@DavidAVanko

Retired Professor, past Dean of Science & Mathematics, Towson University

 Towson, MD
towson.edu/fcsm/
Joined February 2012
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I’ve spent the holidays on the JR, too. What an unforgettable experience. Good friends, good science!
Erin Winick Anthony@erinwinick25 Dec 2023
So what does it mean to spend the holidays at sea. 🌊🎄 Well, you definitely aren’t going to spend the day alone. You’ve got a whole ship full of people literally in the same boat.
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So what does it mean to spend the holidays at sea. 🌊🎄 Well, you definitely aren’t going to spend the day alone. You’ve got a whole ship full of people literally in the same boat.
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Thanks for the memories! I did that walk scores of times over four JR legs (140, 148, 168, 193). Nothing like running miles in tight circles!!!!
U.S. Scientific Ocean Drilling@US_SciOD16 Dec 2023
The JOIDES Resolution is ~470 feet long! That provides lots of room for morning helipad walks.
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Highly recommended!!! Awesome recognition, Scott!
Scott Shane@ScottShaneNYT15 Nov 2023
Replying to @ScottShaneNYT
My two big hopes for the book: that the incredible Thomas Smallwood would get some very belated acclaim, and that more Americans would learn about the domestic slave trade, which tore thousands of families apart. This recognition should help.
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On the Delmarva Peninsula 20,000 acres of farmland has converted to wetlands because of #sealevelrise and soils in another 2,000 acres has become too saline to grow crops. @Jeremy_Cox bayjournal.com/news/climate_…

Salt patches, a product of rising seas, are spreading rapidly on the Chesapeake’s Eastern Shore

Climate change is claiming farmland at “an alarmingly high rate” in one of the Mid-Atlantic’s most productive agricultural regions, inflicting tens of millions of dollars in economic damage, a team

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I don’t know who Patton Oswalt is, but this statement seems very wise, to me. I stand against persecution of the Jewish people, and I feel deeply for the common Palestinian. Let’s make progress toward a lasting peace.
Patton Oswalt
@pattonoswalt10 Oct 2023
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Oh, man! Don’t jinx it!!!
Nathan Ruiz@NathanSRuiz28 Sep 2023
The only way the Orioles don't win the AL East involves the Red Sox sweeping them in four games. Baltimore hasn't been swept in 90 straight series of at least two games, an AL record and MLB's longest streak since World War II.
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From Baltimore @Ravens to a professor at @MIT . Congratulations, Dr. Professor Urschel!
John Urschel@JohnCUrschel26 Sep 2023
I'm back!
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I might be inspired to finally get a tattoo. Of course, it would have be marialite (Vanko and Bishop, 1982).
AGU's Eos@AGU_Eos23 Sep 2023
We like cacoxenite, on which phosphorus is predicated But kyanite folks are so beautifully dedicated! #MinCup23
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Tragic. I think I snorkeled there about 50 years ago with my Johns Hopkins geology class field trip to the Florida Keys, led by Dr. Laurie Hardie. 😞
Liv (Williamson) Liberman, Ph.D.@LivLiberman22 Sep 2023
Update from North Dry Rocks (9/21): tragically, this site has become a graveyard of elkhorn & staghorn #coral. Once a true gem with >2 dozen elkhorn genets & countless staghorn (planted by @coralcrf), the vast majority have died & only a few are hanging on. So very devastating 😭
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I see the "livestock CH4 is/is not the same as fossil CH4" debate has resurfaced again🙄 Y'all! This is very well studied. Here's a thread on the science. First tho, both these claims are untrue: - livestock and fossil CH4 are the same - livestock CH4 doesn't warm the planet
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I just ordered my copy!
Scott Shane@ScottShaneNYT19 Sep 2023
My excellent publisher @CeladonBooks has devised this crazy pub day animation for FLEE NORTH. The famous painting on the book's cover, by Eastman Johnson, shows an enslaved family escaping to Union lines in the Civil War. Turn up your sound!
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In Baltimore, Spider Sis, doing her (#SpottedLanternFly) part! 🙏
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How cool is this! ⁦@AvaWBAL⁩ interviewed ⁦@wbalradio⁩ @VankoVision⁩ for a feature on @wbaltv11⁩ #11TVHill ahead of his well deserved retirement in a few weeks! Bill’s an amazing broadcaster/wordsmith who will be missed on ⁦@wbalradio wbaltv.com/article/bill-vank…

