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Samuel J. Mitchell 🌋🌊 @smitchellscience.bsky.social · 24/02/2026

A very busy audience for the "Alternative Pathways Outside of Academia" discussion at #OSM26 - the room is packed! A really insightful panel and great questions. @agu.org

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Samuel J. Mitchell 🌋🌊 @smitchellscience.bsky.social · 23/02/2026

Over 6000 ocean scientists, educators, stakeholders, engineers, policymakers and more in Scotland for the 2026 Ocean Sciences Meeting! #OSM26 Who is around this week and what are you working on? @agu.org

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Samuel J. Mitchell 🌋🌊 @smitchellscience.bsky.social · 12/10/2025

Made a friend today in Panama. Two-toed sloth!! 😍🦥 #wildlife #nature

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Samuel J. Mitchell 🌋🌊 @smitchellscience.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

Haha. Ol Doinyo Lengai, gotta love that carbonatite!!

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Samuel J. Mitchell 🌋🌊 @smitchellscience.bsky.social · 04/07/2025

Folks at #IAVCEI2025! Fancy a quick interview for media at lunchtime today? Literally just some quick snappy answers (what's you favourite volcano, what volcano would you love to visit etc.) I'll up the stairs above the middle of the poster hall from 13:30-14:15. @iavcei.bsky.social

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Samuel J. Mitchell 🌋🌊 @smitchellscience.bsky.social · 30/06/2025

The #IAVCEI2025 swag game is strong! Especially the fan im the 35°C heat! Already socially overloaded, but so good to see so many people! @iavcei.bsky.social

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Samuel J. Mitchell 🌋🌊 @smitchellscience.bsky.social · 29/06/2025

Arrival in, a very warm but lovely, Geneva for the International volcanology conference! #IAVCEI2025 begins here! @iavcei.bsky.social #IAVCEI

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Samuel J. Mitchell 🌋🌊 @smitchellscience.bsky.social · 12/06/2025

A BIG shoutout to @geologytalk.bsky.social who illustrated the final figure in our most recent paper! A final schematic of your ideas can be crucial to the understanding of a paper, so having someone with such a creative eye really elevates the final article! www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

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Samuel J. Mitchell 🌋🌊 @smitchellscience.bsky.social · 04/06/2025

When your workload is at full capacity but... cool new science?... #academia

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Samuel J. Mitchell 🌋🌊 @smitchellscience.bsky.social · 08/03/2025

A LONG time coming, but I'm finally, and properly, moving into the world of YouTube to force myself into making some longer content. www.youtube.com/@smitchell_s... For now, expect the usual snappy shorts, but longer stuff IS in the works! Any subscribers to get it started are appreciated! 😁

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Samuel J. Mitchell 🌋🌊 @smitchellscience.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Ever wondered what bubbles trapped in a frozen lake look like down the 🔬??? 🫧 🧊 I took the @beaverlab.tech Darwin M2(S) handheld microscope out into the field with me to explore the micro-world! More about this microscope soon and what we saw down the lens! Message me if this might interest you!

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Samuel J. Mitchell 🌋🌊 @smitchellscience.bsky.social · 17/02/2025

Take the time to reconnect with nature when (and if) you can 🏞🏕 There's an assumption that those who work in nature spend a lot of time outdoors... not always the case. How do you make sure you connect with nature on a regular basis? #nature #outdoors #explore #winter #wild #wilderness #discover

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Samuel J. Mitchell 🌋🌊 @smitchellscience.bsky.social · 16/01/2025

🧊 Shades of blue 🧊 Another year, another contract finished expedition guiding down in #Antarctica. Learning more every time, working alongside an incredibly dedicated team, and learning more about myself as an science communicator. Feeling refreshed to launch into 2025's research projects.

A light blue iceberg floating on murky water with a blue sky and clouds above. Background of mountains capped in snow.

