EFG New approaches to achieving net-zero emissions are necessary in order to successfully battle climate change. The CEEGS technology aims to contribute by integrating carbon capture and storage with electricity-generating technologies. |
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The European Federation of Geologists (EFG) is proud to announce its participation in the 30th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30), which will take place from 10 to 21 November […] |
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EFG Dr. Michiel van der Meulen, a distinguished figure in the field of geology, has been awarded the 2025 Medal of Merit by the European Federation of Geologists (EFG). The Medal of Merit is awarded to individuals who, in the view of the Council of the EFG... |
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EFG Geosciences are the bedrock of the European Union’s competitiveness, strategic autonomy, and security. As the EU implements the Competitiveness Compass and the Critical Raw Materials Act (CRMA), geosciences provide the essential foundation to secure re... |
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Europe’s journey to climate neutrality by 2050 depends on securing the materials that power the green transition. The Critical Raw Materials Act (CRMA), adopted in 2024, lays the foundation for Europe’s strategic autonomy, ensuring reliable access to e... |
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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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As the project concludes, we celebrate major achievements – from proving the feasibility of CO2-based electrothermal energy and geological storage at lab scale to building a 20 kW prototype and publishing several scientific papers. |
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On 24 September 2025, as part of the FIC-Fighters project, a meeting was organised with 15 engaged citizens of Veles (aged 17–80) to explore their perceptions of the phosphogypsum (PG) stack, its impact, and their vision for the future of this area. |
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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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The MINEX Europe Forum 2025 took place on 21–22 October in Lisbon, Portugal, under the theme “Made in Europe: Securing Critical Raw Materials for a Sustainable Future.” The event brought together industry leaders, policymakers, researchers, and innovat... |
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Commission made concessions on money for regions and for farmers. |
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This year’s conference is an opportunity to be remembered not just for new pledges or targets but for rebooting the relationship between citizens and the climate regime. |
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The UN Climate Change Conference (COP30) will be held in Belem, Brazil, from November 10-21, with issues like deforestation and financing climate action in developing countries expected to loom large.… |
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France’s Fontainebleau forest – one of the world's first nature reserves – has felt the impacts of the climate crisis for many years. As the world’s nations meet for the COP30 climate talks, this forest… |
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Surface ruptures causing earthquakes pose risks to infrastructure and human lives, but advances in models and data in the last few decades have improved our ability to mitigate their effects. |
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Be part of the 2025 edition of the Geothermal Innovation Days, organised by the European Technology & Innovation Platform on Geothermal (ETIP-Geothermal). This two-day event will bring together researchers, innovators, and industry leaders to discuss t... |
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This Halloween, we turn our gaze from fictional haunts to the chilling, rigorous world of paleoclimatology. The paper by Hartmann et al. (2025), published on Climate of the Past, focuses on the implementation of external forcings in a regional climate ... |
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The rights of Nature: A new paradigm Does Nature have inalienable rights just as humans do? This is what the rights of Nature paradigm stands for, marking a radical departure from the assumption that Nature is property under the law. The idea of rights... |
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Preprints are scientific manuscripts posted online before or in parallel with submission to a peer-reviewed journal. Although the term ‘preprint’ may sound like it is just a preliminary version of a document that will eventually be published in an acad... |
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Beneath the world’s oceans, a silent revolution is underway. More than 1.48 million kilometres of underwater fibre-optic cables carry almost all global internet and telephone traffic. Now researchers are showing that these cables can do more than trans... |
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Horizon Europe has been bombarded with applications this year, with success rates for some calls falling as low as 2%. National research funders are experiencing similar pressures. |
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The European Parliament is calling for a €60 million increase in funding for Horizon Europe in 2026, along with the reversal of budget cuts proposed by the EU Council. |
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Tsunamis are notoriously difficult to spot on the open ocean as they race towards shore. But in the summer of 2025, scientists watched one unfold as it happened. |
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Countries are gathering for the annual UN meeting on how to tackle climate change. |
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This French glacier has given rise to countless works of art in the past 200 years. Paintings, photos and satellites reveal how the site has dramatically transformed. |
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As the US and the West races to break China's stranglehold over rare earths production, some firms are betting that Greenland will become a new mining frontier. |
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Eager to find new energy sources to power artificial intelligence, big tech companies are betting on nuclear. |
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This could be bad news for satellites and spacefarers. |
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New data show resilience among the rainforest’s giants, though scientists warn that nutrient limits and rising heat could end the trend. |
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An Antarctic glacier retreated after the loss of landfast ice at a peak rate almost an order of magnitude faster than previously recorded because of buoyancy-driven ice calving, according to an analysis of geophysical data and satellite imagery. |
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These constructed waterways are often a “no-man’s-land” between terrestrial scientists and limnologists. But ditches’ role in transport, agriculture, biodiversity, greenhouse gas emissions, and even archaeology means it’s time to take a closer look. |
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Radar altimetry observations have pinpointed 85 active subglacial lakes, shedding light on how water moves beneath the Antarctic Ice Sheet. |
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Methanotrophs, including those that capture methane from the air, seem to outcompete methanogens in dry environments, a new study shows. |
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Hello Thanushika – welcome to GeoTalk! Before we delve deeper, could you introduce yourself to our readers? Thank you for having me! I’m Thanushika Gunatilake, an Assistant Professor at Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam. My research connects natural and hum... |
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A new framework argues Earth scientists should employ the concept of ecosystem engineering across geologic time and space. |
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Machine learning is expanding scientists’ catalogs of quakes and refining maps of underground faults. It also promises to improve quake forecasts. |
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The Northern Hemisphere is absorbing more sunlight than the Southern Hemisphere, and clouds can no longer keep the balance. |
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Some of our most widely used maps have received a major update, including the 1:50 000-scale map series that now includes enhanced coverage of Great Britain. |
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World leaders address COP30 climate summit in Belém and take aim at Trump record on climate change. |
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