Reposted by Robin LacassinDr. Serge Zaka @sergezaka.bsky.social · 3hUne alerte météorologique "extrême", pour reprendre le terme du message FR-Alert reçu sur les téléphones pour toute la population, est en cours dans le Gard et l'Hérault. Les dernières prévisions sont terrifiantes entre 300 et 400mm de pluie en villes. La population est invitée à se confiner. 12224149
Reposted by Robin LacassinYann Klinger @yklinger.bsky.social · 23/09/2026In case any one doubts that geomorphology and paleoseismology are unrelated. Trenching the Fuyun fault now. 22211
Reposted by Robin LacassinTektonika DOAJ @wearetektonika.bsky.social · 23/09/2026🔔 🆕 A second FIELD GUIDE PAPER is published in Tektonika #DOAJ ! It's about the High Arctic Large Igneous Province #HALIP. K. Senger et al. "A Field Guide to the High Arctic Large Igneous Province In and Around Isfjorden #Svalbard" #tectonics ⚒️ tektonika.online/index.php/ho... 062
Robin Lacassin @rlacassin.bsky.social · 22/09/2026A story reminiscent of L' #Aquila case 👇 It's about the 2017 rock avalanche at Piz Cengalo that triggered a massive debris flow, killing 8 and damaging part of the village of Bondo (SE Switzerland). ⚒️ www.science.org/content/arti...science.orgSwiss trial for 2017 avalanche deaths unsettles hazard researchersGeologist and officials were acquitted last week, but scientists fear future liability for failing to predict similar disasters 010
Reposted by Robin LacassinDr. Serge Zaka @sergezaka.bsky.social · 18/09/2026Tous les facteurs d'une crise agricole majeure sont en train de se conjuguer. 14548380
Reposted by Robin LacassinScience Magazine @science.org · 28/08/2026Hundreds of scientists around the globe have been working tirelessly to piece together the sequence of events that led to the devastating flood in Tibet and Nepal, which has killed nearly 600 people, left nearly 2000 missing, and destroyed many towns and hydropower plants. scim.ag/3SErvn3scim.agHow scientists unraveled the cause of the devastating flood in Tibet and NepalGlobal cooperation revealed a landslide, not a glacial collapse, likely initiated the cascade of events 38840
Reposted by Robin LacassinValérie Masson-Delmotte @valmasdel.bsky.social · 27/08/2026La catastrophe au Népal a été induite par un effondrement de glacier du Langtang Lirung, à une altitude d'environ 5200 mètres. Que sait-on du lien avec le réchauffement climatique dû aux activités humaines pour les glaciers de ce secteur ? 1/... 12766530
Robin Lacassin @rlacassin.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Excellent article in @theguardian.com about the catastrophic glacial collapse and flash flood in Tibet and Nepal. www.theguardian.com/world/2026/a...theguardian.comHow the deadly Nepal and Tibet flash flood unfolded – a visual guideUS Geological Survey says massive glacial collapse caused catastrophic flash floods in the Himalayan border region of Nepal and Tibet 01813
Reposted by Robin LacassinStephen Hicks @seismo-steve.bsky.social · 27/08/2026Dreadful scenes from the devastating Rasuwa flood in Nepal/Tibet. My heart goes out to everyone affected. It likely began with a glacier collapse / rock–ice avalanche recorded by seismometers worldwide. I hope real-time seismic monitoring can support early warning for communities downstream. 24319
Reposted by Robin LacassinDr. Wendy Bohon @drwendyrocks.bsky.social · 26/08/2026Some early reports said that the horrifying flooding in Nepal was the result of an earthquake. However, the signal was actually the recording of the landslide. TL:DR - there was no earthquake, it was a landslide. earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/... 7274105
Reposted by Robin LacassinHenning @geohenning.bsky.social · 13/08/2026A new video emerged which seems to show a surface rupture in Yatsushiro, Japan following the M6.8 earthquake in July! Exact location of the video would be 32°30'04.0"N 130°38'29.9"E. Absolutely wild. Only the second ever video of a surface rupture forming after the 2025 Myanmar video! ⚒️🧪 #geology 17578213
Robin Lacassin @rlacassin.bsky.social · 28/07/2026An #earthquake of magnitude 6.8 happened close to Kumamoto in the island of Kyushu (SW Japan). Japan is prone to frequent subduction earthquakes, but in this case, the shallow hypocenter depth and strike-slip mechanism imply a rupture in the upper plate. ⚒️ 🧪 163
