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IUGS_Season's Greetings_2023

78th IUGS Executive Committee Meeting, Belfast, United Kingdom
14-17 February 2023, Belfast, United Kingdom
(Posted 07.02.2023)

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CAG29 Workshop by DDE: Enabling African Geodata
The DDE "Enabling African geodata" workshop at CAG29 in Windhoek (Namibia) on 25 September 2023, will feature talks on African national datasets, geothermal, DDE geodata standards, basin modelling, minerals mapping, and much more. Speakers include: Gbenga Okunlola, Anna Nguno, Hanting Zhong, Melckzedeck Michael Mgimba, Paulina Pokolo and Lesego Peter. There will be breakout sessions that consider what African geodata scientists want from DDE, and what new projects might be started.
CAG29 website
(Posted 10.07.2023)

IUGS-COGE session at AGU Fall Meeting 2023
Members of the International Union of Geological Sciences Commission on Geoscience Education (IUGS-COGE) and the International Geoscience Education Organization (IGEO) invite researchers to submit abstracts to the AGU 2023 Fall Meeting Scientific Session on Education titled “ED029: International Geoscience Education: Formal and Informal Efforts, Organizations, and Future Directions”. Please send all questions to scottrimiller@gmail.com.
Link to session description and abstract submission portal:
https://agu.confex.com/agu/fm23/prelim.cgi/Session/191787
(Posted 25.07.2023)

International Commission on Stratigraphy: online event on 7 December 2022
16:00 GMT
Title: "The Internetian Age: a new Stage in the ICS' information timeline"
Video recording: https://youtu.be/ECj31aqoEpE
(Posted 05.11.2022; updated 08.12.2022)

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International Commission on Stratigraphy:
new edition of the International Chronostratigraphic Chart (2022-10)
Read and download here
(Posted 02.11.2022)

2022 Earth Futures Festival: Workshop 2
Making and completing your film
Wed 6 April 2022: 7-8 pm AEST / 11 am-12 pm CEST / 5-6 am EDT
Register here (free): https://tinyurl.com/EFFWorkshop2
Download the flyer
(Posted 05.04.2022)

Peter Bobrowsky awarded the James M. Harrison Award of the IUGS
The celebration was held in Paris at the 77th IUGS Executive Committee meeting
(Posted 25.03.2022)

Peter Bobrowsky awarded by IUGS_March 2022

International Geoscience Programme Council Members - Call for Application
Read here
(Posted 23.03.2022)

International Geoscience Programme - IGCP: 2021 annual report
Read here
(Posted 18.03.2022)

ChronostratChart2022-10

New version of the International Chronostratigraphic Chart published
Version 2022/10
Download (pdf version)
(Posted 21.02.2022; updated 02.03.2023)

International Lithosphere Program (ILP):
Evgueni Burov Medal 2023 for mid-career scientists - Call for Nominations
(deadline: expired)
Download the call here
ILP website
(Posted 02.11.2022)

new year card for 2023

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Chibanian GSSP Golden Spike - Installation Ceremony in Ichihara, Japan
21 May 2022, 14:00 JST (07:00 CEST)
21.05.22 is a proud day for the international scientific community and especially for the International Union of Geological Sciences, the IUGS. The placement of the Golden Spike in the Chiba Section today marks the culmination of extensive studies of sites in Japan, Italy, and other countries by multi-disciplinary teams of geoscientists. The voting members of the Subcommission of Quaternary Stratigraphy evaluated these investigations and approved the proposal for the section at Chiba to define the base of the Chibanian Stage that represents the Chibanian Age of the Pleistocene Epoch and Quaternary Period of the Geologic Time Scale.
Website
(Posted 20.05.2022)

The International Geoscience and Geopark Programme (IGGP)
Newsletter issue #2 December 2021
(Posted 17.12.2021)

IUGS and The Earth Project
IUGS and The Earth Project are proud to announce the winners of the first round of our COP26 Photography Countdown Event. Check out the three stunning images and conservation stories behind them: https://theearthproject.world/gallery-1-winners/.
Gallery 2 opens for voting today. Why not check out these exquisite images of the environment and nature: https://theearthproject.world/cop-26-gallery-b/. You have two weeks to decide which are your favourite 3 images/storie. Be part of giving nature a voice at COP26.
For a full picture of the event check out the latest COP26 Countdown Event newsletter: https://theearthproject.world/PressRelease/pressrelease5-10.html
tEP's latest newsletter
The Earth Project Newsletter 26.10.21
Gallery Competition Winners!
(Posted 06.10.2021, updated 08.11.2021 )

IUGS Annual report to SCGES (2021)
Download the report
(Posted 30.06.2021)

EarthDay2022

UNESCO Lecture Series: Earth Materials for a Sustainable and Thriving Society
Recordings and materials
(Posted 22.12.2020; revised 03.05.2021)

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Hutton series on climate change: Final Report
Prof. John Ludden (IUGS president) has been leading a series of workshops in identifying ten priorities for tackling climate change. This was undertaken in Panmure House, Edinburgh, the home of Adam Smith the economist. James Hutton the famous geologist worked with Smith and the series is named the Hutton Series and follows an Enlightenment style debate which brings together science and engineering, business and government and the concerned public. The outputs are in a final report. We hope that the actions will be implemented and we expect IUGS as a geoscience organisation to contribute to thinking about how we as geoscientists will underpin the energy transition.
Read the final report
(Posted 02.11.2021)

International Lithosphere Program’s call for medals

Download:

ILP Nomination Guidelines for the Evgueni Burov medal

(Posted 25.10.2021)

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COP26 – The Countdown
(by The Earth Project)
- Website
- Competition Gallery 1
- Gallery of photographers
- Geodiversity page
- Interviews with world-leading conservation experts
- Young ambassador interviews with COP26 photographers
- Educational Factlets
(Posted 25.09.2021)

