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Tracy Frank

@drtracydfrank.bsky.social
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Geology professor born at 321 ppm CO2. Sedimentologist and geochemist who studies deep time paleoclimate. #Fulbright Alumna. Opinions are my own.

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Tracy Frank @drtracydfrank.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
Happy #ThinSectionThursday! Hope you enjoy this thin section of a bryozoan-crinoid dominated grainstone from the Permian of Western Australia.
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Tracy Frank @drtracydfrank.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
The story that stays with me most is being in the middle of the Pacific on 9/11. Despite being thousands of miles away, the tragedy felt immediate. The way everyone came together to support one another, especially those with loved ones in NYC and at the Pentagon, is something I'll never forget.
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Dr. Thomas Ronge @thomasronge.bsky.social · 01/06/2026
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/...
The research drillship JOIDES Resolution sailing into the sunset.
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The Geological Society of America (GSA) @geosociety.bsky.social · 29/04/2026
New in Geosphere's themed issue "Uplift History of the Sierra Nevada, USA": M.T. Hren and M.T. Brandon use leaf wax hydrogen isotope data to show that the Sierra Nevada experienced renewed uplift in the late Cenozoic. Read the full issue: geosociety.co/FossilLeaf Image: Figure 3. (A)
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Tracy Frank @drtracydfrank.bsky.social · 24/04/2026
Congratulations to Julia Daniel, a student in my lab group, who just successfully defended her MS thesis! Rock on, Julia!
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Tracy Frank @drtracydfrank.bsky.social · 21/04/2026
UConn Gives 26 "Because of You" Undergraduate research is fundamental to the UConn Department of Earth Sciences experience. Your support helps cover critical costs, ensuring students can fully participate in these transformative experiences. Make your impact here: tinyurl.com/3se25mmv
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Tracy Frank @drtracydfrank.bsky.social · 20/04/2026
🌎 UConn Gives starts now! 🌎 Hands-on experiences like this class field trip at the core of Earth Sciences at UConn. From fieldwork to research, our students gain the skills they need to succeed beyond the classroom. Any level of support helpssupport helps. Make your impact today: lnkd.in/eAYjs3NB
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Tracy Frank @drtracydfrank.bsky.social · 17/04/2026
Congratulations to Olivia Adams, a student in my lab group, who just successfully defended her MS thesis! Rock on, Olivia!
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Olga Nesterova @onestpress.onestnetwork.com · 22/12/2025
NYT: Trump Halts Five Wind Farms Off the East Coast The Interior Department said the projects posed national security risks, without providing details. The decision imperils billions of dollars of investments.
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Sarah Hird, PhD @sarahhird.bsky.social · 20/12/2025
Hmmm. I wonder how much $$$ UConn will spend building a whole new facility for its 9 member golf team + 3 COACHES: updc.uconn.edu/gpf/?brid=NC... Meanwhile my department is having to cut our incoming graduate class by half… #nutmegsky @uconnaaup.bsky.social
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Golf Practice Facility | University Planning, Design and Construction
Project InformationThe University of Connecticut (UConn) plans to construct a golf practice facility for its men’s golf team. The 9-member team and their 3 ...
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Colin Carlson @colincarlson.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
NSF is about to dismantle NCAR at Russell Vought's direction to protect the fossil fuel industry. It's hard to communicate just how much NCAR does, so let's take a look: I've never worked at NCAR, and I've worked with NCAR researchers once ever. What scientific discoveries has NCAR made possible? 👇
Russ Vought (piss man) tweet about doing piss man shit: The National Science Foundation will be breaking up the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder, Colorado. This facility is one of the largest sources of climate alarmism in the country. A comprehensive review is underway & any vital activities such as weather research will be moved to another entity or location.
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Alexandra Witze @alexwitze.bsky.social · 18/12/2025
#AGU25 folks, there is a rapid- response town hall TODAY on the #NCAR dismantling at 1 pm, La Nouvelle Orleans ballroom C (per an AGU media advisory)
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Tracy Frank @drtracydfrank.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
These cuts include eliminating the Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, its degree programs in meteorology and geology, faculty, and staff.
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Peter Wagner (a Real Dr., not a surgeon-barber/body-tech/golfer) @peterjwagner3.bsky.social · 15/09/2025
A few people have asked if there is anything that they can do about UNL's decision to cut its Earth & Atmospheric Sciences Department. There is a public feedback from that one can submit to UNL that you can access here: apc.unl.edu/fall-2025-bu... Clint Rowe (our dept. chair) has asked to get…
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Fall 2025 Budget Reduction Feedback Form | Academic Planning Committee | Nebraska
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Tracy Frank @drtracydfrank.bsky.social · 12/09/2025
My former department, where I spent most of my career. 💔
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Tracy Frank @drtracydfrank.bsky.social · 04/09/2025
For #ThinSectionThursday, a bryozoan grainstone/rudstone from the Permian of Western Australia.
