Paul Savage
Geochemist/cosmochemist/general subterranean rummager, Senior Lecturer at the University of St Andrews, views my own.
- Reposted by Paul SavageTechnical staff are often overlooked and underrepresented at Scientific meetings... We hope to address this with our new Technical Staff Meeting Attendance Bursary! Please visit our website for full details and to apply: geochemistry.group/funding-oppo...
- Reposted by Paul SavageOur second Keynote speaker for BPSC 2026 is Dr Joseph McNeil (Natural History Museum, London). Dr McNeil is a planetary scientist specialising in the geology of early Mars. He uses orbital remote sensing to investigate how martian environments and habitability evolved through time.
- Reposted by Paul SavageOur first Keynote speaker for BPSC 2026 is Dr Elishevah van Kooten (University of Copenhagen). Dr van Kooten's works on astrobiology, the origins of life, and meteorites as records of early Solar System processes. She investigates the formation, alteration, and delivery of life’s building blocks.
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- My NY resolution to eat more crumpets is going really well thankyou for asking.
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- Starmer's Press Conference:
- Real Monkey's Paw energy about wishing for the UK to develop closer ties with Europe, and it happening because the USA declares war on Denmark.
- This "Honest" Bob Jenrick story is absolutely golden. Inject it into my veins plz.
- Reposted by Paul SavageOur website for the British Planetary Society Conference 2026 is now live! 📅 9-11 June, 2026 🎯 St Andrews, Scotland 🏴 Our website contains details on how to get to St Andrews and the conference accommodation. Registration details will be added soon. bpsc2026.wp.st-andrews.ac.uk
- Proportional representation now.
- 📊 Ref lead of 4pts Westminster voting intention REF: 24% (-2) CON: 20% (+1) LAB: 19% (+2) LDEM: 16% (-) GRN: 14% (-1) via @YouGov, 11 - 12 Jan Chgs. w/ 04 Jan britainelects.com
- Reposted by Paul SavageDeadlines for our awards and bursaries are only a week away (15th January), so please get your applications in! We have: - Postdoctoral Medal geochemistry.group/awards-and-m... - ECR Prominent Lecture Series - Meeting attendance bursaries geochemistry.group/funding-oppo...
- Brand-new chaired professorship, in any subdiscipline, at our School. Limited teaching and admin responsibilities so you can focus on research and impact!
- 📣 We seek to appoint a Chair (with rank of professor) within the School of Earth & Environmental Sciences. The successful candidate will be an outstanding scholar of international standing in the field. 🗓 Closing Date: 23 March 2026 Full details: www.vacancies.st-andrews.ac.uk/Vacancies/I/...
- Rejoice!
- 😍We are rejoining Erasmus. Official announcement tomorrow😍 www.theguardian.com/world/2025/d...
- Ah, the Ashes!
- Magnesium: not a mineral bbc.com/news/article...
- PREACH!
- I didn't realise shandy was such a big deal in diplomatic circles.
- Reposted by Paul SavageSuicide statistics are sobering, but there is hope. 74% of people with had suicidal thoughts say these were interrupted by a friend, loved one or even a stranger. Find out more @samaritans.bsky.social #WorldSuicidePreventionDay 👇 samaritans.org/support-us/campaign/world-suicide-prevention-day
- Reposted by Paul SavageStarmer to Northern Ireland secretary Ed Miliband is the prime minister
- Reposted by Paul SavageAcademia may not give you job security, flexibility, or wealth, but it will let you unexpectedly connect to eduroam in foreign cities
- V much looking forward to @redlettermedia.com having a go on this.
- Ah man. RIP Ozzy.
- Reposted by Paul SavageNERC: We need to open up environmental science! Why is it not diverse? Also NERC: We're scrapping Independent Research Fellowships, New Investigator Grants, Small Grants, are limiting applications from institutions based on past success rates and will only allow you to submit your proposal once.
- Reposted by Paul SavageOur Euro Cup hopes have petered out as a superb performance by Poland leads to us slipping to a 91 run defeat. We finish on 9 points, the same number as the tournament winners, but a little behind on Net Run Rate. Victories over Lithuania, Latvia, and Ukraine leave us proud.
- Auspicious hotel room name en route to @goldschmidt-confer.bsky.social See you in Czechia!
- Reposted by Paul SavageHalf of doing academia is pretending you've read something everyone's pretending they've read
- QUICK EVERYONE! Now's our chance! SET THE STUDENTS SOME ESSAYS!!!
- Reposted by Paul SavageNow published in Communications Earth & Environment @commsearth.nature.com: "Silicon isotopic signatures of granitoids support increased weathering of subaerial land 3.7 billion years ago" by N. Greber, M. E. Murphy, J.-C. Storck, J.R. Reimink, N. Dauphas & P.S. Savage www.nature.com/articles/s43...
- @eageo.bsky.social not really doing a great job for their remote "presenters" - i.e. they aren't presenting, just putting a video together which will be buried on the conference website. No engagement with the in-person attendees, not even played during the oral session. Not worth the money.
- As previously advised: remote talks will NOT be played or presented live in oral sessions in Prague. More info on the conference format: conf.goldschmidt.info/goldschmidt/...
- Reposted by Paul SavageAt our GGRiP meeting this year, we held an art & photography competition. Over the next few weeks we will be sharing our entries here. First up is a stunning photo by Thomas Marquand @tommarquand.bsky.social titled 'The start of the field day on the Ouse Washes'
- New research! rdcu.be/emGpq We use Si and Ti isotope compositions of ancient continental crust to infer that continents started to poke their heads above sea-level (so providing nutrients to the oceans and mediating atmospheric CO₂) ~3.8-3.6 billion years ago. @earthscista.bsky.social @unibe.ch
- Who's your favourite pokemon? Wrong answers only.
- Another fantastic example of the fact that, as long as you have a posh accent, you can get away with saying the most moronic shite
- Academic James Orr trying too hard to be the new Matt Goodwin abt town. Claims: "There's been a lot more people that have got into trouble in the UK for free speech offences, than in Putin's Russia." That is pro-Putin, Trumpian disinformation from the UK right. #PoliticsLive
- I absolutely despair with our current government, I really do. I had so much hope, but all their decisions seem to be based on what's good for the Labour party, and not what's good for the country. 😞
- Fantastic news! As many of my colleagues know (and are probably tired of), I'm often spreading the gospel of Arran's amazing geology.
- Exciting news about the "signs of life" on an exoplanet. But as an organic chemist, I cracked up that the "sign" is chemical signature of dimethyl sulfide. It's got a disastrous odor in very small amounts and handling it was one of the most unpleasant lab work. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
