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The Erzgebirge represents one of the most important metallogenic provinces in Europe and was mined for various metals (i.e. Ag, Sn, U) over centuries. All mining activities were abandoned in the early 1990s, but recent technological and geopolitical developments...
EFG announces the release of issue 57 of its peer-reviewed Diamond Open Access publication, the European Geologist. The new issue is entitled "Geology at the interdisciplinary nexus: Why does collaboration matter".
Júlio Manuel da Costa Santos from EFG’s Portuguese National Association, the Portuguese Association of Geologists (APG), has been appointed as Secretary of the Global Geoscience Professionalism Group (GGPG).
Under the theme “Building on the Past, Advancing towards the Future: Geology in the Era of Technology”, geology professionals and industry leaders from all over the world will gather to share knowledge and network.
EFG currently has an open invite for language translators for all European languages represented within our association. We are also looking for geologists who are (near) native English speakers interested in gaining experience in language editing.
The re-elected president of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen announced "a strategy for sustainable management of water" at a time when 21 EU ministers called for water to be a top priority on the European agenda and France was set to see de...
The European energy commissioner and the US energy secretary used a meeting of Central and Eastern European energy ministers in Bucharest this week to keep EU-US clean tech competition on a friendly footing.
Slovakia and Hungary on Friday (2 August) rebuffed a European Commission suggestion that they could replace lost Russian oil supplies via an alternative route through Croatia, saying the country is unreliable for oil transit.
Europe can survive without Russian oil. Hungary, Slovakia, and Czechia are no exceptions, even though they lobbied hard for exemptions from the EU's ban on Russian oil imports after Russia invaded Ukraine, writes Martin Dimitrov.
Hungary will block European Union refunds for member states that gave munitions to Ukraine until Kyiv allows the transit of oil from Russia's Lukoil through a pipeline over its territory, the Hungarian foreign minister said on Tuesday (23 July).
Hungary and Slovakia have asked the European Commission to mediate a consultation procedure with Ukraine, Hungary's foreign minister said, after Kyiv placed Russian group Lukoil on a sanctions list, stopping its supplies to the two countries.
The Czech government on Wednesday (17 July) picked South Korea's KHNP to build two new nuclear power units, with the possibility of more.
Italy will host an event in the autumn to present a network to transport hydrogen from the southern Mediterranean to northern Europe, its energy minister told Reuters on Wednesday, saying Switzerland could also be involved.
Teresa Ribera, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for the Ecological Transition and the Demographic Challenge of Spain understands the advantages of a multi-modal energy system encompassing renewable gases like hydrogen.
Economic and financial consultancy Oxera has published a report explaining that more investment and policy on decarbonisation would boost economic growth across the European Union.
The recently adopted electricity market reform sees the state becoming a major financial intermediary in the European electricity sector, with implications for its approach to recovering costs
A large fire broke out in Rome on Wednesday (31 July) on a hill near the Italian capital's court of justice and a public TV broadcasting centre, forcing the evacuation of several buildings and offices, firefighters said.
‘What I wish someone told me early in my career’ is a new Geolog series that aims to provide valuable insights and guidance to early-career professionals within the European Geosciences Union (EGU) community. Each month, I will interview a staff member...
As the days grow warmer and you start to think about your summer holidays or field work, you might also be looking for a book or two to help you unwind! Whether you’re lounging by the pool, enjoying a picnic in the park, or resting after a long day in ...
When I was thirteen years old, my family and I almost lost our lives due to a carbon monoxide (CO) leak. I never stopped thinking about that incident even though it happened over twenty years ago. Not only because it was a premature realisation of my o...
Frank Täufer, a scientific assistant at Campus Wiesengut – the University of Bonn’s ecological teaching and research farm – asked a group of visiting 8-year-olds to speculate on why the rye plants in his field were all different heights. He was surpris...
The European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) is calling for more focus on the translation of the fundamental insights its research generates, and for greater interchange between academia and industry in the next framework research programme, FP10
At the halfway point, KU Leuven has won more grants from Horizon Europe than any other university. This isn’t accidental. Jan D'hooge, vice rector of research policy, told Science|Business how it took the lead.
A new European Space Agency-funded project will study the effect earthquakes have on occurrences of other natural hazards in the long-term.
A BGS team visited Argentina and Chile to investigate how to extract lithium more responsibly in the face of growing worldwide demand.
The agricultural and distilling sectors could face significant challenges after research finds the number of droughts in Scotland may double in the next 25 years.
BGS data can support researchers and practitioners facing coastal erosion adaptation challenges along our coastline.
The Sea of Tranquility is home to at least one lunar lava tube, which could preserve a pristine and unweathered record of lunar volcanism.
Hydrogen sulfide, spotted in the atmosphere of the exoplanet HD 189733 b, helps constrain how the planet formed.
The world’s most energetic wildfires have doubled in intensity and number over the past 2 decades, with climate change and land management likely to blame.
Summers could warm faster than winters in northern Europe, paleoclimate research suggests.
A radioactive isotope produced by nuclear weapons reveals that plants take up more carbon—but hold on to it for less time—than current climate models suggest.
So far this year officials warnings have been issued for 25 floods, and China is only halfway through its peak flood season
Greece, Italy, Spain, Portugal, France and Morocco experienced extreme heat in July 2024, causing at least 23 fatalities, widespread wildfires and bringing public life to a hold.
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