Goldschmidt2025

Abstract submission: two weeks to deadline!

Browse the Science Program and submit by 26 February. 
Abstracts for both in-person and remote presentations are welcome; read the conference format for details as there are changes this year. 

Grant Program: deadline today!

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: 12 February

Registration open

Registration for the conference and pre-conference science workshops is now open. The early registration and presenter registration deadline is 21 May. 

Plenary Speakers Announced

We are happy to announce the Goldschmidt2025 Plenary Speakers: Elisabeth Sikes, Tanja Bosak, Wilson Fantong, Helen Williams and David Beerling. 

Society News

2025 EAG Awards

We are very pleased to announce the recipients of the 2025 EAG Awards:

H.C. Urey Award - Donald Sparks, University of Delaware, USA
Science Innovation Award - Christine Putnis, University of Münster, Germany
F.G. Houtermans Award - David V. Bekaert, Université de Lorraine, CNRS, CRPG, France

Follow EAG and Goldschmidt on Social Media

Keep up to date with EAG activities and those of partner societies by following us on our social media channels, now including Bluesky. The Goldschmidt conference also has dedicated social media channels. See below for our handles. 

EAG renews partnership agreements

The EAG has established partnership agreements with 16 scientific societies to strengthen international collaboration. These agreements bring benefits to members of all societies.

Specifically, EAG members benefit from reduced rates for the EAGE Annual Conference, IAGC Working Group Meetings, IAVCEI Meetings, ISEB Symposium, MSUKI Meetings, SGA Meetings, and the SGI-SIMP Conferences (see calendar below). They can also publish at reduced rates in the European Journal of Mineralogy.

EAG Early Career Science Ambassador Program Next deadline: 1 March

This program provides funding to Early Career Scientists based in Europe who wish to attend conferences outside Europe, and to Early Career Scientists in any country who plan to attend a fully virtual or hybrid conference remotely. Supported scientists attending a conference in person will have 50% of their expenses covered by EAG, up to 1500 Euros.

Next application deadline: 1 March

EAG co-sponsored event 'EMPG XIX 2025' Abstract submission: 17 March

The 19th Conference on Experimental Mineralogy, Petrology and Geochemistry (EMPG XIX 2025), co-sponsored by the EAG, will take place in Orléans, France, on 16–19 June. A limited number of awards will be available for students. More information coming soon. Student grants available, see website for info.

Abstract submission: 17 March
Early/regular/late registration: 21 Feb/ 17 March/ 1 June

EAG co-sponsored event 'M-FED 2025 Microbialites – Formation, Evolution, Diagenesis': registration deadline 15 April

The 4th M-FED25 conference on Microbialites: Formation, Evolution and Diagenesis, co-sponsored by the EAG, will take place in Hannover, Germany, 30 September – 3 October 2025. Limited support to cover registration fees for students will be available. See the website for details.

Early Registration: 15 April
Grant deadline (students/early career researchers): 31 May

Advances in Geochemistry and Cosmochemistry is open for submission

Advances in Geochemistry and Cosmochemistry is a new Diamond Open Access journal aiming to publish globally relevant articles in these fields without paywall. It is both free to publish in and free to read. Authors also retain copyrights to their publications under CC-BY licence. The journal is led by a team of volunteer international experts covering the broad range of applications in geochemistry and cosmochemistry.

Advances in Geochemistry and Cosmochemistry publishes original research articles (up to 12000 words), review articles (up to 20000 words) as well as technical notes (up to 3000 words). All author guidelines and editorial policies are available on the AGC website. All questions should be addressed to: contact@agcj.org.

EAG Blogosphere

Geochemists on the Move: interview with Renata Barros

[by Renata Barros] In this next article in the "Geochemists on the Move" series, Renata Barros a Brazilian geochemist currently based in Belgium, tells us about some of her experiences living and working internationally as a geochemist...

Go Big! The Potsdam SIMS User Facility

[by EAG communications committee] In this contribution to the “Go Big! Large-Scale Facilities” series, the Potsdam SIMS User Facility tells us about the variety of applications of Secondary Ion Mass Spectrometry (SIMS) in geosciences...

