The new IUGS Task Group on Igneous Rocks (TGIR)

Read details (Posted 28.12.2020)

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News about the IUGS Secretariat

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

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

Download all results (pdf) (Posted 02.11.2020)

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Extraordinary Session of the IUGS-IGC Council

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

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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)