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Weekly Issue | 29 May 2023. A weekly news compilation by the European Federation of Geologists

Weekly Issue | 29 May 2023. A weekly news compilation by the European Federation of Geologists

Weekly Issue | 29 May 2023

A weekly news compilation by the European Federation of Geologists

 

Miranda: Geothermal resources for energy transition: A review of research undertaken...

EFG

Miranda: Geothermal resources for energy transition: A review of research undertaken...

The sustainable development of Canada’s north is a growing challenge. Nearly 134,000 people, mostly Indigenous, live typically in a diesel-dependent dynamic, and thus initiatives to deploy clean technologies for heat and electricity are ongoing.

eurogeologists.eu

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Hackathon - Shape the Future of EFG!

EFG

Hackathon - Shape the Future of EFG!

Would you like to contribute to shaping the future of the European Federation of Geologists (EFG)? Join us for a collaborative event!

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Webinar: Multiple target horizon geothermal exploration for the implementation...(6 June 2023)

EFG

Webinar: Multiple target horizon geothermal exploration for the implementation...(6 June 2023)

The presenter of the webinar will be Dr Bernd Leiss, a Researcher and Structural Geologist at the University of Göttingen. The host of the session will be the Coordinator of the EFG Panel of Experts on Geothermal Energy, János Szanyi.

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New EFG President David Govoni

EFG

New EFG President David Govoni

The election for the EFG’s new President-elect was held in November 2022 during the 81st Council Meeting in Brussels. The National Associations delegates cast their votes electronically and David Govoni from the Italian National Council...

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EFGeoMentoring: Professional career mentoring for geoscientists at all career stages

EFG

EFGeoMentoring: Professional career mentoring for geoscientists at all career stages

Are you about to start your career in geosciences? Or would you like to take your career to the next level? The European Federation of Geologists (EFG) invites you to participate in the EFGeoMentoring scheme.

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EFG Endorsed: Advanced course on earth observation for the raw materials sector - Apply by 9 June

EFG Endorsed: Advanced course on earth observation for the raw materials sector - Apply by 9 June

Learn how to effectively use satellite imagery to tackle complex challenges in the raw materials industry. Gain the expertise to excel in this exciting and rapidly evolving domain!

eitrawmaterials.eu

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ROBOMINERS: Breakthrough in our robot’s material transport

ROBOMINERS: Breakthrough in our robot’s material transport

Thanks to a smaller throat size, we’ve achieved a maximum flow of approximately 5.5 m³/h, resulting in reduced water consumption. The backpressure on the pump peaked at around 4 bar...

robominers.eu

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GEODAYS 2023 (19-21 June)

GEODAYS 2023 (19-21 June)

This edition will contribute to mobilize subsurface stakeholders in building a powerful and sovereign European industry. We will aim at drawing a « Subsurface innovation » roadmap on the 2030 horizon through conferences and thematic sessions.

pole-avenia.com

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Green Deal: EU’s Timmermans rules out ‘break’ in the green transition

Green Deal: EU’s Timmermans rules out ‘break’ in the green transition

European Commission Vice-President Frans Timmermans, said on Friday (2 June) he was opposed to any "break" in the green transition, in a thinly-veiled critique of Emmanuel Macron's call for a "European regulatory break" on environmental constraints.

euractiv.com

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Brussels closes German nitrate pollution case after decade-long tussle

Brussels closes German nitrate pollution case after decade-long tussle

Germany is now in compliance with EU nitrate pollution rules and equipped to further tackle high pollution levels in groundwater, the European Commission announced on Thursday (1 June), ending a decade-long back-and-forth with Brussels and the threat o...

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Renewable energy directive: Three key measures to speed up deployment

Renewable energy directive: Three key measures to speed up deployment

A key measure in the updated renewable energy directive is the definition of so-called renewables acceleration areas, with simplified permitting procedures. [European Union, 2020]

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Billion-euro hydrogen plant raises stakes at Finnish government negotiations

Billion-euro hydrogen plant raises stakes at Finnish government negotiations

US company Plug Power announced a billion-euro investment to develop hydrogen production plants in Finland as energy strategy and climate targets were being questioned by the Finns Party in government negotiations.

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Ireland to work with Germany on green hydrogen

Ireland to work with Germany on green hydrogen

A joint declaration to cooperate on green hydrogen production was signed by Irish Climate and Environment Minister Eamon Ryan and Parliamentary State Secretary to the Federal Education and Research Minister Mario Brandenburg on Wednesday.

euractiv.com

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French hydrogen industry worried about national strategy update

French hydrogen industry worried about national strategy update

France's national hydrogen strategy update, due at the end of June, is set to focus on industrial decarbonisation, but the move risks destabilising the budding sector, the country's leading hydrogen lobby group warned on Wednesday (31 May).

euractiv.com

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Europe’s 'heat pump valley' takes root in the East

Europe’s 'heat pump valley' takes root in the East

A global race has started to manufacture the millions of heat pumps needed to decarbonise heating, with Asian and East European countries taking a head start.

euractiv.com

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Parliament seeks deal on EU nature law after biggest group walks out

Parliament seeks deal on EU nature law after biggest group walks out

European Parliament lawmakers say they have reached a compromise deal on European Union plans to restore damaged natural ecosystems, even after the biggest group walked out of negotiations.

