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Ben Laabs

@berylliumben.bsky.social
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Geologist/glaciologist in the midcontinent 🏔️ Reposter of cool landscape photography and music 🌅 Old Dad 🥸 Vote Blue 💙 Cheesehead in Denver 🧀 Go Pack Go 🏈 Chelsea FC ⚽️

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GoodPower @goodpowerhq.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Roanoke City Public Schools is saving an estimated $46.5 million in energy costs over 35 years by going solar. That is a lot of money that stays in classrooms instead of going to utility bills. bit.ly/4hDVncX
Children are walking towards a school entrance, with a silhouette of the United States in the background. Text above reads, "Solar Is Now Part of the School Day for 7 Million Students." Below, it states, "1 in 7 US students now goes to a solar-powered school. That’s over 7 million kids learning under the same roof that's generating their own electricity." The top of the image features the logo "GOOD POWER.
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Timothy Keeney @timothykeeneyphotography.com · 28/09/2026
Iceland has a lot of spectacular waterfalls, but this pair is near the top of the list for me. The scene makes me marvel at how nature could create something so beautiful. To help with scale, I estimate the upper drop to be ~50-60 feet. #timothykeeneyphotography #photography #landscapephotography
I dramatic two-tiered waterfall drops in tight canyon of moss-covered basalt into turquoise pools below.
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My Zero Carbon #ClimateAction @myzerocarbon.org · 21/09/2026
Not long to the heating season now! 🍂❄️Are you ready!? 6 ways you can save on your home energy bill 💶💵using low-budget insulation foil and take #ClimateAction at the same time Watch▶️ bit.ly/cc-insulate PL RP🩷💚💙 #ClimateChange #climate #Klima
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6 ways of saving money on energy bills using low-budget insulation foil
Take #ClimateAction and save money! 1. Floor insulation 2. Loft hatch insulation 3. Water tank insulation 4. Window insulation 5. Radiator insulation 6. garage door insulation Timecodes 00:00 Intro - to insulation foil 02:00 Floor insulation 04:07 Loft hatch insulation 04:50 Water tank insulation 05:48 Window insulation 07:40 Radiator insulation 10:04 Garage door insulation 11:52 Summary & More info For more information, please follow My Zero Carbon on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/myzerocarbon or Twitter https://twitter.com/MyZeroCarbon @Myzerocarbon Instagram https://www.instagram.com/myzerocarbon/ TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@myzerocarbon?lang=en or read my blog: https://myzerocarbon.org/Blog/ You can support this channel via One-off donations Ko-fi https://ko-fi.com/myzerocarbon (no platform fee) Regular donations Liberapay https://en.liberapay.com/MyZeroCarbon: (no platform fee) or Patreon https://www.patreon.com/myzerocarbon #CostOfLivingCrisis #EnergyPoverty #Community #Energy #MoneySavingTips #free #grant #ClimateChange #globalwarming #climate #ClimateAction #energy #RacetoZero #ClimateCrisis #EnergyEfficiency #green #ClimateEmergency #ActOnClimate #ClimateChangeIsReal
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Lu @lululeigh.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
“If you want to know where your heart is, look to where your mind goes when it wanders.” -Walt Whitman #sunset #WaltWhitman #Ontario #reflection #peace #clouds
Yellow and white clouds fill the sky and are reflected on the surface of a lake at sunset. The tip of a weathered dock, an island, and the dark shoreline of the lake can be seen in the distance.
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Zack Labe @zacklabe.com · 13/09/2026
Another year full of climate extremes... Did you know the last 100 days have all set new daily records for global sea surface temperatures? Learn more about our rapidly warming oceans in our webinar this week, & bring your questions! 📣 Register in advance: climatecentral-org.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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ContempraInn 🌹 @contemprainn.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
Studies show that watching a beaver eating cabbage lowers stress levels by 15% so enjoy 😊
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Jenn the Queen @jennb.bsky.social · 07/09/2026
"How sad it must be, believing that scientists, historians, scholars, and journalists, would devote their entire lives to deceiving you. But a con man proven in court to be a lying felon is your beacon of truth and honesty."
—Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson
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GoodPower @goodpowerhq.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
Wind energy and cattle ranching on the same land? In Woodward, Oklahoma, that combination is helping family farms stay afloat and local schools stay open. Watch the video 📺: youtu.be/9hRKGLFhcek #RenewableEnergy #FarmLife #Farmer #WindEnergy
A person stands in front of a wind turbine, with the sky in the background. The text on the image reads: "A wind turbine helped Tony’s family farm support three generations. Now that same income is helping rural Oklahoma communities stay strong."
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Digital Brain @yourdigitalbrain.bsky.social · 04/09/2026
One musician, an entire band. Pedals, harnesses and improvised percussion turn a solo performer into a full ensemble, a technique perfected by street musicians since the early 1900s.
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Acid Rain @bearysweet.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
Beautiful Lake Ontario 🩵🚣 ..made the more lovely by a lack of maga presence. (Video by Arthur Müzel) #lakeontario #nottheothername
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Lake Michigan @lakemichigan13.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
SHAME on Google Maps 🌊🌊 As a lake I don’t have much use for mapping apps except when I verify that Big Ass Lake really does exist. But I will now use a different one.
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Ben Laabs @berylliumben.bsky.social · 29/08/2026
I ❤️ Mapquest
A map showing Lake Ontario clipped from Mapquest.
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Hillary Rodham Clinton @hillaryclinton.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
It’s Lake Ontario.
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My Zero Carbon #ClimateAction @myzerocarbon.org · 29/07/2026
🎥 Carbon Dioxide Removal methods some combine #nature & #ClimateAction Learn more 📖 ipcc.ch/report/ar6/w... PL RP 🩷💚💙 original graph from: 'Mitigation of #ClimateChange' @ipcc.bsky.social #video #climate #environment #EndFossilFuels #ClimateChangeIsReal #Klima #ClimateActionNow #ActOnClimate
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Rebekah Jones @georebekah.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
July tied the record for the hottest July globally. The oceans are smashing records. And scientists say the developing El Niño could become one of the strongest ever observed. El Niño isn't causing climate change, but it's adding fuel to an already hotter world. open.substack.com/pub/rebekahj...
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The New Normal Is $115 Billion a Year
2025 clocks in as the third-most expensive year for billion-dollar weather disasters
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Deke Fanboy (welcome back lad!) @sjbrewer.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
Carson Pickett, who was born without a left forearm and hand, met a young fan with a similar condition after her recent match for the Denver Summit in the NWSL From @denversummitfc.bsky.social IG
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
When did it become normalized for the President of the United States to threaten to "bomb the shit out of" our allies—our *allies*—without that immediately leading to a serious conversation about whether he's mentally fit to serve as president
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Granite Man @granitedhuine.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Personal Trainer: what are your goals? Me: to pet all the dogs. PT: no, fitness goals. Me: to be able to run fast enough to pet all the dogs.
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Petra Michaela @petramichaela.bsky.social · 09/08/2026
Sometimes peace isn’t found by escaping life… it’s found beneath the trees, where the only things asking for your attention are birdsong, rustling leaves, and the path ahead. Have a peaceful Sunday!
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KOJAMF🤘🖤🤘 @kojamf.bsky.social · 08/08/2026
Today years old Rocks for the Spirit "Many people think that these Pyrite cubes have been cut and polished but this is how they naturally grow, in perfect cubes! This mine in Navajún, Spain is known to have some of the best Pyrite cube examples in the world."
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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Time Traveler Causes of Death xkcd.com/2976/
A modified XKCD comic titled "TOP CAUSES OF DEATH FOR TIME TRAVELERS BY GEOLOGIC ERA:" features a tall, vertical rectangle representing Earth's timeline from its formation down to the present day. Along the left axis, tick marks indicate time intervals from "EARTH FORMS" at the top down through "4 BILLION YEARS AGO," "3 BILLION YEARS AGO," "2 BILLION YEARS AGO," "1 BILLION YEARS AGO," "500 MILLION YEARS AGO," and ending at "NOW" at the bottom. The vertical column is divided into stacked sections labeling the leading cause of death for each period: beginning at the top with "LAVA," followed by a section for "ASPHYXIATION," a thin band for "METEORS," a large section for "ASPHYXIATION," an even larger block spanning roughly 2.2 billion to 700 million years ago labeled "SLIGHTLY SLOWER ASPHYXIATION," and then smaller bands near the bottom labeled "FREEZING," "STARVING," "EATEN BY FISH," "TRAMPLED," and "EATEN BY MAMMALS." Next to the very bottom sliver representing the present day, an arrow points to the text "HIT BY SUV."
