Geodynamics

Artificial Intelligence in Geosciences: A Benefit or a Threat?

edited by Kleoniki (Lydia) Theodoridou June 14, 2023

Featured image created by Kleoniki Lydia Theodoridou.

We live in the very heart of the Digital Age, where Artificial Intelligence (AI) is already playing a dominant role in our world. We have to ask ourselves what the future will hold for the field of Geosciences in the next years to come? In this week’s blog, our main goal is to share our views regarding the benefits and risks of AI in Geosciences. We live in an ever-evolving world, where technolo ...[Read More]

Introducing GPlately

Ben Mather and edited by Megan Holdt June 7, 2023

The ability to easily compile and quickly evaluate both geological and geophysical data is essential for geodynamicists to understand Earth’s evolution. This week Dr. Ben Mather, a Research Fellow at the University of Sydney, introduces us to GPlately, a new tool designed to accelerate spatio-temporal data analysis in GPlates. GPlately is a Python package that enables the reconstruction of ...[Read More]

More than a homework: “I am a rock”

Elvira Mulyukova, Cedric Thieulot and edited by Ágnes Király May 24, 2023

Illustration by Á. Király

Outreach is becoming a more and more prominent part of the work of researchers. With public funding many of us are expected to show in a creative way what we do with our funding, but it is not easy to step out from the << I will post on social media>> comfort zone. This week Elvira Mulyukova, in collaboration with Cedric Thieulot, is showing us how to create something extraordinary fro ...[Read More]

Why plate tectonic reference frames are important?

Jonathon Leonard, Rachel O'Brien and edited by Gokul V.S. May 17, 2023

Have you ever pondered the significance of reference frames in the reconstruction of tectonic paleo positions? In this edition of News & Views, we feature Jonathon Leonard as he delves into this subject, aided by illustrations from Rachel O’Brien. In the 1600s, in an effort to show why we cannot feel the Earth orbiting the sun at speed, Galileo came up with a thought experiment. In his e ...[Read More]