IUGS - International Union of Geological Sciences
NEWS ARCHIVE
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)
European SEG-SGA Student Chapter meeting
https://smrs2022.com/
Geneve (Switzerland), 13-16 September 2022
Title: Sustainable Mineral Resources Supply - Challenges for Future Generations
Registration page
(Posted 03.03.2022)
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)
IUGS Annual report to SCGES (2021)
Download the report
(Posted 30.06.2021)
UNESCO Lecture Series: Earth Materials for a Sustainable and Thriving Society
Recordings and materials
(Posted 22.12.2020; revised 03.05.2021)
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:
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Call for the Evgueni Burov Medal for mid-career scientists
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Call for the Flinn-Hart Award for early career scientists
(Posted 25.10.2021)
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)
SEG 100 Conference - Celebrating a Century of Discovery
Read more on the Website of the Society of Economical Geologists (SEG)
(Posted 15.07.2021)
Geohazard Symposium (hosted by the Science Council of Japan)
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26 May 2021: concluding remarks by John Ludden (IUGS President)
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Presentation files, questions and answers and a report on the website of IUGS Task Group on Geohazards
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Introduction of the book on geohazards
(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)
76th Executive Committee Meeting - Virtual Meeting (22-24 February & 22 March 2021)
Download minutes
(Posted 20.05.2021)
Mid-year letter from the president of IUGS
Read the letter by John Ludden
(Posted 11.05.2021)
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)
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)
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)
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Letter from IUGS President John Ludden in December 2020 (Posted 03.12.2020)
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2020 International Geoscience And Geoparks Programme Council Appointments - News about the IGCP Council and the UNESCO Global Geoparks Council (Posted 10.09.2020)
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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)
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Video interview to the IUGS Vice President Hassina Mouri - SABC TV Channel (YouTube video) (Posted 03.12.2020)
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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)
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From the ICS: International Commission on Stratigraphy website rejuvenation (Posted 05.06.2020)
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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)
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Election 2020 - Slates of Candidates: Biography and statement of each candidate (Posted 08.1.2020)
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2020 IGCP Project Proposal Call: Download the UNESCO flyer; More information on the UNESCO's website (External link. Posted 29.05.2020)
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International survey on geoethics by the IAPG - International Association for Promoting Geoethics: Fill in the online questionnaire (External links. Posted 21.05.2020)
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Deep-time Digital Earth (DDE): New article introducing IUGS initiative for facilitating data-driven Earth science transformation (Posted 15.05.2020)
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News from IUGS-COGE: The first Earthlearningidea teacher professional development workshop goes online (Posted 29.04.2020)
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IUGS-sponsored IAGOD-AGA-SEGEMAR Short Course on Metallogenic Cartography, 11-15 November 2019: Report (Posted 20.04.2020)
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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)
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UNESCO - Councils of the International Geoscience and Geopark Programme: 2020 Call for applications (Posted 27.02.2020)
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Merry Christmas and Happy New Year - Greetings from the IUGS (Posted 25.12.2019)
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Executive Committee Minutes of 73rd Meeting, Beijing, China, 27 - 28 February 2019 (Posted 15.10.2019)
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Executive Committee Minutes of 72nd Meeting, Potsdam, Germany, 23 - 24 January 2018 (Posted 14.10.2019)
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IUGS President appointed as Member of the ISC Committee for Science Planning (Posted 27.09.2019)
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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)