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Could the Chilean Altiplano host natural hydrogen for the energy transition?

July 27, 2026
Could the Chilean Altiplano host natural hydrogen for the energy transition?
Figure 4b. Fieldwork photo

The contribution from Sergio León-Ríos, Associate Researcher at the Advanced Mining Technology Center (AMTC) at the University of Chile, where he does seismology research. Post edited by Adam Ciesielski prior to publication. Introduction Hydrogen sits at the heart of today’s energy transition. From policy documents to industry roadmaps, it is widely promoted as a clean alternative to fossil fuels. ...[Read More]

Art, science, and seismic memory

and March 30, 2026
Art, science, and seismic memory
Main wall of the Seismic Inheritance exhibition.

The contribution from Sergio León-Ríos, Associate Researcher at the Advanced Mining Technology Center (AMTC) at the University of Chile, where he does seismology research. Introduction Earthquakes and tsunamis are not only purely scientific geophysical phenomena. They are also deeply embedded in social memory, cultural narratives, and everyday life – especially in countries like Chile, where ...[Read More]

Surviving the Ranking Madness: A Geoscientist’s Guide to Keeping Your Academic Soul Intact

July 15, 2025
Surviving the Ranking Madness: A Geoscientist’s Guide to Keeping Your Academic Soul Intact
Figure 4: The ProAc Revolution. Empowering personal (dark blue) and academic (light pink) feedback loops maintained by continuous ProAc adjustments. Graphic from Crameri (2023).

The Academic Identity Crisis Ever googled yourself to check if your h-index went up? Compared your publication statistics to a peer? Published in a paywall journal while cursing the system? – Same. Welcome to the slightly neurotic world of academic evaluation—where current incentives often pull us away from the values we hold as scientists: curiosity, creativity, responsibility, and even actual sc ...[Read More]

Earthquake Watch: Santorini-Amorgos earthquake swarms

March 19, 2025
Earthquake Watch: Santorini-Amorgos earthquake swarms

For this Earthquake Watch we are very pleased to have a contribution about the 2025 Santorini – Amorgos seismic sequence, by Dr. Andreas Karakonstantis, a postdoctoral researcher at the University of Patras and National and the Kapodistrian University of Athens. He obtained his Ph.D. in seismology in 2017. Does life move in circles? That is an excellent question to ask, especially in our case rega ...[Read More]