May 2013

Deadlines coming up

EAG Distinguished Lecture Tour 2013

The EAG is proud to announce Pr. Thomas Röckmann (Utrecht University) as the Distinguished Lecturer 2013. Thomas is a leading specialist in the development and application of isotope techniques to atmospheric research and his group specializes in isotope ratio measurements on numerous trace species.

Institutions located in Eastern and Central Europe are encouraged to review the lecture abstracts and, if interested, send a request to the EAG Office before 25 May to invite Thomas Röckmann to come and present a lecture (the lecture tour will take place in the fall of 2013).

Early registration ends on 25 June

The Goldschmidt2013 outline program is now available on the website. The detailed program (talk timings, poster boards, etc) will be available from 1 June.

Remember to register before 25 June to benefit from lower rates. EAG, GS and GSJ members receive additional discount. Should you need your EAG membership number or check on your membership status, please contact the EAG Office.

Society news

EAG and GS announce inaugural Outreach Program Lectures

Bernhard Wehrli of ETH Zürich is the first lecturer in the EAG-GS Outreach Program. Pr. Wehrli will deliver lectures in Ethiopia and Madagascar in June and Cameroon, Ghana, and Kenya in September. The lectures span a range of topics of local and regional importance including water availability and quality for both drinking and agriculture and one entitled "In search of rare elements: mining for cell phones". The Societies wish Pr. Wehrli every success in his lecture tour.

Student Membership: good to know...

We would like to remind students that the EAG proposes a 3-year student membership for 35 Euros (or 1 year for 15 Euros). For a 3-year membership, students receive:

Reduced registration fees for 3 Goldschmidt conferences
18 issues of Elements in print and all back issues online
12 issues of Geochemical Perspectives in print and all back issues online
Reduced personal subscription to Chemical Geology and to Geofluids

Find out more details or join here.

What you will find on our Facebook page

The EAG Facebook page keeps you informed with the latest society news, conference information, job offers, blog posts, but also features geochemistry related articles and videos making the headlines. Stay in touch and follow us on Facebook !

Geochemistry making the news

Mine deep under Ontario holds billion-year-old water

An article published by Greg Holland (Lancaster, UK) last week in Nature found particular resonance with the press. We are pleased to note the role as co-author by both Chris Ballentine, EAG President, and Barbara Sherwood Lollar, Geochemical Society Vice-President. Their research suggests that brine containing high levels of hydrogen and methane from an Ontario mine is at least 1.5 billion years old. A google of 'ancient Canadian water' shows the huge public interest (including the BBC, NPR and CBC) in the relevance of this work for understanding life in isolation and extreme environments both on Earth as well as other planets like Mars.

EAG Blogosphere

The law of straightness

[By Chris Pearce] In my previous post, ‘A geochemistry ditty’, I penned what is possibly the geekiest poem you will ever come across. I was therefore pleasantly surprised when several people got in touch to say how much they appreciated my artistic license, as they could associate with much of what I’ve been through. This got me thinking… Read more

EAG looking for bloggers

The EAG Blog has now been around for over a year and has seen some great stories on personal or more scientific experiences or experiments, field trips, conferences, major scientific events, movies and even poetry (lab work can be inspiring!).

The EAG is very grateful to all our bloggers for their contribution and invites anyone who wishes to share their story to contact our office.

Job opportunities

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