David Vanko

Retired Professor, past Dean of Science & Mathematics, Towson University

[David Vanko @DavidAVanko]

@VankoVision Falling anvil - awesome! You living the good life in the SW now?

[David Vanko @DavidAVanko]

I’ve spent the holidays on the JR, too. What an unforgettable experience. Good friends, good science!

[Erin Winick Anthony @erinwinick]

So what does it mean to spend the holidays at sea. 🌊🎄

Well, you definitely aren’t going to spend the day alone.

You’ve got a whole ship full of people literally in the same boat.

[Erin Winick Anthony @erinwinick]

So what does it mean to spend the holidays at sea. 🌊🎄

Well, you definitely aren’t going to spend the day alone.

You’ve got a whole ship full of people literally in the same boat.

[David Vanko @DavidAVanko]

Thanks for the memories! I did that walk scores of times over four JR legs (140, 148, 168, 193). Nothing like running miles in tight circles!!!!

[U.S. Scientific Ocean Drilling @US_SciOD]

The JOIDES Resolution is ~470 feet long! That provides lots of room for morning helipad walks.

[David Vanko @DavidAVanko]

Highly recommended!!! Awesome recognition, Scott!

[Scott Shane @ScottShaneNYT]

My two big hopes for the book: that the incredible Thomas Smallwood would get some very belated acclaim, and that more Americans would learn about the domestic slave trade, which tore thousands of families apart. This recognition should help.

[Don Boesch 🇺🇦🇬🇱🇭🇺 @DonBoesch]

On the Delmarva Peninsula 20,000 acres of farmland has converted to wetlands because of #sealevelrise and soils in another 2,000 acres has become too saline to grow crops. @Jeremy_Cox
https://t.co/QrSQ1FmAgU

[David Vanko @DavidAVanko]

I don’t know who Patton Oswalt is, but this statement seems very wise, to me. I stand against persecution of the Jewish people, and I feel deeply for the common Palestinian. Let’s make progress toward a lasting peace.

[David Vanko @DavidAVanko]

Oh, man! Don’t jinx it!!!

[Nathan Ruiz @NathanSRuiz]

The only way the Orioles don't win the AL East involves the Red Sox sweeping them in four games. Baltimore hasn't been swept in 90 straight series of at least two games, an AL record and MLB's longest streak since World War II.

[David Vanko @DavidAVanko]

From Baltimore @Ravens to a professor at @MIT . Congratulations, Dr. Professor Urschel!

[John Urschel @JohnCUrschel]

I'm back!

[David Vanko @DavidAVanko]

I might be inspired to finally get a tattoo. Of course, it would have be marialite (Vanko and Bishop, 1982).

[AGU's Eos @AGU_Eos]

We like cacoxenite, on which phosphorus is predicated
But kyanite folks are so beautifully dedicated! #MinCup23

[David Vanko @DavidAVanko]

Tragic. I think I snorkeled there about 50 years ago with my Johns Hopkins geology class field trip to the Florida Keys, led by Dr. Laurie Hardie. 😞

[Liv (Williamson) Liberman, Ph.D. @LivLiberman]

Update from North Dry Rocks (9/21): tragically, this site has become a graveyard of elkhorn & staghorn #coral. Once a true gem with >2 dozen elkhorn genets & countless staghorn (planted by @coralcrf), the vast majority have died & only a few are hanging on. So very devastating 😭

[Prof. Ryan Katz-Rosene @ryankatzrosene]

I see the "livestock CH4 is/is not the same as fossil CH4" debate has resurfaced again🙄

Y'all! This is very well studied. Here's a thread on the science.

First tho, both these claims are untrue:
- livestock and fossil CH4 are the same
- livestock CH4 doesn't warm the planet

[David Vanko @DavidAVanko]

I just ordered my copy!

[Scott Shane @ScottShaneNYT]

My excellent publisher @CeladonBooks has devised this crazy pub day animation for FLEE NORTH. The famous painting on the book's cover, by Eastman Johnson, shows an enslaved family escaping to Union lines in the Civil War. Turn up your sound!

[Baltimore Brew @BaltimoreBrew]

In Baltimore, Spider Sis, doing her (#SpottedLanternFly) part! 🙏

[Scott Wykoff @ScottWykoffWBAL]

How cool is this! ⁦@AvaWBAL⁩ interviewed ⁦@wbalradio⁩ @VankoVision⁩ for a feature on @wbaltv11⁩ #11TVHill ahead of his well deserved retirement in a few weeks! Bill’s an amazing broadcaster/wordsmith who will be missed on ⁦@wbalradio https://t.co/SNDuEiyVH0

[David Vanko @DavidAVanko]

@TowsonUNews @wallethub Spell his name correctly, @TowsonUNews.

[David Vanko @DavidAVanko]

Fantastic program @TowsonU leading to many true success stories.

[Towson University @TowsonU]

Here's the latest in TU News: Hill-Lopes Scholars Program receives 2023 Inspiring Programs in STEM Award https://t.co/jZCON3fUIC

[David Vanko @DavidAVanko]

Awesome! Scapolite was central to my dissertation work.

[Geology Tweets @GeologyTime]

Natural Scapolite crystals

Photo: barkjonghark/IG

[David Vanko @DavidAVanko]

Polygonal, to be precise.

[ARCHIVED - Curiosity Rover @MarsCuriosity]

New discovery alert: I've spotted evidence that Mars had wet-dry cycles that could have led to conditions for microscopic life to form!

More on the hexagonal shapes in these preserved mud cracks and what they tell my team: https://t.co/u83os6Jpoe

[David Vanko @DavidAVanko]

The U.S. has got to continue its investment in world-class scientific ocean drilling. To continue down this road of disinvestment would not only be disappointing, but also ridiculously short-sighted.

[Ross Parnell-Turner @Ross_PT]

These glittery calcite crystals grew in a crack in the 32 million year old basalt we cored on ocean drilling ship @TheJR this week.

Water depth: 2.2 km
Rock depth: 1.1 km
Ships capable of doing this after 2024: 0

#Exp395 #IODP