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Anthony Edwards @edwardsanthonyb.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
Mount Rainier, Mount St Helens and Mount Adams poke above a smoky Washington sky on Wednesday morning. #WAwx
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Andy Baker @andy-baker.bsky.social · 03/08/2026
A cluster hire here at UNSW Science, looking for cross-disciplinary Level B/C academics. Come and work in Sydney! www.unsw.edu.au/science/abou... Crossposted with @openvibe.social
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Recruitment | Science - UNSW Sydney
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Zeke Hausfather @zekehausfather.com · 02/08/2026
I'm not sure folks have realized just how crazy the second half of 2026 and 2027 will be for global temperatures – on the back of a record-smashing El Niño event. Here is my latest estimate of where both years will end up compared to global temperatures since 1850.
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Dr Dan Shugar 🇨🇦 @watershedlab.bsky.social · 31/07/2026
Please repost widely! #AcademicSky 🧪⚒️❄️🛰️
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Brandon Bishop @brandontbishop.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
The Danube's low enough people are finding mammoth bones in it.
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Dr. Samantha Montano @samlmontano.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
See, THIS is the kind of disaster reporting we need right now. Do more of this. PLEASE. www.politico.com/news/2026/07...
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Trump overrode his own agencies to deny 4 Democratic disaster requests
President Donald Trump cast aside bipartisan precedent when he rejected eligible disaster requests from four blue states.
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Dr. Jennifer Wade @volcanojw.bsky.social · 30/07/2026
US GEO folks: You've got NSF questions, we (hopefully) have answers. Join us for a webinar Sept 15 at 1p Eastern: www.nsf.gov/events/nsf-g...
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NSF GEO Virtual Office Hour: Updates from the NSF Directorate for Geosciences
Join directorate leadership for updates and information.
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My Zero Carbon #ClimateAction @myzerocarbon.org · 29/06/2026
🎥 How healthy ecosystems can protect small islands from #ClimateChange We need to take #ClimateAction to protect the most vulnerable nations & communities! More📖 www.ipcc.ch/report/ar6/w... PL RP🩷💚💙 graph from: 'Climate Change 2022-Impacts, Adaptation and Vulnerability' @ipcc.bsky.social #Video
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The Geological Society of America (GSA) @geosociety.bsky.social · 26/07/2026
Was Hells Canyon carved by Snake River capture? New #GSABulletin research suggests otherwise: geosociety.co/Staisch_et_al Image: Field photo by Lydia Staisch of the Clarkston Heights gravels, deposited along a paleochannel near the Snake River–Clearwater River confluence in Washington State, USA.
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Bethan Davies @iceybethan.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Glaciers are beautiful, and important, and we should fight to keep them. www.antarcticglaciers.org/glaciers-and...
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Why are glaciers important? - AntarcticGlaciers.org
Why are glaciers important? They provide many societally relevant services and their loss would negatively impact communities worldwide.
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Bethan Davies @iceybethan.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Lots of exciting new content recently added to AntarcticGlaciers, written both by myself and by my talented guest contributors. Take a look at Newest Content to see if you've missed anything: www.antarcticglaciers.org/newest-conte...
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Newest Content - AntarcticGlaciers.org
Jump to Site Map Most Recent Webpages Most Recent Blogposts Latest Comments
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Callan Bentley @callanbentley.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
Stromatolites, Nova Scotia style, on display at the Fundy Geological Museum in Parrboro. ⚒️
Layered mound like microbial mata in both bedding plane perpendicular and parallel cross sections
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Dr. Kim Hannula @stressrelated.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Closing I-70 due to mud and debris flows near SILT is geologically on-the-nose.