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Samuel J. Mitchell 🌋🌊 @smitchellscience.bsky.social · 03/01/2025

First Antarctic photo with the new 📷 lens... I love photos with layers, contrast, and depth. A murky grey sky really makes the blue of ice pop. Add in the snow falling and the two chinstrap penguins looking the same way... 👌🏼👌🏼🐧🇦🇶🧊 #Antarctica #Antarctic #photography #wildlifephotography

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Samuel J. Mitchell 🌋🌊 @smitchellscience.bsky.social · 28/12/2024

There are worse views at 7am... the Christmas clouds and snow are clearing a little down here. Volcanic rocks, a penguin colony, and still water make for a good morning of boat driving 🙏🏼🩵 #Antractica #Antarctic #photography #naturephotography #landscape #mountains #water #ice #geology #nature

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Samuel J. Mitchell 🌋🌊 @smitchellscience.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

We're advertising a series of 14 projects for Masters by Research (MScR Geology) at @bristolvolcanology.bsky.social @bristoluni.bsky.social . Either 1 yr full time or 2 years part-time. Find more details here (including our PhD projects available): www.bristol.ac.uk/earthscience...

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Samuel J. Mitchell 🌋🌊 @smitchellscience.bsky.social · 08/12/2024

🌋🧪 #ScienceAdventCalendar Day 6 (yes, I've already fallen behind...) Volcanoes produce a LOT of gas, but still only ~1% of the CO2 amount produced by human activity. Even the biggest modern eruptions come nowhere near close! Handy article about volcanoes and climate: www.usgs.gov/programs/VHP...

Mt St Helens eruption, 1980
Black and white image of a volcano with a thick plume of volcanic ash and had rising from it.

Information from within the attached link from the USGS.

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Samuel J. Mitchell 🌋🌊 @smitchellscience.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

🌋🧪 #ScienceAdventCalendar Day 5! Let's talk about the OTHER polar #volcano - Mt Erebus in #Antarctica. This 🌋 is one of only a few worldwide with an active lava lake in its crater! Technically NOT on Antarctica (Ross Island), this is the southernmost active volcano in the world 📸: (NatGeo and GVP)

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Samuel J. Mitchell 🌋🌊 @smitchellscience.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

On this account I said I will post about science... but also penguins. So, enjoy... here is my best [favourite] #penguin photo. (It's not winning any photography awards, but it gives me life). 🐧🤍

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Samuel J. Mitchell 🌋🌊 @smitchellscience.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

🌋 🧪 #ScienceAdventCalendar Day 4! Did you know that Norway has its own active 🌋? Beerenberg volcano, on Jan Mayen island in the Arctic Ocean, last erupted in the 1980s. There is no permanent population on the island and is the world's most northern active volcano on land! 📸:Global Volcanism Program

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Samuel J. Mitchell 🌋🌊 @smitchellscience.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

🌋 #ScienceAdventCalendar Day 3! The big picture: There are thought to be ~1300 "active" volcanoes around the world. This accounts for any volcano with a likely eruption over the Holocene - the last 12,000 years. Data from Smithsonian Global Volcanism Program - check out more here: volcano.si.edu

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Samuel J. Mitchell 🌋🌊 @smitchellscience.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

While I like the premise of personally-tailored recommendations for #AGU24 , I just got recommended to meet myself and attend my own talk. 😅 That will only end up in an argument... I'm very self-confrontational... 🫠

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Samuel J. Mitchell 🌋🌊 @smitchellscience.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

SCIENCE ADVENT CALENDAR Day 2: The tallest point on Earth is a 🌋- Mt Chimborazo in Ecuador (NOT Mt Everest or Mauna Kea). Reason: The Earth bulges at the Equator (where Chimborazo is), so it is "technically" the furthest point from Earth's center. 📸: Global Volcanism Program and NOAA (diagram)

Snow capped volcano in the background against a blue sky. Foreground is brown hills.

Diagram showing height of Mt Everest above sea level (8848m)

Diagram showing Earth centrifugal bulge and a mountain at its Equator.

Diagram showing Mauna Kea's total height from the seafloor (10,200m).

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Samuel J. Mitchell 🌋🌊 @smitchellscience.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

Happy Antarctica Day ! Just a few of my favourite 📸 from the past couple of years. Still water always makes for the best iceberg moments! #Antarctica #HappyAntarcticaDay

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Samuel J. Mitchell 🌋🌊 @smitchellscience.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

Who wants to join in with a #ScienceAdventCalendar over December, with facts each day about their field? Here's #1: Zavodovski in the South Sandwich Islands (near Antarctica) is an active volcanic island and home to the largest penguin colony in the world! >1 million! 📸: British Antarctic Survey

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Samuel J. Mitchell 🌋🌊 @smitchellscience.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

Time to begin this whole BlueSky thing!Time to build/rebuild a new sci-comm network! Come along for things about volcanoes, ocean science, geology, and maybe the odd penguin! #science

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