Sign in

Floris Strijbos

@efpeel.bsky.social
174 followers 245 following 404 posts

Geophysicist, working on CCUS projects.

PostsRepliesMedia
Floris Strijbos @efpeel.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Every September, I test my 2021 statistical prediction against summer temperatures at De Bilt. Since 1976, the station shows a tight trend of +0.034°C/year. In terms of equivalent geographical displacement, the Dutch summer has effectively migrated south to Central France over this period. 🇳🇱➡️🇫🇷 #KNMI
020
Floris Strijbos @efpeel.bsky.social · 30/08/2026
Picture on the left (Credit: 📷 Guoxiong Zheng) taken onsite. The image on the right shows a Copernicus Sentinel-1 (Radar) difference before and after the Central Nepal flood, draped over Shuttle Radar Tomography Mission (SRTM) topography and rendered as a 3D map in QGIS.
184
Floris Strijbos @efpeel.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
This comparison of today's Sentinel-1 satellite data with data recorded before the dramatic Tibet-Nepal flood shows the changes in the likely source area. In the coming days, we can expect InSAR-based estimates of the volumes of displaced rock and ice.
The image shows changes to Sentinel-1 scattered data across the source area of the devastating Tibet-Nepal flood.
021
Floris Strijbos @efpeel.bsky.social · 29/05/2026
This is an excellent podcast series where often multiple scientists are interviewed on a topic 🧪 www.pnas.org/about/scienc...
pnas.org
PNAS
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...
010
Floris Strijbos @efpeel.bsky.social · 12/05/2026
Insects highlight atmospheric patterns on the KNMI weather radar during last Saturday’s spring day.
010
Reposted by Floris Strijbos
Eos @eos.org · 10/05/2026
Wait for it .... 11 seconds and BOOM! Some breathtaking footage from Fuego 🇬🇹 and @boisestate.bsky.social scientists in this great science update on infrasound sensors. eos.org/science-upda...
11426122
Floris Strijbos @efpeel.bsky.social · 10/04/2026
According to the UNESCO Tsunami Programme there is a 100% chance of a tsunami of at least 1 meter in height occurring in the Mediterranean in the next 30-50 years [1]. The French centre for tsunami alerts (CENALT) has a 15 minute warning window to send an alert message to the authorities [2]. 1/4
110
Floris Strijbos @efpeel.bsky.social · 01/04/2026
Realising that naming geological entities after countries can cause territorial disputes it is proposed to rename the North American plate “Drakonia” after the explorer of the North West Pacific, Francis Drake.
100
Reposted by Floris Strijbos
Observatoire volcanologique du Piton de la Fournaise @ovpf.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
🌋 Éruption au Piton de la Fournaise Prise de vue du site éruptif ce matin à 9h10, heure locale. On y observe un lac de lave toujours actif, au sein d’un cône désormais bien refermé (© OSUL – Lyon 1 Université)
314358
Floris Strijbos @efpeel.bsky.social · 31/03/2026
Earlier today a moderate size earthquake (M 5.0) has been recorded by the seismometer at Saba airport (Northern Leeward islands at 2 deg. distance). Within a radius of 15 km 6 smaller quakes occurred of which 2 M4.0 preceeded the M5.0 quake. earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/...
Map showing location of quakes and seismometers around the Northern Leeward islands.
000
Floris Strijbos @efpeel.bsky.social · 14/03/2026
Is global warming accelerating? A paper in this months Geophysical Research Letters hit the headlines. The authors observe through detailed statistical analysis and adjustments for known effects (e.g. El Niño, volcanism) a statistically significant acceleration of global warming. 1/4
The gray dots show the HadCRUT5 global temperature model adjusted for known effects like El Niño and volcanism.
A 0.18 degrees C/decade  (blue dashed) and a 0.34  degrees C/decade (red dashed) trend are shown. A Kalman filter is used to remove short term variations (red) and short- and mid term variations (blue)
111
Floris Strijbos @efpeel.bsky.social · 10/03/2026
The European Directive on the geological storage of carbon dioxide states that "Monitoring is essential to assess whether injected CO2 is behaving as expected, whether any migration or leakage occurs, and whether any identified leakage is damaging the environment or human health." 1/5
151
Reposted by Floris Strijbos
Jérôme OLLIER @jeromeollier.bsky.social · 10/02/2026
Record low sea levels in the Baltic Sea – Will there be a major inflow of saltwater from the North Sea? - IOW www.iow.de/message/item...
iow.de
Record low sea levels in the Baltic Sea – Will there be a major inflow of saltwater from the North Sea?
Photo of turbulent waves on the Baltic Sea during stormy weather.
144
Reposted by Floris Strijbos
Brandon Bishop @brandontbishop.bsky.social · 23/01/2026
