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The New Yorker @newyorker.com · 30/03/2025

John McPhee’s “evenhandedness harks back to an era when reasonable people could disagree.“ Elizabeth Kolbert writes about McPhee’s piece “Encounters with the Archdruid,” a classic of environmental reporting.

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Elizabeth Kolbert on John McPhee’s “Encounters with the Archdruid”

The nominal subject was the Sierra Club leader David Brower, but McPhee allowed a mining expert named Charles Park to share the stage.

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Jack Geary Murphy @jackgearymurphy.bsky.social · 19/03/2025

Bioturbation: my kids’ daily mission to erase order from my house.

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Jack Geary Murphy @jackgearymurphy.bsky.social · 11/03/2025

Should universities take official positions on contested social and political issues? Or should they remain neutral? And if they stay neutral, does that mean they should stay silent? - I have a proposal. shorturl.at/NPSXw

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OPINION: Institutional Neutrality, Yes. Silence, No. | Jack Geary Murphy

Institutional Neutrality, Yes. Silence, No. Should universities take official positions on contested social and political issues? Or should they remain…

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Jack Geary Murphy @jackgearymurphy.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Philadelphia Stands up for Science and Democracy!

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Jack Geary Murphy @jackgearymurphy.bsky.social · 07/03/2025

Big shout out to Pele for the perfectly timed demonstration of hot spot volcanism—right when my Intro to the Earth System students were researching it for their igneous rocks problem set! Love when real-world events align with the classroom. Seems like you got my memo! www.usgs.gov/media/videos...

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March 4, 2025 — Videos of episode 12 of the Kīlauea summit eruption

Staff at the USGS Hawaiian Volcano Observatory made observations of lava fountaining during episode 12 of the eruption in Halemaʻumaʻu, at Kīlauea summit. Both the north and south vents were active du...

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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences @pnas.org · 25/02/2025

Opinion piece: Farms worldwide need access to commercial satellite data to enhance #SustainableDevelopment goals and research. In PNAS: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/... #SDGs #SmallholderFarm #ClimateChange #agriculture #LandUse #CropProductivity

Smallholder farm in the North of Mozambique seen from above. The spatial resolution of openly accessible and commercial satellite systems relevant to SDG monitoring is shown here for comparison.

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Penn Center for Science, Sustainability & the Media @penncssm.bsky.social · 20/02/2025

We're excited to be a cohost for the Climate Storytellers' Summit on 4/10 with High Meadows Environmental Institute, @yaleclimatecomm.bsky.social, and My Climate Story! Interested in submitting a story? You have until 3/1 at 6pm ET. web.sas.upenn.edu/pcssm/calend...

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Climate Storytellers’ Summit

EVENT DESCRIPTION Join My Climate Story project, the Yale Program on Climate Communication, the Penn Center for Science, Sustainability, & the Media, and the High Meadows Environmental Institute f...

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Governor JB Pritzker @govpritzker.illinois.gov · 20/02/2025

Tyranny requires your fear, your silence, and your compliance. Democracy requires your courage.

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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

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Jack Geary Murphy @jackgearymurphy.bsky.social · 16/12/2024

This is interesting, masks some progress being made in emission reduction in the US and EU. Far from sufficient, but it’s not the case that nothing has been done.

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Vagelos Institute for Energy Science and Technology @vagelosenergy.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Last night was the official building dedication of our new home at @upenn.bsky.social! Thank you to Roy and Diana Vagelos, the entire Vagelos family and all the donors for your commitment to supporting energy research! penntoday.upenn.edu/news/penn-va...

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Jack Geary Murphy @jackgearymurphy.bsky.social · 13/12/2024

Our first kiddo was born at the end of my PhD. With many local fam & friends, decided not to relocate for a postdoc - would’ve ended my acad career. Just then Jon Hawkings was hired at the local uni. I emailed him, and he put me on startup to help build his lab. Now, I’m teaching faculty there.

