Goldschmidt2023

Volunteer to organize an online social event

The Goldschmidt2023 Organizing Committee is seeking enthusiastic and proactive volunteers to organize online social or networking events at Goldschmidt2023. If you have an idea for an online event that you would be willing to lead before or during the conference, please send a short email outlining your proposal to office@eag.eu.com for consideration. 

Grant Program: apply by 15 February

The Goldschmidt Grant Program aims to make the conference as accessible as possible by providing waived abstract and registration fees, as well as possible travel support for in-person attendance, for early career delegates based in low- or lower-middle-income countries. Additionally, grants for US-based students and postdocs are available through support from US funding agencies. 

Click here to check your eligibility and for more information. To apply, complete the relevant section of the abstract submission form. Application deadline: 15 February

Abstract submission open until 1 March

Abstract submission for Goldschmidt2023 is open until 1 March! Instructions for submitting your abstract can be be found here, and you can browse the list of sessions in the science program here.

Seeking Goldschmidt mentors!

The Goldschmidt Mentor Program is very important for helping early career delegates navigate the conference. For the program to be successful, we need to have enough mentors across all fields.

As we usually have many more mentees than mentors, we are asking all experienced delegates planning to attend the conference in-person or remotely to strongly consider participating and to inform us of their intent to be a mentor. Find out more and express your intent to be a mentor today!

Society News

Changes in the EAG Council

Derek Vance's term as President came to an end in December (read a Q&A with Derek on the EAG Blogosphere here), and Catherine Chauvel has now started her two-year term as EAG President.

In December, the EAG council elected Dan Frost to serve as Vice-President, and Martin Whitehouse and Karen Hudson-Edwards as co-chairs for the Goldschmidt2025 Organizing and Science Committees. We also welcome Raúl Fonseca and Silke Merchel, who were elected by EAG members in the council elections last autumn.

We take this opportunity to thank departing Past-President Sigurður Gíslason, and councillors Lena Alakangas, Nadia Malaspina and Jill Sutton, for their important contributions to the EAG during their time on the council.

New Geochemical Perspectives: 'Anoxia-Related Biogeochemistry of North Indian Ocean' by S. Wajih A. Naqvi

This Geochemical Perspectives issue, by S. Wajih A. Naqvi, deals with biogeochemical cycling, especially nitrogen transformations, in oxygen deficient zones of the North Indian Ocean, and how these are affected by exchanges with the marginal seas and riverine runoff.

Geochemical Perspectives is an open access community journal published by the European Association of Geochemistry. EAG members will soon receive their print copy. Please log in to the membership platform to make sure your postal address is up to date.

Volunteer for an EAG Committee!

The EAG is looking for enthusiastic and motivated volunteers for the following committees:

Communications Committee

Council Nominations Committee

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee

Training & Outreach Committee

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: 20 January

EAG Crossword #1: Isotopes

Looking for a fun puzzle for your spare time? Test your knowledge of geochemistry with the new EAG crosswords!  

The first EAG crossword is about all things isotopic! Visit the crossword page to download crossword #1 or to check your answers!

Upcoming deadlines to apply for EAG Early Careers funding: 1 February and 1 March

The EAG Student Sponsorship Program provides students with up to 500€ to support in-person or online participation at conferences, workshops or summer schools (except Goldschmidt). For in-person attendance, events must be held in Europe. Next deadline: 1 February

The Early Career Science Ambassador Program provides up to 1500€ (50% of total expenses) for early career scientists (final stages of PhD or up to 6 years post-PhD) based in Europe to attend conferences held outside Europe (except Goldschmidt). For online attendance, the award covers abstract and registration fees and the program is open to applicants based in any country for a conference held in any country. Next deadline: 1 March

Elements August issue: Cascadia Subduction Zone

The canonical Cascadia subduction zone runs along the west coast of North America from Canada to northern California. The issue will emphasize the region as a historically important location for the development of ideas in subduction zone science, a place for understanding the compound hazards of a subduction zone in a populous region, and as a location where science is now moving beyond the traditional disciplinary confines to embrace multidisciplinary and transdisciplinary approaches. The Cascadia subduction zone is a natural laboratory for exploring ideas related to...

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 (log into the EAG Membership Platform to verify your preferences and postal address).

Elements: Call for Thematic Proposals

Would you like to read about a certain topic in Elements? Do you think your research area would make a great thematic issue? Submit a thematic proposal!

The next submission deadline is 24 February

EAG Blogosphere

Q&A with EAG Past-President Derek Vance

[By EAG Office] Derek Vance started his term as President of the European Association of Geochemistry in January 2021. As his two years in the role ends, we ask him to reflect on the experience and to offer some thoughts for the future...

