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Our paper on gully erosion has just been published as #openaccess in the journal Land Degradation & Development. Key findings: 1) role of civil war as a gully driver, 2) ways of overcoming the problem of data scarcity in gully research onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.100…

Artistic swimming is truly a masterpiece from all angles! 🎨 #Olympics

Two years ago on this day, 25.05.2024; I climbed Mt Everest three times in a single climbing season, becoming the first woman in history, and the only woman so far, to achieve this feat. From an ordinary farmer family in Gorkha, Nepal 🇳🇵 to the highest point on Earth, the journey was never easy. Behind every summit were struggles, doubts, pain, sacrifices, and countless moments where giving up would have been easier than moving forward. But the mountains taught me one powerful truth: willpower is always stronger than fear. To every girl chasing a dream, your background does not decide your future. It does not matter where you come from, how small your village is, or how impossible your dream may seem. Never stop believing in yourself. Dream fearlessly. Stand strong through every storm. Because even the highest mountains in the world are climbed one step at a time.

🌋 46 years ago today, Mount St. Helens forever changed the Pacific Northwest — and the science of volcano monitoring. After more than a century of quiet, earthquakes and rising magma signaled that pressure was building beneath the volcano in the spring of 1980. On the morning of May 18, the mountain’s north flank collapsed in a massive landslide, triggering a devastating lateral blast that flattened 230 square miles of forest. Ash rose high into the atmosphere and drifted across the U.S, while volcanic mudflows, known as lahars, surged through nearby valleys to the Columbia River. Fifty-seven people lost their lives, including USGS volcanologist David A. Johnston. When the eruption ended, Mount St. Helens stood nearly 1,300 feet shorter than before. The eruption transformed not only the landscape, but also how scientists monitor and prepare for volcanic hazards around the world. ➡️ Watch USGS scientists recount their experiences before, during, and after the eruption: ow.ly/bX0250Z0V4G 📸: Mount St. Helens erupting above a quiet rural landscape, with ash and steam billowing into the sky. Mount Adams can be seen in the background.

May 18, 1980 On this day 46 years ago, Mount St. Helens erupted. That eruption instantly transformed the glacier-capped volcano and its surrounding forests and lakes into an unrecognizable landscape, permanently altering its physical form and catastrophically disrupting its mountain ecosystem. In the years and decades that followed, however, streams carved new paths through the volcanic deposits, the volcano grew lava domes, and within the steep crater walls, a new glacier was born. Today, plants and animals have repopulated the lakes and lands around the volcano and life is once again flourishing. This amazing poster and caption were created by Washington Geological Survey, Washington State Department of Natural Resources with input from USGS, U.S. Forest Service and the Mount St. Helens Institute. The image shows several examples of Mount St. Helens’ transformation; its metamorphosis through time demonstrating the resilience of nature and life. The map features a bird’s-eye view of the volcano, click through the images to explore. Pick up a printed copy at the Washington State Geologic Library in Olympia, or at a visitor center near Mount St. Helens. And/or download your own high-resolution copies here: washingtonstategeology.wordpress.com/2022/05/17/new… 📷Image credit: Washington Geological Survey (Washington State DNR) less

Watch as Hawaii's Kilauea volcano erupts for the 47th time. The eruption blasts lava and thick plumes of smoke high into the air. Watch more videos here: trib.al/bLfd4RS

Kīlauea Eruption Update — Episode 47 of Kīlauea summit lava fountaining began at 3:27 p.m. HST today, May 14, and is ongoing.    This eruption is taking place within Kīlauea summit caldera in Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park. Precursory lava flows began from the south vent at 2:57 a.m. this morning, May 14, and continued intermittently today from both the north and south vents.  Both vents are currently erupting, with low-level activity in the south vent while lava fountains at the north vent are currently about 65 feet (20 meters) high. National Weather Service forecasts low-level tradewinds today, which suggests that volcanic gas emissions and volcanic material may be distributed southwest of Halemaʻumaʻu.    Fountaining episodes typically last 12 hours of less, but ash can remain in the air for longer depending on wind and weather conditions. Please stay aware of hazards and rely on official updates from USGS, National Weather Service, and Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park.    🎥 Video of episode 47 around 3:30 p.m. HST on May 12, 2026.    #Kilauea #Eruption #Lava

