July 2015

Goldschmidt2015: one month to go

As Goldschmidt2015 preparations are being finalised, we would like to remind you of a few points:

• The pre-registration deadline is 16 July. Members of EAG, GS, GSJ, MSGBI, DMG, AFEQ, SFIS, SGI, SIMP, HGS and ISEB are entitled to reduced registration rates (€590 and €395 for students).
• Numerous student events have been organised, such as the Lunchtime Seminar Program or Meet the Plenary series of lunches. We would like to thank all the societies or companies which support these initiatives.
• In commemoration of the 25th anniversary of the Goldschmidt conference, we have organized a series of 25 anniversary talks, one representing each theme. Each will be presented by a renowned expert, and provide both an overview of the advances over the past 25 years as well as some personal insights into the future of each theme.
• Finally, it is still possible to purchase banquet tickets (€50 / €35 for students). With a fine dining menu (vegetarian option available) and unlimited drinks, dancing till the small hours in beautiful surroundings of Prague's Municipal House, the Conference Banquet will be a night to remember.

Geochemical Perspectives 2014 Impact Factor: 8.1

We are excited to announce the Geochemical Perspectives 2014 Impact Factor, again above 8. We would like to thank all the authors, reviewers and editors, as well as the editorial staff, for making this journal a success. We remind you that all articles are freely available online at www.geochemicalperspectives.org or via GeoScienceWorld.

2015 Photo Contest starting next month

Get your camera ready, the second EAG Photo Contest will start on 15 August. Winners receive a 5-year membership and more. Here are this year's themes (submit one photo max. per theme):

• The spirit of the Goldschmidt2015 conference
• What is geochemistry for you?
• Earth, Fire, Air, Water

Recently published in Geochemical Perspectives Letters

• The effect of warming climate on nutrient and solute export from the Greenland Ice Sheet by J.R. Hawkings, J.L. Wadham, M. Tranter, E. Lawson, A. Sole, T. Cowton, A.J. Tedstone, I. Bartholomew, P. Nienow, D. Chandler, J. Telling
• Magnesium isotopic systematics of metapelite in the deep crust and implications for granite petrogenesis by S.-J. Wang, F.-Z. Teng, F. Bea
• Copper isotope evidence for large-scale sulphide fractionation during Earth’s differentiation by P.S. Savage, F. Moynier, H. Chen, J. Siebert, J. Badro, I.S. Puchtel, G. Shofner

Earth’s core contains 90% of Earth’s sulphur

[European Association of Geochemistry] So perhaps there is some truth in the old legends of the underworld reeking of brimstone (or sulphur, as it is now called)? New research confirms that the Earth’s core does in fact contain vast amounts of sulphur, estimated to be up to 8.5 x 1018 tonnes. This is about 10 times the amount of sulphur in the rest of the Earth, based on the most recent estimates (and for comparison, around 10% of the total mass of the Moon). Read more

New Horizons visits Pluto

[Nasa] NASA's unmanned New Horizons spacecraft is making a historic flyby today Pluto and it is continuing to multi-task, producing images of an icy world that's growing more fascinating and complex every day. See more

Earth's colossal crater count complete

[ScienceMag] Mars is pocked with more than 300,000 craters, created by asteroid impacts. The moon is blanketed with millions more, too many to count. But the surface of Earth, constantly eroded by wind and rain, hides its history. Read more

Iron: A biological element?

[Science Daily] Think of an object made of iron: An I-beam, a car frame, a nail. Now imagine that half of the iron in that object owes its existence to bacteria living two and a half billion years ago. Read more

Severe weather linked more strongly to global warming

[Nature] Attempts to attribute extreme weather events to global warming have often failed because they have looked at the wrong thing, leading climatologists claim. By focusing on rising temperatures, tides and atmospheric moisture instead of chaotic and highly variable shifts in atmospheric circulation, they say, scientists may be able to better identify the human fingerprint... Read more

Huge study links wastewater injection wells to earthquakes

[Science] Before 2008, Oklahoma experienced roughly one noticeable earthquake per year. By 2014, that number had soared to almost one a day, and the state is not alone. Scientists have documented an astronomical rise in seismic activity across the central and eastern United States... Read more

Check the latest job opportunities

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• PhD Project in Geomicrobiology/Biogeochemistry ‘Microbial oxidation of Fe(II)-­natural organic material complexes‘ - University of Tübingen
• PhD Project in Geomicrobiology/Molecular Ecology ‘Identification of active microaerophilic, nitrate?reducing and phototrophic iron(II)?oxidizing bacteria in freshwater and marine sediments‘ - University of Tübingen
• PhD Position in Isotope Geochemistry ‘Earth’s Volatiles and Heavy Stable Isotopes’ - University of Tübingen
• Postdoctoral Scientist in Geobiology - Washington University in St. Louis
• Postdoctoral Position in Astrobiology - University of Wisconsin-Madison
• Postdoctoral Scientist Position in Metal Biogeochemistry ‘Biogeochemistry of Fe and trace metals in anoxic systems’ - Washington University in St. Louis
• Staff Associate - Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia
• Associate Research Scientist - Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia
• Faculty position in Earth and Planetary Science - Rice University
• Tenured associate or assistant professor in the analytical planetary chemistry division - Okayama University
• Associate Professor / Chair in Biogeochemistry - University of Leeds
• Lecturer in Isotope Geochemistry - Cardiff University

Upcoming deadlines for other geochemistry related conferences

• 5th International Symposium on Soil Organic Matter (SOM) 2015: Registration deadline 20 July
• 22nd biennial International ISEB Symposium on environmental biogeochemistry - EAG members can register at reduced rates: Early registration deadline 30 July
• 15th EuCheMS International Conference on Chemistry and the Environment: Early Registration deadline 31 July
• AGU 2015: Abstract deadline 5 August
• GSA 2015: Abstract deadline 11 August

See all upcoming conferences.