Discovering the world one molecule at a time: 42 scientists on a metabolomics adventure

[By Elisa Katharina Peter] Ok, so if you have never dealt with metabolomics before, a Metabolomics Bioinformatics Course may sound very dry and kind of cryptic. Let me tell you, why it was one of the most exciting weeks of 2022 for me..

GOE-DEEP: An International Continental Scientific Drilling Program (ICDP) proposal to probe Earth’s Great Oxidation

[By RockArchive] This past November, over 45 scientists and industry members from 13 nationalities gathered at the Geological Survey of Norway (NGU) in Trondheim to participate in the International Continental Scientific Drilling...

Important Dates and Deadlines

EAG and Goldschmidt deadlines

1 February: EAG Student Sponsorship application deadline

15 February: Goldschmidt2023 Grant Program application deadline

1 March: Goldschmidt2023 Abstract submission deadline

1 March: EAG Early Career Science Ambassador application deadline

Other geochemistry related events

25 January: AGU Chapman conference: Hydrothermal Circulation and Seawater Chemistry: What’s the chicken and what’s the egg? abstract and travel grant application deadline

28 January: 2nd World Conference on Climate Change & Sustainability abstract deadline

1 February: IMOG 2023 abstract deadline

14 February: IUGG2023 abstract deadline

15 March: 84th EAGE Annual Conference & Exhibition early registration deadline

17 March: InterPore2023 early registration deadline

Ongoing Weekly: Pal(a)eo PERCS

Ongoing Weekly: Seds Online

Ongoing Weekly: Ore Deposits Hub - Open Geoscience Talks

Ongoing Fortnightly: Astrochemistry Discussions

Ongoing Monthly: Serpentine Days

Ongoing: Climate Now - Live conversations with climate experts

Ongoing: Gneiss Chats - Free geoscience podcast series

Ongoing: MicroSeminars - Microbiology seminar series

New in Geochemical Perspectives Letters

Co-reduction of Fe(III) and S0 drives Fe-S biomineral formation and phosphate mobilisation)

Microbially mediated iron and sulfur cycling have impacted redox transitions and the bioavailability of nutrients throughout Earth’s history. Here, we incubated Geobacter sulfurreducens in the co-presence of...

High latitude controls on dissolved barium isotope distributions in the global ocean 

The high latitude regions play a key role in regulating the marine biogeochemical cycling of barium (Ba) and the pre-formed Ba isotope compositions in the global ocean. In this study, we present 17 new depth profiles of dissolved Ba concentrations ([Ba]) and...

Geochemistry Making the News

How Could We Detect Life Inside Enceladus?

[UniverseToday] For astrobiologists, the scientists dedicated to the search for life beyond Earth, the moons of Saturn are a virtual treasure trove of possibilities. Enceladus is especially compelling because of the active plumes of water...

A geochemical journey from the center of the Earth

[phys.org] Yale researchers have a new theory to explain some of the geochemistry of "hotspots"—magma plumes from deep in the Earth that erupt at the surface. Hawaii and Iceland are tourist hotspots—and it turns out they're popular with...

Life-Threatening Reactive Oxidizing Species Produced from Nanoplastics When Exposed to Light [Study]

[NatureWorldNews] Plastics are one of the many groups of materials invented in the 20th century and the Industrial Revolution prior to that have been integrated to modern life. Today, plastics are continued to be manufactured by...

Newmont tests Deep Sensing Geochemistry in Namibia

[Mining Review Africa] Osino Resources has announced that Newmont Corporation has completed a geochemical orientation program during October 2022 to test their proprietary Deep Sensing Geochemistry (DSG) technique over...

Surprise magma chamber growing under Mediterranean volcano

[phys.org] Using a novel imaging technique for volcanoes that produces high-resolution pictures of seismic wave properties, a new study reveals a large, previously undetected body of mobile magma underneath Kolumbo, an active submarine...

Toilet Paper Toxins and "Forever Chemicals" Found in Endangered Killer Whales

[Technology Networks] A chemical used in the production of toilet paper and ‘forever chemicals’ have been found in the bodies of orcas in B.C., including the endangered southern resident killer whales. The Institute for the Ocean and...

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EAG Partners

EAGE Annual 2023 - Register by 15 March

The 84th EAGE Annual Conference & Exhibition will be held in Vienna, Austria, 5-8 June 2023. Join us to meet once again with key leaders and professionals in the energy, oil and gas, mining and other subsurface industries.

Early registration deadline: 15 March. 

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