iiinova — where your digital self keeps evolving

Reposted by Dr Stuart Robinson

Noam Vogt-Vincent @nvogtvincent.co.uk · 25/09/2025

Exciting Bermuda Day 3 for our @oxuniearthsci.bsky.social undergrads on board the RV Atlantic Explorer with expert guidance from @stannescollege.bsky.social + Earth Sciences alumna Eloise! Sampling and processing water from down to 3500 m depth in the subtropical Atlantic.

053

Reposted by Dr Stuart Robinson

Noam Vogt-Vincent @nvogtvincent.co.uk · 28/09/2025

@oxuniearthsci.bsky.social 2025 Bermuda trip is complete! We were super lucky to see a trichodesmium bloom in the Sargasso Sea and sampled an anoxic layer in Harrington Sound (usually fully mixed at this time). Bermuda is a perfect location to bridge modern and paleo ocean-climate processes!

0182

Reposted by Dr Stuart Robinson

Oxford Earth Sciences @oxuniearthsci.bsky.social · 03/07/2025

We've had an amazing two days welcoming visitors from far and wide to the Department as part of the University of Oxford Open Days. It was a joy to meet so many brilliant aspiring geoscientists and their families!

042

Reposted by Dr Stuart Robinson

David Pyle @davidmpyle.bsky.social · 11/06/2025

.. delighted to see recognition for Hugh Jenkyns (@oxuniearthsci.bsky.social) who published his first paper in 1967, discovered Ocean Anoxic Events in the 1970s, and is still publishing papers on the Jurassic today!

Photograph of Hugh Jenkyns (University of Oxford; left) receiving the Lyell Medal from Geological Society President, Jon Gluyas.

0121

Reposted by Dr Stuart Robinson

Oxford Earth Sciences @oxuniearthsci.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

New research has shown rivers release ancient carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, uncovering a greater role for plants and soil in the carbon cycle 🌱 Featuring @profbobhilton.bsky.social‬ Read the full story: buff.ly/yv82d3X

0105

Reposted by Dr Stuart Robinson

Bob Hilton @profbobhilton.bsky.social · 09/05/2025

Fantastic day @oxuniearthsci.bsky.social doing a sedimentary journey through the Triassic and Jurassic! Oo-tastic @drsturobinson.bsky.social

2142

Reposted by Dr Stuart Robinson

Dylan Irvine @dylanjirvine.bsky.social · 23/04/2025

The #EarthSciences are under threat at Australian universities. As Rhodi Davies and Dorrit Jacob from ANU highlight: "climate resilience, sound environmental policy and energy security all begin with understanding the planet we live on" www.timeshighereducation.com/opinion/eart...

timeshighereducation.com

Earth science is critical to national resilience – so why is it being gutted?

Australia must fund its universities in ways that reflect their mission – not just their margins, say Rhodri Davies and Dorrit Jacob

0126

Reposted by Dr Stuart Robinson

Alex Auderset @alexauderset.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

Nitrogen isotopes are a promising tool to reconstruct symbiosis in planktic foraminifera! Check out our latest paper: bg.copernicus.org/articles/22/...

14018

Reposted by Dr Stuart Robinson

Susanne Menden-Deuer @drplankton.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

PANGAEA is rescuing numerous datasets scheduled for decommissioning in May. PANGAEA has opened its archive to help safeguard these valuable resources. If you become aware of other endangered datasets, please contact them. Importantly, let others know where to find the data. www.pangaea.de

113090

Reposted by Dr Stuart Robinson

OUGS Social Media @ougeolsoc.bsky.social · 21/04/2025

I'm on an " #AmmoniticoRosso " thing at the moment... my niece has been sending me pictures from Verona Arena today. With actual ammonites... and rosso

0293

Reposted by Dr Stuart Robinson

The Mary Rose Museum @maryrosemuseum.bsky.social · 15/04/2025

On the anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, we thought we'd answer a question that's often asked, "If they raised the Mary Rose, why not raise the Titanic?" Allow our scaled diagram to explain...

A light blue diagram depicting the sea, with the water's surface at the top, and just below it is an outline of the Mary Rose, with the depth (12m, 40ft or 6.7 fathoms). There is a line showing the seabed, which takes a rapid dive into the vertical...

216132445373

Dr Stuart Robinson @drsturobinson.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

Summer projects available for undergraduate students with Tamsin Mather, Joost Frieling and I @oxuniearthsci.bsky.social - please pass on to your students!

