalSciences#EarthSciences#GeoEnergy#ClimateChange#NetZero@derbyunigeo.bsky.social
