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Oregon State University CEOAS @osuceoas.bsky.social · 23/09/2026

Happy Fall Term, CEOAS Beavs! This week, we welcome 200 future earth scientists to Corvallis, with another 100+ online and in Bend! From movie night to Convocation, an ice cream social and experiential learning events, we're excited you're here and ready to help you navigate this next chapter. 🧡🖤

Orange banner reads Welcome College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences as students stream by on the way to the stadium for Convocation.

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Oregon State University CEOAS @osuceoas.bsky.social · 15/09/2026

How do you obtain ancient ice, millions of years old, to analyze the content of the air bubbles trapped within? Let Danielle Whittaker, ice core handler for NSF COLDEX, walk you through the drilling tent in Allan Hills, Antarctica, on a bitter cold December night: oregonstater.org/under-the-mi...

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Under the Midnight Sun - Oregon Stater

It was Dec. 23, our eighth night in a row of working the night shift in the drill tent. We were trying to finish drilling the longest ice core ever drilled in the Allan Hills of Antarctica. Radar data...

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Oregon State University CEOAS @osuceoas.bsky.social · 09/09/2026

CEOAS environmental geochemist Alyssa Shiel has been studying heavy metal contaminants, like lead, for nearly a decade. Small, regional airports are one of the biggest hotspots of lead emissions in the country. What does this mean for the surrounding neighborhoods? www.opb.org/article/2026...

A small, white plane leaves a rural airport. Text overlay reads, "In the field: measuring toxic lead emissions near small, regional airports"

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Oregon State University CEOAS @osuceoas.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

CEOAS paleoclimatologist Christo Buizert says that the AMOC - a current system in the Atlantic Ocean - works like a heat valve that controls the energy budget of the entire planet. And it's weakening. What you need to know: www.kgw.com/article/tech...

An iceberg floats amongst blue skies and deep blue waters of the North Atlantic.

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Oregon State University CEOAS @osuceoas.bsky.social · 13/08/2026

CEOAS researchers Amanda Thiel and Jenna Tilt interviewed 100+ people across the PNW to hear their experiences with wildfire recovery. Resoundingly, residents and recovery workers shared that the path to recovery is not straight, nor short. How to support those rebuilding: beav.es/WildfireRecovery

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Persist, Adapt, Transform: Wildfire Community Recovery in the Pacific Northwest

Enjoy the videos and music you love, upload original content, and share it all with friends, family, and the world on YouTube.

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OCCRI @occri.bsky.social · 19/07/2026

Why are so many wildfires burning in Oregon, and what might the future hold? State climatologist @larryoneill.bsky.social, @occri.bsky.social director, and colleagues help to explain. www.nytimes.com/2026/07/18/u...

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What to Know About Fires Caused by Lightning in the Pacific Northwest

Dozens of fires ignited in Oregon and Washington as more than 14,000 lightning strikes hit the region during thunderstorms this week.

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Oregon State University CEOAS @osuceoas.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

It's been awhile - welcome to the College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, which we affectionately call CEOAS ('see-ohs')! Our majors: ⛅Climate Science 🌎Environmental Sciences 📍Geography and Geospatial Sciences ⛏️Geology 🌊Oceanography Imagine your future: ceoas.oregonstate.edu/academics

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Oregon State University CEOAS @osuceoas.bsky.social · 29/04/2026

Hey, CEOAS Beavs! Today is Dam Proud Day, when science champions like you come together to make a difference in the lives of our students. With your help, we will put students aboard research vessels, into geology field camps and more to build their real-world job skills. Give: beav.es/CEOAS-DPD26

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Oregon State University CEOAS @osuceoas.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

Brian Tattitch's Experimental Deep Geothermal Energy (EDGE) Lab is building a custom reactor designed to mimic extreme geologic conditions found miles underground, aka temps of up to 500 degrees C and about 500x the pressure at the surface of the Earth. Read more: www.quaise.com/news/quaise-...

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Quaise Energy supports Oregon State University work to transform…

In a gift that supports basic research toward a clean geothermal resource that could transform the world’s energy transition, Quaise Energy has given $750K

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Oregon State University CEOAS @osuceoas.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

"Conflict ecology...satellite imagery, GPS, GIS...those are the tools in our toolkit. We use these tools to understand the immediate effects of war, that tends to be things like damage to cities, damage to homes, damage to agriculture and forests..." Listen to OPB with Jamon Van Den Hoek:

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OSU researchers work to track damages in Iran with satellite imaging

The Conflict Ecology Lab at Oregon State University uses satellite imaging to assess damage done to lands during times of peace and conflict.

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OSU Ice Core Lab @osu-ice.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

New Nature paper by PhD candidate Julia Marks Peterson! @jmarkspeterson.bsky.social and her COLDEX collaborators published their findings on atmospheric CO2 and CH4 over the past 3 million years based on measurements of ice cores from the Allan Hills, Antarctica. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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Broadly stable atmospheric CO2 and CH4 levels over the past 3 million years - Nature

Blue ice records from Antarctica are used to determine methane and carbon dioxide concentrations over the past 3 million years.

