Wacky-fact #Wednesday: #DYK that the #rocks that make up Mt. #Everest were deposited at the bottom of the #sea? The rocks at the highest point on #earth once came from below sea level! Pretty cool! #geology #geoscience #FunFact #mteverest #mountain #ocean

Check out this #article featuring #VTGeosciences professor Manoochehr Shirzaei about his research on #hurricane impacts and early warnings. #VT #Geosciences is leading ground shaking breakthroughs in our knowledge of #earth and natural disasters. #science news.vt.edu/content/news_v…

How’s your apatite for geology today? Hokiesaurus is ready to chomp down on another geotastic day in the Department of Geosciences at Virginia Tech! Stay lava! #dinosaur #geoscience #geology #paleontology #mineralogy #hydrology #virginia #tech #virginiatech #thisishome #hokies

Student Spotlight: PhD candidate Alaina Helm and postdoc Annie Haws went to #Greece with Dr. Mark Caddick for a new #research project at #VT to unravel the interactions between fluids and understand #seismicity, #volcanism, and how #volatile elements cycle through the #earth.

Wacky-fact Wednesday: #DYK that there are 18 #volcanoes in the United States with the potential to erupt? These 18 are located in #Hawaii, #Alaska, and the #Western US. #geosciences #geology #vtgeoscience #hokies #thisishome

Three summer camps visited the @museumofgeosciences this week. High schoolers with @achievabledream used #gpr and modeled #tectonic activity. Middle schoolers with @fralinlifesci #STEM #camp and @vt_science camp came to #model how different #rock types transmit #seismic #energy.

That moment when you’re caught adding another #rock to the suitcase at the end of vacation #geology #busted #guilty #granite

We’re pretty excited to see that #geosciences has one of the ten lowest #unemployment rates in this article by cnbc recently. The future is looking bright for #college #students choosing #geosciences! cnbc.com/2025/07/12/col… #geology #major #student #studentlife #collegebound

Thrilled to see this exciting news from #alumni Morrison and Ben!

Your Monday meme to kick off the week with a laugh. Stay tuned for some amazing updates about our grad #students and #faculty coming up today and over the next few days! #geology #geoscience #monday #college #thisishome #virginia #tech #virginiatech

David Bunin is a #PhD #student with Dr. Mark Caddick studying #petrology. This #summer, he’s an #intern with Pratt and Whitney on a project studying how volcanic #ash impacts aircraft engines. We’re pretty #impressed to add #aviation to our #geology #career list! #geoscience

What do the #Amazon #Rainforest and the #Sahara #Desert have in common? Turns out a lot! Phosphorus in the rainforest is seeded by Saharan dust carried across the #Atlantic #Ocean to fertilize the forest. Without the Sahara, we might not have an Amazon! #geoscience #geology

#Student Spotlight: #Sophomore Angelina Stephens. She says, “I am an #undergraduate at #Virginia Tech majoring in #Geology and #Geophysics. My goal is to become a #volcanologist and monitor active #volcanoes.” She also #volunteers at the #Museum of #Geosciences. #hokies #vt #fyp

Thrilled to announce a new publication from the Department of #Geosciences at #Virginia Tech! #college #collegebound #collegelife #cool #science #fyp

BREAKING: COOLNESS ALERT! No, it’s not #Metallica this time, but it’s something #big! Waves from the mag 8.8 #Russia #earthquake have arrived at the #Blacksburg #seismic station. Follow the link to see our Blacksburg station and others in #Virginia. tinyurl.com/2zj8yfem

#fyi #fyp

Wacky fact #Wednesday: Did you know that the #seismic #waves from an #earthquake will circle the globe in about 30 minutes? #cool #funfact #geology #geoscience #geophysics #virginia #tech #virginiatech #hokies #thisishome #science #DYK #fyp #hydrology #geochemistry #tectonics

*** NEW GRANT FUNDED *** I am thrilled to serve as one of PIs on this multidisciplinary project funded by Homeland Security. #Arctic is important because it holds vast #energy and #mineral resources, shaping global #economic and #geopolitical interests. Also, melting sea ice is opening