Amazing aurora over northern Finland. 📽: Paul-Edouard Buyck

A split-second moment transformed into a remarkable optical illusion. 🪄 The scene itself lasted less than a second, swipe to see if you can spot the exact point where it happened! 🤩 #Olympics

ICE COLD FACT 💎 ‘Life is like the Gym.. Look one way, there’s always someone in better shape than you.. Look the other way, there’s someone who would die to be in Your shape…. You just gotta be the Best YOU. ‘

I’d say it was a successful final 5 rounds 🔥 May 16 | Live on Netflix #NgannouLins

David Attenborough has turned 100 years old, inspiring generations to care about the planet and the life that exists on it.

Odumeje and Flavour dun start again ooooo… which one is spiritual AI 😭😂😂

No rush for recognition… one day, I’ll be the surprise that needs no introduction. @TKOGrp @wwe @luchalibreaaa

For the past 16 years, WWE has been my home. It’s where I grew up, found myself, failed, learned, and got to live out things the younger version of me could only dream about. When I first walked into FCW, I just wanted a chance to prove I belonged and to bring something different to professional wrestling. That chance became a life full of moments I’ll carry with me forever — WrestleMania, championships, King of the Ring, arenas around the world, and the gift of connecting with all of you by being myself. The New Day gave me a bond with @TrueKofi and @WWEBigE that I’ll cherish for life. You believed in us, even when our ideas were wild, and because of that, we got to show people that being unapologetically yourself is a strength. UpUpDownDown became another piece of that same mission: a place for joy, friendship, and humanity. I’m so thankful to everyone, past and present, who helped build it brick by brick. To the locker room, producers, trainers, crew, camera teams, ring crew, everyone behind the scenes, and the props department - thank you. WWE has the most special and hardest working props department that youll ever find. Love you guys and none of this happens without you. And to everyone who has been part of this ride: thank you for believing in me. Thank you for letting me be Xavier Woods. Thank you for giving me the confidence… to walk away as Austin Creed.

It’s taken me two full days to respond to all my texts. I hadn’t been on social media until today and I’m overwhelmed by all the messages here too. So much love. So I can’t help but to be filled completely with gratitude… My story has been nothing short of remarkable and I am truly blessed to have had such an illustrious, accolade-laden and, most importantly, fun-filled career. I made my childhood dream become the most wonderful reality. Throughout this journey, I’m so thankful to have been surrounded by great friends and to have built so many unbreakable connections with people that I’m very proud to call my family. Most people go through life without ever experiencing a love like I have for Woods and E. That bond alone would have made this whole experience worth it. There are far too many people to mention by name here, but to everyone who has ever supported me, guided me, helped me, taught me, cheered for me, praised me, stood up for me, and even rooted against me: Thank you. I appreciate you more than words can say. My main mission has always been a simple one: To provide a comfortable life filled with heartwarming memories for my family. And, largely in part to all of you, I can proudly say that I have achieved that goal and more. This wasn’t supposed to be a novel, so let me wind it down with some advice: Do your best to live a life without regrets, control what you can control, always give it your all, and fight hard for what you believe in. Do not ever compromise or accept less than your due when it comes to your worth. Find the courage to believe in yourself and fearlessly pursue your goals and dreams, because anything is possible. The kid that was too small, short, skinny, and scrawny was never supposed to make it in this land of giants…yet here we are. And so… …as the sun sets on one chapter, so too must it rise in another. Tomorrow is indeed…a New Day. ☀️

He is HIM 👑 📸: Mike Lane #lion #majestic #wildlife

Amazing footage of lava flow during a volcanic captured with a drone on Iceland’s Reykjanes peninsula 📽: Hörður Kristleifsson

1 أيار، القديس يوسف العامل 🙏 May 1st, Saint Joseph, the Worker🙏

I’ve been seeing this photo posted all over the last few days from other accounts so I thought I’d share it again! This is a Falcon 9 rocket transiting our sun, I captured this with a specially modified telescope 😎 Later today I’m capturing the heavy variant of this vehicle 👀

This should be the only acceptable form of road tax