Summer Brown

Scientist, teacher, photographer, wanderer.

[Dr. Lucy Jones @DrLucyJones]

All of the quakes in Puerto Rico since Dec. 29 can be considered 1 earthquake sequence. Sequences come in different sizes and this is clearly an active one. More M5s are likely another M6 possible. It takes a while for a region to settle down after quakes have stressed it.

[Summer Brown @scilensi]

The intro field geology course at Stone Mountain, NC a couple of weeks ago. There's no question, geoscience majors have the most fun! #getoutside #geology

[Summer Brown @scilensi]

“When Hamilton James saw them bathing their pet tortoises, he was charmed. “It was the most photogenic and beautiful thing,” he recalls.” ❤️

[National Geographic @NatGeo]

By capturing the peace and beauty of relaxed moments, Charlie Hamilton James hoped to highlight the humanity and happiness of indigenous people https://t.co/J59OGqZ4UC

[Sukant Khurana @Sukant_Khurana]

This is the rejection letter for the work that just won the Nobel Prize.

Believe in yourself.

Everyone else will catch up eventually.

[Caitlin K. Kirby, PhD @kirbycai]

Successfully defended my PhD dissertation today! In the spirit of acknowledging & normalizing failure in the process, I defended in a skirt made of rejection letters from the course of my PhD. #AcademicTwitter #AcademicChatter #PhDone
THANK YOU to everyone involved in my journey

[Summer Brown @scilensi]

This photo represents the response my students would have to prohibiting cell phones and laptops in the classroom but definitely worth the conversation after seeing improvements in climate learning outcomes in a #GSA2019 session this AM

[Prof. Katharine Hayhoe @KHayhoe]

“I used to think that all you had to do was go out and get the facts,” says Lonnie Thompson, a scientist famous for the many ice core records he’s collected. But then his daiughter said, “dad, we don’t need another ice core. We need to know why this matters”. #GSA2019

[Summer Brown @scilensi]

There are two types of people at an academic conference: 1) those who walk into a talk and hold the door while it gently closes and 2) those who walk in and let the door loudly close behind them. Betting you #2s also don’t return shopping carts. #GSA2019 #science #WomenInScience

[Summer Brown @scilensi]

Dispatches from Tuesday at #GSA2019. A lot of great talks on communicating contentious science and how to approach those conversations. #ClimateChange #Science

[Summer Brown @scilensi]

Happening now! Lunchtime enlightenment with Katharine Hayhoe, check it out! https://t.co/lpDMSu7gfY #GSA2019 #WomenInSTEM

[Summer Brown @scilensi]

Excellent but busy day at #GSA2019 running back and forth between science communication and geoscience inclusivity sessions. Thankful for flat-heeled shoes today. #geology #STEMeducation #WomenInSTEM

[National Geographic @NatGeo]

“We have never observed an ice sheet behaving this way before. It’s unprecedented in human scientific history” https://t.co/WpCk9tZz5a

[Summer Brown @scilensi]

@geosociety annual meeting Monday update (2 of 2)

[Summer Brown @scilensi]

@geosociety annual meeting Monday update (1 of 2)

[Hubble @NASAHubble]

For the first time, researchers using Hubble have detected water vapor signatures in the atmosphere of a planet beyond our solar system that resides in the "habitable zone." For more information: https://t.co/vUa2NbkbwU

[NASA Earth @NASAEarth]

A trio of Earth-observing instruments and satellites from
@NASAJPL have eyes on #HurricaneDorian, capturing data from the storm. https://t.co/Rc2RmAHOQu

[Summer Brown @scilensi]

Water appears blue because wavelengths that fall within the blue range get reflected (others are absorbed). This can change if there's pollution or sediment in the water, but in the Bahamas it's light reflecting off of the bottom that gives it its characteristic light hue!

[Nick Hague @AstroHague]

Brilliant blue hues from the Bahamas.

[Summer Brown @scilensi]

Losing Earth: The Decade We Almost Stopped Climate Change https://t.co/N525xUEZcX