EGU23 is finally starting! Hopefully many of you were able to join the icebreaker events yesterday evening and have a smooth start into the conference today! So why not kick the day off by listening to the Xin Zhong’sECS awards lecture on his outstanding work on grain-scale stress variation in metamorphic rock? Alternatively, next to …[Read More]
Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Petrology & Volcanology
EGU-GMPV Division Medal and Award
Are you ready for another exciting EGU General Assembly? This is that special time of the year, when you are finalising your talks, printing your posters, and selecting the talks/sessions to make your personal programme during next week’s GA. Exciting days! The GMPV blog team will be here, on your side, drawing your attention to …[Read More]
GMPV Early Career Scientists at #EGU23
Spring is here and EGU23 is approaching fast! Are you ready for a full immersion into every aspect of Geosciences? Anyway, EGU is not only scientific sessions, presentations, and posters… but also social events and networking! The ECS team of GMPV (and other Divisions) will be there, ready to meet you on many occasions. Here …[Read More]
Paper focus: Plumbing the depths of magma crystallization by Hugo Moreira and co-authors
Do you know when you stumble upon a very interesting paper, with a captivating title and you wish you could talk to the author(s)? Well, I did just that. It happens that I know the first author quite well, so I had no shame in contacting him and ask about it. One of his latest …[Read More]
I asked ChatGPT to write a blog about lava lakes: here’s what happened
If you’ve not been living under a rock you’ve probably heard of ChatGPT, the AI text generator wowing the internet and striking fear into the heart of exam co-ordinators worldwide. I’ve been meaning to write a blog about lava lakes for a while now, ever since rewatching Werner Herzog and Clive Oppenheimer’s excellent documentary Into …[Read More]
Geo-Fantasy – between Fantasy Novel and the Real World
When reading fantasy novels, we are usually brought to worlds of elves, dragons, and epic battles, all surrounded by breathtaking magical forests, or castles above impervious cliffs. However, even fantasy stories take inspiration from the real world and its geology. Who does not remember the ascent of Mount Doom of Frodo and Sam, or the …[Read More]
Become the next Early Career Scientist Representative for the GMPV Division!
The Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Petrology and Volcanology division of the European Geosciences Union is looking for a new Early Career Scientist representative (ECS rep)! The outgoing rep (Giulia Consuma) will be standing down officially at the EGU General Assembly 2023, so this is your opportunity to take this role! Why become an early career scientist representative? Being …[Read More]
The spinning life of early-career researchers – twirling until out of sync?
In the GMPV blog team we are a group of early career researchers (ECRs*) in their PhD or early postdoc stages. As ECRs we know that permanent positions in Academia are scarce and that we may face long postdoc careers, potentially entailing a rootless life for several years to come. In this blog, we highlight …[Read More]
#EGU23 session in the spotlight: Seismic sources, signals and imaging on volcanoes: observations, laboratory experiments and modelling
The abstract submission deadline for the EGU GA 23 is approaching fast – 10th January, 2023!!! Before wrapping up 2022, please consider submitting your work to this exciting session that is being co-organised by SM and GMPV divisions. Check out below what the conveners had to say about their session: SM6.2 Seismic sources, signals and …[Read More]
#EGU23 session in the spotlight: Advances in monitoring and studying the presence and migration of fluids within the crust using multi-disciplinary approaches
The deadline for the abstract submission in #EGU 23 is knocking at the door (last date- 10th January, 2023). Still, Confused to choose the session most appropriate to your work?? Well, we are here to help you. Scientific Community all over the world working on different geoscientific aspects of fluid migration within the crust can …[Read More]