Halldor Geirsson @GeirssonHalldor
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New paper out in GRL on graben formation in Grindavík, Iceland 🇮🇸: agupubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10… led by Greg De Pascale @uni_iceland
During the first three quarters of Stage 4 of the #GirodItalia, the peloton will circle around the Beigua UNESCO Geopark. There are several such geoparks in Italy, and many the world over, and they are geographical regions that are important for understanding geological…
The leading edge of a lava flow destroys a road on 8 February 2024 near the town of Grindavík, Iceland. Fracturing and tectonic stress can drive ultrarapid flow into dikes, as in the event that preceded Iceland’s recent eruptive episodes. Learn more: scim.ag/6dF
📢 DIAS Geophysics is delighted to announce that we are now accepting applications for a PhD in Seismology & Temperature Modelling! See the link below & join us on your academic journey! Closing date is April 3rd 🔗tinyurl.com/2cfma6ez 📝tinyurl.com/uffprk35
Levelling measurements at Askja; not the volcano 🌋 but in the building of natural sciences, @uni_iceland. Training students for #geodesy
Brand-new paper on ultra-rapid flow of magma into dikes at Svartsengi/Grindavík: science.org/doi/10.1126/sc…
Another #Reykjanes #eruption, another seismic station in the firing line! This time @CamVolcSeis's SYLA, around 500 m from the fissure. Data is streaming, and beautifully shows the ~ 40 minutes of seismicity as the dike intruded, and the tremor once the eruption began at 6.02am
We are recruiting a PhD student in Geophysics at the University of Iceland! Engage in innovative research on volcano-tectonic seismicity right where the action is happening. Also, you'll have the potential to do exciting fieldwork. Apply by March 15, 2024. euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/193522
The pro-cycling peloton is racing the @thealulatour in Saudi Arabia this week, territory of spectacular cliffs of sandstones, spectacular deserts, and young volcanoes. The cliffs around AlUla formed in shallow seas, ~500 million years ago, but under very different climatic…
An opportunity to spend two years in Leeds looking at volcanoes and earthquakes with InSAR - please get in touch to find out more! #postdocjobs #InSAR @jrelliott82 @NERC_COMET jobs.leeds.ac.uk/vacancy.aspx?r…
New paper out on fractures on the Reykjanes Peninsula, including >>> #Grindavík <<< link.springer.com/article/10.100…
Nordic Geological Winter Meeting 2024 was mycket bra! Great to meet colleagues, hopefully say something sensible and enjoy the goth in Göteborg
Big day 4 Geodesy #AGU23! Bowie Lecture 14:10 by Freysteinn Sigmundsson: "Geodesy for improved understanding of the interaction of magmatic processes, plate movements, and effects of climate change on the solid Earth" All welcome to Geodesy reception 18:30 (no ticket needed)
Good number of Raspberry-Shake @raspishake seismometers in Reykjavík, Iceland. Traces from Oct. 4 M4.9 earthquake in Bárðarbunga. @EqEngSeis is this useful for array processing?
Fantastic trip around northern Scotland and Skye with the Geological Society of Iceland. Dino 🦖 tracks, beers, Moine thrust (good name for a beer) and lots of great geology with Durness Deep Time museum master, Bjorn Hardarson
Last day today Aug 4 to apply for a PhD position in Geophysics with emphasis on glacio isostatic adjustment at the @uni_iceland : english.hi.is/vacancies
This @uni_iceland Institute of Earth Sciences website is a great source for accurate information on the ongoing #eruption at Litli-Hrútur #Reykjanes Peninsula. jardvis.hi.is/is/eldgos-vid-… Plese note: data is for operational use only.

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Boris Behncke @etnaboris
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Dr Robin George Andre... @SquigglyVolcano
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Dr Fabian Wadsworth @WadsworthFabian
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Rock Lab Strasbourg @LDR_Strasbourg
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TR Walter @VOLCAPSE
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Ragnar Heiðar Þrast... @RagnarHeidar
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601 Followers 100 Following I am a research scientist in KAUST. I process radar images to study ground deformation. I like to see colorful fringes on my screen.
