High temperature geochemist and petrologist @WHOI. Helium isotopes, carbonatites, and ultrahigh-temp metamorphism. Surfskiing, skate skiing, and mountains too.
Cape Cod, MA
Joined October 2012
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Core-mantle geochemical exchange made the Quanta Magazine "Biggest breakthroughs of 2025 in Physics" list. I was flattered to be interviewed for their You Tube feature.
youtu.be/CPoQkE9KaAY
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In a new @ScienceAdvances paper, Asst Prof James Dottin shows Hydrogen may leak from the Earth's core into the mantle. "This means that some the the water you're drinking today might be seeing the surface for the first time since the Earth was formed."
science.org/doi/10.1126/scia…
ALT Fig. 4. Schematic illustration of core-mantle H exchange and the resulting isotopic heterogeneities in the mantle.
Congrats @JonasTheRockGuy for the exciting Geology paper!
Protracted mantle heat conduction after lithospheric foundering beneath the Malagasy orogen pubs.geoscienceworld.org/gsa…
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Join us for AGU 2024! The IAVCEI Commission on VIPS is sponsoring the session V014:
Magma arising: Tracking Magma Supply from Mantle to Surface at Subduction Zones and Beyond.
Abstract submission deadline is 31st July (23:59 EDT). More information:
vipscommission.org/event/agu…
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🌋 Rivers of molten lava! Ash so thick it blocks the sun! Chain reaction explosions in the deep sea!
Oh… did we have you at “volcano”? 🤭
Join us #OceanEncounters to learn about the fiery forces brewing deep inside the Earth!
Register: go.whoi.edu/oe-volcanoes
@UNOceanDecade
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An eruption has started near the Sundhnúksgígur crater row, north and east of Grindavik. For accurate and up to date information, use the Icelandic Met Office's website: vedur.is/um-vi/frettir/jards…
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Possibly an eruption brewing on the #Reykjanes! I was hoping that the sill intrusion would stay a sill, but a dike may have started to propagate, based on the large number of earthquakes positioned along a line (line not visible here, see at skjalftalisa.vedur.is )
Congrats to MIT-WHOI Joint Program PhD candidate Jonas Kaare-Rasmussen for the publication of his first paper! #NSFfunded
Tungsten isotopes in Baffin Island lavas: Evidence of Iceland plume evolution geochemicalperspectiveslette…
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A nice story about our #NSFfunded research at #WHOI that was published in @Nature was just posted by @CNN:
cnn.com/2023/10/27/world/ear…
The Geology & Geophysics department at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution is hiring one or more tenure track (or tenured) scientists this year, likely with an emphasis on high temperature geochemistry/petrology. Please spread the word!
careers-whoi.icims.com/jobs/…
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A recent #NSFfunded study published in @Nature by #WHOI's @ForrestHorton sheds new light on the deepest and most mysterious region of our planet.
Find out how helium isotopes in #Arctic rocks reveal more about Earth's core from @VICE: go.whoi.edu/vice-helium
@NSF
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Consider applying for the WHOI Post-Doc Scholar program for recent PhDs in oceanography, chemistry, engineering, geology, geophysics, climate science, maths, meteorology, physics, biology, economics, marine policy, and any field that fits our core mission. Deadline Oct 15th.
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Huge huge win, in Montana of all places, as a judge rules kids have a right to a safe climate.
This state has more coal than any state in the country, and has never denied a fossil fuel permit--but change is coming!
washingtonpost.com/climate-e…
Not everyday does one get to touch 4.57 billion-year-old material. #ETH has an impressive (and tactile) space rock collection on display!
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Au revoir Lyon! #Goldschmidt2023 was outstanding. Thanks to all the organizers and presenters.
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New data from the #Fagradalsfjall eruption! We find that the eruption at Litla-Hrút has a composition similar (but not identical) to the one erupted last year at Meradalir. The whole rock MgO and K2O/TiO2 are very similar, 8.5 wt% and 0.26, respectively.