Coder and numerical modeller, acolyte of Earth history and dynamics, collector of cats, all-round nerd/geek (delete one) and My Little Pony obsessive.
Joined May 2014
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Andy Ridgwell retweeted
It’s that most beautiful time of the year! 32 minerals from common to esoteric are competing, each with unique reasons to love it above all others.
But only one mineral can be crowned #MinCup2022 #champion.
Daily votes start 12:00 UTM on September 1st.
ALT Elimination bracket of pairs of minerals competing alternating left and right. From top to bottom, the minerals are: Schorl vs Kaolinite Fluorapatite vs Jadeite Wulfenite vs Sodalite Torbernite vs Fluorite Zircon vs Staurolite Scheelite vs Galena Sepiolite vs Ikaite Quartz vs Opal Davemaoite vs Ammineite Kyanite vs Malachite Calaverite vs Perovskite Beryl vs Corundum Vivianite vs Sylvite Cerussite vs Crocoite Annabergite vs Lizardite Calcite vs Stishovite
Andy Ridgwell retweeted
Times of plenty or suffocation? Our N&V on Pohl et al.’s article on ocean circulation and oxygenation changes over the past 540 million years @aoschlies @NatureNV @derp_code @ccrc_unsw
Plate tectonics controls ocean oxygen levels nature.com/articles/d41586-0…
Andy Ridgwell retweeted
Me think cookie is chocolate chip but @Elmo think it oatmeal raisin. We no can decide! Help!
