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Queer Quarterly: Allyship in the LGBTQIA+ community – what it is, how you can help

and December 11, 2024
Queer Quarterly: Allyship in the LGBTQIA+ community – what it is, how you can help
Queer Quarterly logo, designed by Lea Pennac

Queer Quarterly is the blog series of the EGU pride group, a LGBTQIA+ team of geoscientists engaged to uphold and improve the rights of the community in the EGU organization. This week’s post is dedicated to allyship: how people outside of the community can support our efforts. The term LGBTQIA+ is the abbreviation for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex, and Asexual. The addition ...[Read More]

How Hot our Moon Can Get: Mapping Radioactive Elements and Thermal State of the Lunar Interior

and December 4, 2024
How Hot our Moon Can Get: Mapping Radioactive Elements and Thermal State of the Lunar Interior

Geochemists and geophysicists, even with their favorite tools, have often scratched their heads while probing Earth’s deep interior—one  can only imagine the challenges while applying those techniques to the Moon! This week in News & Views, Arkadeep Roy, a PhD candidate from the University of Arizona demonstrates how the intersection of experimental petrology, geochemistry, and geophysic ...[Read More]

A New Look at the Rheology of Deep Subduction Zones

and November 27, 2024
A New Look at the Rheology of Deep Subduction Zones
Field photos of shear zones from Syros Island, Greece. Photo credit: Ana Lorena Abila

Subduction zones are dynamic regions where intense geological processes like earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, and the recycling of oceanic crust are constantly at play. A key factor that influences the behavior of these zones is *interface rheology*—the strength and viscosity of the boundary (the interface) between the subducting and overriding plates. Understanding this interface is crucial for i ...[Read More]

DYNAMICE: An ERC Starting grant project to bridge the gap between geodynamics and ice modelling

and November 20, 2024
DYNAMICE: An ERC Starting grant project to bridge the gap between geodynamics and ice modelling
Figure 1: DYNAMICE is an ERC Stg project starting in May, 2025, to explore the impact of anisotropic viscosity on the interplay between ice and mantle dynamics. Logo design by Fabio Crameri (undertone.design)

In the 2024 ERC Starting Grant call, the European Research Council received nearly 3,500 proposals, of which approximately 14% were awarded funding. Among the 20 projects funded in the field of Earth System Sciences is DYNAMICE, led by Ágnes Király, the 2023 recipient of the EGU GD Division Outstanding Early Career Award. Through this blog, Ágnes will introduce us to her project. The vast ice shee ...[Read More]