# @NikolovScience: X profile (context) Related: [[Topics/Expanding Earth and Plate Tectonics/Expanding Earth and Plate Tectonics|Expanding Earth and Plate Tectonics (topic)]] · [[Topics/Expanding Earth and Plate Tectonics/Post Analysis - NikolovScience on Expanding Earth (2026-10-22)|Post analysis]] · [[Topics/Expanding Earth and Plate Tectonics/People/Ned Nikolov|Ned Nikolov (person)]] > This is a **context profile**. It was written for one post and its thread and is not a timeline or archive collection. ## Identity - **Display name:** Ned Nikolov, Ph.D. · **Handle:** [@NikolovScience](https://x.com/NikolovScience) · **User ID:** 884455440293269505 - **Bio:** "Ph.D. Physical Scientist with a broad range of interests in various fields of science, i.e. climate, cosmology, astrophysics, nutrition, archaeology etc." - **Location:** Denver, CO · **Joined:** Jul 10, 2017 · **Verified:** no - **Real-world identity:** Nedialko "Ned" Nikolov, Ph.D. in Forest Ecology (Colorado State, 1997), retired USDA Forest Service physical scientist ([USDA FS](https://research.fs.usda.gov/about/people/nedialko.nikolov)). The match is based on name, Colorado location and topics ⚠️. The account does not link to the USDA page. ## Stats (X API, Oct 23, 2026, about 1:08 PM CT) | Followers | Following | Posts (lifetime) | Listed | Likes given | Media | |---:|---:|---:|---:|---:|---:| | 37,502 | 158 | 71,876 | 476 | 13,104 | 7,567 | - **Volume:** about 71,900 posts in about 9.3 years, roughly 21 a day ⚠️ (my arithmetic). ## Collected posts (CT) | Date | Post | Note | |---|---|---| | Oct 22, 4:05 PM | [Expanding Earth / NOAA map](https://x.com/NikolovScience/status/2113376200374857731) | The trigger post: 2,291 impressions, 39 likes, 24 replies | | Oct 22, 3:23 PM | ["Plate Tectonics is also nonsensical…"](https://x.com/NikolovScience/status/2113365566845342057) | No subduction; crust too light to sink | | Oct 22, 4:13–7:17 PM | Six thread replies | Cratons block subduction; mantle water; mass gain raises gravity | | Oct 21, 5:19 PM | [Paleogravity chart](https://x.com/NikolovScience/status/2113032497370210552) | 50,318 impressions, 401 likes; Maxlow + Hurrell | | Oct 17 | [Plate tectonics accepted "BEFORE" the age map](https://x.com/NikolovScience/status/2111494829704462588) · [Charon and mass gain](https://x.com/NikolovScience/status/2111541310327042211) | | | Oct 10 | [Doubts deep turbidity currents](https://x.com/NikolovScience/status/2108925454833053713) | | | Oct 7 | [Monterey Canyon and sea level](https://x.com/NikolovScience/status/2107882276659089726) · [link to Maxlow](https://x.com/NikolovScience/status/2107886411290685779) | | ## Context - **Main themes:** climate contrarianism (his pressure-based temperature model with Karl Zeller), and now Expanding Earth and paleogravity. - **2016 pseudonym episode:** published as "Den Volokin" (SpringerPlus erratum; ASR paper withdrawn). See [[Topics/Expanding Earth and Plate Tectonics/People/Ned Nikolov|Ned Nikolov]]. - **Interactions with [[marshallpittman]]:** none found in the Oct 22 conversation. The full history was not searched. ## Assessment for source reliability He is a credentialed scientist writing outside his field on geology. His claims on this topic conflict with direct measurements. Treat his posts as advocacy and check them against primary geophysics.