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Artificial Intelligence in Geosciences: A Benefit or a Threat?

June 14, 2023
Artificial Intelligence in Geosciences: A Benefit or a Threat?
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]

Continental drift in academia

and January 19, 2022
Continental drift in academia
Credit: Trud Antzée | STUDIO ANTZÉE | studioantzee.com | twitter.com/Antzee_ | instagram.com/studioantzee/

After spending about three decades in the hustle-bustle of Asian megacities, I landed up in a quiet European town to continue my research work as a postdoc. When you know you will not meet your family soon in person, you know that you will not get the food you love and, the climate that has guided you in the sun and shadow will be very different; you may expect a life struggle. Yet, people have di ...[Read More]

The Deccan Chronicle: Plume or no-Plume? Perspective from a Deccan dyke swarm

and October 27, 2021
The Deccan Chronicle: Plume or no-Plume? Perspective from a Deccan dyke swarm
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Deccan volcanism is one of the landmark events in India’s geodynamical history. Yet, its origin is still under debate regarding its association with the Réunion plume.  In this week’s news and views, Ayanangshu Das, a PhD student at the Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER), Bhopal, explains their recent study to understand the emplacement mechanism by observing the magm ...[Read More]