2023 Distinguished Lecture Tour: watch the lectures on YouTube
In November, Sandra Arndt (Université Libre de Bruxelles) visited universities in Hungary and Czech Republic for the 2023 Distinguished Lecture Tour.
Two of Sandra's lectures are now available to watch on the EAG YouTube Channel where you will find many more lectures from past tours, covering a wide range of topics.
Sebastian Doetterl (ETH Zürich) will present an online lecture on the role of biogeochemistry and soil development in complex tropical landscapes for carbon and nutrient cycling, at Lubumbashi University, D.R. Congo on 20 December. He will then travel to Kenya, Uganda and Malawi to continue the tour in January 2024. View the dates here.
This program is entirely funded by EAG and GS to promote geochemistry in under-represented regions of the world.
Make a nomination for the Berner Lecture: deadline 10 January
The EAG and GS are seeking nominations from the community for the 2024 Robert Berner Lecture, which will be delivered at the next Goldschmidt Conference, in Chicago, USA. The lecture is on a ‘Berner’ subject, which includes a wide range of topics associated with elemental cycling at the Earth’s surface. The recipient will receive funding to attend the Goldschmidt conference.
Anyone working in the field of geochemistry at the time of application is eligible to apply. Committee members are expected to serve a 3-year term on the committee.
Click here to find out more and apply. Deadline: 31 December
New Elements issue: Large Igneous Provinces: Versatile Drivers of Global Change
Earth’s history is punctuated by volcanic episodes at a scale never witnessed by humans, known as large igneous provinces (LIPs). These extraordinary volcanic and tectonic events are associated with profound changes to planet Earth, including its climate and habitability. One of the major factors controlling the impacts of LIPs is the cocktail of gases emitted to the atmosphere and oceans. In this issue of Elements, we explore the versatile impacts of LIPs, from their connections to mass extinctions in aquatic and terrestrial environments to climate warming and global icehouse events. This issue also highlights our current understanding of subterranean architectures of LIPs, processes and consequences of interaction between LIP magma and surrounding crustal rocks, and advances in the timing of intrusive events.
All EAG members have online access to current and past issues of Elements. Members who have selected to receive print copies of Elements will shortly receive the latest issue by post.
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EAG Sponsored Student Dominic Hildebrandt reports back from the Sedimentary Provenance Analysis Short Course
[by Dominic Hildebrandt] International short course on Sediment Provenance analysis: how to unpack geological history from a grain of sand. From 25 to 29 September 2023, I had the privilege of participating in the Sedimentary Provenance...
Authigenic minerals reflect microbial control on pore waters in a ferruginous analogue
Ferruginous conditions prevailed in the oceans through much of Earth’s history. However, minerals recording these conditions remain difficult to interpret in terms of biogeochemical processes...
Calcium isotope fractionation during melt immiscibility and carbonatite petrogenesis
Stable calcium isotopes have been used to suggest that subducted marine carbonates are frequently involved in the formation of carbonatites. Significant Ca isotope fractionations during carbonatite...
[Nature] As a tech-hungry world gobbles up rare-earth elements, researchers are adapting bacteria that can isolate and purify the metals in the absence of harsh chemicals...
A mineral produced by plate tectonics has a global cooling effect, study finds
[phys.org] MIT geologists have found that a clay mineral on the seafloor, called smectite, has a surprisingly powerful ability to sequester carbon over millions of years...
[Astrobiology at NASA] NASA-supported scientists have provided new information about the behavior of organic molecules frozen in brine (e.g. salty water) under...
‘It’s amazing’: scientists analyse 4.6bn-year-old dark dust from Bennu asteroid
[The Guardian] A teaspoon’s worth of dark dust and granules scooped from an asteroid 200m miles from Earth has arrived at the Natural History Museum in London, where scientists are preparing to unlock its secrets...
This World Soil Day, take a look at the surprising science of soil
[NPR Short wave podcast] It's easy to overlook the soil beneath our feet, or to think of it as just dirt to be cleaned up. But soil wraps the world in an envelope of life: It grows food, regulates the climate and makes the planet habitable...
Showcase your latest research at the EAGE Annual 2024
Eager to set the spotlight on the role of geochemistry in the energy transition? Share your valuable expertise at the 85th EAGE Annual Conference & Exhibition, on 10-13 June 2024, in Oslo, Norway. Other topics you are invited to address include geochemistry in: geology, mineral exploration, and more.
Abstract Submission: 15 January Registration (early): 15 March
Q14: "The Quaternary in all its states: land, sea, ice" Early Registration 15 January
The 14th International conference on the Quaternary will be held in Rennes from 26 February to 1 March, 2024 . It will be organized by the Research Center in Archaeology, Archaeosciences, History (CReAAH, UMR 6566) under the patronage of AFEQ-CNF INQUA. Aiming to bring together scientific communities working on the Quaternary, the “Q14” conference will be structured around nine sessions and a round table, which will highlight the variety of themes and research objectives of French Quaternarians.
Registration: 15 January (early), 15 February (late)
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