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Goldschmidt 2015
Adrienne Macartney

Suburban Geochemical Modelling

When I read the message “it’ll be out in the suburbs” I had images of the grim grey concrete monoliths that cluster the outskirts of the bonny Glasgow Clyde at home. I was pleasantly surprised this

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Goldschmidt 2015
Andy Bray

Goldschmidt 2015: Introducing the Bloggers (3/3)

Here's the final post Introducing the Bloggers of Goldschmidt 2015 (part 1, part 2). Meet Drew, Nastasia, and Andy

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Goldschmidt 2015
Andy Bray

Goldschmidt 2015: Introducing the Bloggers (2/3)

In the second instalment of our Introducing the Bloggers mini-series (read part 1 here) we meet Adrienne, Nicci, and Rhian

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Goldschmidt 2015
Andy Bray

Goldschmidt 2015: Introducing the Bloggers (1/3)

It’s less than a week before thousands of Geochemists descend on Prague to meet for the 25th Goldschmidt Conference. This is set to be a stellar meeting with a wide variety of social and student event

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General
Invited contribution

Impressions from InterPore 2015

Reza Gooya, who received sponsorship from the EAG through the Student Sponsorship Program, attended the InterPore 2015 Conference for the first time and recounts his experience

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General
Invited contribution

Effect of permafrost thawing on trace element and carbon mobilisation

The Lena River (Siberia) is one of the largest global rivers draining into the Arctic Ocean. The Lena River and tributaries drain a range in lithology and topography, and the large watersheds are

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General
Invited contribution

Two EAG Ambassadors at AGU Fall Meeting 2014

A few months ago, the European Association of Geochemistry (EAG) initiated the Early Career Science Ambassador Program, supporting Early Career Scientists based in Europe to attend conferences outside

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General
Invited contribution

Svalbard – The northernmost everything

Here in Svalbard one can find the northernmost everything: climbing wall, post office, piano… and most importantly university – the reason I came up here. Longyearbyen, the ‘capital’ of Svalbard and 7

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General
Invited contribution

Networking and crystallisation sometimes come together

One of the first things I did when I started my job in the CO2-react network was to make crystallisation experiments in order to synthesize rare-earth (REE) bearing carbonates

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General
Invited contribution

Midterm review in Seefeld, Austria

The third meeting of the CO2 React Network took place from the 04th to the 09th of December, 2014, in a little skiing village in Austria – Seefeld. Most of the PhD students had only started a year ago

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General
Invited contribution

Wonders of the East

It was a surprise and honour to be asked to deliver the EAG Distinguished Lecture Tour 2014, and to be given the opportunity to connect with Geochemists working in Eastern Europe

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The origin of life: a long and winding road
Invited contribution

Dirty snowballs and our origins

Have you ever imagined how a person with long hair would look floating in the outer space? Ancient Greeks did. When they perceived comets in the sky they imagined them as a face with long hair

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