Welcome to the twitter page of the Department of Earth & Space Sciences!

Seattle, WA
Joined September 2011
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“Our whole Earth system depends, in part, on these ice sheets,” said Dominik Gräff. “It’s a fragile system, and if you disturb it even just a little bit, it could collapse. We need to understand the turning points. This requires deep, process-based knowledge of glacial mass loss”
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For years, researchers have hypothesized that westerly winds were ferrying warm water toward the West Antarctic Ice Sheet, accelerating ice melt. A new @UW_ESS study flips the existing narrative on its head, pointing toward winds from the north instead. washington.edu/news/2025/09/…
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A team lead by researchers at @UW and @FieldMuseum is identifying the animals that thrived in southern Pangea just before the so-called “Great Dying," including saber-toothed predators, burrowing foragers and a large, salamander-like creature. More: washington.edu/news/2025/08/…
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The mountain is out ⛰️ @UW_ESS researchers went to Mt. Rainier last weekend to place 240 small seismometers in the park. The seismometers will capture tiny ground vibrations such as earthquakes & glacier quakes with the goal of better understanding surface hazards like avalanches
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Happy #FieldWorkFriday! An unexpected (but very cute) guest joined our field staff last week on the way to site TWL1. While this tiny bear cub showed up by itself, we bet Momma Bear was somewhere close by! Springtime always brings lots of cute new faces to our local wilderness.
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Happy birthday @USGS_ShakeAlert! Oregonians have been able to get earthquake early warning alerts on their phones since 3/11/2021. Schools, hospitals, and utilities can also integrate #ShakeAlert #EEW into their facilities. The ShakeAlert System is available in WA, OR, and CA.
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The UW Board of Regents has named Robert J. Jones as the 34th President of the University of Washington! Jones brings a wealth of experience, having led @UofIllinois & @ualbany before being selected to join us in the PNW. washington.edu/34th-presiden… 1/2
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Happy #FieldworkFriday! This winter season keeps providing, with some incredible hoar frost by site ODUC. It grows in low temp & high moisture areas, where sunlight & precipitation haven't yet reached. Sol Duc Valley had perfect conditions for growing these crystals as of late!
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Important paper in Nature, relavant to one of the goals of the Hercules Dome project: positive isotope anomaly at Skytrain Ice Rise during last interglacial, as predicted from water-isotope simulations when the West Antarctic Ice Sheet collapses. nature.com/articles/s41586-0…
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Happy Year of the Snake! 🐍 Wishing everyone peace and good health. 🍊 🧧 💜 💛
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🌍🎙️ Check out #FieldSoundPodcast bonus video episodes from #AGU24 with Lisa Graumlich, Corey Garza, Rob Wood, Sarah Doherty and Haskelle White-Gianella! @americangeophysicalunion #UWEnvironment environment.uw.edu/news/2025… We'll also be back soon with more audio podcasts! 🎧
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We operate the Pacific Northwest Seismic Network with our colleagues at @UW_ESS and @USGS_Quakes! The @PNSN1 includes hundreds of seismic monitoring stations. They collect ground motion data that help scientists understand earthquake hazards as well as the Earth's composition.
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Happy #FieldworkFriday & Happy New Year! 2024 was a great year for PNSN Field Operations. We have lots in store for 2025 with new sites and station rebuilds on both sides of the Cascades in WA & OR; including the final 9 @USGS_ShakeAlert stations in WA!
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🎥Mark the 325th anniversary of the last Cascadia earthquake with a screening of the documentary Rumblings! Learn about the risks and preparedness efforts for the Big One at the Art House cinema in Eugene OR on 1/26 from 2-4pm. 🎟️Reserve your free ticket: eugenearthouse.com/event-scr…
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Happy Holidays from the Pacific Northwest Seismic Network! As we celebrate we also mark the 20th anniversary of the 2004 M9.1 Sumatra earthquake & tsunami—a reminder of the power of our planet. Our friends at EarthScope put together an info packet here: earthscope.org/geophysical-e…
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📢 Graduate students! Learn more about the @WASeaGrant Puget Sound Science Research Fellowship. wsg.washington.edu/students-…
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