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I do terrestrial #archaeology, but for 24 years I also processed & analyzed offshore #geophysical data like this magnetometer data. I analyzed the data & compared it to known existing infrastructure, figuring out which linear feature is what pipeline, what blob was what well, etc.

I tried to train an assistant two times. In both cases they decided they didn't have the patience to do it.

5g magnetic contour data along a proposed pipeline route in the Gulf of Mexico a few years ago displayed as a repeating rainbow palette (left) & as a fuchsia to blue rainbow scheme (right). The repeating colors are better to show complexity, while the single rainbow shows highs & lows. #Archaeology #Geophysical

Two major #scientific societies will try to fill the void from the Trump administration’s dismissal of #scientists writing a cornerstone federal report on what #climate change is doing to the #UnitedStates. American #Meteorological Society & American #Geophysical Union will work 2gether 2 produce peer-reviewed research documents assessing current, future national impacts of #climatechange. #Trump #GOP #maga ended the work of 400 scientists on National Climate Assessment apnews.com/article/climate-cha

Marquetta Wheeler, right, with Samaria Williams and Jemaria Shaw, walk through flood waters as they leave their home on Marietta Drive in Hopkinsville, Ky., April 4, 2025. (AP Photo/George Walker IV, File)
AP News · 2 scientific societies will do US climate report as Trump dismisses authorsBy Seth Borenstein

In a time when science resources are being suppressed or deleted, I'm glad to see this film is still online (if a bit hard to discover - it's not even linked from the page below, you'll have to poke around a bit to find the link to the directory containing the zipped file).

I was honored to meet with Dr. Untersteiner and work with him on this project. I had nothing to do with the silent film footage, but decades after it was filmed he hired me to move forward with his vision of having a narrated version of it.

In addition to helping produce this version of the film, I got to know enough about Dr. Untersteiner personally that I'm sure I would have enjoyed knowing him longer. We did not stay in touch, though, and he passed away a few years later.

(I own no rights to the film, otherwise I might remaster it and find a more convenient place to host it.)

#science #documentary #arctic #international #geophysical #polar #research

nsidc.org/data/g02184/versions

nsidc.orgInternational Geophysical Year, 1957-1958: Drifting Station Alpha Documentary Film, Version 1 | National Snow and Ice Data Center
The #Geophysical Institute, sometime in the late 50s. This is where modern numerological #meteorology was invented, through the work of Vilhelm #Bjerknes and the research group around him and his son, Jack – also known as the Bergen School of Meteorology.

The building still houses world-class geophycisists, meteorologists and oceanographers contributing to IPCC WMO and other important climate research, and the central tower is still where the Meteorological Institute does their Bergen measurements.

Also, there is still a tram there! (These days, the light rail service Bybanen.)

Photo by Atelier KK, via #University of #Bergen Library: https://marcus.uib.no/instance/photograph/ubb-kk-n-438-063.html
#Norway #Norge #NorskPix #Historical #BlackAndWhite