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Earth and climate science news
Excellence Scholarship and Opportunity Programme (ESOP)
Valentina Espitia Mendoza – Master's student in the Structural Geology and Tectonics group – received an ESOP scholarship.
Water-rich magmas are crucial for forming copper deposits
"Super-wet" magmas play a critical role in forming large deposits of copper, a metal vital for modern technologies and society's shift to green energy.
Congratulations to the Judith McKenzie fellows!
We are excited to introduce four exceptional early-career researchers, each awarded with the Judith McKenzie Visiting Early Career Researcher Fellowship following the 2024 call of proposals. These scholars are working on diverse projects in geoscience, further enriching our research environment.
Operational earthquake forecasting – What is it and how is it done?
While earthquakes cannot be deterministically predicted, operational earthquake forecasting systems can provide valuable insights into the likelihood of future quakes.
New insights into the formation of the Tibetan Plateau
The Tibetan Plateau, known as the "Roof of the World", spans 2.5 million square kilometers with an average elevation over 4000 meters. A new study in Nature Geoscience suggests that mantle delamination of the overriding plate may explain the mysterious formation of this vast region.