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Hydrological Sciences

Passing the French Concours for a Permanent Research Position: Joining an Interdisciplinary Research Unit on Water and the Global South

September 26, 2025
Passing the French Concours for a Permanent Research Position: Joining an Interdisciplinary Research Unit on Water and the Global South

For most early-career hydrologists, securing a permanent position as a researcher or assistant professor is a major aspiration. Yet, with the proliferation of short-term contracts, achieving this goal has become increasingly challenging. In France, the academic system still offers an annual opportunity for young hydrologists and hydrogeologists to obtain such positions, even though the process is ...[Read More]

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Geodesy

Seeing Geodesy clearly – suitable colours for effective and inclusive visualization

and September 26, 2025
Seeing Geodesy clearly – suitable colours for effective and inclusive visualization

Effective scientific communication of geodetic research often relies on clear visualizations, and colours are needed to make complex data much easier to understand. However, traditional colormaps don’t always provide the needed clarity and can be especially challenging for people with colour-vision deficiencies (CVD). In this post, we will first describe what CVD is and how it is present in academ ...[Read More]

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Biogeosciences

Working in industry during your PhD

and September 26, 2025
Working in industry during your PhD

A guide for early career researchers exploring opportunities beyond academia Pursuing a PhD often starts with the assumption that your next step will be a postdoc, followed by a tenure-track position. But, for a number of reasons, many early career researchers are starting to look beyond academia. Industry careers represent an appealing alternative as they offer stimulating work, competitive salar ...[Read More]

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Tectonics and Structural Geology

Geomythology. True Science and/or Strong Communication Medium ?!

September 26, 2025
Geomythology. True Science and/or Strong Communication Medium ?!

Geomythology is a relatively recent term, coined by Dorothy B. Vitaliano in 1966. It represented the birth of what will become a new multidisciplinary approach, aimed not only at explaining the geological meaning of natural phenomenon behind long-told folklore (myths and legends), but also at bridging the communication gap between scientists and non-scientists (Vitaliano, 1973). Geomythology estab ...[Read More]

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Geodynamics

The Sassy Scientist – Gone but not forgotten: a tribute

September 24, 2025
The Sassy Scientist – Gone but not forgotten: a tribute

Between protests and strikes, I finally found some time to answer some questions. In case you are not aware – idk how that’s possible… do you live on Neptune? – everything is on fire, has been for a long time tbf. So I chose Michel’s question. They ask: I’m lost. I feel like I don’t belong in academia, but neither in industry. What do I do? Dear Michel, Gosh, it has been a long time si ...[Read More]

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Stratigraphy, Sedimentology and Palaeontology

Introducing the TIMES initiative

September 24, 2025
Introducing the TIMES initiative

TIMES is the acronym of a large-scale international science initiative “Time Integrated Matrix for Earth Sciences” (Link: https://www.codd-home.net/times/). The idea is to launch a global program with the aim of synchronizing age models for particularly important geological climate records from the past 100 million years. The motivation for this program is given in a white paper published in the j ...[Read More]

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Ocean Sciences

Call for input: A Fisherman’s Guide to Marine Carbon Dioxide Removal

, and September 24, 2025
Call for input: A Fisherman’s Guide to Marine Carbon Dioxide Removal

As climate change continues to reshape our oceans, science communication remains vital to the research and development of mitigation strategies. For scientists and engineers working on climate solutions, much of the conversation happens through technical papers, conference presentations, and policy memos. But invested communities outside these circles may have little access and limited time to con ...[Read More]

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Natural Hazards

Disaster Risk Reduction in Humanitarian Action – An interview with Gözde Kazaz from Hayata Destek (Support to Life)

, and September 22, 2025
Disaster Risk Reduction in Humanitarian Action – An interview with Gözde Kazaz from Hayata Destek (Support to Life)

This summer, we participated in a Service-Learning course titled “Breaking the Cycle of Disaster, Response, Recover, and Repeat”. The course was developed by Solmaz Mohadjer and offered as part of the Transdisciplinary Course Program at the University of Tübingen, Germany. We were brought together from different disciplines to explore key factors that contribute to effective disaster risk reductio ...[Read More]

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Geodesy

EGU Campfire Geodesy – Share Your Research – 13th Edition

September 19, 2025
EGU Campfire Geodesy – Share Your Research – 13th Edition

We are excited to announce the 13th edition of Geodesy Campfire – Share Your Research in November. The Geodesy EGU Campfire Events “Share Your Research” give (early career) researchers the chance to talk about their work. We have two exciting talks by our guest speakers, Maciej Michalczak and Alex Lăpădat. Below, you can find the details of the topics awaiting us. We will have time to network afte ...[Read More]

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Tectonics and Structural Geology

Throwback Summer – retracing student steps at the Pic Saint-Loup, France

September 18, 2025
picture pic Sant Loup

The region around the Pic Saint-Loup is a popular destination for many European universities to teach mapping field courses – and there is a reason for it, even besides the great landscape, good food and nice weather. Let’s take a tour to discover why! The Pic Saint-Loup itself is indeed so impressive that some former students return at later stages in life “dragging” along other geologists ...[Read More]