Every time I cross the tracks in our town, named for a train station of all things, I wonder what if. Our flat Texas triangle would be perfect for high speed rail. Bringing communities closer together, reducing traffic and emissions, and undoubtedly boosting the economy. Maybe one day.

Large parts of it were carried the jet stream belt.

Pretty cool and dramatic NASA animation showing the long-range transport of 2026 Canadian wildfire smoke.

Hannah is an irreplaceable member of our Bryan-College Station cycling community. She regularly attended our group rides and social gatherings. She was a kind and inspiring person. A great woman taken away by a coward. She'll be sorely missed!

And that's a wrap. The first @us-sciod.bsky.social undergrad internship just came to an end. Our interns Mav and Gwen absolutely exceeded our expectations and we're excited to see them present their results at #AGU26 in San Francisco. Everyone in the pic helped to make their projects a success 🙌

Split screen of the Anthropocene showing the smoke plumes from the devastating wildfires in Ontario as well as the storm system that caused catastrophic flooding in Texas.

Mapping the stratigraphy and permo-triassic fossils in the South African Karoo for my university thesis, I think I pulled off an ok Dr. Grant impression, if only my bandana would have been red.

I can't think of a movie that inspired my field more than Jurassic Park. Since elementary school I wanted to become a paleontologist and went to university because of JP. Once there I found a field, marine geology, that inspired me even more, but I'm always Dr. Grant at heart. RIP Sam Neill

You can also check out some of the holes‘ cores at the @gcrepository.bsky.social.

Quite some nightmare-inducing pics @ifremer.bsky.social published after a recent Nautile deep sea expedition. Between 1950-1990, >200000 barrels of radioactive waste were dumped in the NE Atlantic. Onsite measurements reveal the presence of radionuclides, at levels higher than expected in this area.

The rocket’s red glare…🎶 Happy 250th y’all!

"The Meng Xiang China’s First Ocean Drilling Vessel Leads Deep-Sea Exploration Into a New Era[...] the US’ JOIDES Resolution & Japan’s Chikyu have driven [...] Earth system science & produced outstanding scientific results However, the JR was officially retired" www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Cool IODP and JOIDES Resolution shoutout in the latest @xkcd.com cartoon putting the deepest natural and artificial holes into perspective.

In Punta Arenas, Chile we returned from downtown to the JR with stray dogs we befriended. One was so excited and fast that they ran up the gangway before anyone could stop them. Had to carry them off again 🥺 Please note as they're not wearing PPE they didn't cross the marking toward the rig floor.

During Exp382, while we were drilling in Antarctic Iceberg Alley a pod of humpback whales was so fascinated by us that they stayed for several weeks, sometimes coming so close they almost touched the hull.

Just leaving this here as car bloat is making the headlines today...

Happy solstice! Get your hammock out and enjoy the summer with some great books. These were my spring favorites. We The People - Jill Lepore Scorched Grace - Margot Douaihy Empire of AI - @karenhao.bsky.social The Explorer's Gene - Alex Hutchinson

Amplified by Arctic feedback mechanisms, including loss of sea ice, cloud changes, glacier feedback… Svalbard has warmed by about 4°C since 1898, much faster than the rest of the planet. #ShowYourStripes polarresearch.net/index.php/po...

Summer in Texas was never for the faint of heart and now climate change is making outdoor activities in Texas much harder and more dangerous. Since 1970, Texas has warmed by about 3.5°F/1.95°C. #ShowYourStripes

My heart breaks every time I see rows of Antarctic Krill Oil in the grocery store! "And all for what? To feed hungry populations? To make essential products for human livelihoods? No. Most of the krill fished in Antarctica is for industrial purposes, turned into omega-3 dietary supplements..."

🚨New Exp403 publication, co-led by two fantastic early career scientists, just published the XRF data of Site U1618. publications.iodp.org/proceedings/...

Svalbard's mountains were the perfect height to illustrate our @us-sciod.bsky.social Exp403 drill sites. Our deepest hole off the coast was roughly the same depth as these mountains are high, ∼630m. It's amazing to think that some rocks from the valleys the glaciers carved ended up in our cores.

On Svalbard Exp403 scientists just had the rare chance to observe the sources & processes of ice-rafted debris found in our drill cores. IRD = rocks broken off by glaciers on land, rafted out at sea on icebergs, & dropped on the seafloor. It's an important indicator of past climate dynamics.

From pole to pole, colorful surface to lightless abyss, the oceans are the planet‘s largest habitat, driver of weather & climate, feed billions, absorbed ∼30% of CO₂ & ∼90% of excess heat from our actions, produce (& use up) 50% of all O₂, support the $3T blue economy... Happy World #OceansDay.

Melting permafrost on Svalbard. Our local guide told us this amount of melt used to occur not before mid July.

The Expedition 403 postcruise meeting on Svalbard was a great success. Several days of scientific presentation followed by some time exploring the geology of the fjords. @us-sciod.bsky.social @ecord.bsky.social @anzic.bsky.social

Can’t outrun a polar bear, on a bike you might have a chance… #WorldBicycleDay

Today, the legendary JR begins her last journey to the shipwrecking yard. Home to many of us, she helped to understand plate tectonics, climate, deep biosphere, earthquakes/volcanoes, and was an integral part in international science and collaboration 🫡 www.marinetraffic.com/en/ais/home/...

It’s just around freezing here on Svalbard but the permafrost wedges are already melting.

Just about 800mi from the North Pole, Longyearbyen will host the @us-sciod.bsky.social Exp403 postcruise meeting this week. It's great to see valleys carved by the same glaciers that our expedition analyzes, the debris of the former mountains ending up as ice-rafted debris in our sediment cores.