EFG The global economy is facing challenges such as climate change and the depletion of natural resources, driving the transition towards sustainability. To achieve the goals of climate neutrality and the energy transition, increased extraction of critical raw materials (CRM) for clean energy technologies is necessary, but this must be done in compliance with ESG criteria. The EU project CIRAN develops policies to balance environmental protection with access to CRMs. |
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EFG The European Federation of Geologists (EFG) and the Société Géologique de France (SGF) invite contributions for ‘LearnGeo 2026: Learn Geoscience. Lead Change. Light the Way‘, a dynamic event designed to open the world of geoscience to students, teacher... |
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EFG The European Federation of Geologists (EFG) is pleased to endorse the document “Artificial Intelligence (AI) Ethics Recommendations for the Geoscience Community“, released by the Commission on Geoethics of the International... |
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EFG The European Federation of Geologists (EFG) is pleased to invite national geological associations, professional bodies, and qualified geological organisations worldwide to consider submitting a proposal to co-organise the 6th International... |
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The CRM-Geothermal Final Conference will take place in person on 25 February 2026, from 13:00 to 17:00 CET in Offenburg, Germany, organised in cooperation with GeoTHERM 2026. |
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We invite professionals, stakeholders, and researchers to join our new Monthly Networking Days, an interactive event format to support collaboration and knowledge sharing on phosphogypsum (PG) valorisation and sustainable waste management. |
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Has Europe already fallen behind in the race for rare earths, and what price, if any, should it pay to catch up? Take our poll and share your view. #EuXl |
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In 2025, the Antarctic ozone hole developed relatively early in mid-August and reached a maximum area of around 21.08 million km² in early September, significantly below the 26.1 million km² recorded in 2023. It gradually reduced to an area between 15 ... |
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The Danish and Greenlandic foreign ministers will meet US Vice President JD Vance and Secretary of State Marco Rubio in Washington on Wednesday. |
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POLITICO analyzes who is uncorking the Malbec — and who is crying into their Bordeaux (cough, Emmanuel Macron, cough). |
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The alliance is “not at all” in crisis, Secretary-General Mark Rutte insisted. |
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As Horizon Europe turns five and heads into its final two-year programming cycle, we look at the EU research programme’s biggest trends and winners of 2025. |
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Japan has become the latest and biggest non-European country to associate to the EU’s €93.5 billion Horizon Europe research and innovation programme, making part of the programme truly global, at least in theory. |
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Emissions from dried peat are a major issue in the Irish Midlands. The Peatlands for Prosperity project is pioneering paludiculture, transforming carbon-producing land into a sustainable source of economic opportunity. #SmartRegions |
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The widespread use of artificial intelligence in universities has raised existential questions about the future of transmitting and evaluating knowledge. At the same time, universities are increasingly thinking about how they can harness the benefits o... |
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NATO is signaling it will take steps to bolster Arctic security as the Trump administration has claimed that threats from Russia and China are among the reasons that the US government seeks to take over Greenland. |
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Uncertainty in geosciences is an inherent part of scientific processes and assessments, propagating throughout the entire workflow (Pérez-Díaz et al., 2020). As scientists, we are used to seeing error bars, confidence intervals, or statistical indicato... |
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Did you know that yesterday, Sunday, January 4, 2026, marked 65 years since Erwin Schrödinger passed away? While the internet loves him for his cat in a box thought experiment, Geoscientists love him for something much more practical: the equation. Man... |
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38 years ago, representatives from 46 countries around the globe came together to find a solution to the climate crisis. Alerted to an issue discovered by scientists 13 years previously, the representatives of these nations worked together swiftly and ... |
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As science continues to push boundaries, the coming years could surprise us with self-healing cities, robots that care and smarter defences against future pandemics. Here are five outlooks from some of Europe’s leading researchers.Bio-architecture – a ... |
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Climate change is already reshaping where and how people live, from farming villages to coastal towns. Professor François Gemenne, one of Europe’s foremost specialists on climate migration, has spent the past 20 years studying how environmental changes... |
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Outside the mountain town of Sabiñánigo in northern Spain, an abandoned chemical factory stands on land still scarred by decades of Lindane production – a pesticide now banned worldwide – which left behind thousands of tonnes of toxic waste.Production ... |
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The treasures beneath Greenland's icy terrain have been coveted for more than a century. But as Donald Trump becomes the latest to eye this wealth, accessing them remains a challenge. |
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Soil reference materials (RMs) are critical to ensuring the accuracy and consistency of analytical results across laboratories and research institutions. |
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New research helps clarify how frequently contrails form within clouds and what that means for their effect on the climate. |
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A new study provides insights into the Greenland and northeastern Canada region's geological history and the response of the ice sheet to past and future climate change |
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Contributed by Rudy Molinek, GSA Science Communication Fellow If you’ve ever held or beheld a diamond, there’s a good chance it came from a kimberlite. Over 70% of the world’s diamonds are mined fr… |
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This report reviews some of the worst extreme weather events of 2025 the WWA team has studied, documenting the severe consequences of a warming climate and revealing, once again, how unprepared we remain. |
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Scientific observations suggest that ammonia released into the cave air by the microbial decay of bat and bird guano adsorbs onto water droplets on the passage walls and stalagmites. |
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The prize for Outstanding Early Career Scientists is awarded by the EGU Natural Hazards Division (European Geosciences Union) for her pivotal role in advancing systemic flood risk science. |
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