Runaway isostasy: what happens when you expose the mantle at the Earth's surface? Not due to tectonic thrust sheets clipping a bit and forcing it up a thrust fault or the like, but the crust eroding through? You get the Cyprus's Troodos Mountains:
agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com
Uplift and Exposure of Serpentinized Massifs: Modeling Differential Serpentinite Diapirism and Exhumation of the Troodos Mantle Sequence, Cyprus
Coupled isostatic uplift-erosion modeling explains the outcrop pattern of the Troodos mountains Contrasting extents of serpentinization within the Mantle Sequence induced differential exhumation ...
142
Floris Strijbos @efpeel.bsky.social · 16/01/2026
On the 15th of January at 15:28 local time (UTC time +1) a likely gas explosion caused several buildings to collapse in the historic centre of Utrecht. Luckily only 4 persons suffered minor injuries. It was clear though that people were shocked and didn't not now the best respond.
100
Floris Strijbos @efpeel.bsky.social · 10/01/2026
The perimeter ABCD on REM data near Ermelo is interpreted as a Roman camp [1] although its dimensions are suspiciously close to metric (AB=201m, BC=299m). On the original data it is hard to see if 1930s forest roads cut the ditch and bank. Optical dating results are expected early this year. #Roman
The relative elevation map is created by taking elevation trend from C to B to A
110
Floris Strijbos @efpeel.bsky.social · 07/01/2026
For #hillfortsWednesday another item related to the Counts of Hamaland. The 10th century Uplathe castle. At the location of the nearby St Vitus the counts had a castle and founded an abbey ('Stift Elten'). This area straddles the border between Germany and the Netherlands.
Topographic map of Montferland showing an inset with a circular rampart
1123
Floris Strijbos @efpeel.bsky.social · 03/01/2026
A narco-state is a country where legitimate institutions become penetrated by the power and wealth of the illegal drug trade. President Franklin Delano Roosevelt inherited from his opium trading grandparents (Mary Aspinwall Roosevelt and Warren Delano II) smuggling opium using fast "tea" clippers[1]
A painting by unknown Chinese artist of the American clipper Sea Witch near Whampoa Island, Guangdong Province, China.
111
Floris Strijbos @efpeel.bsky.social · 31/12/2025
In 1614 the later governor-general of the Dutch East Indies, Jan Pieterszoon Coen, is famously to have uttered the words: "There can be no trade without war, and no war without trade." [1,2] Out of context this words are easily misinterpreted as a general reflection on global trade.
100
Floris Strijbos @efpeel.bsky.social · 24/12/2025
For #Hillfortswednesday the enigmatic Eelde Waterburcht, showing many concentric ramparts. Transport in mediaval times along the low lying areas around the North Sea and Wadden islands was mainly over water, so its topographic position might be relevant. www.academia.edu/attachments/...
0143
Floris Strijbos @efpeel.bsky.social · 19/12/2025
During the Quasi-war (1797-1801) French privateers took American vessels. The disputed legality of this privateering resulted in court cases running well into the 20th century. Similarly, the U.S.A. may be in morally and legally troubled waters due to strikes against vessels in international waters.
Capture of the Nord Nelson by the French privateer Bellone.
110
Floris Strijbos @efpeel.bsky.social · 17/12/2025
For #hillfortswednesday a rampart hiding in plane sight: The Appelse Walburg dates from +/-11th century AD in an area ruled by the counts of Hamaland. It was only discovered in 2006 by a local teacher. Quite a surprise as a railway line was constructed right through the rampart! tinyurl.com/rs89zarz
1950 topographical map overlain by filtered DEM showing rampart cut through by a railway
0133
Floris Strijbos @efpeel.bsky.social · 10/12/2025
The "Hunneschans" (Gelderland) is thought to be linked to 10th century AD iron production under control of the counts of Hamaland. Archaeological finds (flint tools and burial mounts) are mainly from the Late Mesolithic and Mid-Neolithic, with limited finds from later periods. #hillfortswednesday
1165
Floris Strijbos @efpeel.bsky.social · 03/12/2025
On this #HillfortsWednesday not a hillfort sensu stricto, but a site that shows the ritual landscape of an Norwegian ironage burial site. At the Hå site a slope runs up a slope from the paleo-shoreline (indicated by red line) to a series of boat- or star shaped burial mounds. snl.no/H%C3%A5_-_ar...
1102
Reposted by Floris Strijbos
Parents For Future #EndFossilFuels 🪧🛢️❌ @parentsforfuture.de · 01/12/2025
#Oops: The seminal paper that has been used for 25 years to justify that the use of #Glyphosate is safe has been retracted. ▶️ www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... "Concerns were raised regarding the authorship of this paper, validity of the research findings…"
Regulatory Toxicology and Pharmacology
ELSEVIER Volume 31, Issue 2, April 2000, Pages 117-165