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Dr Gareth Funning @gfun
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LMU Volcanology @LMU_Volc
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Peter LaFemina @volcano_dr
374 Followers 224 Following Geoscientist @PennState studying volcanism and tectonics.
Mark Tingay @CriticalStress_
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Hugh Tuffen @HTuffen
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Maya Wei-Haas, Ph.D. @WeiPoints
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Tim Wright @timwright_leeds
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Dr. Alice-Agnes Gabri... @InSeismoland
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Ms. Sugarcrush @sugarcrush12345
494 Followers 3K Following A Project Planning student (SIG) & Science. I'm an avid fisherman, animal lover & have a deep interest in Volcanoes, Oceans, ⛳🏌️♀️🎣 👣🐳🐧🦖🪺🏞️🌅🌋❄️🌿🌻
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Rob Askew @RobAskew2
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1K Followers 1K Following Diffusons la parole de Saint Darwin, de la Théorie de l’Évolution et de la Sainte Géologie ! Membre du (RD) Rassemblement Drontiste 🦤 Elsàss über alles🇮🇩
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Hans van Wijk 🏴�... @Hanzi68
465 Followers 1K Following Betuwse roots | photography | Iceland | Scotland | music | Ajax | tennis | whisky | Sigur Rós & Kraftwerk
Robert Andersson @randersson123
501 Followers 2K Following Trädgårdsmästare och Trädgårdsarkitekt. Sofialäktaren 💛❤️💙 Alltid Oavsett
🌋🌿AiRicK ☄️... @AiRicK63
3K Followers 659 Following Passionné d'astro, météo & orages ⚡ Randonnée et volcans 🌋 ASM 💛💙
Sonja Sif @sonjasif10
447 Followers 668 Following Blaðamaður á https://t.co/ppMTnAD5YR og Morgunblaðinu.
SkySatMap @SkySatMap
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A. DuCerceau @A_DuCerceau
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Anna @a_millan42
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helvetica scenario @wilfully_obtuse
64 Followers 1K Following “Madness, mayhem, erotic vandalism, devastation of innumerable souls - while we scream and perish, History licks a finger and turns the page.” ― Thomas Ligotti
GeologyHub @HubGeology
8K Followers 101 Following This is the account for the YouTube channel, GeologyHub! https://t.co/7kciG4bssc.
Marco Solinas @LavaTuber_
162 Followers 882 Following MSc in Geosciences @Unipisa @sciences_UNIGE. Enthusiastic explorer and all things Remote Sensing.
Fred Feiertag @fjf5766
170 Followers 266 Following retired casting metallurgist, now consulting zombie thaumaturgist supporting the new space industry from the sidelines
Roselyn Harley @harley_roselyn
283 Followers 4K Following I love life, nature, music, everything that is beautiful and good! I'm always sincere and honest and I like to travel.