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Seth Abramson @sethabramson.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
Hosting a World Cup as President of the United States and having it end with the entire world somehow hating you even more than the historically unprecedented degree to which they already hated you is quite the accomplishment given that he never laced up even once
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Randall Munroe @xkcd.com · 20/07/2026
Latitude and Longitude xkcd.com/3273/
Comic. [Latitude and longitude lines squeezing Earth.] [caption: Bad news: NASA accidentally shrank Earth’s latitude and longitude lines in the wash.]
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CorrinaLeeB 🇨🇦 @corrina.sheshed.rocks · 18/07/2026
To be Canadian is to care for your neighbours, welcome others, protect democracy & know kindness is strength🍁 This beautiful drone show reminds us our flag represents unity, freedom & hope! As Canada burns, Canadians stand together! That’s the Canadian spirit🍁 #SheShed #ViVaHerAlliance
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The Volatile Mermaid @ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
Imagine if a woman president spent most her time raving and crying about an election she lost 6 years ago. Emotional. Unstable. Hysterical. Unfit to lead.
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Katie Mack @astrokatie.com · 17/07/2026
Probably more helpful to think of them not so much as “Canadian wildfires” but rather “climate change wildfires currently consuming Canada”
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The Geological Society of America (GSA) @geosociety.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Are mountain rivers always carbon sinks? New #Geology research from Tibet's Yarlung Tsangpo River shows hydrothermal carbon inputs can offset ~50% of silicate weathering CO₂ uptake, highlighting rivers as pathways for deep carbon release. geosociety.co/Sun_et_al #Geochemistry
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Jon of The North @krauza.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
Its funny how everyone's idea of heaven is a complete untouched paradise, crystal clear waters, lush green forests, enough food for everyone, classless, moneyless, stateless, a Utopia of peace, unity and happiness. But here on earth it's considered a leftist ideology.
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leftylady.bsky.social @leftylady.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
He's looking pretty healthy these days.
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Steven Ray Morris @stevenraymorris.bsky.social · 14/07/2026
One of the quiet bright moments of lockdown was Sam Neill serenading us on the ukulele. This type of tenderness feels rare nowadays, how lucky we were. Thank you for everything. ❤️❤️❤️
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Qiusheng Wu @giswqs.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Google Earth Pro will be ending support and will be unavailalbe for new downloads after June 25, 2027! If you are looking for an alternative, try out GeoLibre. - GeoLibre Web: web.geolibre.app - GitHub: github.com/opengeos/Geo... - Documentation: geolibre.app - Video tutorial: youtu.be/87Cm0QagtxI
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Budd @n7eoj.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
It has been criminally underreported but Kelsey Pfendler has just rowed solo across the Pacific Ocean from the US coast to Hawaii in record time. A 2,400-mile unsupported journey in 43 days, 17 hours, and 55 minutes. Notably beating the Men’s record by 9 whole days.
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Ben Laabs @berylliumben.bsky.social · 03/07/2026
NYT showing no love for siliceous ooze…
Image of the NYT spelling bee game showing that the word radiolarian is not in their word list.
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Dr Dan Shugar 🇨🇦 @watershedlab.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
@camunigeography.bsky.social and @scottpolar.bsky.social hiring an Assistant Professor in polar studies: www.cam.ac.uk/jobs/univers... 🧪⚒️❄️
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University Assistant Professor in Polar Studies
The Department of Geography and the Scott Polar Research Institute invite applications for a University Assistant Professorship in Polar Studies. The post is available from 1 January 2027, or as soon ...
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leftylady.bsky.social @leftylady.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
If you owe a woman $5 million for sexual assault, you also owe the country your resignation.
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I Travel Like Sound Dog @chadstanton.blacksky.app · 29/06/2026
It’s weird to be clearly living through exactly what was warned about with global warming and still have the concept treated as a future event or hypothetical.
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My Zero Carbon #ClimateAction @myzerocarbon.org · 22/06/2026
🎥 How to survive a heatwave - make your home a cool zone (without air conditioning) Full #video ▶️ youtu.be/mSSQmkH2XdM PL RP🩷💚💙Thank you! #ClimateChange #GlobalWarming #ClimateCrisis #ClimateEmergency #Klima #ClimateSolutions #ClimateAction #heatwave #heat #summer
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