The website www.mantleplumes.org focuses on the debate about whether plumes exist or not, and what other mechanisms could cause melting anomalies inside Earth. MantlePlumes.org was born in March 2003 following a series of observations conflicting with the plume hypothesis, or unexpectedly failing to confirm it. An update about www.mantleplumes.org website progress was sent to us by Gillian R. Foulger Recent …[Read More]
Post-doctoral position in seismology at ICTP
Post-doctoral position in seismology is available at the Earth System Physics (ESP) section of the International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP). The position is funded by the GENERALI Group – a major player in the global insurance industry, in the framework of a research project integrating earthquake fault studies and simulations of the ground-motion. ICTP offers internationally competitive remuneration which …[Read More]
Job opportunity at the University of Malta
The Seismic Monitoring and Research Group (SMRG) within the Department of Geosciences at the University of Malta requires the services of a Research Support Officer to work on projects and activities conducted by the group. The position requires the successful applicant to: contribute actively towards the operation and maintenance of the Malta Seismic Network and Virtual Mediterranean Regional …[Read More]
L’Aquila seismologists cleared for good
Many European and international seismologists have been following the court saga that taunted the local earthquake scientist following the 2009 L’Aquila earthquake (central Italy). Finally, the Italian supreme court has cleared the scientists for good ! Several website, blogs, journals and even conference sessions have highlighted the case: BBC, The Guardian, EOS, AGU, EGU, Natural Hazards, etc. A dedicated blog has been …[Read More]
EGU2016: Early Career Scientist’s Travel Award
The European Geosciences Union is pleased to announce the start of the abstract submission for the EGU General Assembly 2016 (EGU2016), 17–22 Apr 2016, Vienna, Austria. You are cordially invited to browse through the sessions at: http://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2016/sessionprogramme Each session shows the Abstract Submission link. Using this link you are asked to log in to the Copernicus Office …[Read More]
Seismix 2016
Seismix 2016 Dates: Sunday May 15 to Friday May 20, 2016 Location: Macdonald Aviemore Resort, Aviemore, Scotland Seismix is an international symposium on seismic imaging that is held every two years. The first meeting was held at Cornell in 1984, and since that time, it has visited Canada, Australia, Finland, China, Spain and many other …[Read More]
PASC16 conference: First call for abstracts
The Platform for Advanced Scientific Computing (PASC) is delighted to launch a Call for Abstracts for its next conference (PASC16) cosponsored by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM). The Conference will be held from June 8 to 10, 2016 at the SwissTech Convention Center, located on the campus of the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne …[Read More]
Spanish-Portuguese Assembly of Geodesy and Geophysics
The Spanish-Portuguese Assembly of Geodesy and Geophysics meets every two years alternatively between the two countries, Spain and Portugal. Throughout the different editions, the assembly has consolidated a forum for research in the fields of Geodesy, Seismology, Meteorology, Geomagnetism, Hydrology, Oceanography, Volcanology, Cryospheric Sciences and Applied Geophysics, and it has given continuity to the scientific exchange …[Read More]
Renewing EGU: Vote for the President and General Secretary
A message from the EGU Executive Secretary – Philippe Courtial We herewith invite you to take part in the EGU Election Autumn 2015. You have the opportunity to vote for the next EGU President and General Secretary: Jonathan Bamber (President) Mioara Mandea (President) Carlo Laj (General Secretary) Håkan Svedhem (General Secretary) All candidates, their CVs and statements, …[Read More]
ESC 2016: Session proposals open
The next European Seismological Commission (ESC) meeting will be held next year in Trieste. This assembly will be the 35th General Assembly. The local organising committee, the National Institute of Oceanography and Experimental Geophysics (OGS), is glad to invite seismologists, geologists and engineers to the 35rd General Assembly of the European Seismological Commission that will be held from 4 …[Read More]