EAG Early Career Science Ambassador Adam Solon attends AGU2024 in Washington DC

[by Adam Solon] Thanks to the support of the EAG Early Career Science Ambassador program I attended the American Geophysical Union’s (AGU) annual Fall Meeting (2024 Washington D.C.), an international conference with over...

Important Dates and Deadlines

EAG and Goldschmidt deadlines

1 March: EAG Early Career Science Ambassador application deadline  

12 February: Goldschmidt2025 grant application deadline 

26 February: Goldschmidt2025 abstract submission deadline

31 March: Goldschmidt2025 Student Helper application deadline

21 May: Goldschmidt2025 early & presenter registration deadline

Other geochemistry related events

15 February: IMOG 2025 32nd International Meeting on Organic Geochemistry abstract deadline

15 February: DMG Short Course 2025: Metal stable isotopes as fingerprints in the Earth and the environment registration deadline

15 February/ 15 March: Third IAGC International Conference: Water Rock Interaction -18 & Applied Isotope Geochemistry-15, abstract submission/ early registration, EAG members can register at member rate

20 February: Metamorphic Studies Group Research in Progress meeting 2025 registration deadline EAG members can register at member rate

21 February/17 March: 19th Conference on Experimental Mineralogy, Petrology and Geochemistry (EMPG XIX 2025) early/regular registration, co-sponsored by the EAG

21 February: 18th SGA Biennial Meeting abstract deadline, EAG members can register at member rate

10 March: Geochemistry Group Research in Progress (GGRiP) meeting abstract submission & early bird registration, EAG members benefit from member rates

15 March: 86th EAGE Annual Conference & Exhibition early registration deadline, EAG members benefit from member registration rates

11 April: ICC 2025-AIPEA International Clay Conference abstract submission and early registration, EAG members can register at member rate

15 April: M-FED 2025 – Microbialites: Formation, Evolution and Diagenesis, registration, co-sponsored by the EAG

Ongoing: SerpentineDays webinars

Ongoing Weekly: Pal(a)eo PERCS

New in Geochemical Perspectives Letters

Isotopic fractionation of neon during magma degassing

Determining the neon isotope composition of the Earth’s mantle is key to unravelling how light noble gases became part of the primordial Earth. However, accurately measuring neon abundance and isotopic...

Modelling redox state via V-Sc-Ti-Yb partitioning in mantle derived melts

The ratios of multivalent V to homovalent elements (e.g., V/Sc, V/Ti, V/Yb) are pivotal proxies for assessing mantle oxygen fugacity (fO2), yet their geochemical behaviours during partial melting remain debatable. Here, we...

Young oxygenation of the Archean Keonjhar Palaeosol, India, from 138La-138Ce chronometry

Though there is increasing evidence from different geochemical proxies for intermittent oxygenation prior to the Great Oxidation Event (GOE), it remains ambiguous whether post-depositional processes altered these proxy...

A pristine low-Ti cumulate source for Chang’e 5 basalts revealed by Sr-Nd-Hf isotopes

The Chinese Chang’e 5 mission has returned the youngest mare basalts (∼2.0 Ga) identified thus far. However, their mantle source remains highly debated. Here, we present an integrated study of the mineralogy, chemical...

Geochemistry Making the News

Bennu asteroid reveals its contents to scientists − and clues to how the building blocks of life on Earth may have been seeded

[The Conversation] A bright fireball streaked across the sky above mountains, glaciers and spruce forest near the town of Revelstoke in British Columbia, Canada, on the evening of March 31, 1965. Fragments of this meteorite, discovered in...

Luca is the progenitor of all life on Earth. But its genesis has implications far beyond our planet

[The Guardian] New research into the single-celled organism is providing clues about what the early planet looked like – and raising the prospect that we may not be alone in the universe. For scientists, our earliest ancestor wasn’t Adam or Eve but...

Geoscientists revisit the sudden cold spell in Central Europe 13,000 years ago, what happened?