Reposted by Robin LacassinProf. Stefan Rahmstorf @rahmstorf.bsky.social · 25/07/2026Yesterday afternoon 14:09 in Lacanau Océan in France. A pale red sun through the smoke tinged everything in Mars style orange. Welcome in the climate emergency! Despite all denial of the fossil fuel lobby, it’s scientific fact: CO2 emissions heat up Earth & make fires worse. 🔥🔥🔥 6722301054
Reposted by Robin LacassinFrancois Jobard @francoisjobard.bsky.social · 24/07/2026Lacanau Océan 24 juillet 2026.🔥🆘 L’augmentation des températures globales due à la combustion d'énergies fossiles rend plus intense/probable l'asséchement de la végétation (y compris à pluviométrie annuelle constante), nourrissant ensuite des incendies XXL. 1113374
Robin Lacassin @rlacassin.bsky.social · 27/07/2026Dystopia in action 👇 We are in #climate emergency. 000
Robin Lacassin @rlacassin.bsky.social · 21/07/2026The areas affected by the #Fontainebleau forest #wildfires (3 Pignons and Faisanderie fires) are highly visible – in dark brown and red – on the Sentinel-2 satellite image @esa.int @copernicusland.bsky.social from July 20, 2026 👇. Over 10% of the Fontainebleau forest has been burned. ⚒️ 🧪 020
Robin Lacassin @rlacassin.bsky.social · 21/07/2026Les zones affectées par les #incendies de la forêt de #Fontainebleau (feux des 3 Pignons et de la Faisanderie) sont très visibles – en brun et rouge sombre – sur l'image satellitaire Sentinel2 (@esa.int @copernicusland.bsky.social) du 20 Juillet 2026. ⚒️ 🧪 062
Robin Lacassin @rlacassin.bsky.social · 14/07/2026The 3 Pignons #wildfire, west of #Fontainebleau, as seen by Sentinel 2 (SWIR composition). Burnt and burning areas in brown and orange. We are in a #climate emergency. Combination of severe #drought and #heatwave. ⚒️ 🧪 071
Robin Lacassin @rlacassin.bsky.social · 13/07/2026La forêt de #Fontainebleau brûle. L’ #incendie aux 3 Pignons (ouest de Fontainebleau) a produit un panache de fumée très visible sur les images satellite hier soir 👇. Nous sommes en #urgenceclimatique, #climat. #Sécheresse extrême et #canicule sur une grande partie de la France. 010
Robin Lacassin @rlacassin.bsky.social · 13/07/2026The emblematic #Fontainebleau forest is burning. The #wildfire in the 3 Pignons forest (western Fontainebleau) produced a smoke plume clearly visible in satellite imagery yesterday evening 👇. I'm leaving there 😢 We are in a #climate emergency. Severe #drought and #heatwave over most of France. ⚒️ 🧪 273
Robin Lacassin @rlacassin.bsky.social · 30/06/2026Un collectif d’universitaires s’inquiète de la mise au pas idéologique et de l’asphyxie budgétaire qui menacent le monde de la recherche scientifique aux Etats-Unis, mais aussi en Europe. www.lemonde.fr/idees/articl...lemonde.fr« Le technosolutionnisme évince le débat démocratique et l’action politique »TRIBUNE. Un collectif d’universitaires s’inquiète, dans une tribune au « Monde », de la mise au pas idéologique et de l’asphyxie budgétaire qui menacent le monde de la recherche scientifique aux Etats... 000
Robin Lacassin @rlacassin.bsky.social · 30/06/2026"AI might make it easier to do science while, at the same time, narrowing the questions and styles of reasoning that are collectively pursued." 🧪 www.nature.com/articles/d41...nature.comWill AI spark a scientific renaissance — or a diffuse monoculture?Artificial intelligence’s ability to enrich science will depend not only on model capability, but also on whether researchers, reviewers and funders reward originality over speed. 100
Reposted by Robin LacassinDr. Judith Hubbard @judithgeology.bsky.social · 26/06/2026What have we learned about the deadly Venezuela earthquake in the last day and a half? A lot, actually. earthquakeinsights.substack.com/p/early-scie...earthquakeinsights.substack.comEarly scientific picture of the deadly Venezuela earthquake emergesEastward rupture from the Boconó fault onto the San Sebastián fault 34326
Reposted by Robin LacassinGareth Funning @gfun.earth · 25/06/2026Composite plot of the two coseismic interferograms (Sentinel-1, from Copernicus) with the USGS epicenters of the two earthquakes and faults from GEM. The shoreline San Sebastián fault lines up with the fringes in the west and is probably the fault responsible. 23022
