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GD
Geodynamics

Halokinesis: the effect and importance of the most “liquid” rocks in geodynamics

and March 26, 2025
Halokinesis: the effect and importance of the most “liquid” rocks in geodynamics

Evaporitic rocks possess unique properties that enable them to form crucial structures for petroleum systems. Salt basins are globally distributed, particularly along the Atlantic margins. Their thermal and mechanical properties can influence the Earth’s crust, altering structural styles and basin architecture, with significant implications for hydrocarbon exploration and geodynamic processes. How ...[Read More]

CR
Cryospheric Sciences

Cryosphere Caps: PhD hats and the researchers that wear them – Episode 2

March 21, 2025
A group of people standing around a person holding a decorated hat in their hand.

This miniseries features the tradition of ‘PhD hat’ making in German research institutes and universities. For those of you unfamiliar with this idea (as I once was), this is one of the final milestones a graduate student has before they are officially a “Dr.”. Upon the successful defense of a thesis, the labmates of the PhD student craft a graduation hat from a mishmash of scrap cardboard and mem ...[Read More]

Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Petrology & Volcanology

Photos-supported and References-based Guide on Gemstones and Semi-gemstones Focusing on their Impacts and Uses in the Ancient Egyptian Civilization

March 20, 2025
Photos-supported and References-based Guide on Gemstones and Semi-gemstones Focusing on their Impacts and Uses in the Ancient Egyptian Civilization

Geology is more than just studying rocks and minerals; it is also about learning everything you can about the past, studying the present, and finally predicting the future, making the most of your human edition ━ Metwally Hamza. . . .   . . .   . . . “I dedicate this guide and topic to my dear professor Dr. Zakaria Hamimi, who inspires me with his achievements.” . . .   . . .   . . . G ...[Read More]

SM
Seismology

Earthquake Watch: Santorini-Amorgos earthquake swarms

March 19, 2025
Earthquake Watch: Santorini-Amorgos earthquake swarms

For this Earthquake Watch we are very pleased to have a contribution about the 2025 Santorini – Amorgos seismic sequence, by Dr. Andreas Karakonstantis, a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Patras and National and the Kapodistrian University of Athens. He obtained his Ph.D. in seismology in 2017. Does life move in circles? That is an excellent question to ask, especially in our case rega ...[Read More]

GD
Geodynamics

Make your schedule – 2025 geodynamics congress and workshops

March 19, 2025
Make your schedule – 2025 geodynamics congress and workshops

Hello fellow geodynamicists and geoscientists! Many exciting congresses and workshops are taking place this year. You might be going to some of them, so it’s definitely time to start planning your schedule. Don’t worry—we’ve got you covered! Here we collect events that might be of interest to you, with a focus on geodynamics and tectonics, listed by chronological order. So open y ...[Read More]

HS
Hydrological Sciences

World Water Day & World Glacier Day

March 19, 2025
World Water Day & World Glacier Day

The this year’s UN World Water Day on 22 March 2025 is under the theme of ‘Glacier Preservation’, a nice opportunity to recall that 2025 is also the UN year on glacier preservation and that this year, we celebrate the first World Glaciers Day on 21 March 2025. Glaciers play the role of ambassadors for climate change awareness, highlighting the urgent need for global action to protect these vital f ...[Read More]

ERE
Energy, Resources and the Environment

How to Make Scientific Posters

March 19, 2025
How to Make Scientific Posters

The schedule of the annual EGU general assembly has just been published and if you submitted and abstract you do now know whether or not you will be able to give a poster presentation. Maybe this is the first time you will need to present a scientific poster or are wondering how to make your poster for this year’s conference. Look no further, we have compiled some thoughts for you in this blog pos ...[Read More]

Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Petrology & Volcanology

EGU GMPV ECS Campfires – Thursday March 27th @ 10am CET

March 18, 2025
EGU GMPV ECS Campfires – Thursday March 27th @ 10am CET

The fourth edition of the Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Petrology and Volcanology Campfires of the 2024/2025 season will take place on Thursday March 27th at 10am CET on Zoom. This edition will be a Scientific Campfire, during which three Early Career Scientists will present their work to the community. Our speakers for this edition are:   Javiera Ruz Ginouves, PhD student @ the Geology Departmen ...[Read More]

GM
Geomorphology

Highlighting Jana Eichel, GM Division Outstanding Early Career Scientist Awardee 2025

and March 15, 2025
Highlighting Jana Eichel, GM Division Outstanding Early Career Scientist Awardee 2025

Recently, EGU announced the 2025 medals and awards to be presented at the General Assembly in April, and the winner of the Geomorphology Division Outstanding Early Career Scientist Award is Dr. Jana Eichel, Assistant Professor at Utrecht University. Dr. Eichel is a biogeomorphologist working at the forefront of geomorphology, using multidisciplinary methods to study the feedbacks between plants an ...[Read More]

SSP
Stratigraphy, Sedimentology and Palaeontology

Unlocking the Secrets of Ancient Estuarine Deposits

March 14, 2025
Unlocking the Secrets of Ancient Estuarine Deposits

In recent months, I had the opportunity to work on a project analysing subsurface data from a rock sequence previously interpreted as the product of an estuarine depositional environment. The client sought subsurface maps to characterize the spatial distribution of various geobodies associated with sedimentary deposits typically found in modern estuaries. In other words, the goal was to reconstruc ...[Read More]