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Luxembourgish PM Bettel slams De Croo’s call for EU climate law break

Luxembourgish PM Bettel slams De Croo’s call for EU climate law break

Luxembourgish Prime Minister Xavier Bettel criticised his Belgian counterpart’s call to put a halt to enacting new EU climate laws to ease the burden on companies at the Second European Political Community Summit in Moldova.

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Finnish electricity prices drop to historic low twice in a week

Finnish electricity prices drop to historic low twice in a week

Electricity prices in Finland fell into negative territory twice last week, a historic first resulting in consumers having their bills lowered.

euractiv.com

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Fossil fuelled: Climate talks begin with spotlight on oil chief

Fossil fuelled: Climate talks begin with spotlight on oil chief

The future of fossil fuels – the leading source of planet-heating emissions – will face scrutiny at UN climate negotiations Monday (5 June) with an under-fire Emirati oil chief poised to step into the driver's seat.

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Accelerating the energy transition in European cities

Accelerating the energy transition in European cities

Achieving the green transition requires rapid and large-scale investment from cities, national governments and the private sector acting in unison, writes Mark Watts.

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Geothermal energy: Unearthing Europe’s hidden gem

Geothermal energy: Unearthing Europe’s hidden gem

Discover how geothermal energy provides the foundation for a full and inclusive transition away from the EU’s fossil-dominated energy system.

innovationnewsnetwork.com

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Why single solution strategies cannot solve the plastic pollution problem

Why single solution strategies cannot solve the plastic pollution problem

It appears that plastics have well and truly invaded even our most inaccessible environments: the deepest point in the ocean (the Mariana trench) and the highest mountain peak in the world (Mt. Everest) both contain pieces of plastic from human activit...

egu.eu

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What makes a river a river?

What makes a river a river?

Close your eyes and picture a river…go on, do it! What did you see? Did you picture a clear, deep mountain stream? A raging river in a steep gorge? A creek with grassy banks and forest? Whatever you pictured, it probably included water.

agu.org

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European Geothermal Energy Council's 25th Anniversary

European Geothermal Energy Council's 25th Anniversary

We invite you to celebrate our 25th Anniversary. Recognized as a strategic net-zero technology, geothermal energy technologies supply electricity, heating & cooling storage, and minerals...

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1.5C of warming is too hot for a just world: study

1.5C of warming is too hot for a just world: study

Curbing global heating at 1.5 degrees Celsius will avert runaway climate change but not mass suffering in developing nations, a consortium of 50 researchers warned Wednesday.

phys.org

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How do sea level and monsoons influence the development of coral islands?

How do sea level and monsoons influence the development of coral islands?

Coral islands are in danger of slowly sinking in the face of rising sea levels. In a new study, researchers from the Leibniz Centre for Tropical Marine Research (ZMT) found that sea level may not be the only factor playing a role in the fate of threate...

phys.org

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Droughts increasingly reduce carbon dioxide uptake in the tropics, finds study

Droughts increasingly reduce carbon dioxide uptake in the tropics, finds study

Plants take in CO2 to grow. They extract it from the atmosphere and use it to build organic compounds by means of photosynthesis and water. Terrestrial ecosystems have absorbed an average of about 32 percent of CO2 emissions caused by human activity ov...

phys.org

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Constructing an adaptability evaluation framework for community-based disaster manageme...

Constructing an adaptability evaluation framework for community-based disaster manageme...

This study estimated a resident preference model using the CE method, used demographic data and prevention attitudes to measure resident preference heterogeneity, and estimated the welfare effects of community-based disaster management (CBDM).

preventionweb.net

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Mining atlas helps map Australia's clean energy future

Mining atlas helps map Australia's clean energy future

The Atlas of Australian Mine Waste was launched this week by Geoscience Australia in partnership with RMIT and University of Queensland researchers and geological surveys across the country.

phys.org

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Accelerating movement at Brienz/Brinzauls

Accelerating movement at Brienz/Brinzauls

The rockslope at Brienz/Brinzauls in Switzerland is accelerating, although forecasting future behaviour remains difficult.

agu.org

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El Molino: a valley-blocking landslide breach event in Colombia

El Molino: a valley-blocking landslide breach event in Colombia

Satellite images from Planet show that the landslide lake at El Molino in Colombia has breached, releasing a large debris flow.

agu.org

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