020

Reposted by Dr Stuart Robinson

Tracy Frank @drtracydfrank.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

Lacustrine ooids and coated grains (mainly ostracods) from the Eocene Green River Formation, UT (USA). #ThinSectionThursday

0244

Reposted by Dr Stuart Robinson

Bob Gooday @bobgooday.bsky.social · 20/03/2025

The isle of Rùm and its layered intrusion remain undefeated for thin sections. Foliated troctolite (ol+plag) or 'allivalite' from Hallival, in the NMS rock collection. #ThinSectionThursday

Just one of the best thin section images you're likely to see. Brightly coloured fresh olivines in blues, yellows, and oranges among smaller black, white and grey plagioclases, which generally define a fabric from left to right.

35513

Reposted by Dr Stuart Robinson

Adrian Watson @adiewatto.bsky.social · 31/03/2025

Some excellent sedimentary structures at the junction of Cecil St and Peel St in Derby courtesy of the burst water main. Thanks to Severn Trent for the 3 day experimental run. #Streetsedimentology

Sedimentary structures formed in a fine sand - caused by a bust water main.

02710

Reposted by Dr Stuart Robinson

History of Geology @historyofgeology.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

March 24, 1960, the CUSS I - a former oil drill ship - departs the harbor of San Diego (California) as part of Project Mohole, an attempt to sample the oceanic lithosphere & the Mohorovičić discontinuity. www.vox.com/unexplainabl...

093

Reposted by Dr Stuart Robinson

Brian Ricketts @kiwigeolog.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

New post on Mary Lyell - one of the least-known pioneering Earth sci women despite her deep involvement in husband Charles Lyell's life and science and their network of geologist colleagues, including Darwin, Agassiz, Murchison, et al. www.geological-digressions.com/mary-lyell-1... ⚒️🧪

geological-digressions.com

Mary Lyell (1808-1873)

Mary Lyell, wife of Charles Lyell, was an accomplished geologist and conchologist although her place in history is relatively obscure.

0226

Reposted by Dr Stuart Robinson

Robert Boessenecker, Dr. of Whaleontology ™️ @coastalpaleo.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

#fossilfriday a shell bed in the Purisima Formation at Capitola, northern CA coastline, early Pliocene (4.9-5.3 Ma). Many of the shells retain much of their original coloration!

Fossil mollusk shells with some of their original coloration in a shell bed in a boulder on the beach in Santa Cruz CA. A rock hammer is there for scale. The shells are between 1 and 8 cm in width.

311723

Reposted by Dr Stuart Robinson

Brandon Bishop @brandontbishop.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

An neat write up of what may have caused the planet covering glaciations between 720 million and 635 million years ago based on a geologically constrained global plate model: large-scale shut down of oceanic spreading centers decreases CO2 release. (Figure from link.) www.earthbyte.org/9984-2/

Image from linked write up on the Cryogenian glaciations and Earth's tectonics showing the configuration of continents and oceanic crust of different ages (from dark (oldest) blue-black to light (youngest) blue-white) based on a geologically constrained model (left) and a paleomagnetically constrained model (right). The continents are somewhat different but the oceanic crust's age is extremely different. The left image shows mostly old oceanic crust while the right image shows a large amount of young oceanic crust.

1168

Reposted by Dr Stuart Robinson

Out of Context Tracers in the Sea @tracers-in-the-sea.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

🌊 🧪 The belts and escalators represent the organized flow of water, and the wandering of the people is the turbulent mixing superimposed on this organized flow. Although not perfect, this analogy does capture the important factors influencing the distribution of nutrients in the sea. -

111

Reposted by Dr Stuart Robinson

History of Geology @historyofgeology.bsky.social · 16/02/2025

February 16, 1832, the crew of the HMS Beagle disembarks to explore a tiny set of islands off the coast of Brazil. Charles Darwin recognized they were made from serpentinite thanks to a geological field-trip made one year earlier...