[Yourweather] The synchronisation of data from two natural climate archives – a speleothem from the Herbst Labyrinth Cave in Hesse (Germany) and ice cores from Greenland – provides new insights into the chronology of abrupt climate changes in...

It’s enough for 20 million years! – Finland uncovers the largest treasure in its history

[Ecoportal] Finland has uncovered a “treasure hunt” that could change their future almost forever. A massive geothermal reserve has been discovered and it is said it can supply energy for 20 million years. Reports state that this is Finland’s largest...

After millennia as CO₂ sink, more than one-third of Arctic-boreal region is now a source

[phys.org] After millennia as a carbon deep-freezer for the planet, regional hotspots and increasingly frequent wildfires in the northern latitudes have nearly canceled out that critical storage capacity in the permafrost region, according to a study...

Air monitoring station records biggest ever jump in atmospheric CO2

[Newscientist] Wildfires and fossil fuel burning in 2024 contributed to the biggest annual rise in atmospheric CO2 levels ever recorded at the Mauna Loa Observatory in Hawaii. The level of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere measured by a...

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Job Opportunities

EAG Partners

Third IAGC International Conference: Water Rock Interaction -18 and Applied Isotope Geochemistry - 15: abstracts 15 February

The Third IAGC International Conference: Water Rock Interaction-18 & Applied Isotope Geochemistry-15, will take place in Cagliari, Italy from 16 to 21 June 2025. 
IAGC 3 is the conference for scientists and technicians interested in the field of water-rock interactions and applied isotope geochemistry.
Abstract submission: 15 February
Early registration: 15 March - EAG members benefit from member rates

Metamorphic Studies Group Research in Progress 2025: registration deadline 20 February

The Metamorphic Studies Group Research in Progress (RiP) meeting will be held in Liverpool, UK, on 9-10 April, 2025. Registration for the RiP meeting, the MAGEMin workshop (8 April), and the field trip to Anglesey (11 April) is now open. The Metamorphic Studies Group (MSG) is a joint specialist group of the Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland and the Geological Society. 
Registration deadline: 20 February - EAG members benefit from member rates

18th SGA Biennial Meeting: abstract submission 21 February

The 18th biennial meeting of SGA will be held at the Colorado School of Mines on August 3-7, 2025. Join us at the world’s premier forum for exchange of ideas on a broad range of issues related to mineral deposit research, exploration, development, and the environment.
Abstract submission: 21 February
Early/late registration: 15 May/2 August - EAG members benefit from member rates

GGRiP 2025: abstract submission 10 March

The next Geochemistry Group Research in Progress (GGRiP) meeting will take place at the University of Birmingham 8-10 of April 2025. The meeting is organised by the Geochemistry Group, a special interest group of the Mineralogical Society of Great Britain and Ireland, and the Geological Society of London.
Abstract submission & early bird registration 10 March - EAG members benefit from member rates

86th EAGE Annual Conference & Exhibition: early registration 15 March

During the 86th EAGE Annual Conference and Exhibition the EAGE-EAG Technical Community on Geochemistry will host the workshop 'Geochemistry's role on Advancing Climate change and Energy Transition research' (1 June) and a dedicated session on 'Reactive Flow and Transport in Porous Media'. Participate in these sessions and connect with a global community of experts by signing up today. 
Early registration: 15 March - EAG members benefit from member rates

IAVCEI25 Scientific Assembly: registration 31 March

The next IAVCEI Scientific Assembly will be held from 29 June to 4 July 2025 in Geneva, Switzerland. The theme of the conference will be: "The energies of magma: From volcanic eruptions and mineral resources to geothermal production and sustainability". 
Early registration: 31 March - EAG members benefit from member rates

18th International Clay Conference: abstract submission & early registration 11 April

The Clay Minerals Group of the MSUKI invites you to the 18th International Clay Conference (ICC) taking place at Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland, on 13-18 July. The theme of the conference is ‘Sustaining Clays’.
Abstract submission: 11 April
Early registration: 11 April - EAG members benefit from member rates

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