If you are coming to Goldschmidt2017 in Paris and have not registered yet, make sure to do so by 13 July at goldschmidt.info/2017/registration. Members of EAG as well as EAG partners, GS, GSJ, AFEQ, DMG, HGS, IAGC, ISEB, MSGBI (MinSoc), SEM, SFIS, SFMC, SGA, SGI and SIMP (see acronym info) benefit from member rates.
We have also put together an exciting social program, including fireworks in Versailles Castle, discovering Marie Curie's Latin Quarter, dancing at the Goldschmidt Rocks Party, admiring Paris while enjoying a beautiful dinner cruise, and much more. Don't miss these opportunities!
For the first time at the Goldschmidt Conference, we welcome Pop-up Talks, which allow Early Career Scientists to present their research in 5 minutes in an engaging, creative and personalised way (following TED talks style), individually or as a team. The deadline to apply to participate is 30 June.
At the Oral Presentation Skills workshop on Sunday 13 August 10:00-15:00, Early Career Scientists will have the opportunity to practise and work on their Goldschmidt talks in small groups led by young scientists experienced in giving oral presentations. Specific help and guidance will be provided for students whose first language is not English. Price is €50. Spaces are limited so book quickly. Find out more
Every day of the Goldschmidt2017 Conference, at 11:45 in the Blue Amphitheatre, we invite you to enjoy fascinating talks by the Goldschmidt2017 Plenary Lecturers.
Matthieu Gounelle (Paris Natural History Museum & Institut Universitaire
de France) From Prodigies to Meteorites (1492-1803)'
Paul G. Falkowski (Rutgers University, USA) 'How Corals Make Rocks'
Hélène Langevin-Joliot (CNRS, France) 'Pierre and Marie Curie and Radioactivity'
Laurie Reisberg (CRPG, Lorraine University, France) 'Highly Siderophile Elements: A Window into the Earth's Mantle'
Shuhei Ono (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA) 'Clumped Isotopologue (13CH3D) Fingerprinting of Methane Sources'
Research groups in Planetary and Space Sciences are now emerging in Africa, but remain scattered and underfunded. To elevate planetary and space science across the entire African continent, a group of researchers propose an Africa Initiative for Planetary and Space Sciences. It will involve coordinated actions with international partners for training M.Sc. and Ph.D. students, for developing locally-based scientific facilities, and for the progressive integration of the fascinating discoveries about our Solar System into university curricula.
The identified benefits of education and research programs in Planetary and Space Sciences and the call for endorsement of this initiative are presented in two articles recently published in EOS (Africa Initiative for Planetary and Space Sciences and The State of Planetary and Space Sciences in Africa).
EAG is excited to announce the formal endorsement of this initiative, alongside with several other professional organisations.
Following the announcement of Prof. Lenny Winkel (ETH Zurich) as this year's Distinguished Lecturer, we would like to remind institutions in Central and Eastern Europe that they can apply to invite her to present one or two lectures during the tour this fall. Read more details.
Coatings result from the wide variety of reactions and/or processes that occur at the interface between the lithosphere and the biosphere, hydrosphere, and atmosphere. Such coatings are biochemically, mineralogically, and isotopically complex and have the potential to record changes in their immediate environment. Read more
EAG members will receive their print copy shortly and have online access to all back issues of Elements (user id = email address, password = EAG membership number). To find your membership number, login to your member area.
The heterogeneous nature of Fe delivery from melting icebergs
M.J. Hopwood, C. Cantoni, J.S. Clarke, S. Cozzi, E.P. Achterberg
The micronutrient iron (Fe) can be transported from marine terminating glaciers to the ocean by icebergs. There are however few observations of iceberg Fe content, and the flux of Fe from icebergs to the offshore surface ocean is poorly constrained. [...]
Reorganisation of Earth's biogeochemical cycles briefly oxygenated the oceans 520 Myr ago
T.W. Dahl, J.N. Connelly, A. Kouchinsky, B.C. Gill, S.F. Månsson, M. Bizzarro
The Phanerozoic radiation of bilaterian animals has been linked to oxygenation of Earth's oceans, due to the oxygen demand of the evolving animal ecosystems. However, how early animals may have regulated Earth’s surface oxygen budget via self-stabilising feedbacks is poorly understood. [...]
Not so non-marine? Revisiting the Stoer Group and the Mesoproterozoic biosphere
E.E. Stüeken, E.J. Bellefroid, A. Prave, D. Asael, N.J. Planavsky, T.W. Lyons
The Poll a’Mhuilt Member of the Stoer Group (Torridonian Supergroup) in Scotland has been heralded as a rare window into the ecology of Mesoproterozoic terrestrial environments. Its unusually high molybdenum concentrations and large sulphur isotope fractionations have been used as evidence [...]
