EFGeoWeek #381 | 15 July 2025

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5th IPGC: Technical programme now available!

We’re excited to announce that the technical programme for the 5th International Professional Geology Conference (IPGC) is now available online!

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Gaucher: The place of natural hydrogen in the energy transition: A position paper

Natural Hydrogen is a new, clean and low-carbon source of hydrogen that is produced by the Earth, and can migrate and accumulate in geological reservoirs. Its exploration has begun in many countries and its price could be significantly lower than other…

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EFG Welcomes Adoption of EU Water Resilience Strategy

The European Federation of Geologists (EFG) welcomes the European Commission’s adoption of the EU Water Resilience Strategy on 4 June 2025. As a contributor to the Strategy’s public consultation, EFG sees this milestone as a vital step toward safeguard…

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#EFGinclusion: Signing MoU with WIM Spain

#EFGinclusion Campaign: The European Federation of Geologists (EFG) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Women in Mining and Industry Spain (WIM Spain) in 2025. WIM Spain works to promote […]

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EFG Welcomes New EU Single Market Strategy

The European Federation of Geologists (EFG) welcomes the European Commission’s newly released Single Market Strategy (21 May 2025), which aims to reduce regulatory barriers and boost professional mobility across the […]

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EFG Academy: New Course on Geoparks & Geotourism

Join Dr Enas Abd Elhady Ahmed for a 2-hour practical course on 11 September, 2025! Discover how geoparks and geotourism can be powerful tools for sustainable development. This interactive online…

Some of the CRM-geothermal project researchers will be presenting their work at the Goldschmidt Conference, taking place 6–11 July 2025 in Prague.

Several countries in Europe issued weather alerts for heavy rainfall and storms. It comes after a large part of the continent experienced extreme heatwaves. #EuropeNews

Rising heat is already affecting Europe’s economy, and researchers warn the losses in GDP and productivity will worsen in the decades ahead.

Just like me, you may have, at some point in your life, come across Malthusian rhetoric: There are too many mouths to feed and not enough resources for a growing population. But what if the problem isn’t people, but an appetite for profit-driven extrac…

Fourty years ago, the movie Back to the Future (1985) revved its DeLorean into some hearts, zipping watchers back to 1955 with a grin and a flux capacitor–fueled paradox. Today we’re not just celebrating that original joyride’s 40th anniversary; we’re …

The EuroGeoSurveys Ten-Year Strategic Research and Innovation Agenda (SRIA) 2025-2034 presents a forward-looking framework for the sustainable management of Europe’s geological resources. A new brochure is now available, summarising the […]

The Maritsa Iztok Complex in southeastern Bulgaria stands as a relic of the past. Since the 1950s, its four thermal power stations have powered the region, relying on coal from three nearby open-pit mines. This type of mining is among the most environm…

Members of the European Parliament have underlined the need for the next Multiannual Financial Framework (MFF) to prioritise policies that strengthen the European Union’s competitiveness.

Collaborative research in Horizon Europe is set to be rebranded after 2028 and will be managed through a “steering mechanism” and a “competitiveness coordination tool” which will be detailed in the regulation of the European Competitiveness Fund (ECF),…

The government is suggesting more research into the plant’s potential impact on the Teesside coast.

Geology doesn’t stop at international borders, so BGS is working with neighbouring geological surveys and research institutes to solve common problems with the geology they share.

BGS is part of a groundbreaking science partnership aiming to improve critical minerals mining and supply chains.

Scientists call for better protection of Antarctica’s vulnerable seafloor ecosystem as ship traffic increases around the continent.

A team of scientists put together a global database of submarine mud volcanoes. Orders of magnitude more are still bubbling, undiscovered, in the deep ocean.

Measuring shells and skeletons encased in thousands of limestone samples has revealed that the sheer amount of living stuff in Earth’s oceans changed alongside the diversity of organisms.

An analysis of 500 watersheds found levels of organic carbon, phosphorus, and other pollutants up to 103 times higher after a wildfire.

With lessons learned from their first attempt, Kyoto University scientists hope a second CubeSat made of magnolia will spark an age of wooden spacecraft.

A tsunami struck a fjord in East Greenland in 2023, ringing seismometers for nine straight days. A new satellite study provides the first observational evidence of the waves.

Coastal regions have always been at risk from natural hazards, but now, there’s an added layer of complexity. Earthquakes, which cause the land to move up or down, can significantly affect sea levels, especially in regions already experiencing the effe…

This study explains that human-caused climate change intensified the recent European heatwave and increased the number of heat deaths by about 1,500 in 12 European cities.

Melting glaciers may be silently setting the stage for more explosive and frequent volcanic eruptions in the future, according to research on six volcanoes in the Chilean Andes.

A report analysing innovation activity for two carbon dioxide removal technologies — BECCS and DACCS, referred to collectively as geological CDR — to determine who might be best positioned to lead the market for CDR to meet global climate goals.

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