RETRACTED: Safety Evaluation and Risk
Assessment of the Herbicide Roundup and
Its Active Ingredient, Glyphosate, for
Humans

Gary M. Williams 9 Robert Kroes °, Ian C. Munro © 2

This article has been retracted: please see Elsevier Policy on Article Withdrawal
8174113
Reposted by Floris Strijbos
British Geological Survey @bgs.ac.uk · 12/11/2025
We have upgraded our geomagnetic forecast today (12 November 2025) to the highest intensity level amid an ongoing solar storm. Current predictions suggest that the activity will result in potentially the largest solar storm to hit our planet in over two decades.
4421228
Floris Strijbos @efpeel.bsky.social · 09/11/2025
In the Netherlands when people contemplate climate impact they tend to look out to the sea, or over their shoulders to the rivers. It may be prudent though to start looking at the sky!
Both the magnitude and frequency of extreme rain events in increasing since systematic recording began in the Netherlands
100
Floris Strijbos @efpeel.bsky.social · 30/09/2025
In 1976 Courtillot and Le Mouël [1] noted the occurrence of geomagnetic jerks. A jerk is a relative sudden change in the 2nd derivative of the geomagnetic field with respect to time. If such a behaviour would occur in a time series, what would be an appropriate statistical method to detect it?
Average summer temperatures in the Netherlands since 1900 show clear break in 1st and 2nd derivative at about 1975
120
Floris Strijbos @efpeel.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
Amazing that this became so relevant 2 months later!
010
Floris Strijbos @efpeel.bsky.social · 10/08/2025
In the June New Scientist (tinyurl.com/botanyone), paleobiologist Colin Barras reports that there's growing evidence that the big five mass extinctions may, for plants at least, never have happened. This would put us in unchartered territory with the current biodiversity loss. (1/4)
120
Floris Strijbos @efpeel.bsky.social · 23/07/2025
(Left) Illustration from The Ladies' home journal (1948) by Albert Dorne. (Middle) Still from  "Real Snow White" a short video by the award winning Finnish performance artist Pilve Takala (Right) Television series "The Handmaid's Tale" pilvitakala.com/real-snow-wh... tinyurl.com/pilviRSW
010
Floris Strijbos @efpeel.bsky.social · 22/06/2025
🧪⚒️Google AI: Are you serious??? Two screenshots of Google’s AI overview made minutes appart:
2 screenshots of google’s ai overview: one says a rock type doesn’t contain asbestos and the other says it can….
110
Floris Strijbos @efpeel.bsky.social · 01/06/2025
**** NEW PAPER ALERT ***** Detection of CO2 distribution by seismic pulse width analysis using mollifier functions issuu.com/eage/docs/fi...
issuu.com
First Break June 2025 - Navigating Change: Geosciences Shaping a Sustainable Transition
010
Reposted by Floris Strijbos
Henning @geohenning.bsky.social · 15/05/2025
This is a photo of the surface rupture we saw in the webcam footage of the Myanmar #earthquake. The webcam was positioned on the opposite side behind the gate. Source is the YouTube channel that also posted the footage. 🧪⚒️ youtube.com/@sagaingeart...
Photo of a road, the asphalt is torn apart and cracked from the bottom of the image into the distance. This is a result of an earthquake surface rupture. The road leads to a gate with white walls and some grass in front of it. Overcast sky.
317445
Floris Strijbos @efpeel.bsky.social · 14/05/2025
🧪 ⚒️The location (red symbol) of the first ever footage of the fault rupture of the 2025 Sagaing #earthquake shows the Tharzi solar farm is right on top of the surface expression of the Meiktila segment recorded in 2000 by the Space Shuttle Topography Mission. Video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=77ub...
Hillshade of SRTM topography shows fault runs Tharzi solar farm (red plus symbol)
070
Floris Strijbos @efpeel.bsky.social · 03/05/2025
🧪⚒️ Comparison 23/4 #Turkey #earthquake foreshock (top) and main shock (middle/blue curve) recorded by station KCTX. The middle track also shows in red the foreshock matched to main shock with a short filter (bottom plot). The location of the recent quakes are shown coloured with magnitude.