Global climate stabilisation by chemical weathering during the Hirnantian glaciation
P.A.E. Pogge von Strandmann, A. Desrochers, M.J. Murphy, A.J. Finlay, D. Selby, T.M. Lenton
Chemical weathering of silicate rocks is a primary drawdown mechanism of atmospheric carbon dioxide. The processes that affect weathering are therefore central in controlling global climate. A temperature-controlled “weathering thermostat” has long been proposed in stabilising long-term climate, but without definitive evidence from the geologic record. [...]
[By Martin Mangler] At any given day, there are about 20 volcanoes erupting around the globe. Some of them are notorious for frequently showering nearby cities with ash, others wake up and blow without any warning – but all of them have their own intriguing story. Read more
[New Scientist] The mystery of how the Earth’s atmosphere was formed has long baffled scientists. Some think comets might have originally brought some of the water, organic and atmospheric molecules to Earth that now make up its life. Read more
[Newsweek] 'Super Corals' on Australia's Great Barrier Reef may save it from climate change. Scientists have discovered a population of “super corals” that appear to have become resistant to extreme environmental conditions—being able to survive and thrive in hot, acidic and low-oxygen waters. And they now plan... Read more
[Science Daily] Nanoparticles and magnets offer new, efficient method of removing oil from water. When oil mixes with or enters into water, conventional methods of cleaning the water and removing the oil can be challenging, expensive and environmentally risky. But researchers in the Cockrell School of Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin believe they may have developed a better method. Read more
[Science Alert] Jupiter formed in a geologic blink. Its rocky core coalesced less than a million years after the beginning of our Solar System, scientists reported Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. Within another 2 or 3 million years, that core grew to 50 times the mass of Earth. Read more
[Science Alert] The earliest evidence of human impact on Earth's geology found in the Dead Sea. Scientists have uncovered the earliest hints of human-caused changes in Earth's geological processes, and they suggest that we've been impacting the planet's climate and ecosystems for up to 11,500 years. Read more
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PhD & MSc positions:
Process Simulation - EU Horizon 2020 Marie Sk?odowska-Curie Innovative Training Network project Metal Intelligence - Outotec , Finland
Training Simulator - EU Horizon 2020 Marie Sk?odowska-Curie Innovative Training Network project Metal Intelligence - Outotec, Finland
Containment of Coal Fines: Long-Term Leaching Hazard to Water Resources? - School of Mining Engineering, UNSW Sydney
Fluid-rock interactions on icy worlds - ISTerre, University of Grenoble-Alpes
Do MINerals Promote the Preservation of ORGanic Carbon in Marine Sediments? - University of Leeds
ENIGMA Innovative Training Network: 15 PhD positions available in Geophysics, Hydrology, Hydrogeology, Hydrogeophysics, Biogeochemistry and Microbiology - ENIGMA network
PostDoctoral and Fellowship positions:
Research Fellow in Aqueous Geochemistry - University of Leeds
Research Assistant in Isotope analytics, part time, up to 5 years - Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz Universität Hannover
Two Osisko Postdoctoral Researcher positions at McGill University in Experimental Petrology and MD Simulations - McGill University
Cosmochemistry/geochemistry postdoctoral position available. ORIGINS LABORATORY - The University of Chicago
6 Postdoctoral Scientists - multidisciplinary water modelling and forecasting team - University of Waterloo, Multi-Institution GWF Program
Postdoctoral Research Scientist - The Lamont-Doherty Earth Observatory of Columbia University
Faculty, Technical and other positions:
Associate or Senior Editor, Nature Geoscience: London or Berlin - Nature Geoscience, United Kingdom
Professors in The Lyell Centre, Heriot-Watt University - Heriott-Watt University
Position of Professor in Radiogenic Isotope Geochemistry - Université du Québec à Montréal
Tenure track faculty position in Physics and Geosciences with special interest for applicants in the field of Earth sciences - Universidad del Norte, Barranquilla
Tenure-track associate or assistant professor in Organic Chemistry/Geochemistry/Cosmochemistry - Okayama University
The 12th International Symposium on Applied Isotope Geochemistry (AIG-12) will take place 17-22 September, Copper Mountain, CO, USA. EAG members benefit from reduced rates.
ISEB23 'From cells to Earth scale processes: traversing the breadth of temporal and spatial scales in biogeochemistry', will be held in Palm Cove, Tropical North Queensland, Australia, 24-29 September. EAG members benefit from reduced rates.
Annual Meeting of The Meteoritical Society: registration deadline 23 June
12th International Symposium on Applied Isotope Geochemistry (AIG-12): registration deadline 1 July.
28th International Meeting on Organic Geochemistry: registration deadline 1 July
Basalt 2017: abstract deadline 15 July
1st International Congress on Earth Sciences in SE Asia: abstract deadline 16 July
ISEB23: early registration deadline 28 July.
MAESA 2017: Breaking new frontiers: early registration deadline 31 July
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