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Oregon State University CEOAS @osuceoas.bsky.social · 18/03/2026

The Cascadia Coastlines and Peoples Hazards Research Hub (CoPes Hub), led by #CEOAS and partners, unites scientists, Tribal nations and communities to address coastal hazards such as #earthquakes, #tsunamis and sea-level rise. cascadiacopeshub.org

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Cascadia CoPes Hub

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Oregon State University CEOAS @osuceoas.bsky.social · 04/03/2026

Oregon State University, with support from the National Science Foundation (NSF), is leading the design and construction of the next generation of #research vessels - ships that serve as floating laboratories for ocean-going scientists - to advance coastal #science. Check out R/V Taani's progress!

A large research vessel - black and white and orange - floats in the water with ropes holding it to the building dock.

A group of individuals in matching white hard hats pose for a photo on the side of the large research vessel.

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Oregon State University CEOAS @osuceoas.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

“We know that the winters in the coming decades are going to be much more like this... look at how impactful these conditions are to us, because we know we’re going to expect them more in the future.” - Larry O'Neill, Oregon's state climatologist

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Oregon’s record low snowpack is not likely to recover, scientists say

Scientists say it’s unlikely Oregon’s record low snowpack will recover before the end of winter.

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Oregon State University CEOAS @osuceoas.bsky.social · 04/02/2026

"For a lab focusing on disasters, we end up engaging with some of the most powerful stories of hope and creativity." #CEOAS geographer Laura Peters asks how disaster risk can be reduced in places affected by conflict, displacement or deep division: today.oregonstate.edu/all-stories/...

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Spotlight on: The Disasters in Divided Societies lab with Laura Peters in CEOAS | OSU Today

Laura Peters is an assistant professor of geography in the College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences.

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Oregon State University CEOAS @osuceoas.bsky.social · 21/01/2026

Congrats to #CEOAS graduate student, Giulia Wood, on being named Oregon State University's first Marshall Scholar! Read about how hands-on research experiences at OSU helped launch a career studying krill and ocean health, taking her from the classroom to fieldwork in Antarctica:

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A Pacific Northwest girl ‘raised by the ocean’ grows up to make notable contributions to worldwide ocean health

“Standing at the edge of the world, in a place I only knew from photos and documentaries, I can’t imagine a greater thrill than this,” she wrote in one account. “The thrill of seeking to know the ocea...

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Oregon State University CEOAS @osuceoas.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

SWAIS2C — Sensitivity of the West #Antarctic Ice Sheet to 2°C — seeks critical geological records from the sediment deep below the Ross Ice Shelf to determine how much the #ice melted during the past. Because to prepare for the future, we need to look back. #CEOAS #Science #Climate #Collaboration

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SWAIS2C @swais2c.bsky.social · 22/12/2025

Drilling a 200m sediment core from the bedrock beneath 500m of Antarctic ice is a complex process, so we've broken it down step-by-step in this explainer. From melting snow in our flubbers through to filling our core barrels, what we're attempting 700km from the nearest base is no mean feat!

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Oregon State University CEOAS @osuceoas.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

"Dr. Pettit and others expect the shelf to break apart entirely in the next few years, becoming a mélange of giant icebergs. Once that happens, the #ice upstream could start moving quickly to fill the void, Dr. Pettit said. “They are connected in ways that we don’t fully understand" #CEOAS #Science

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Oregon State University CEOAS @osuceoas.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

The faces of #CEOAS science! Collect the full set of trading cards at #AGU2025 in New Orleans this week. Oregon State University is at the Exhibition Hall, Booth 303!

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Oregon State University CEOAS @osuceoas.bsky.social · 08/12/2025

A team of #NSF Center for Oldest Ice Exploration #COLDEX scientists recently found 6 million year old ice in Antarctica. That's old ice! Air bubbles trapped inside this #ice provide an unprecedented view of Earth's past #climate. Read the paper in PNAS: www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...

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Miocene and Pliocene ice and air from the Allan Hills blue ice area, East Antarctica | PNAS

Antarctic ice cores provide a unique archive of Earth’s atmosphere and its largest extant ice sheet. The oldest continuous ice core extends back 80...

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Oregon State University CEOAS @osuceoas.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

"You want big waves, you want consistency in big waves. And Oregon really has this in droves...all of these conditions come together to produce one of the areas of the world with the highest #wave energy potential." One of the largest wave #energy projects, PacWave, is located off Oregon's coast.

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Oregon State University CEOAS @osuceoas.bsky.social · 29/09/2025

300 miles off the coast of Oregon and thousands of feet beneath the surface, the Axial Seamount underwater volcano has shown signs of increased seismic activity and growing pressure – an indication that it may soon erupt.