Map of Sea of Marmara with locations of recent earthquakes and inset with seismograms recorded by KCTX station
030
Floris Strijbos @efpeel.bsky.social · 31/03/2025
Seismic arrivals of Myanmar earthquake @ Thailand stations plotted against distance. The onset strongest arrivals line up with Rayleigh wave arrival time apart from stations near Bangkok (PRAC & NAYO) where arrival is earlier.
130
Floris Strijbos @efpeel.bsky.social · 23/03/2025
Those of you dumbfounded by the present attitude towards science should remember the sentiment voiced by 18th century French Revolutionary Marat: Science is to be guided by public opinion and mathematics to be suppressed because of “servile devotion to formulae” - No Need for Geniuses (Steve Jones)
021
Floris Strijbos @efpeel.bsky.social · 04/03/2025
The occurance of two earthquakes in rapid succession or along connected fault segments can increase the seismic hazard (Chaussard, et al. 2015: doi.org/10.1002/2015...). Graves (2024) modelled a scenario for a 7.1 Moment Magnitude Calaveras Fault earthquake "Doublet". doi.org/10.5066/P1YK....
050
Floris Strijbos @efpeel.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
Experts interpret the #santorini earthquake swarm to be primarly caused by tectonic processes. One of the attributes to distinguish earthquakes associated with volcanisms from these tectonic processes is the distribution of earthquake magnitudes. (1/6)
Magnitude distribution for the Grindavik volcanic earthquake swarm, the Tyrnavos tectonic earthquake sequence and the January and February Santorini earthquakes
2125
Reposted by Floris Strijbos
Thomas R. Walter @trwalter.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
Earthquake activity offshore Santorini, Greece, imaged in high-resolution and processed by Marius Isken in our team at GFZ using github.com/pyrocko/qseek
59026
Floris Strijbos @efpeel.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
🧪The #Santorini earthquake swarm is interpreted to be associated with normal fault (extension) earthquakes. These earthquakes are located along the Anhydros Fault which runs towards the NE away from Santorini. (1/5)
Seismic section showing Anhydros Fault. Hanging wall fault and fold indicate shortening along this seismic line.
260
Floris Strijbos @efpeel.bsky.social · 03/02/2025
#santorini earthquakes are getting shallower, more often and more towards the NE since last month. Loci colour denotes depth. Earthquake data from bbnet.gein.noa.gr real time catalogue.
Earthquake loci coloured by depth. January quakes circles. February quakes Triangles
02011
Floris Strijbos @efpeel.bsky.social · 28/12/2024
The Mossy Tree by the enigmatic 17th century artist Hercules Segers. The tree is covered with Bearded Lichen which is an indicator of SO2 and NH3 pollution. In polluted areas they may grow no larger than a few millimetres, if they survive at all. In unpolluted areas, they can grow to 10–20 cm long.
1132
Floris Strijbos @efpeel.bsky.social · 24/11/2024
For the #geomorphology enthusiasts: A comparison between two #LIDAR vintages and a #photogrammetry made using a drone video showing the limitations of getting the steep walls with airborne lidar..
071
Floris Strijbos @efpeel.bsky.social · 09/11/2024
The elevation map looking north towards Bonn shows earthquake surface locations that occurred in the past 25 years. The light colours indicate quakes at kilometres depth and the dark colours 10s of kilometres depth. The site of the 12900 year BP Laacher See eruption is highlighted in the black box.
040
Floris Strijbos @efpeel.bsky.social · 19/12/2023
The #earthquakes recorded a month ago near the #Grindavik eruption plotted w.r.t. the fissure observed last night (red/yellow surface). en.vedur.is/about-imo/ne...
010
Floris Strijbos @efpeel.bsky.social · 13/12/2023
The Hondsrug (NE Netherlands) is a geomorpholigical feature unique in the world, interpreted as the remnants of a so called Megaflute. It is visible on the elevation map over 70 km between the cities of Groningen and Emmen. The inset shows 7 years of radar data over an analog (Vavilov icestream).
050