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Tracy Frank @drtracydfrank.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
Consider calling your representatives! Many might not be aware of this plan.
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Tracy Frank @drtracydfrank.bsky.social · 29/07/2025
What?
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Tracy Frank @drtracydfrank.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
Are you looking to share your work on Permian biotic crises at #GSAConnects in San Antonio? If so, check out session T198!
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Sandra Passchier @passchier.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Check out our latest #IODP #Exp379 contribution about the #Antarctic Ice Sheet's history @natcomms.nature.com. Read the full article here: rdcu.be/euikE
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West Antarctic ice retreat and paleoceanography in the Amundsen Sea in the warm early Pliocene
Nature Communications - A geological climate archive documents the effects of ocean warming on Antarctic marine ice-sheets. Large sediment fluxes from the interior of West Antarctica precede the...
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Tracy Frank @drtracydfrank.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Pleased to share a new paper out on Early Triassic gymnosperm recovery following the end-Permian event in the southern high latitudes, led by @treeamores.bsky.social! doi.org/10.1130/B380...
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Age-controlled south polar floral trends show a staggered Early Triassic gymnosperm recovery following the end-Permian event | GSA Bulletin | GeoScienceWorld
Abstract. The end-Permian event (EPE, ca. 252.3–251.9 Ma) led to the generalized collapse of gymnosperm-supported ecosystems. They eventually recovered
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Tracy Frank @drtracydfrank.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
Prof. Robert Thorson on how geology helped UConn become UConn. youtu.be/LMphe5qt2ek?...
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How UConn Became UConn | UConn
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Tracy Frank @drtracydfrank.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
Another day, another hit to science. NSF’s HQ was built to purpose. Now, NSF employees are being kicked out with no notice and little information about what's next. These short-sighted policies will cost U.S. science leadership for decades. #ScienceMatters #NSF #StrongScienceStrongAmerica
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Dr. Jennifer Wade @volcanojw.bsky.social · 09/06/2025
US Earth Scientists: We know you have questions, come get them answered directly from NSF/EAR POs! Tuesday, June 17, 2p Eastern. Register here: www.nsf.gov/events/nsf-d...
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NSF Division of Earth Sciences Informational Webinar
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Noam Vogt-Vincent @nvogtvincent.co.uk · 07/06/2025
Can tropical corals find refuge at higher latitudes under future warming? In our new paper in Science Advances, we argue that coral range expansion will be *far too slow* for most coral species to outpace climate change. 🪸🌊 www.science.org/doi/10.1126/... A short 🧵 (1/16)
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ProPublica @propublica.org · 03/06/2025
NEW: A nearly 90% funding cut proposed by the Trump administration would likely shut down and devastate the 37 tribal colleges and universities created to serve the students disadvantaged by the nation’s historic mistreatment of Indigenous communities. By @mattkrupnick.bsky.social
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Trump Wants to Cut Tribal College Funding by Nearly 90%, Putting Them at Risk of Closing
ProPublica found that Congress was underfunding tribal colleges by a quarter-billion dollars per year. Rather than fixing the problem, proposed federal funding cuts unveiled this week would devastate ...
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authodizer @doktrock.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
Surface Geologist 🚨Job opening🚨 #NorthDakota Geological Survey #geology Field mapping of glacial sediments or sedimentary rock, geologic hazards (landslide) mapping, interpreting aerial and satellite imagery, etc. www.dmr.nd.gov/dmr/workwith...
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Employment Opportunities
Employment Opportunities | Department of Mineral Resources, North Dakota
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Tracy Frank @drtracydfrank.bsky.social · 02/06/2025
Are you looking to share your work on Permian biotic crises at #GSAConnects in San Antonio? If so, check out session T198!
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Heidi B. Hammel @hbhammel.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
And NSF has not faired any better in the proposed budget - tools for action on that are here: www.savensf.com/take-action
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Take Action | Save NSF
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John Wares @johnwares.bsky.social · 31/05/2025
Remember folks, the budget cuts for NSF and NIH *can still be stopped*. That is a luxury not granted to our agency science colleagues who have or could still lose their jobs from the top down. So - Fight! Speak up! Pay attention!
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Anthony Edwards @edwardsanthonyb.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
The National Science Foundation budget proposal would be a devastating blow to American science. 240,000 fewer people would be involved in federally-funded science in fiscal year 2026, according to estimates in the document. nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov/files/00-NSF...
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Dan Garisto @dangaristo.bsky.social · 30/05/2025
Presidential budget is out. Here's NSF. Biggest cut, by amount, is $1 billion, or 66.8%, from MPS (Physics & Math directorate). nsf-gov-resources.nsf.gov/files/00-NSF...
