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Upcoming dates for GMPV ECS online talks: October, November, December 2020

Upcoming dates for GMPV ECS online talks: October, November, December 2020

GMPV is excited to announce in advance the next three sessions of ECS online talks for October, November and December 2020! We’ll be announcing speakers for each of the events in advance so keep a look-out here on the blog, on social media and in your inbox! Note: when you register for an event, you have the option to sign up for emails too – if you can’t attend but would like to receive emails, w ...[Read More]

GMPV’s Ultimate Guide to EGU’s Sharing Geoscience Online 2020

GMPV’s Ultimate Guide to EGU’s Sharing Geoscience Online 2020

This year, going to conferences looks really different. And so does preparing for conferences. Here at GMPV, we want to give you the best possible chance to get the most out of the conference. So, building on EGU’s top 10 tips, we bring you GMPV’s ultimate guide to #shareEGU20*  *we reserve the right to forget a few things 😉  Main points:   You don’t need to register to participate but you do need ...[Read More]

Five hundred miles from civilisation: Exploring active volcanism in the South Sandwich Islands

Five hundred miles from civilisation: Exploring active volcanism in the South Sandwich Islands

By Emma Liu – Lecturer in Earth Science, University College London. For more adventures, follow Emma on Twitter! It’s a strange feeling to realise that your closest human neighbours are on the international space station…! We were five hundred miles away from the nearest civilisation and all I could see in every direction was miles and miles of open ocean. There are so few true wilderness en ...[Read More]

#EGU2020 sessions in the spotlight: Magma differentiation: crystals, isotopes, and experiments

#EGU2020 sessions in the spotlight: Magma differentiation: crystals, isotopes, and experiments

Today in the #EGU2020 sessions in the spotlight series (our last one before the holidays!), it’s GMPV8.4’s turn: Magma differentiation: crystals, isotopes, and experiments, organised by Frances Deegan (Uppsala University), Ben Ellis (ETH Zurich), Carmela Freda (INGV Rome) and Valentin Troll (Uppsala University). Keynote speaker: Marian Holness (Cambridge University). Crystals that grow in magmatic ...[Read More]