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Bigsby Medal for Dr Catherine Annen
The Institute of Geophysics is delighted to announce that the Geological Society London has awarded the 2022 Bigsby Medal to our colleague Dr. Catherine Annen. The Bigsby Medal was founded by John Jeremiah Bigsby (1792-1881), and is awarded ‘as an...
Thursday talks: Daniel García-Castellanos – February 17
On Thursday, Feb. 17, at 3 pm in our lecture hall was given lecture by our guest researcher, dr. Daniel García-Castellanos. The title of the talk is "How source-to-sink landscape evolution models help understanding the interplays between internal and external...
Eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Haʻapai volcano in the Pacific
Although no one predicted Saturday's powerful eruption of the Hunga Tonga-Hunga Haʻapai volcano, it was not a bolt from the blue. The Pacific volcano was already reawakened to life on 20 December 2021, when lava from the volcanic vent began to flow beneath the sea...
Thursday talks
On January 12, we will meet at another IG Research Seminar. It will take place in a hybrid format, i.e., talks and discussion in our lecture hall will be accompanied by a Zoom connection as usual. The speakers will focus on topics connected with Iceland: 10:00 AM...