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Oregon State University CEOAS @osuceoas.bsky.social · 18/09/2025

Congrats to our #CEOAS award winners at University Day 2025! Christo Buizert earned the Excellence in Graduate Mentoring Award and Andrea Allan earned the Faculty Excellence in Online Teaching Award. Read about their achievements: today.oregonstate.edu/.../universi...

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Oregon State University CEOAS @osuceoas.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

Geology rocks! Our upcoming Thomas Condon Lecture speaker, geologist Nick Zentner goes with the flow – lava flows and ice age floods, that is – to reveal the ancient path of the Columbia River: www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news... Mark your calendar and join us Wednesday, October 29, 6 p.m.

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How the Columbia River Basin formed over millions of years

The field evidence of ancient cataclysms in Washington are everywhere to be seen — if you know where to look.

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Oregon State University CEOAS @osuceoas.bsky.social · 08/09/2025

#CEOAS geographer, Jamon Van Den Hoek, recently received an award from NASA’s European counterpart, the European Space Agency, for timely and accessible visualizations of the environmental damage of wars and natural disasters: today.oregonstate.edu/all-stories/... #MapMonday

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CEOAS professor’s conflict-mapping group wins European Space Agency award | OSU Today

The Decentralized Damage Mapping Group (DDMG), founded by geography professor Jamon Van Den Hoek in OSU’s College of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences, is receiving the 2025 Earth Observation Exc...

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Oregon State University CEOAS @osuceoas.bsky.social · 19/08/2025

Listen in as Michael Harte, #CEOAS professor and associate dean for undergrad programs, reflects on his time as chief economics advisor to the Falkland Islands on The Gist: www.youtube.com/watch?v=bkT5...

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Michael Harte: Tariffs and Trade | The Gist

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Oregon State University CEOAS @osuceoas.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

#CEOAS graduate student Haley Carlton went to Greenland on a #research cruise, and learned about more than just ecological food webs: online.flippingbook.com/view/4765300...

Smiling woman holds small fish in outstretched hands toward the camera.

Drone view of a Greenland fjord dotted with floating ice.

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Oregon State University CEOAS @osuceoas.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

CEOAS #oceanographer Andrew Barnard works at sea level to help ground-truth a critical #NASA satellite for measuring ocean color: online.flippingbook.com/view/4765300...

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Oregon State University CEOAS @osuceoas.bsky.social · 07/08/2025

“The more we learn about the #diversity of life in the most extreme conditions here on Earth, the closer we get to understanding where else life could occur.” -- CEOAS's Rick Colwell digs deep in the latest Strata Magazine: online.flippingbook.com/view/4765300...

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Oregon State University CEOAS @osuceoas.bsky.social · 05/08/2025

Scientific #ocean drilling aboard the now-retired JOIDES Resolution ship has revealed some of the Earth’s deepest secrets. Discover more in our latest Strata Magazine: online.flippingbook.com/view/4765300...

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Oregon State University CEOAS @osuceoas.bsky.social · 25/07/2025

With a degree in #ClimateScience from CEOAS, and a minor in writing, Cassidy’s story is making an impact: liberalarts.oregonstate.edu/wlf/blending...

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Blending art and science to combat climate change | College of Liberal Arts

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Oregon State University CEOAS @osuceoas.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

ICYMI: Jonathan Nash, #CEOAS oceanographer, and others at Oregon State University, use robots to take measurements at the face of calving glaciers – a feat that was never before thought possible. #Oceanography #Engineering #Robotics #Climate See how they do it: www.youtube.com/watch?v=fmmA...

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Measuring Glaciers with Robots

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Oregon State University CEOAS @osuceoas.bsky.social · 10/06/2025

CEOAS undergrad Kendal Hobbs has been named as alternate for the 2025-26 Fulbright U.S. Student Program. Kendal will graduate in spring 2025 with a B.S. in Oceanography and minor in Chemistry. Congratulations Kendal! topscholars.oregonstate.edu/all-stories/...

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Three from OSU named finalists, one alternate for 2025-2026 Fulbright US Student Program | National & Global Scholarships Advising

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Oregon State University CEOAS @osuceoas.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

Learn here about the top priorities of the US ocean sciences community, presented in a report by a committee co-chaired by CEOAS Dean Tuba Özkan_Haller. Bonus: the piece was written by CEOAS alum Jenessa Duncombe, now a science writer for Physics Today! pubs.aip.org/physicstoday...

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US ocean sciences decadal report calls for regaining leadership

Worried about brain drain and national security, US ocean scientists say that the antidote is reinvigorating basic research and the country’s research vessels.

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Oregon State University CEOAS @osuceoas.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

Congratulations to Oregon State University Distinguished Professor of Earth, Ocean, and Atmospheric Sciences Peter Clark, newly elected Member of the U.S. National Academy of Sciences! www.nasonline.org/news/2025-na...

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Oregon State University CEOAS @osuceoas.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

Don't miss @deepseadawn.bsky.social's appearance on the @sciencewisepod.bsky.social podcast! Dawn has had many, many adventures and honors -- one of her next honors will be an honorary degree recipient at @oregonstate.edu commencement!

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