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Geodesy Cartoon Competition – Turn Science into Smiles

Geodesy Cartoon Competition – Turn Science into Smiles

Geodesy is the science of measuring the Earth’s shape, gravity field, and rotation. What if we could make it exciting, fun, and easy for everyone to understand? That’s exactly why the International Association of Geodesy (IAG) and its Global Geodetic Observing System (GGOS) launched the Geodesy Cartoons initiative: to bring geodesy closer to the public …[Read More]

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Microbial Adventures in the Mont Blanc Massif

Microbial Adventures in the Mont Blanc Massif

As we passed the town of Saint-Gervais-Les-Bains on the French highway, en route to a sampling campaign, Mont Blanc’s glaciated terrain suddenly emerged above the spring foliage. Breaking the silent awe, Patrick remarked that indeed, “Mont Blanc is still there.” The humor won’t be lost on anyone familiar with the massif. Its unquestionable, human-minimizing presence …[Read More]

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From Theory to Impacts: Nonlinear Perspectives on Weather Extremes at UNDERPIN#2

From Theory to Impacts: Nonlinear Perspectives on Weather Extremes at UNDERPIN#2

From 1–5 August 2025, the medieval hilltop town of Erice, Sicily, hosted the second UNDERPIN workshop, a meeting organised within the Nonlinear Processes in Geosciences community and dedicated to advancing the science of weather extremes. The event brought together a truly diverse group of researchers, spanning climate dynamics, attribution science, socio-economic impacts, statistical physics, and …[Read More]

GMPV ECS Campfires – Meet the GMPV GA25 awardees!

GMPV ECS Campfires – Meet the GMPV GA25 awardees!

The first edition of the Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Petrology and Volcanology Campfires of the 2025/2026 season is right at the door and will take place on Thursday September 25th at 4 pm CEST on Zoom. Our speakers for this edition are:   Laura Lünenschloss – 2024 Outstanding Student and PhD candidate Presentation (OSPP) Award, Master student …[Read More]

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Phase transitions control plume layering during Earth’s secular cooling

Phase transitions control plume layering during Earth’s secular cooling

  Earth’s structure and dynamics have evolved quite a lot since its formation, and so has mantle dynamics and convection patterns changed along with it. It turns out that phase transition in certain mantle minerals can be an important driver of this change. Today, Ranpeng Li from GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel, Germany …[Read More]

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Meet Richard Horne, 2025 Julius Bartels medalist, honoured for his fundamental contributions to understanding the formation of the radiation belts and their effects on space weather

Meet Richard Horne, 2025 Julius Bartels medalist, honoured for his fundamental contributions to understanding the formation of the radiation belts and their effects on space weather

Congratulations on receiving the 2025 Julius Bartels Medal for your groundbreaking contributions to wave-particle interactions, their role in accelerating charged particles, and advancing the understanding of the formation of the radiation belts and their space weather effects. What does this recognition mean to you personally, and how does it impact your work in this fascinating …[Read More]

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One Ring to Rule Them All: The Geology of Middle-earth

One Ring to Rule Them All: The Geology of Middle-earth

Few fantasy worlds have captured the imagination of readers and viewers like J.R.R. Tolkien’s Middle-earth. Whether you first encountered it through The Lord of the Rings or the sweeping visuals of Peter Jackson’s films, chances are your eyes lingered on the same thing geologists can’t help obsessing over: the mountains. Towering, treacherous, mysterious — the …[Read More]