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Dr. Jennifer Wade @volcanojw.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

We can’t control the timing of things appearing on the NSF Earth Sciences website but finally the announcement, FAQ, and full solicitations for our realignment are out! DCL: www.nsf.gov/pubs/2025/ns... FAQ: www.nsf.gov/pubs/2025/ns... All EAR programs: new.nsf.gov/geo/ear

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Division of Earth Sciences (GEO/EAR)

Find out how the Division of Earth Sciences supports research, education and facilities that enable scientific advances in the earth sciences.

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Jack Geary Murphy @jackgearymurphy.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

“It’s easy to be a humanist in good times, but to be a humanist in bitter times and bitter circumstances, that is truly a heroic act.” - David Brooks shorturl.at/3GeiK

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Opinion | David Brooks on Staying Humane in Inhumane Times (Published 2023)

The ancient wisdom of Athens and Jerusalem can help us survive these cruel and challenging times.

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Jack Geary Murphy @jackgearymurphy.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

As a student, research staff, and teaching faculty, I value what universities provide society. As a parent of two, ‘saving for college’ feels impossible on an academic salary. Our society must ensure access to education in science, humanities, and critical thinking. These programs are essential.

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More colleges offering free tuition to middle-class families

Schools are dipping into endowments and raising money to lure families earning upwards of six-figures

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Jack Geary Murphy @jackgearymurphy.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Anyone on here doing isotope measurements on a quad icpms? I’ve been working a bit on Li isotopes using a PerkinElmer NexION5000. Would love to chat.

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Paul Novosad @novosad.bsky.social · 06/12/2024

Fascinating paper on where 6000 global elites went to college. Billionaires, CEOs, heads of state, central bankers, etc. In a word: Harvard. Fully 10% of global elites went to Harvard. Elite US schools are over-represented (23% IvyPlus), but nobody comes close to Harvard. 🧵

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Gavin Schmidt @climateofgavin.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

This illustrates a very widespread issue of unacknowledged structural uncertainty in measurements/observations that can lead to overfitting of models, artifacts in time series and confusion in #scicom when previously ‘precise’ numbers change.

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Jeff Goodell @jeffgoodell.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

“People find it hard to accept that a city like New Orleans at some point will not exist anymore. But why don’t we think of the life of a city the way we think about the life of a human being? Just because our lives are finite, doesn’t mean that they’re worthless.” www.nytimes.com/2024/11/30/o...

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Opinion | New Orleans’ Striking Advantage in the Age of Climate Change (Gift Article)

Unlike the other major cities that appear on lists of unsafe places, New Orleans has a striking competitive advantage.

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David Ho @davidho.bsky.social · 30/11/2024

"Just half a pound of the stuff may remove as much carbon dioxide as a tree can". What the f**k does that even mean? A mature tree removes ~25 kg of CO₂/year. This "new powder" is a sorbent with a capacity of 0.96 mmol/g, so that's 0.0096 kg of CO₂ per 0.5 lbs. You'd need 1305 lbs to equal a tree.

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New powder that captures carbon could be ‘quantum leap’ for industry

A ‘covalent organic framework’ can be used to capture carbon to store it or convert it for industrial use

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Jack Geary Murphy @jackgearymurphy.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

Planning to get behind this 100%. Let’s as a community make this the new central place for high quality open access science! Thanks to all who organized.

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Jack Geary Murphy @jackgearymurphy.bsky.social · 28/11/2024

As a Peace Corps Volunteer in Lesotho 🇱🇸(2008–2010), which has the second highest adult HIV prevalence (24%), I witnessed firsthand the life-saving impact of PEPFAR on individuals and communities. This program has transformed lives and strengthened nations. The US needs more initiatives like this.

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Penn Center for Science, Sustainability & the Media @penncssm.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

We're using our first post on BlueSky to share our upcoming event with @katharinehayhoe.com on 12/5 from 2-3pm! Register here: web.sas.upenn.edu/pcssm/calend...

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