Reposted by Robin LacassinDr. Judith Hubbard @judithgeology.bsky.social · 25/06/2026⚒️ 🧪 A catastrophic earthquake just struck northern Venezuela. Large buildings have collapsed, and the USGS PAGER is forecasting thousands of fatalities. Our colleague in Caracas, Dr. Frank Audemard, has shared with us what the earthquake felt like and footage from the region. Here’s what we know.earthquakeinsights.substack.comCatastrophic M7.5 earthquake strikes northern VenezuelaSevere damage; collapsed buildings; significant fatalities possible 11370240
Robin Lacassin @rlacassin.bsky.social · 25/06/2026Geoscope @ipgp.bsky.social modeled the #Venezuela doublet as a single #earthquake with a long complex source time function 👇 with magnitude Mw 7.8, quite large. Together with other prelim. seismological analyses (thread below) it suggests a ~200km long rupture on the E-W El Pilar Fault. ⚒️ 🧪 - 1/n 11512
Robin Lacassin @rlacassin.bsky.social · 23/06/2026Extreme Heat event cancelled because of extreme heat 🤐 020
Reposted by Robin LacassinMétéo-France @meteofrance.com · 23/06/2026🌡️ Les températures continuent d'atteindre un niveau de chaleur exceptionnel. Mercredi et jeudi, les maximales grimpent toujours à plus de 40 °C... De nombreux départements restent en Vigilance canicule. Soyez prudents ! Point météo : meteofrance.com/actualites-e... 47434
Robin Lacassin @rlacassin.bsky.social · 23/06/2026Today France recorded temperatures equivalent to those in the Sahara desert. Look to the zones in light pink on the map below (from @infoclimat.fr) ! Terrible #heatwave. We are in a #climate emergency and this is the result of decades of political inaction and big oil denialism. 1/3 1138
Reposted by Robin LacassinMétéo-France @meteofrance.com · 21/06/2026🔴🟠Les températures montent encore d’un cran à partir d’aujourd’hui pour atteindre un “plateau” très élevé au moins jusqu’à jeudi. De nombreux départements sont en Vigilance canicule rouge ou orange. Le point complet 👉 meteofrance.com/actualites-e... 411278
Reposted by Robin LacassinNahel Belgherze @wxnb.bsky.social · 20/06/2026France will be at the epicenter of the most significant heat anomaly on the planet over the next few days. The sheer extent of the country that could experience temperatures above 40°C is nothing short of astonishing. 49995553
Robin Lacassin @rlacassin.bsky.social · 21/06/2026Can you see the anomaly 👇 ? On temperature forecasts for Tuesday France has same colour than the belt of deserts in Africa and Arabia. Not normal. We are in a #climate emergency. And our politics are denying or minimising the problem because "it's the economy, stupid", to enrich the rich ☠️ 6380287
Reposted by Robin LacassinAnthony Lomax @alomaxnet.bsky.social · 21/06/202640-42°C is 104-108°F. Like at the Grand Canyon www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026... But the buildings in France suck for such temperature - too much concrete, too little shade & insulation, wrong orientation of windowed facades. Ignorance? Or done to maximize sale of nuclear electricity in winter...theguardian.comGrand Canyon on ‘extreme heat’ watch, with temperatures set to soarTemperatures could top 111F on Monday and Tuesday, after several recent deaths in park raise concerns over heat 143
Robin Lacassin @rlacassin.bsky.social · 20/06/2026No comment 😱 👇 (forecasts for next Monday) We are in a #climate emergency. 040
Reposted by Robin LacassinValérie Masson-Delmotte @valmasdel.bsky.social · 11/06/2026Une action concertée au niveau international et des efforts de coordination sont indispensables pour garantir la continuité et l'intégrité des observations du climat. Merci de votre attention. 86830
Reposted by Robin LacassinValérie Masson-Delmotte @valmasdel.bsky.social · 11/06/2026Aujourd'hui, nous publions la réactualisation annuelle (depuis le 6ème rapport du GIEC publié en 2021, AR6) des indicateurs clés de l'état du climat planétaire jusqu'en 2025, le travail de 73 scientifiques de 56 institutions et 17 pays : essd.copernicus.org/articles/18/... 1/... 8303228
Reposted by Robin LacassinTim Dawson @timblor.bsky.social · 12/06/2026I had the opportunity for a quick tour of the (relatively) new rock mechanics lab at the USGS Moffett Field campus. The work they do to understand earthquake physics at small scale of a block of granite is mind boggling. 4415