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Tracy Frank @drtracydfrank.bsky.social · 24/04/2025
Happy #ThinSectionThursday! Here are paired PL and XPL images of a carbonate grainstone (latest Pliocene, Jamaica). Skeletal grains are overgrown by fibrous cement, which fills primary porosity. Quiz - can you ID the skeletal grains? 🤔
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Marcos Amores @treeamores.bsky.social · 23/04/2025
Hope to see you there on May 1st! (4/4) @drtracydfrank.bsky.social @egu.eu @researchireland.bsky.social (iCRAG Research Ireland Centre for Applied Geosciences) @ucc.ie @uconn.bsky.social @nhmwien.bsky.social
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Age-controlled south polar floral trends show a staggered Early Triassic gymnosperm recovery following the end-Permian event | GSA Bulletin | GeoScienceWorld
The end-Permian event (EPE, ca. 252.3−251.9 Ma) led to the generalized collapse of gymnosperm-supported ecosystems. They eventually recovered despite
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Tracy Frank @drtracydfrank.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
Join the Department of Earth Sciences @uconn.bsky.social for a screening TONIGHT of "The Memory of Darkness, Light, and Ice," 6 PM, Student Union Theatre. Learn how the discovery of a long-lost sediment core revealed startling details about the melting of the Greenland Ice Sheet & future sea level.
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Tracy Frank @drtracydfrank.bsky.social · 21/04/2025
Any one out there making XRF pellets with a press die set? If so, if you have any solutions for a stuck plunger, please let me know. TIA.
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Tracy Frank @drtracydfrank.bsky.social · 20/03/2025
Lacustrine ooids and coated grains (mainly ostracods) from the Eocene Green River Formation, UT (USA). #ThinSectionThursday
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Richard Blumenthal @blumenthal.senate.gov · 10/03/2025
To the educators, scientists, activists, union members, who joined the Stand Up for Science rally: thank you for speaking out. Trump & Musk are slashing & trashing agencies & funding supporting critical research & fueling scientific innovation. We must fight these disastrous cuts.
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Tracy Frank @drtracydfrank.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
Proud to be part of this new paper led by @treeamores.bsky.social, which documents how plants struggled to recover after the Great Dying. doi.org/10.1130/B380...
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Age-controlled south polar floral trends show a staggered Early Triassic gymnosperm recovery following the end-Permian event | GSA Bulletin | GeoScienceWorld
The end-Permian event (EPE, ca. 252.3−251.9 Ma) led to the generalized collapse of gymnosperm-supported ecosystems. They eventually recovered despite
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Tracy Frank @drtracydfrank.bsky.social · 07/03/2025
the cold and wind didn’t stop #StandUpForScience in Hartford,CT! @blumenthal.senate.gov stopped by to show his support and encourage us to speak truth to power!
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Michael E. Mann @michaelemann.bsky.social · 06/03/2025
"Scientists Are Rising Up to Resist Trump Policies" by @bberwyn.bsky.social for @insideclimatenews.org: insideclimatenews.org/news/0603202... #StandUpForScience
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Scientists Are Rising Up to Resist Trump Policies - Inside Climate News
March 7 demonstrations across the U.S. and Europe will protest cuts to research, staffing and funding, and push for a continued federal focus on diversity, equity and inclusion.
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Tracy Frank @drtracydfrank.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
WTF, Iowa?
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Seds Online @sedsonline.bsky.social · 26/02/2025
Today, Carra Williams, Morgan Chakraborty and Xianyi Liu will present their research on carbonate systems at today's Seds Online Student Webinar. We're looking forward to hearing their insight and perspectives about carbonate systems live from Sydney, Miami, and Utrecht. Join us: sedsonline.com
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Dr. Ulla Röhl @ullar.bsky.social · 24/02/2025
Don’t miss to look into this closely and apply, great opportunity 🧪
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Tracy Frank @drtracydfrank.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
Hello, CT! If you can, please come show your support of science on March 7. Strong science = strong America.
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Tracy Frank @drtracydfrank.bsky.social · 22/02/2025
Here's a great primer on the impact of the National Science Foundation. Strong science = strong America
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Margaret Fraiser @margaretfraiser.bsky.social · 21/02/2025
www.theregister.com/2025/02/21/n...
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NSF decimation puts future US science leadership in doubt
An inside tale: Probation extended, tenure revoked, a scramble to merge research portfolios, and more
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Adam Forte @topoismyforte.bsky.social · 19/02/2025
Mostly preaching to the choir here, but a group of us moderators over on Reddit's AskScience put together kind of an explainer for the implications of some of the attacks on science funding and infrastructure in the US if it's useful for anyone else to share:
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From the askscience community on Reddit
Explore this post and more from the askscience community
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Jonathan Lambert @jonlambert.bsky.social · 18/02/2025
NEW: NSF confirmed that they fired 168 employees today, out of their staff of ~1,500 feds. This includes some people who'd finished their 1-year probationary periods, which were extended to 2-years last month without explanation. More to come.
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