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EFGeoWeek nº 352 | 22 de abril de 2024

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Nador: Science-based data service to accelerate geothermal developments in Hungary

Hungary’s rich geothermal resources provide a real option to tackle the present energy crisis, decrease the country’s high gas dependency and decarbonise its heating sector. Nevertheless, geothermal project development faces some barriers, one of the m...

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European Federation of Geologists welcomes adoption of Critical Raw Materials Act

On 18th March 2024, the Council of the European Union gave its final approval to this new regulation which aims to establish a framework for a secure and sustainable supply of critical raw materials, reducing the EU’s dependency on third countries

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Acknowledging Glen Burridge's contributions

Glen Burridge’s tenure as the Executive Director of the European Federation of Geologists (EFG) concluded on the 9th of April.

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Join Us in Leading Geoscience Excellence! - Open Call for Executive Director

The European Federation of Geologists (EFG) is in search of an exceptional individual to fill the role of Executive Director at our Brussels headquarters.

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Results EFG Employment Survey 2023

The annual EFG Employment Survey aims to provide insights into the labour market for geologists in Europe. Overall, the survey highlights the challenges and opportunities within the geology profession in Europe, with insights into employment trends, sa...

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EFGeoBlog: Can we effectively address climate change amidst the current politically cha...

Climate change is a pressing issue impacting both the natural and human-induced greenhouse gases.

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EFGeoBlog: A recap of the second edition of the RawMatCop Advanced Short Course

On 14-16 February 2024, Casa de la Ciencia de Sevilla hosted the Second Edition of the RawMatCop Advanced Short Course, on the use of Earth Observation in the Raw Materials sector.

Geothermal energy can play a significant role in the fight against climate change. It is a renewable and sustainable heat and electricity source that is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

Our researchers at the Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden Rossendorf (HZDR) successfully completed a pressure test for high temperature and pressure, marking a significant milestone for our operations. With the recent delivery of the CO2 pump, the CEEGS facilit...

In the western Irish city of Limerick, on the site of an aluminium refinery, a 500-metre paved road is built on an experiment that could help Europe reduce industrial waste. The concrete stretch at the Aughinish refinery has a foundation made of materi...

Orange lava bubbles and pops, occasionally spewing large fountains from a volcano that has been erupting for a month in Iceland, the second-longest eruption since the region's volcanic activity reawakened in March 2021.

The Internal market EU Commissioner Thierry Breton wanted to push for a Nuclear technologies act to motivate the development of an integrated nuclear industry in Europe, he said on Thursday (April 11). The proposal was welcomed by nuclear developers as...

The European Commission is adding €1.4 billion to the Horizon Europe research programme this year, in latest amendment to 2023 and 2024 spending plans. The money will be handed out to researchers through the controversial Horizon Europe Missions, and i...

Last month brought grim news: The Great Barrier Reef, the largest coral system in the world, is experiencing its fifth mass bleaching event in the past eight years. Unfortunately, it’s far from alone. Reef habitats in the Atlantic, Pacific, and potenti...

The UN nuclear watchdog's Board of Governors will hold an emergency meeting at the request of both Ukraine and Russia to discuss attacks on the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, after the enemies accused each other of drone attacks.

The European Commission has published its stocktake of the Clean Transition Dialogues, in which the it engages with industry and social partners to support the implementation of the European Green Deal.

Average emissions of new trucks will have to be reduced by 90% by 2040, compared to 2019, the European Parliament decided on Wednesday (10 April), adopting a law that will drastically reduce the number of new diesel trucks.

The French Minister of Economy and Energy, Bruno Le Maire, unveiled on Monday (15 April) the government's plan to revive its heat pump industry, which comes amidst a slump in European heat pump manufacturing.

The recent decision by U.S. President Biden to temporarily pause approvals for upcoming LNG export projects to assess their impacts on human rights and environment has been attacked on both sides of the Atlantic. But the claims that the pause threatens...

