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How did glaciers help build a mountain?

This week's EGU Geodynamics Blog by Ambrosio Vega-Ruiz explores how tectonics, climate, and glacial processes shaped the Nahuelbuta Range in southern Chile.

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July 29, 2026 at 10:56 AM
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What if Odysseus’s homeland, Ithaca, isn’t where everyone thinks?

Explore this fascinating intersection of mythology and geodynamics in this week's GD blog by @manelrams.bsky.social

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July 15, 2026 at 8:26 AM
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Science has no borders. Researchers do. 🌍

This week's EGU Geodynamics Blog: Katherine Villavicencio (University of Pisa) reflects on the unseen journey behind an academic career, drawing inspiration from "The Odyssey".

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August 5, 2026 at 10:07 AM
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Thinking about applying for a PhD? In this week’s post, Conor Farrell shares practical tips to help you make informed decisions about going for a PhD and strengthen your application.

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Applying for a PhD in Geoscience: To do or not to do
Fresh out of your bachelor’s degree, or more commonly these days, your master’s degree, it can be tempting to pursue your PhD as quickly as possible. While there are compelling reasons to dive straigh...
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August 28, 2025 at 3:05 PM
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Disability isn’t always visible. Not seeing disabled people in our labs, field sites, or conferences doesn’t mean they aren’t there.
A thought-provoking read on accessibility and inclusion in geoscience 👇

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The Sassy scientist – Where are disabled geologists?
Dear Sassy Scientist, In my institute I never see any disabled people. Only one or two people in wheelchair at the EGU GA. Considering the statistics in the global population, I’m sure some people are...
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September 30, 2026 at 11:09 AM
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This week, we will present the FrenSZ initiative that aims to foster collaboration between fieldwork, experiments, seismology, and numerical modelling to better understand subduction zones!

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FrenSZ workshop: a French interdisciplinary initiative around subduction zones.
Since 2022, the annual FrenSZ workshop has been bringing together a vibrant and interdisciplinary community around subduction zones in France. In this week’s blog post, we dive into how FrenSZ is orga...
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February 27, 2026 at 5:21 AM
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In this week’s blog, Prachi Kar shares the unfiltered reality of geodynamic modelling; crashes, segmentation faults and the emotional labor of debugging.

“Running a model makes you a user. Debugging makes you a geodynamicist.”

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Running Models, Chasing Bugs – from Crashes to Convection
Mantle convection may unfold the hidden stories of planetary interiors over billions of years, but geodynamic models can crash in milliseconds. While figures in papers often show smooth convective flo...
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February 19, 2026 at 6:20 AM
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🌍 Earth’s mantle flow has changed over time.
Mineral phase shifts can stall plumes and reshape convection.

Read more in today’s EGU Geodynamics blog by Ranpeng Li (GEOMAR, Kiel): blogs.egu.eu/divisions/gd...

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Phase transitions control plume layering during Earth’s secular cooling
Earth’s structure and dynamics have evolved quite a lot since its formation, and so has mantle dynamics and convection patterns changed along with it. It turns out that phase transition in certain man...
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August 20, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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Understanding why volcanoes end up where they do in continental rifts is more challenging than you might think! This week Valentina Armeni combines analysis of rift morphology with analogue models to make sense of inter-rift volcanism.

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Unraveling volcanic patterns between adjacent rift zones
Continental rifts are a prime example of how the forces at work beneath our feet are constantly shaping our world, and often host volcanic activity. The patterns and distribution of volcanism in rift ...
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July 17, 2025 at 7:31 AM
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Rock rheology is key for modern geodynamicists. In this week's Geodynamics 101 blog post, Dimitrios Papadomarkakis breaks down the basics of this interdisciplinary field.

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How do rocks fail and flow: A beginners guide to rock rheology
The field of rock rheology may seem a bit ‘odd’ at first glance to those geoscientists who are vaguely familiarized with the topic of geodynamics. Often, rocks are considered massive and competent geo...
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September 3, 2025 at 4:08 PM
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Self-guilt is a common feeling among PhD students. It is important to understand how it shows up in our daily work, what fuels it, and how we can resist it — because over time, it can quietly undermine both our well-being and our work.

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Resisting self-guilt as a PhD student
Self-guilt is a common feeling among PhD students. It often leads us to devalue ourselves more harshly than is fair and to form unrealistic expectations. It is important to understand how it shows up ...
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August 6, 2025 at 12:43 PM
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Great news! 🎉
The Geodynamics Division blog of the EGU has won the public vote in the EGU Blogs Competition 2025 for:
“One Ring to Rule Them All: The Geology of Middle-earth” by Manel Ramos.
Thanks to everyone who voted and supports science communication in EGU blogging community! 🌍

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March 11, 2026 at 5:24 PM
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🌍 One event you won’t want to miss at #EGU25 is the Geodynamics ECS Dinner—a fantastic chance to meet and connect with fellow early career scientists from around the world!