Joan @JacksonRolanda
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GES @gswerdlin
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Dr. Melissa Scruggs �... @VolcanoDoc
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Alondra (she/her) @alondresvoy
1K Followers 3K Following Passionate about Intercultural Communication, Intersectional Feminism & Social Justice 🍉 | 📍🇮🇸
Mary Murray (20/100 p... @MurrayJaneMary
368 Followers 2K Following 🧭 PhD student @LivUniEarthSci @LivUniGeomag 🌍Using old rocks to learn the geomagnetic field wobbles 🌐Exploring Earth for fun 🏞
Thomas Lecocq @seismotom
3K Followers 2K Following Tech Curious | Open Science Junkie | Python Addict | Lic. Geologist | PhD in Sciences | Seismology & Geophysics | Science Catalyst @seismotom.bsky.social
LR @LRavacz
3 Followers 44 Following
Sree Ram Radha Krishn... @SreeRamRk97
8 Followers 115 Following Geodesy- Radar (SAR) researcher | Grad student at university of Bonn
Hrafnhildur Hannesdó... @HrafnhildurHan3
25 Followers 33 Following Glaciologist, repeat photographer, mother of three, skier, preferrably outdoors
EcoLifeTips @LifeEcoTips
3K Followers 4K Following 🌱 Passionate about sustainable living | Let's build a greener future together! 💚 #SustainableLiving
Maximilian Zitzelsber... @MaximilianZitz1
102 Followers 603 Following
USGS Volcanoes🌋 @USGSVolcanoes
163K Followers 95 Following Delivering official updates and info for U.S. volcanoes. https://t.co/eugs1G0ISb email: [email protected]
Kristín Jónsdóttir @krjonsdottir
6K Followers 818 Following Seismologist -Natural hazard monitoring at the Icelandic Meteorological Office -Volcano monitoring -W-African dance & music -Outdoors -Earth -Space (she/her)
Rock Lab Strasbourg @LDR_Strasbourg
5K Followers 3K Following We deform rocks and keenly measure their permeability 👨🔧👩🔧🌍🌋🔬 Part of GIP team at @ecole_terre @unistra Tweets: Prof. Mike Heap
TR Walter @VOLCAPSE
1K Followers 156 Following Volcanoes, faults and displacements, hard rock, bikes and kite surfing.
Ragnar Heiðar Þrast... @RagnarHeidar
2K Followers 784 Following Mapmaker, mountaineer and GIS Coordinator of The Icelandic Met Office
Adriano Nobile @j_p_joule
601 Followers 100 Following I am a research scientist in KAUST. I process radar images to study ground deformation. I like to see colorful fringes on my screen.
Dr Sam Poppe @SamPVolcano
1K Followers 885 Following This account moved to @sampvolcano.bsky.social 🌋🚀
Dr Tom Winder @twinderseis
1K Followers 398 Following Research Associate / volcano seismology @Haskoli_Islands 🇬🇧 🇮🇸 🌋 🌎 🚴
INGVvulcani @INGVvulcani
22K Followers 19 Following Il Twitter del Dipartimento Vulcani dell'INGV: notizie, fatti, immagini e tanto altro dalla Culla della Vulcanologia!
Beth Bartel @EatTheCrust
4K Followers 3K Following Researching how humans respond to natural hazards. #Scicomm, equity, volcanoes, & spontaneous one-person dance parties. PhD from @mtugeomining 🌋
EarthScope Consortium @EarthScope_sci
57K Followers 883 Following EarthScope Consortium is a new organization formed by the merger of UNAVCO and IRIS. Operator of the NSF GAGE and NSF SAGE Facilities. #NSFfunded
Dr Gareth Funning @gfun
4K Followers 456 Following Faculty @UCR_EP_Sci! He/him! Executive Editor @WeAreSeismica! 1st gentleman of American entomology, via @JenniferAHenke! Also at @gfun.bsky.social just in case!
LMU Volcanology @LMU_Volc
5K Followers 4K Following Volcanology research at @LMU_Muenchen in Munich, Germany. Field work, laboratory experiments and numerical modelling.
Peter LaFemina @volcano_dr
374 Followers 224 Following Geoscientist @PennState studying volcanism and tectonics.
GeoNet @geonet
99K Followers 54 Following The official GeoNet Twitter. Monitoring geological hazards (earthquakes, volcanoes, tsunamis, & landslides) in NZ. Auto-posting earthquakes over Magnitude 3.5.
Ulrich Küppers @Ulli_Bua
1K Followers 721 Following in love with my wife - Volcanologist @LMU_Volc - cat dad - tolerant human - carpe diem - classic car driver - he/his 🌋🖖🤟 #explosivevolcanism #volcanicash
Mark Tingay @CriticalStress_
8K Followers 3K Following Geomechanics & pore pressure specialist. Love & study mud volcanoes, stress & overpressure. Opinions my own.