Vienna has escalated an ongoing dispute with Germany over gas transit fees, which Austria says are not warranted, to the European Commission via the European Parliament.

the co-operation of Poland, France, and Germany has recently gained renewed momentum with a more progressive government in Poland, a new French Foreign Minister who auspiciously added „European Affairs“ to his title, and a German Federal Government tha...

Former Italian Prime Minister Enrico Letta is set to present his report on the future of Europe’s single market to EU leaders on Thursday 18 April. A deepening of Europe’s Energy Union is a key priority, along with several targeted recommendations on h...

Doubling down on climate action and social justice, the restored trust in European democracy, and a proud Europe on the international stage: This is the vision set out by Spanish Vice-President and Ecological Transition Minister Teresa Ribera, the fron...

After a first campaign of attacks on transmission infrastructures in 2022-23, Russia has recently started focusing its airstrikes on electricity-generating thermal and hydropower plants, causing an electricity deficit that may take years to make up for.

The main headlists for the EU elections debated the Green Deal on Tuesday (April 16) in Angers, offering a return to the old left/right division.

The European Parliament voted yesterday (Wednesday, 10 April) in Brussels to approve a deal with national governments on a new carbon removal certification scheme.

Europe's top rights court on Tuesday (9 April) said Switzerland was not doing enough to tackle climate change in a historic decision that could force governments to adopt more ambitious climate policies.

In a final vote, the European Parliament has just adopted a new law updating the rules on the collection, treatment and discharge of urban wastewater. Europe's local authorities fear an explosion for the costs of its implementation.

With several EU member states facing the impacts of drought conditions and the bloc’s water ecosystems under pressure, experts have voiced the need for a “holistic approach” to increase Europe’s water resilience.

Governments, fossil fuel firms and airlines are increasingly becoming embroiled in climate litigation. Isabella Kaminski analyses what difference this legal action is making.

Above the Arctic Circle in Finland’s municipality of Inari, the largest and most sparsely populated region of Finnish Lapland, leading sources of income are tourism and the cold-climate testing of cars, tyres and components.The country’s north-south “E...

BGS has released the first digital version of the UK legacy geothermal catalogue of subsurface temperature measurements, rock thermal conductivity measurements and heat flow calculations.

Earthquakes and landslides are famously difficult to predict and prepare for. By studying a miniature version of the ground in the lab, scientists at the UvA Institute of Physics have demonstrated how these events can be triggered by a small external s...

As extreme weather events increase around the world due to climate change, the need for further research into our warming planet has increased as well. For NASA, climate research involves not only conducting studies of these events, but also empowering...

The warming climate shifts the dynamics of tundra environments and makes them release trapped carbon, according to a new study published in Nature. These changes could transform tundras from carbon sinks into carbon sources, exacerbating the effects of...

A team of international scientists involving the Durham University Geography department has unveiled a new map of the geological provinces hidden beneath the Greenland Ice Sheet.

Nineteen out of 34 countries surveyed failed to fully meet their 2020 climate commitments set 15 years ago in Copenhagen, according to a new study led by UCL researchers.

On the desolate Antarctic peninsula, a colony of penguins creates a hub of biodiversity. One may ask, how exactly do those aquatic birds help maintain and enrich the variety of different kinds of organisms from plants and animals, to a wide range of in...

EGU has hosted a Great Debate with world-renowned climate scientists and activists about the growing human impact on our natural and social environment for many years. There are many aspects to the debate, from voting bad politicians out, to communic...

The world should ensure diverse supply chains and implement a framework to track the progress made towards tripling global renewable capacity by 2030, the EU's Energy Commissioner Kadri Simson said in Abu Dhabi on Wednesday (17 April).

Russia and Kazakhstan ordered more than 100,000 people to evacuate after swiftly melting snow swelled mighty rivers beyond bursting point in the worst flooding in the area for at least 70 years.

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