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Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Petrology & Volcanology

GMPV ECS Campfires – Mineralogy Meets Soil Science: Remediation, Weathering Processes and Interactions

GMPV ECS Campfires Team December 2, 2025

How do minerals shape the future of soils, and how do soils drive mineral transformations? This campfire highlights remediation strategies, contamination hazards, and mineral–soil interactions that control water quality, carbon storage, and ecosystem health. Join us on Wednesday, December 17th @ 11 am CET to explore how weathering, organo-mineral processes, and innovative approaches help tackle …[Read More]

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Geomorphology

Highlighting: Volcanic Islands! (Interview with Kim Huppert)

Kim Huppert December 1, 2025

This blog post is part of our series: “Highlights” for which we’re accepting contributions! Please contact Emma Lodes (GM blog editor, elodes@asu.edu), if you’d like to contribute on this topic or others. Interview with Kim Huppert, Assistant Professor of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, City College of New York and Graduate Center CUNY. Email: khuppert@ccny.cuny.edu, website: …[Read More]

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Nonlinear Processes in Geosciences

ECS Spotlight: Evolution of the Dynamics of Centennial Hot Summers in Western Europe With Climate Change

Robin Noyelle December 1, 2025

Extreme meteorological and climatological events can be immensely damaging and disruptive to society. Understanding the physical mechanisms driving these events, and how they will evolve with climate change is crucial for informing societal adaptation to our changing climate. However, extreme events are, by definition, rare. Our capacity to understand these events is, therefore, hindered by …[Read More]

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Biogeosciences

Climate change mitigation and India’s road to net zero

Pallavi Saxena, Saurabh Sonwani and Nicola Krake November 28, 2025

Climate change poses a significant threat to humanity, prompting numerous countries, including India, to implement effective mitigation strategies to alleviate its impact. India is recognized as one of the 17 megadiverse countries, harboring approximately 10% of the world’s known floral and faunal species. This rich biodiversity is largely attributed to its geographical diversity, encompassing coastal …[Read More]

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Geodesy

Beyond navigation: How GNSS reveals Earth’s hidden secrets

Radosław Zajdel and Jan Douša November 28, 2025

Part 1 – the global case When you check directions on your smartphone or track your morning run, you’re tapping into a global infrastructure that has revolutionized not just navigation, but our understanding of Earth itself. What began as military technology has evolved into powerful scientific tools that confirm longstanding theories and reveal previously unobservable …[Read More]

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Ocean Sciences

A model to trace methane from the seafloor to the atmosphere

Knut Ola Dølven November 28, 2025

When people picture gas leaking from the seafloor, they often imagine plumes of bubbles that make up a direct path from the seabed to the sky. The reality, however, is far more complex and far more interesting. Between the seafloor and the atmosphere lies an entire ocean of physics, chemistry, and biology that controls the …[Read More]

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Tectonics and Structural Geology

Gifting geologist made easy – a guide to spoil your favorite persons

Pauline Gayrin November 27, 2025

The end of the year is around the corner. For many of us, it will be a time of celebration, gathering, party, and GIFTS! And if you think spoiling a geologist is hard, then I’ve got your back. In this post I gather diverse gift ideas, the classics of course and some really unique treasures …[Read More]

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Hydrological Sciences

ROBIN: Tracking Climate Change Through the World’s Most Natural Rivers

Sayali Pawar and Steve Turner November 27, 2025

Hydrological change is one of the clearest signals of climate variability and human impact on the environment. Yet detecting these changes reliably requires robust, long-term data from river basins that are as close to “natural” as possible, with little influence from dams, abstractions, land use change or any other human influences. That’s where the ROBIN …[Read More]

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Solar-Terrestrial Sciences

A talk with scientists across Europe: building the future of European heliophysics together

Guram November 23, 2025

“Heliophysics studies the Sun, its sphere of influence, and how it affects the bodies in the solar system.” – this holistic approach to understanding our space environment is at the heart of the European Heliophysics Community (EHC), an open and inclusive network of researchers across Europe (https://www.heliophysics.eu/). The EHC promotes collaborative, curiosity-driven science that explores …[Read More]

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Cryospheric Sciences

When August Brought Snow: Unseasonal Snowfall Disrupts Life in Ladakh’s High Valley Village

Pawan Singh, Gopika Das K and Prankur Sharma November 21, 2025

August in Ladakh is a time of golden fields and harvest songs, not snowstorms. Yet in 2025, this rhythm broke. Panikhar village in Ladakh woke beneath fifteen centimetres of snow, an unseasonal blanket that changed the functioning of the valley and stunned its people. What began as a glaciological field trip turned into a firsthand …[Read More]