11 TV Hill: Bill Vanko hanging up the mic

For 24 years, Bill Vanko's voice has brought the news to millions of Maryland listeners.

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Fantastic program @TowsonU leading to many true success stories.
Towson University@TowsonU16 Aug 2023
Here's the latest in TU News: Hill-Lopes Scholars Program receives 2023 Inspiring Programs in STEM Award bit.ly/47wpwUx

News

Read recent news about the people, places, programs and happenings at TU.

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Awesome! Scapolite was central to my dissertation work.
Geology Tweets
@GeologyTime13 Aug 2023
Natural Scapolite crystals Photo: barkjonghark/IG
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Polygonal, to be precise.
ARCHIVED - Curiosity Rover
@MarsCuriosity9 Aug 2023
New discovery alert: I've spotted evidence that Mars had wet-dry cycles that could have led to conditions for microscopic life to form! More on the hexagonal shapes in these preserved mud cracks and what they tell my team: go.nasa.gov/3QwbITS
A zoomed-in image of the surface of Mars shows preserved ancient mud cracks believed to have formed during long cycles of wet and dry conditions over many years. Taken by the Curiosity rover, the image shows hexagonal shapes - almost scale-like in appearance - encrusted all over the dark beige-colored surface.

ALT A zoomed-in image of the surface of Mars shows preserved ancient mud cracks believed to have formed during long cycles of wet and dry conditions over many years. Taken by the Curiosity rover, the image shows hexagonal shapes - almost scale-like in appearance - encrusted all over the dark beige-colored surface.

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The U.S. has got to continue its investment in world-class scientific ocean drilling. To continue down this road of disinvestment would not only be disappointing, but also ridiculously short-sighted.
Ross Parnell-Turner@Ross_PT7 Aug 2023
These glittery calcite crystals grew in a crack in the 32 million year old basalt we cored on ocean drilling ship @TheJR this week. Water depth: 2.2 km Rock depth: 1.1 km Ships capable of doing this after 2024: 0 #Exp395 #IODP
Calcite crystals from basalt rocks cored in the North Atlantic Ocean during International Ocean Discovery Project Expedition 395, in August 2023.

ALT Calcite crystals from basalt rocks cored in the North Atlantic Ocean during International Ocean Discovery Project Expedition 395, in August 2023.

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Totally agree. It sux. I’m in the midst of a Paxlovid rebound - day 10 and it feels like Day 1 😤
Cody Boteler@codyboteler20 Jul 2023
Replying to @_alli_smith
I got it during the week the WHO said the emergency was over. Even vaccinated and boosted, it was brutal! Rest up, take good care.
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Why did the Atlantic ocean open up 60 million yrs ago? This week we're 150 mi off Greenland in water 2.7 km deep, drilling for samples of basalt crust buried 1.3 km below the seabed, to get answers. This work will be impossible after 2024 with @TheJR de-funded. #Exp395 #IODP
Left: cross-section through drilling site U1602 in 2700 m of water, where the JOIDES Resolution will core down to the oceanic basement, 1300 m below seabed in July 2023. Right: After 2024, with available alternative vessels limited to 2700 m water depth, coring at this site would not be possible

ALT Left: cross-section through drilling site U1602 in 2700 m of water, where the JOIDES Resolution will core down to the oceanic basement, 1300 m below seabed in July 2023. Right: After 2024, with available alternative vessels limited to 2700 m water depth, coring at this site would not be possible

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