Reposted by Robin LacassinDr. Wendy Bohon @drwendyrocks.bsky.social · 08/06/2026Update on the M7.8 earthquake from PHIVOLCS. www.phivolcs.dost.gov.ph/primer-on-th... 1239
Reposted by Robin LacassinDr. Judith Hubbard @judithgeology.bsky.social · 08/06/2026⚒️ 🧪 A M7.8 earthquake occurred beneath the southern Philippines today; the USGS estimates that 1 million people experienced severe shaking; footage shows collapsed buildings. The earthquake occurred within the east-dipping subducting plate that underlies the island.earthquakeinsights.substack.comDeadly M7.8 earthquake rocks southern PhilippinesRelated to eastward subduction beneath Mindanao 26928
Reposted by Robin LacassinTektonika DOAJ @wearetektonika.bsky.social · 05/06/2026🆕 🔔 🆕 We are delighted to announce the publication of our first FIELD GUIDE PAPER by @rlacassin.bsky.social et al. It's about the 464 BCE Sparta #earthquake in southern Greece and associated active faulting - #DOAJ #tectonics ⚒️ tektonika.online/index.php/ho... 0113
Robin Lacassin @rlacassin.bsky.social · 07/05/2026After the remarkable account of the 2023 tsunami and seiche in N Greenland, another astonishing article that resembles a forensic examination 👇. A wide range of analytical methods to study a monster #tsunami within an Alaskan fjord. Fascinating. Kudos @watershedlab.bsky.social and co-authors ! 020
Reposted by Robin LacassinRebecca Colesworthy @rcolesworthy.bsky.social · 03/05/2026AI produces MORE editorial labor, not less. “[To weed out slop] the journal doubled its deputy editors from 6 to 11 & nearly doubled its sr editors from roughly 30 to 60. All of this is volunteer labor, unpaid academics donating time to maintain scientific quality.“ www.forbes.com/sites/johndr...forbes.comAI Slop Is Flooding Academic Journals. A Top Journal Measured ItA top management journal measured AI’s impact on submissions and reviews. Submissions rose 42%, writing quality declined and AI reviews proved uninformative to editors. 14751405
Reposted by Robin LacassinTektonika DOAJ @wearetektonika.bsky.social · 28/04/2026🆕 🔔 In TEKTONIKA #DOAJ a new article by Marianne Métois @dblmm.bsky.social et al. on slow active deformation in France. ⚒️ "What Can #GNSS Tell About Physical Processes in Slowly Deforming France? Insights From a Community Benchmark Exercise" tektonika.online/index.php/ho... 033
Reposted by Robin LacassinTektonika DOAJ @wearetektonika.bsky.social · 14/04/2026This 👇 is the concluding figure of the two companion papers by Ménant et al. on the #tectonic slicing events at the #subduction interface. Just published in Tektonika #DOAJ. It shows the temporal evolution of the Hellenic subduction zone since the late Eocene. ⚒️ tektonika.online/index.php/ho... 062
Reposted by Robin LacassinObservatoire volcanologique du Piton de la Fournaise @ovpf.bsky.social · 10/04/2026🌋Éruption au Piton de la Fournaise. Prise de vue ce matin, 10 avril. Les coulées de lave restent actuellement localisées en amont des Grandes Pentes. Et l'activité de fontaines de lave est visible depuis le Piton de Bert. ©Clément, Helilagon 113839
Robin Lacassin @rlacassin.bsky.social · 11/04/2026Not a cinnamon roll, not a pain aux raisins, but a sweet potato. It’s Saturday, posts are lighter despite news still being heavy… 000
Robin Lacassin @rlacassin.bsky.social · 10/04/2026Interesting story 👇 www.nature.com/articles/d41... A researcher posted two preprints about a fabricated disease, containing numerous red flags indicating it was fake. #LLMs #AI swallowed this and then regurgitated it in their responses.nature.com 021
Robin Lacassin @rlacassin.bsky.social · 09/04/2026After 2 pauses of a few days (25-28 March - 2-8 April) the eruption at Piton de la Fournaise #volcano resumed on 8 April. Today a new eruptive site opened higher above the main cone in an already fissured zone. ⚒️ Follow @ovpf.bsky.social for updated news 010
Reposted by Robin LacassinTektonika DOAJ @wearetektonika.bsky.social · 08/04/2026We'll publish soon our first Field Guide paper, now accepted for publication. Stay tuned. ⚒️ Send yours if it's in our scope, i.e. #tectonics. It will be carefully peer reviewed, and, if accepted, published without cost and #open-access. Support free to publish / free to read #DOAJ ! 024