The 2025 Outstanding Early Career Scientist Award of the Geodynamics Division was awarded to Iris van Zelst in recognition of her outstanding ability to connect research fields including earthquake dynamics, planetary sciences and geodynamics, along with her profound engagement with science outreach and promotion of diverse and inclusive working enviroments. In this interview, Iris -also former EG ...[Read More]
If you didn't find what you was looking for try searching again.
Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Petrology & Volcanology
EGU25 Wednesday Highlights
Welcome to Wednesday, halfway through EGU25! Let’s hope you have already participated in interesting talks, mingled with peers and met future collaborators! If not, today is a great day to start. Here are the sessions you wouldn’t want to miss today. In the morning (8:30), after grabbing a much-needed hot brew, we recommend heading to a short course co-convened by Daniel Evans, Simon C ...[Read More]
GeoLog
The transformative worlds of EGU
About the unique trans-disciplinary exchanges EGU’s General Assemblies (GA) offer, and the far-reaching impact they can have.
GeoLog
Advancing diversity and inclusion at EGU: EDI Networking event recap
Yesterday, the European Geosciences Union (EGU) hosted a vibrant and impactful event focused on Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) within the geosciences community. This networking session provided an open and welcoming space for participants to meet the dedicated volunteer members of the EGU EDI Committee and learn more about the initiatives implemented by the EGU to raise awareness of the ...[Read More]
GeoLog
Poster safaris, wildcard talks, and other EGU25 adventures
If you’ve ever been to the EGU General Assembly, you know the feeling: everything, everywhere, all at once. Thousands of posters, hundreds of sessions, and approximately a million things competing for your attention (including the lure of the sunshine outside, if only for five minutes). Until someone invents a way to be in more than one place at once, we’re all stuck filtering. We comb through the ...[Read More]
GeoLog
Raising the (melt)stakes! How robotic innovation reveals new findings on melting glaciers
In the age of climate change, glaciers across the Arctic are melting, consequently reducing regional freshwater supplies and contributing to the ongoing rise in global sea levels. But how fast do they melt? And is it possible to predict that? A new study on the Xeitl Sit’ (LeConte) glacier in Alaska aims to answer these questions. The research group from Oregon State University, Harvard University ...[Read More]
Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Petrology & Volcanology
EGU25 Tuesday Highlights
Get ready for the second day of the EGU General Assembly! Here is a quick summary of the day for GMPV sessions or joint sessions you can attend: either you are interested in fluid/melt-rock interactions, sedimentary provenance analysis, volcanic hazards, orogenes, subduction zones or continental rifts, you are sure to find what you are looking for! Morning sessions From 8.30 to 12.30 am, you can s ...[Read More]
Ocean Sciences
Jens Terhaar Receives the Division Outstanding Early Career Scientist Award – About His Career and Work
Jens Terhaar received the 2025 Division Outstanding Early Career Scientist Award for his research on the ocean carbon cycle and its effects on climate. We spoke with him about his career path and the work that led to this award. Since completing his PhD in 2019, Jens has made a name for himself with many publications and outreach efforts. His work is about the ocean carbon sink, ocean biogeochemic ...[Read More]
Ocean Sciences
Tatiana Ilyina Receives the Fridtjof Nansen Medal – About Her Career and Work
Tatiana Ilyina received the Fridtjof Nansen Medal from the European Geosciences Union (EGU) for her outstanding research in oceanography. We spoke with her about her career path and the work that led to this award. Here’s what you should know about her. Tatiana Ilyina studied Meteorology/Oceanography during her PhD at the University of Hamburg, continued as a postdoc at the University of Haw ...[Read More]
Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Petrology & Volcanology
EGU25 Monday Highlights
Hello to all the GMPV community, and welcome (back) to EGU25! Are you ready to meet again you peers from all over the world, and to learn more about amazing scientific topics? As every year, the GMPV ECS Team will find interesting presentations and networking events, and suggest them in a daily blog post. Let’s start on Monday morning at 8.30 with the session “What makes Earth so special? The role ...[Read More]