The biggest geochemistry event of 2026 is coming to Montréal next July. Abstract submission for Goldschmidt 2026 is now open!Submit your abstract by February 26 to present in person or remotely.
Visit the conference website to review the 14 themes and then plan to share your science with researchers from around the world next summer.
EAG membership provides you with many benefits, including discounted registration for Goldschmidt 2026, online and print issues of publications, access to the members' platform and forum, EAG funding through early career programs, and much more!
2026 Membership Rates Students: 1 year - 15€ | 3 years - 35€ Professionals: 1 year - 35€ | 5 years - 140€ | 10 years - 280€ Reduced rates are available for those based in low- and lower-middle income economy countries
Volunteer for an EAG Committee: deadline 31 December
The EAG is looking for enthusiastic and motivated volunteers for the following committees: Communications, Council Nominations, Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Training & Outreach, and Award Nominations. Anyone working in geochemistry is eligible to apply.
Elements December issue "The Variscan Orogeny in Europe – Understanding Supercontinent Formation"
The Variscan orogen formed between 380 and 300 million years ago through several accretionary and collisional cycles, culminating with the construction of the Pangea supercontinent. This process occurred via sequential opening and closure of oceanic basins, synchronous detachment of Gondwana-derived continental ribbons, and their outboard amalgamation onto the Laurussia margin. The Variscan orogen is rather unique compared with other orogenic belts on Earth: its overthickened and dominantly magmatic crust in the central...
All EAG members have online access to current and past issues of Elements. Members who have selected to receive print copies of Elements, will soon receive the latest issue by post. Receiving Elements in print? Make sure your postal address is up to date in the EAG Membership Platform by 7 January for the February 2026 issue!
AGC seeks copyeditors
Advances in Geochemistry and Cosmochemistry (AGC) seeks to recruit members of the community to take on the role of copyeditors. Copyeditors are responsible for transforming accepted manuscripts into ready-to-publish articles, and are acknowledged on the front page of each published article. We particularly encourage ECRs to be part of the AGC journal team and aim to build a diverse and inclusive board.
More detail about the role and the application can be found in the online form.
Decadal, sediment-driven sulfur isotope evolution in Lake Cadagno
The sulfur isotope composition (δ34S) of sedimentary pyrite has been widely used to reconstruct the past global marine sulfur cycle, yet local diagenetic conditions may exert a greater influence than previously...
Testing ab initio garnet-clinopyroxene Ca-isotope fractionation models with natural data
Calcium stable isotope variations help track processes from melt generation to crustal recycling in the mantle, but applying this system requires understanding of inter-mineral and mineral-melt isotopic fractionation...
High precision Al-Mg dating of NWA 15118 challenges a primary anorthositic crust on Vesta
A lunar-like magma ocean model has been proposed for the asteroid 4 Vesta, where a global primary anorthositic crust formed from buoyant plagioclase floating above complementary diogenitic cumulates. In...
Fulgurites: the Earth’s minute melts and their interaction with the atmosphere
We here report the first triple oxygen isotope analyses on a collection of natural and synthetic fulgurites generated in natural lightning and high current experiments, and fulgurites generated by electrical power line...
The Moon was born when Earth’s sister planet died in a violent collision: Scientists reveal tragic origin
[Times of India] The Moon has always held a certain mystery, from influencing tides to inspiring mythology, poetry and scientific inquiry. For decades, astronomers have attempted to answer the same fundamental question: where...
This Fossil Is Rewriting the Story of How Plants Spread across the Planet
[Scientific American] Around 410 million years ago, terrestrial life was relatively simple. There were no forests or prairies—land was largely dominated by slimy microbial mats. The types of plants that would eventually give rise to trees and flowers...
Greenland cave discovery reveals the Arctic temperature millions of years ago
[earth.com] Cave minerals from far northern Greenland show that the High Arctic once thawed and flowed with liquid water. The new record points to mean annual air temperatures roughly 25 degrees Fahrenheit warmer than today...
[National Geographic] Archaeologists have discovered what may be the earliest evidence of deliberate fire-making. At a site called East Farm in England, recent excavations revealed reddened silt, flint handaxes distorted by heat, and fragments...
Youngest Mammoth Fossils Ever Found Turn Out To Be Whales… 400 Kilometers From The Coast
[IFLScience] A pair of woolly mammoth vertebrae in Alaska have been dated to around 2,000 years old, making them by far the most recent evidence for the existence of this extinct beast ever recorded. However, upon further analysis...
87th EAGE Annual Conference & Exhibition: abstract deadline 15 January
The 87th EAGE Annual Conference and Exhibition is coming from 8-11 June 2026, in Aberdeen, UK. Showcase the latest innovations and engage in in-depth discussions on Gas, Hydrogen & Underground Energy Storage; Flow Simulation for O&G & CCS; Environment, Minerals and Infrastructure, and more, by submitting your abstract. Abstract submission: 15 January Early registration: 15 March - EAG members will benefit from member rates
The Mineralogical Society’s 150th Anniversary Meeting: abstract deadline 6 March
In 2026 the Mineralogical Society of the UK and Ireland will celebrate its 150th anniversary, with a special conference at the University of Manchester. The meeting will involve all of the Society’s eight special interest groups and the Mineral Deposits Studies Group. Scientists from all countries are welcome, this will be a fully hybrid conference. Remote attendance by those from low- & middle-income countries will be free of charge. Abstract submission:6 March Registration (early): 20 March - EAG members will benefit from member rates
Nominations for the MinSoc, Eileen Guppy Technician’s Award: deadline 18 April, 2026
This is a new award of the Mineralogical Society of the UK & Ireland named in honour of Dr Eileen Mary Guppy (1903–1980), a geologist, petrologist & analytical chemist.
The advanced practical and technical knowledge of technicians and experimental officers is an asset to every university and research institute. To celebrate and create recognition of their contributions we are delighted to introduce the first award that specifically focusses on the contributions of technicians. Nomination/application deadline: 18 April
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