Adrian Gilli

Educational Developer and Lecturer @ETH_EAPS, Sedimentologist, Limnogeologist.

[Adrian Gilli @gilliadrian]

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[Earth and Planetary Sciences at ETH Zurich @ETH_EAPS]

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Earth and Planetary Sciences

[Adrian Gilli @gilliadrian]

When I asked #ChatGPT4 to show a geologist, the hammer selection was fine. But imagine asking for a picture of a female geologist...she doesn't have a hammer, she has a lens. ChatGPT is great in #education to discuss #sterotyps!
#teachingidea #teachingtips

[Ian Pierce @neotectonic]

I asked chat-gpt to make a photo of a Geologist. Interesting choice of hammer.

[Adrian Gilli @gilliadrian]

@VAW_glaciology Impressive time series of this collapsing glacier. With the field course @ETH_ERDW, we are mapping in this area and have been able to see how the ice has melted over the years. Check out my earlier post, also to see the 'icy' Swiss cheese:

https://t.co/y90gygRN6j

[Adrian Gilli @gilliadrian]

Huge ice loss of the Wildstrubel glacier in just one decade! We visit this glacier every year during our field course @ETH_ERDW @ETH_en and the change in landscape is simply dramatic. Soon the lower ice field will be gone!
@matthias_huss @subfossilguy @glamos_ch

[Adrian Gilli @gilliadrian]

Are you interested in the future of Earth Science/Geoscience education? Do you want to get some answers to the questions below? Then come to the educational session at the Swiss Geoscience Meeting #SGM in Mendrisio this Saturday afternoon.

https://t.co/C1T0Pbk4A1

[Adrian Gilli @gilliadrian]

#Excursions do not only take place in sunny weather: Biogeoscience field course @ETH_ERDW in the snow at Fluelapass #Davos : nevertheless keep sampling waters and soils for different carbon analyses. Thanks to Kurt, Tim and @FluvialSeds

[Adrian Gilli @gilliadrian]

Hochwasser am Inn bei Scuol-Tarasp, Unterengadin. Ganze Baumstämme schwimmen den Inn hinab.

[Adrian Gilli @gilliadrian]

End of Summer 2023

[Adrian Gilli @gilliadrian]

Have you made similar observations this summer? Not only the #glaciers are shrinking dramatically with these high temperatures...

[Adrian Gilli @gilliadrian]

Every summer, we spend time at #lakelugano in #ticino. But it is the first time we see freshwater #jellyfish. They are not dangerous, but a clear sign that the environment is changing! #climatechange #warming

[Adrian Gilli @gilliadrian]

The change is not only recognizable in #lakelugano, but also in the #mountains. Every summer, we also spend time in the southern Alps at an altitude of 1200 m above sea level. It was the first time we experienced #mosquitos at this elevation! Likely the effect of #warming!

[Adrian Gilli @gilliadrian]

The inspiration for this question came from the figure below; I think I saw it in a blog article once (I can't find it anymore). Original reference? https://t.co/camFl1Kh79
Source of the background image for my question: "Sedimentary structures" by Collinson&Mountney #greatbook

[Adrian Gilli @gilliadrian]

Did my students understand the process of #ripple formation? I asked the students in the exam @ETH_ERDW to complete the following task: Colour all areas in the figure below that were deposited at the same time as the red area! #sedimentstructures @sedimentology @SEPMGEO #icfs23

[Adrian Gilli @gilliadrian]

Let's do some more #LearningAnalytics: In general, students who chose C have a higher final grade in the #sedimentology exam, and hopefully, a better understanding of sedimentological processes. Many students with B seem to do less well and have limited process understanding.

[Adrian Gilli @gilliadrian]

End of the first round of field course I @ETH_ERDW. Discussion of tectonic cross-sections and stratigraphic columns in small groups with a tutor, allowing for an (almost) individual learning experience. I hope there were many enlightening moments. Now, we start the 2nd round...

[Adrian Gilli @gilliadrian]

@ETH_ERDW students learn to read the rock record in their first field course. They are logging in detail a section at the Golden Spike #GSSP for the Ladinian Stage in #Bagolino #Italy. As in many cases, @sedimentology is key to understanding this geological archive!