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Outreach
The evolution of Earth’s atmosphere
Learn more about how the Earth's atmosphere evolved through time at Rock Archive!
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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
The geologists, miners, and geochemists of ancient West African merchant empires
The great wealth of Mansa Musa, the celebrated Sultan of the 14th century West African merchant empire of Mali, resulted from understanding and extraction of the region's gold.
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General
Fieldwork on the Revillagigedo Islands: the challenge and bliss of a geochemical field campaign in a remote uninhabited Mexican UNESCO National Parc
The various aspects of geochemical research, and the field work specifically, make it the best job in the world I think. However, organization and planning of the fieldwork are crucial for the...
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General
Academia–Industry Transitions: Q & A with Ye Zhao
Many geochemists have transitioned from academia to industry, or vice-versa, during their careers, and sometimes back again or more than once. The EAG Communications Committee recently interviewed...
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General
Academia–Industry Transitions: Q & A with Kim Dalby
It is a myth that leaving University is a one-way street. The door between Industry and Academia swings both ways and is more open (in my opinion) than ever before.
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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
People’s profiles – Qasid Ahmad
Qasid Ahmad was born in Pakistan and is an Ahmadi-Muslim. After completing his Bachelor’s and Master’s degree in Karlsruhe, he enrolled for a PhD position at the University of Bern, Switzerland.
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Outreach
What is – the Atmosphere?
What is [geology] is a blog series where we address key vocabularies in the field of geology (i.e., a study of the history of the Earth and other planets). We explore the word [Atmosphere] today.
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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Where do geochemistry teams start and end? Professional and technical support is vital to us all!
It is imperative to geochemistry's future success that team culture is valued and recognised, and that technical and support staff are priorities in our work to advance inclusion. In drawing strength
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Outreach
Being a Distinguished Lecturer during the Pandemic Times
Early 2020 I received a very kind email inviting me to be the EAG Distinguished Lecturer, which involved giving talks in Eastern and Central Europe. That was the original plan. Then the pandemic began
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General
Six Questions to Andy Ridgwell
Meet Andy Ridgwell (University of California, Riverside) a geochemist who writes computer models – numerical representations of the primary interactions of climate with atmospheric CO2...
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Outreach
Rock archive: How rocks can tell us about the Earth’s past
The main tool in reconstructing Earth’s environmental history is – rocks! In order to explore the 'rock archive,' we must first understand what kind of stories different types of rocks can tell us!
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Outreach
Welcome to Rock Archive: A new outreach blog
Rock Archive is an outreach blog that communicates to the public about the current state of knowledge on Earth’s past and present environments.
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General
An Ambassador at MedGU-21
It was such an exciting time at the Mediterranean Geosciences Union Annual Meeting- 2021 (MedGU-21) held in the lively city of Istanbul, Turkey from 25 – 28 November 2021. MedGU-21 was born from...
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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
EAG needs you to nominate a colleague for an award today! Message from the EAG President
The European Association of Geochemistry recognizes excellent contributions to the discipline of geochemistry, excellent contributions of all kinds. EAG needs you to nominate a colleague for an award!