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Geodynamics ECS Dinner: Event registration
Join us for the EGU 2025 Early Career Scientist (ECS) social dinner in Vienna! This is a perfect opportunity to catch up with old friends and make new ones. You'll also get to know the Geodynamics ECS...
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April 12, 2025 at 1:20 PM
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This week Heidi Krauss shares her experience co-chairing the 2025 Interior of the Earth Conference with the theme "Volatiles, Melt and Viscosity: Consequences for Mantle Evolution and Climate System Interactions". 🌋

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Reflecting on the 2025 Gordon Research Seminar (GRS) – Interior of the Earth
Heidi Krauss from the Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences at Michigan State University. This week in News & Views, Heidi Krauss, a PhD student at Michigan State University, shares her exper...
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July 30, 2025 at 1:59 PM
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📣 The 101 Geodynamic Modelling team is back—this time diving into EDI in the geodynamics community!

They’ve tracked how diversity has evolved at Ada Lovelace Workshops (1987–2024) across gender, career stage, contribution type & affiliation.

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Notice! – Your public data has been collected to study the diversity of the geodynamics community over time
Dear Geodynamics community, This is your trusted former Editor-in-Chief speaking. I have an important announcement! In very exciting news, the team behind the 101 Geodynamic modelling paper (which I a...
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April 25, 2025 at 6:56 PM
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New blog alert! This week Poulami Roy attempts to change our minds about the lower mantle - what if it is not *that* boring after all?

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Bored by the Lower Mantle? Think Again!
Is the lower mantle boring? For a long time, the lower mantle was thought to be relatively featureless and uniform compared to the more dynamic upper mantle. But recent seismic observations are challe...
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October 22, 2025 at 3:32 PM
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How does a stable craton become tectonically active?

This week’s blog by Prof. Yu Wang explores the long-term evolution and destruction of the North China Craton, from lithospheric thinning to Pacific plate interactions and mountain uplift.

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Destruction of North China Craton: through the chronotunnel of time
The Asian continent has fascinated the world for at least 3,000 years with its music, food, and discoveries, as well as its breathtaking landscapes. Most of these incredible landscapes are formed by m...
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May 15, 2026 at 10:08 AM
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Can melting glaciers influence plate tectonics?

This week's blog by Tao Yuan (edited by Prachi Kar) examines how glacial cycles may affect lithospheric plate motions and mid-ocean ridge spreading through Glacial Isostatic Adjustment (GIA).

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Melting Glaciers Move Lithospheric Plates and Fluctuate Mid-ocean Ridges’ Spreading
The rise and fall of massive ice sheets have shaped Earth’s surface for millions of years, but their influence may extend far deeper than previously recognized. This week in News & Views, Tao Yuan, a ...
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June 5, 2026 at 7:19 AM
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This week’s blog is out! 🌍
If you ever wondered how stress is measured in the crust, this Geodynamics 101 blog is for you, where @crpiceda.bsky.social explains the methods used to study crustal stress.

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Under pressure: measuring stress within the crust
At the geodynamic scale, tectonic forces guide the distribution of stress. Stress in the Earth is not constant, but varies through space. Variations in gravitational energy caused by changes in mass d...
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March 11, 2026 at 5:35 PM
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In this week's blog Rajani Shrestha discusses about dislocation creep, and how crystal defects move around to accommodate stress and develop lattice-preferred orientation.

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Dislocation Creep and the Development of Deformation Fabrics
Assume you are under stress. What do you do? Take a walk in the park, order your favorite takeout, have a breakdown, or internally slip along preferred slip systems and develop a fabric? The response ...
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October 29, 2025 at 2:05 PM
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This week’s blog post delves into the challenges of modelling Venus' interior to understand its whole mantle dynamics. As Earth’s twin planet, Venus presents a unique puzzle—its lack of plate tectonics adds an extra layer of complexity!

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A whole mantle dynamical framework for Venus
Madeleine Kerr from Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego. Geodynamicists have long grappled with the complexities of Earth’s mantle dynamics—modeling Venus’ interio...
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March 14, 2025 at 8:23 AM
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The Sassy Scientist is back for some mischief, but most importantly to guide on the path of righteousness. This week, Sassy digs into Mobility for researchers and provides an updated answer to an evolving debate.

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Have a lovely sassy day!

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August 12, 2026 at 9:09 AM
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This week’s blog by Katherine Villavicencio features Dr. Karen Gariboldi of the University of Pisa, who discusses gender inequality in academia, mentorship, impostor syndrome, and the cultural changes still needed in STEM and Earth Sciences.

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“You belong here”: reflections on gender inequality in Academia
Academia is often imagined as a space driven by merit, curiosity, and scientific collaboration. Still behind publications, conferences, and research achievements, many women in STEM continue to naviga...
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May 21, 2026 at 7:09 AM
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The EGU Geodynamics Division is now on Instagram 🎉
Follow us for updates on GD sessions, ECS activities, GA news, and research highlights.

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December 6, 2025 at 8:06 PM
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This week’s blog: GeoMOD 2025 – Lisbon edition!
A glimpse into the science, stories & surprises behind this year’s global geo-modelling meeting.

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GeoMOD 2025 – Lisbon edition
The GeoMOD meeting is a bi-annual conference that gathers Earth Science researchers from all over the world working on analogue and numerical modelling in Geosciences. Showcasing the most recent advan...
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November 5, 2025 at 10:34 AM