Note from the IUGS and the IGC on the 36th International Geological Congress (IGC)
Read here
(Posted 25.09.2021)

SEG100

SEG 100 Conference - Celebrating a Century of Discovery
Read more on the Website of the Society of Economical Geologists (SEG)
(Posted 15.07.2021)

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Geohazard Symposium (hosted by the Science Council of Japan)

(Posted 06.05.2021; updated 05.07.2021)

IUGS Episodes Impact Factor for 2020 increased!
Read news
(Posted 05.07.2021)

IGCP Project proposal call 2021
Project proposal form, Call for application, IGCP Operational Guidelines
(Posted 28.06.2021)

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76th Executive Committee Meeting - Virtual Meeting (22-24 February & 22 March 2021)
Download minutes
(Posted 20.05.2021)

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Mid-year letter from the president of IUGS
Read the letter by John Ludden
(Posted 11.05.2021)

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Restore Our Earth
Message from John Ludden (IUGS President) on Earth Day 2021
(Posted 22.04.2021)

Geodiversity Workshop

Workshop "Promoting Geodiversity", free online event
(16 April 2021, from 14:00 BST)
Read more about the workshop (registration and international panel of speakers)
Video on Geodiversity
(Posted 09.04.2021)

Call for new Associate Editors
Read the call here (deadline: 30 April 2021)
(Posted 02.04.2021)

18 new projects approved by The International Geoscience Programme (IGCP) Council
List of new IGCP projects
Read more on the UNESCO website
(Posted 17.03.2021)

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The Kimmeridgian (Upper Jurassic) Global Stratotype Section and Point is defined and placed in Scotland, UK
From the International Subcommission on Jurassic Stratigraphy
(Posted 15.03.2021)

The new IUGS Task Group on Igneous Rocks (TGIR)

Read details (Posted 28.12.2020)

News about the IUGS Secretariat

IUGS President John Ludden signs the MoU with China for hosting the Secretariat (Posted 18.12.2020)

Voting Results of the Extraordinary Session of the IUGS-IGC Council (28-30 October 2020)

Download all results (pdf) (Posted 02.11.2020)

Extraordinary Session of the IUGS-IGC Council

Virtual Meeting, 28-30 October 2020: go to materials (Posted 22.10.2020)

7th SGA-IUGS-SEG-UNESCO Short Course on African Metallogeny

November 2021, Windhoek, Namibia (Posted 16.04.2020; revised 28.10.2020)

Download the leaflet (pdf file)

Letter from IUGS President John Ludden in December 2020 (Posted 03.12.2020)
2020 International Geoscience And Geoparks Programme Council Appointments - News about the IGCP Council and the UNESCO Global Geoparks Council (Posted 10.09.2020)
America’s Geoheritage II: Identifying, Developing, and Preserving America's Natural Legacy Distinguished Speaker Webinar Series - Fall 2020. Organized by the U.S. National Committee for the International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS) (Posted 02.09.2020)
- Inaugural webinar on 8 September 2020: keynote speakers (pdf file)
- Details about the inaugural webinar and registration (external website)
- Complete list of webinar dates, topics, and speakers in the series (pdf file)
Video interview to the IUGS Vice President Hassina Mouri - SABC TV Channel (YouTube video) (Posted 03.12.2020)
Enrolment in crisis: A UK-wide strategy for exciting, engaging and retaining students in the geosciences - A joint report from The Geological Society of London and University Geoscience UK (Posted 06.10.2020)
From the ICS: International Commission on Stratigraphy website rejuvenation (Posted 05.06.2020)
Special Issue: 36th IGC 2020 "Geoscience Research in India: The Indian Report to IUGS 2016-2020": Proceedings of the Indian National Science Academy, Volume 86 (1), March 2020 (External link. Posted 15.05.2020)
Election 2020 - Slates of Candidates: Biography and statement of each candidate (Posted 08.1.2020)
2020 IGCP Project Proposal Call: Download the UNESCO flyer; More information on the UNESCO's website (External link. Posted 29.05.2020)
International survey on geoethics by the IAPG - International Association for Promoting Geoethics: Fill in the online questionnaire (External links. Posted 21.05.2020)
Deep-time Digital Earth (DDE): New article introducing IUGS initiative for facilitating data-driven Earth science transformation (Posted 15.05.2020)
News from IUGS-COGE: The first Earthlearningidea teacher professional development workshop goes online (Posted 29.04.2020)
IUGS-sponsored IAGOD-AGA-SEGEMAR Short Course on Metallogenic Cartography, 11-15 November 2019: Report (Posted 20.04.2020)
News about the International Geosciences Programme-IGCP: The 2019 IGCP Report; Call to join the IGCP members (External link. Deadline: 15 April 2020); 18 New IGCP projects (External link. Projects were approved by the IGCP Council in March 2020) (Posted 26.03.2020)
UNESCO - Councils of the International Geoscience and Geopark Programme: 2020 Call for applications (Posted 27.02.2020)
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year - Greetings from the IUGS (Posted 25.12.2019)
Executive Committee Minutes of 73rd Meeting, Beijing, China, 27 - 28 February 2019 (Posted 15.10.2019)
Executive Committee Minutes of 72nd Meeting, Potsdam, Germany, 23 - 24 January 2018 (Posted 14.10.2019)
IUGS President appointed as Member of the ISC Committee for Science Planning (Posted 27.09.2019)
Grants by Hutchinson Foundation: Support for young scientists to attend the 36th IGC: Call for Applications
Deadline for submission of abstracts: 15.10.2019 (Posted 05.08.2019)
IUGG Anniversary: IUGS celebrates the 100th Anniversary of the IUGG (Posted 02.08.2019)

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