Early morning view of the volcanic cones of Mocho (left) and Choshuenco (right) in the Chilean Lake District. View from the outskirts of the Reserva Huilo Huilo. Mocho is thought to be the source of many of the post-glacial and younger eruptions from this volcano, including the two known historical eruptions in 1864 and 1937.
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2014 EGU-SSS Flyer Contest
EGU2014 is coming and many of you are planning to submit your abstract to SSS sessions (remember the deadlines). However, this is time to announce the 2nd EGU-SSS Flyer Contest: Want to get inspired? Have a look at the winners in 2013: This post was also published simultaneously in G-Soil.
GfGD Fundraising
I am incredibly proud of what GfGD has been able to achieve over the past two years with minimal finances. Through the hard work of many of our University Group Ambassadors, National Committee and other volunteers we have grown and developed a number of low-cost programmes that are engaging students across the UK, Republic of …[Read More]
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KT Cooper is a PhD student in the School of Earth Sciences at the University of Bristol. A carbonate geochemist by training, she has just returned from a three-month secondment to Houston, Texas, USA working with Exxon Mobil. The world of microbiology is weird, wonderful and also quite multi-colourful. Purple bacteria, a particular hue of microbe …[Read More]
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