Dr James Hickey 🇪�... @jameshickey77
2K Followers 919 Following Volcanologist | Geophysicist | Associate Professor @UniExeCornwall @UoE_DEES | SciComm & Outreach | 🏃🏼♂️🏑🚴🏼♂️🧘🏼♂️🤸🏄🏼♂️⛷🧗🏼♂️
VMSG @vmsg_uk
5K Followers 377 Following Volcanic and Magmatic Studies Group - a joint special interest group of the Mineralogical Society of Great Britain & Ireland & the Geological Society of London
Hugh Tuffen @HTuffen
4K Followers 3K Following Go over to BlueSky: https://t.co/2lux16secK | Volcanology Prof & environmental scientist @LancasterUni | he/him |
Biology of the Tour d... @biologytdf
219 Followers 221 Following Tweeting unofficially on amazing (and often threatened) species along the route of cycling's greatest race. Profile pic by Bernard Dupont CC-BY-SA.
World Stress Map @wsmproject
468 Followers 12 Following The Official World Stress Map (WSM) Twitter Page. The WSM is the global compilation of information on the present-day stress field of the Earth's crust.
ICEYE @iceye_global
53K Followers 189 Following We own and operate the world's largest SAR satellite constellation, delivering unmatched persistent monitoring capabilities for any location on Earth 🛰️
Dr. Julian Lozos @seismogenic
5K Followers 3K Following Earthquake physicist | focused on how fault complexity affects earthquake dynamics | cat owner | homebrewer | viola, bluegrass fiddle, gamelan | he/him | aroace
Mount Etna @MtEtnaSicily
2K Followers 77 Following approximately 500,000 years old but still the most fertile
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Rob Askew @RobAskew2
1K Followers 805 Following Survey Geologist, Icelandic Institute of Natural Science. @icelvol.bsky.social (He/him)
Elisa Piispa @ElisaPiispa
438 Followers 315 Following Paleomag wiz at University of Iceland Paleomagnetism Laboratory Outdoors and sauna enthusiast She/her
DIAS Geophysics @dias_geophysics
1K Followers 214 Following Geophysics Section, Dublin Institute for Advanced Studies & Irish National Seismic Network (INSN)
Gro Birkefeldt @GBirkefeldt
42 Followers 66 Following
Esme Glastonbury-Sout... @seiesme
224 Followers 284 Following PhD student @EarthSciCam, working on volcano seismology in Iceland in @CamVolcSeis 🌋🇮🇸
Dr. Alice-Agnes Gabri... @InSeismoland
4K Followers 3K Following Associate Professor @Scripps_Ocean, Guest Prof @LMU_Muenchen, @EGU_Seismo President, earthquake source philosopher, high performance computing enthusiast, mommy
Doug Wiens @dougwiens
791 Followers 312 Following Seismologist at Washington University in St Louis. Subduction zones - what's going down? Antarctica - what's hidden beneath the ice sheet?
Yasser Maghsoudi @YasserMaghsoudi
866 Followers 581 Following Senior Lecturer in Radar RemoteSensing, InSAR at @UniExeCornwall's @UoE_DEES!
David Bekaert @SARscience
2K Followers 371 Following Radar scientist @NASAJPL, using the complex world of SAR & InSAR applications for science! Statements and opinions posted by me are my own, not my employers’.
Capella Space @capellaspace
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Nyiragongo Info @Nyiragongoinfo
9K Followers 0 Following Compte officiel d’informations relatives au volcan Nyiragongo.
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19K Followers 26 Following 国土地理院地理地殻活動研究センター公式アカウントです。国土地理院や地震予知連絡会の情報を中心に発信していきます。地震予知連絡会 http://t.co/77vf0JRR0s
ATAG @AktifTektonik
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EOS Remote Sensing @eos_rs
1K Followers 274 Following Remote Sensing Lab at @EOS_SG, led by Assoc Prof Sang-Ho Yun (@NTU_ASE & @NTU_EEE). We make maps of natural hazards and disasters in and around Southeast Asia.