1194

Reposted by Dr Stuart Robinson

Oxford Earth Sciences @oxuniearthsci.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

This #InternationalDayofWomenandGirlsinScience we we sat down with four of our amazing women researchers to hear their stories! Watch the videos on our YouTube channel: t.co/QFMFs9MFUF

02310

Reposted by Dr Stuart Robinson

Dr. Or M. Bialik |📚|🔬|🌊|⚒️ @obialik.bsky.social · 12/02/2025

Microbialites (sedimentary buildups formed by microbial activity) were very common in the Proterozoic, but other groups took over in the Phanerozoic. But when the environment is stressed, they come back - and we can use them to infer on past stress gradients. 🧪⚒️ www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

Gradients governing the presence and appearance of microbialites, including water depth (left) and ecological stress)

2164

Reposted by Dr Stuart Robinson

👻madeline bOoOoOoOodent👻 @oldenoughtosay.com · 11/02/2025

For anyone who is interested, a very brief explainer of what’s going on with historic church buildings: Church of England listed buildings are exempt from listed building controls, because the CoE has its own strict rules. The general council now proposes to bypass those rules.🧵

612512

Reposted by Dr Stuart Robinson

Jay T. Cullen @jaytcullen.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

🌊 Ocean community. I made a bot to post excerpts from Tracers in the Sea...if it doesn't remind you too much of your candidacy exams, for more experienced oceanographers, or it is not too dated for early career researchers consider following along @tracers-in-the-sea.bsky.social

43212

Reposted by Dr Stuart Robinson

Jessica Tierney @leafwax.bsky.social · 27/01/2025

For my first scientific post here, I want to talk about the Phanerozoic temperature record we published last Fall, which unfortunately has been making rounds in the climate denier circuit 👀 First though hopefully you can appreciate the beauty of this reconstruction ✨...

Earth's temperature history for the past 500 million years

918656

Reposted by Dr Stuart Robinson

Ruth Siddall @pavementgeology.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

Ammonitico Rosso is a famous nodular, ammonite-rich limestone which is found across the Alpine chain. Not all is nodular though. Stone from Collemandina quarry at Sassorosso is used at the S. Maria Novella station in Florence. The quarry produces nodular & massive varieties #urbangeology

A slab of red limestone in the paving of the railway station with pink nodular limestone grading into massive, fine grained, dark red limestone.

Nodular and massive nodular limestone paving slabs in the station form stripes alternating with Carrara marble.

Overview of the red and white striped floor in Santa Maria Novella Railway Station. The station was built in the 1930s and was designed by architects of the Gruppo Toscana.

3241

Reposted by Dr Stuart Robinson

Florent Brient @florentbrient.bsky.social · 26/01/2025

Great website to see shadow on Earth at any time, with the influence of moutains... shademap.app The sunset is at the time in Ireland and at Brasilia on June 21 🤔

1321947

Reposted by Dr Stuart Robinson

Dr. Andrea Dutton @drandreadutton.bsky.social · 24/01/2025

"Science: A Search for Understanding" In this moment, it is more important than ever for everyday Americans to understand how science works. Today I spent a good 10 minutes of my intro Oceanography class talking about this phrase and what it means. 🧵

2265

Reposted by Dr Stuart Robinson

Stephen Lokier @lokier.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

Sedimtology Starter Pack updated….. go.bsky.app/LpKM3ek

045

Reposted by Dr Stuart Robinson

David Pyle @davidmpyle.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

The ILESLA doctoral training programme in Oxford has multiple full scholarships for graduate study in Earth, Environmental and Biological Sciences - applications close on January 29

012

Reposted by Dr Stuart Robinson

ilesla.bsky.social @ilesla.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

Two weeks to go until the application deadline for ILESLA. If you or anyone you know would benefit from full funding to carry out a PhD in Life and/or Environmental Science please visit/refer to our website page iles.web.ox.ac.uk/how-apply where you can see open day videos and get full guidance.

iles.web.ox.ac.uk

How to Apply and Funding

12027

Reposted by Dr Stuart Robinson

Dr Catherine Russell @seddyrocks.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

🎉 New Paper Alert! ✨ “Plastic as a Sediment: A universal and objective practical solution…” Now we can assess plastic as a sediment and better understand the relationship of its physical properties with its environmental distribution! ✨It’s so exciting!✨ www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

A demonstration of the importance of using Absolute Density over just polymer type. The bottles contain varying amounts of air, water, and sand, and so behave differently in the environment.

