Ever wished you could draw better? My upcoming book on geology field sketches published by @OUPAcademic describes how and what to draw in the field. Excited it is now available for pre-order. https://t.co/jWEYJwRVbV @ImperialRSM
Like many people I have stopped posting on X and no longer check my messages on the platform. X has become a platform for broadcasting the abhorrent far right ideology of its CEO.
Will be on Times Radio at 14:40 this afternoon talking about the Earth's mini-moon. Sometimes the Earth captures small asteroids for a while as temporary moons.
https://t.co/qC88DBd6bt
Asteroids were fractured by freeze-thaw of ice. Life-giving water flowed throughout the asteroids that were to deliver water to Earth. Freeze-thaw helps make Earth-like planets throughout the Cosmos. Our paper is published in Nature Astronomy today.
https://t.co/B8zVLF5evf
I don't just teach students to draw rocks, sometimes I paint them too. Here's the Permo-Triassic sequence at Porticciolo, Sardinia, one of my favourite spots. This is my first painting in about 10 years! @ESEImperial#Geology