Seda Özarpacı @sedaozarpaci
1K Followers 469 Following Visiting Prof. at Cambridge Earth Sciences @EarthSciCam | Assoc. Prof. Geomatic Engineering YTÜ
Ross S Stein @rstein357
918 Followers 20 Following
Sylvain Barbot @quakephysics
2K Followers 437 Following Associate professor @USC, earthquake physicist. Husband, twice father of perfection. 50% of RT are endorsements.
British Geological Su... @BritGeoSurvey
52K Followers 1K Following Our vision is to be a leading and trusted provider of geological data and knowledge to meet the societal need for a sustainable future. 🌎 RTs ≠ endorsement.
Dennis Geist @DennisGeist
3 Followers 1 Following
Marc-Antoine Longpré @ma_longpre
178 Followers 58 Following Volcanologist and Associate Professor at Queens College, City University of New York
IAVCEI-NZ @iavcei2023
751 Followers 7 Following The official account of IAVCEI 2023 to be held in Rotorua, New Zealand - Jan 30 - Feb 03, 2023
AGU (American Geophys... @theAGU
83K Followers 3K Following AGU is a global community supporting more than half a million advocates and professionals in Earth and space sciences.
European Geosciences ... @EuroGeosciences
54K Followers 847 Following Official account for the EGU. This account is no longer active or monitored. Visit our website to find out more about our activities or ask a question.
Conor @Conor__Bacon
295 Followers 875 Following Postdoc @LamontEarth. Volcanoes🌋, earthquakes〰️, open-source software💻.
Steinn Sigurðsson @steinly0
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Berkeley Seismo Lab @BerkeleySeismo
7K Followers 41 Following Monitoring Northern California seismicity. Conducting fundamental research. Training the next generation of earth scientists. Sound science, serving society.
Alberto Caracciolo @Alberto_Carac
454 Followers 388 Following PhD, Postdoctoral researcher in Petrology and Geochemistry at @haskoli_islands. Part of @rockhardIES 🌈 https://t.co/NvUGUjvtBy
Yann Klinger @KlingerYann
2K Followers 20 Following @CNRS researcher at Institut de Physique du Globe de Paris #IPGP, earthquake hunter. Find me now at https://t.co/caeOuCprYI
TGDC Tanzania @TGDCTanzania
295 Followers 8 Following TGDC is responsible for spearheading the development of geothermal resources in Tanzania.
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83 Followers 39 Following NEW HERE 👋🏼 Icelandic 🇮🇸 Volcanologist 🌋 Phd candidate 💎 Instagram: geology_with_helga ❤️🔥
Veðurstofa Íslands ... @Vedurstofan
23K Followers 37 Following Veðurstofan stuðlar að bættu öryggi almennings, eigna og innviða gagnvart öflum náttúrunnar / The IMO is a multi-hazard monitoring and R&D organization
Matthew Pritchard @MattEPritchard
665 Followers 745 Following Professor of Earth Science at Cornell University: I study volcanoes, tectonics, glaciers and other planets. All views are my own. he/him
Global Volcanism Prog... @SmithsonianGVP
10K Followers 95 Following Providing weekly volcano reports, comprehensive Bulletin reports, and a unique database of ~1,300 Holocene volcanoes & eruptions. | Legal: https://t.co/9nc71elLvw
Amelia Bain @ameliabain
1K Followers 1K Following A woman in science, interested in magma ascent and emplacement at shallow levels, eruption dynamics and volcanic hazards/risk/risk reduction. She/her.
Gudjon Eggertsson @G_H_Eggertsson
223 Followers 213 Following Head of Reservoir Managment at #HSOrka in Iceland - a PhD graduate from @VolcanoLiver - opinions are my own