1316646

Reposted by Dr Stuart Robinson

Maitri @maitri.vatul.net · 15/01/2025

Certified fresh: the Earth Science Women starter pack with almost 70 global women geoscientists for you to follow! Please help me out and submit more names, especially LBTQ+ women and women of color. Also any feeds that should be included. Rock on, sisters! go.bsky.app/BLDWXKt 🧪⚒️

239043

Reposted by Dr Stuart Robinson

John Bird @johnbird001.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

Acidification of the oceans as shown by the saturation state of aragonite (Ωarag), the free proton concentration ([H+]), pH on the total scale (pHT), and the anthropogenic carbon concentration. www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...

38212

Reposted by Dr Stuart Robinson

Dr. Or M. Bialik |📚|🔬|🌊|⚒️ @obialik.bsky.social · 09/01/2025

Looking for a postdoc for 2026? Interested in the interfaces between sedimentology and geochemistry? Biology and the seafloor? Climate change at sea? Come join my new group! I'm looking for candidates to apply with us for MSC fellowships on a range of topics. 🧪⚒️🌊

Accepting applicants for Marie Sklodowska Curie fellowships
Looking for your next (or first) postdoc? Come apply with us for a Marie Sklodowska Curie fellowship. Our work ranges from marine chemistry, environmental reconstruction, climate change in the marine environment, diagenesis, sediment-water interactions and more.
We are looking for excellent candidates — geologists, sedimentologist, geochemists, modellers, computational geoscientists and others in the earth and marine sciences space — interested in working on (but not limited to) the following research themes:
- Sediment-water interactions.
- Low temperature carbonate mineral reactions/interactions.
- Seafloor fluxes.
- Role of waves and storms in sediment distribution.
- Abiotic control factors on benthic communities.
- Long term fidelity of environmental signals.
An ideal candidate should be interested in working in a highly multi-disciplinary environment, eager to share their knowledge and learn.

Are you interested?
Please send a synopsis of the project you wish to work on, and a copy of your CV (including list of publications), to obialik@ocean.org.il by June 30th 2025 the latest. The deadline for proposal submission is mid-September 2025.

32113

Reposted by Dr Stuart Robinson

Alexis Licht @alexislicht.bsky.social · 08/01/2025

🚨Postdoc job offer!🚨 We are currently looking for a climate modeler to work with us at @climatecerege.bsky.social on Eocene climate simulations, to investigate the past connectivity of forested ecosystems and the mechanisms of primates dispersal. Job ad here: nuage.osupytheas.fr/s/PSdj4ns2SE...

nuage.osupytheas.fr

PostDoc_ERC_modelisation.pdf

Nuage - le Nuage de l'OSU Pytheas

01619

Reposted by Dr Stuart Robinson

Kevin Anchukaitis @thirstygecko.bsky.social · 19/11/2024

The application is now open for paleoCAMP 2025 (Paleoclimate Training in Climate Archives, Models, and Proxies)! For graduate students in any area of paleoclimatology, our 2 week summer school is timescale agnostic and multidisciplinary - please apply or share widely! paleoclimate.camp/apply

paleoclimate.camp

Application — paleoCAMP

16346

Reposted by Dr Stuart Robinson

Tom Sharpe @tomsharperocks.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

#FossilFriday: a fossil which #MaryAnning would have seen on the beach between Lyme Regis and Charmouth, the serpulid worm Vermicularia (now Rotularia) concava in fallen blocks of the Lower Cretaceous Upper Greensand from high on Black Ven. Described by James Sowerby in 1813.

Close up view of a green, sandy rock with cream-coloured shells.

An early 19th century drawing of some fossils with a white spiral shell.

0256

Reposted by Dr Stuart Robinson

Mark SubbaRao @marksubbarao.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

A new visualization showing the Keeling Curve alongside the Antarctic ice core CO2 data. svs.gsfc.nasa.gov/5447

20376190

Reposted by Dr Stuart Robinson

Richard Butler @richardjbutler.bsky.social · 02/01/2025

Here’s the BBC News channel coverage of our Oxfordshire dinosaur tracks from earlier today, including an interview with me at the end: youtu.be/mIEmgtpO3RU?...

youtu.be

UK's biggest ever dinosaur footprint site discovered | BBC News

YouTube video by BBC News

1266

Dr Stuart Robinson @drsturobinson.bsky.social · 28/12/2024

Having successfully munched my way through 24 chocolates prior to Christmas, I have now completed the word search on the back of my advent calendar (using my new dinosaur pen!) and found a bonus word! #Chert

0100