Many congratulations to @timlichtenberg.bsky.social on being awarded the Europlanet Early Career Medal and on securing an @erc.europa.eu Starting Grant for his MagmaWorlds project. Be sure to follow him for updates about his research and (already advertised) positions within his group.

@kapteynastro.bsky.social of @rug.nl invites applications for in total 7 PhD and 4 ERC-funded postdoc positions in our annual call. ⭐🔭 PhD positions: aas.org/jobregister/... Postdoctoral positions: aas.org/jobregister/... #exoplanet #astronomy #geoscience 🧪🔭⭐ [Image credit: Mark A. Garlick.]

The BedrettoLab was designed for experiments in geothermal energy and seismology. But the facility below the Swiss Alps also hosts a project led by Cara Magnabosco, who is studying microorganisms that live deep in the Earth’s subsurface. www.wernersiemens-stiftung.ch/en/news/deta...

Congratulations to all PIs and involved researchers! Martin O. Saar and his D-EAPS research team will be investigating the "Mechanochemical cycling of silica radicals as a pathway to prebiotic energy and early bioenergetics". copl.ethz.ch/research/res...

The Geothermal Energy and Geofluids group at ETH Zurich is looking for a Laboratory Technician / Design Engineer with a keen interest in contributing to interdisciplinary research that ranges from fundamental to applied sciences and engineering. #jobalert www.jobs.ethz.ch/job/view/JOP...

We welcomed two new NOMIS–ETH Fellows this month! ☀️ Thomas Drant – recreating early Earth’s photochemistry to study how life began. @eth-eaps.bsky.social 🌍 @aaffholder.bsky.social – modelling planetary oxygenation and the emergence of habitable worlds. @usyseth.bsky.social shorturl.at/RgmNo

Many congratulations to Professor Cindy De Jonge on receiving the early career scientist Pieter Schenck Award 2025 of the European Association of Organic Geochemists (EAOG) for her major contribution to organic geochemistry.

Der Schweizerische Erdbebendienst der ETH Zürich sucht Unterstützung für die Medien- und Öffentlichkeitsarbeit sowie für die interne und externe Kommunikation nationaler und internationaler Forschungsprojekte. Melde dich als Kommunikationsspezialist:in!

We are empowering early career female researcher in Earth and Planetary Sciences: apply now for the ETH Zurich Judith McKenzie fellowships! Be part of a growing network of women shaping the future of science! Application deadline is 31 October 2025.

An upcoming SSA meeting in Colorado will be discussing the latest research into environmental processes and how seismology is used to provide new insights in this evolving field. If you’re attending, be sure to connect with your Seismica people! www.seismosoc.org/environmenta...

Always happy to take the @eth-eaps.bsky.social (and a few @usyseth.bsky.social ) MSc students to Valais for some soil descriptions, pebble counts, and lake coring! Weather was rough yesterday but much perfect today!

Very grateful to the @snf-fns.ch for funding our continued work in DR Congo on tropical peatland greenhouse gas emissions! With @johansix.bsky.social and @draketw.bsky.social @eth-eaps.bsky.social @usyseth.bsky.social

Very cool write-up by @ethz.ch on our recent paper in @nature.com on reconstructing dissolved organic carbon in the ocean through geologic time! Led by Nir Galili @eth-eaps.bsky.social ethz.ch/en/news-and-...

Nicole Fernandez, @nicolefernandez.bsky.social, currently Assistant Professor at Cornell University, has been appointed as Assistant Professor of Geomitigation of Greenhouse Gases in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at @ethz.ch. Many congratulations and welcome to the department!

The Bedretto Underground Laboratory for Geosciences and Geoenergies (BedrettoLab) at ETH Zurich is looking for a scientist with a strong interest in network seismology and software development to enhance the seismological data processing and earthquake catalogue. #jobalert

⚒️ September editorial: Bennu up close and mineralogical - on the samples returned from asteroid Bennu www.nature.com/articles/s41...

Many congratulations to geophysicist Thomas Hudson on being awarded an @erc.europa.eu Starting Grant for his research project “Illuminating Ice Dynamics with Emerging Seismic Technology”, combining seismology and glaciology to better understand how quickly glaciers are melting.

📣 Open Call – Applications are now open for the 2025 NOMIS–ETH Postdoctoral Fellowships at the @copl-eth.bsky.social. @ethz.ch A great opportunity for early-career researchers to lead interdisciplinary projects on the origin & prevalence of life. Learn more and apply: shorturl.at/RfjJJ

In einer eindrücklichen Zeitreise führen die ETH-Bibliothek und die Gletscherforscher:innen der ETH Zürich durch die 150-jährige Geschichte der Glaziologie. Besuchen Sie jetzt die Ausstellung in Zürich! extract.ethz.ch/ausstellung....

The Georesources Switzerland Group at ETH Zurich is looking for a Geoscientist to develop and integrate large-scale 3D geological models of the Swiss Alps for the swisstopo SA3D project. #jobalert Check it out:

NASA's Bennu samples reveal complex origins, dramatic transformation A trio of papers published in Nature Astronomy and Nature Geoscience unfolds the long history enclosed in tiny Bennu samples, sampled by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx in 2020. eaps.ethz.ch/en/news/arch...

The Society for Geology Applied to Mineral Deposits (SGA) has awarded the 2025 Young Scientist Award to Cyril Chelle-Michou and Christoph A. Heinrich has received the 2025 Newmount Gold Medal in recognition of his career in economic geology. Congratulations to both!

The Greenland ice sheet is melting at an increasing rate, a process accelerated by glacier calving. For the first time, this has been measured by an international research team using fibre-optic cables and Distributed Acoustic Sensing (DAS) technology. www.swissinfo.ch/eng/glaciers...

Many congratulations to Alessandro Ghirotto for receiving a @snsf.ch Swiss Postdoctoral Fellowship for his Geophysics project "Uncovering Mars' and Moon's enigmatic interior using the PlanETHedral inversion method".

Many congratulations to Sara Klaasen for receiving a @snsf.ch Postdoc.Mobility grant for her Geophysics project "Into the Deep with DAS". www.snf.ch/en/GjFx5shHA...

Many congratulations to @julrogger.bsky.social for receiving a @snsf.ch Postdoc.Mobility grant for his Earth Sciences project "Hyperthermals in Earth’s past: drivers, consequences and implications for the future". www.snf.ch/en/GjFx5shHA...

New @nature.com paper out "The geologic history of marine dissolved organic carbon from iron oxides" doi.org/10.1038/s415...

The 23th Swiss Geoscience Meeting “Realigning within Planetary Boundaries” will be held on Friday, 5 and Saturday, 6 December 2025 in Bern. Abstract submission is now open and closes on 29 August 2025. Get to it!

Listen to Andreas Fichtner talk about the the frontiers of seismic imaging. He explains how researchers, despite the many obstacles, are making steady improvements in creating images of the Earth's interior on both regional and global scale. www.geologybites.com/andreas-fich...

Scientists at ETH Zurich have reconstructed the history of the Earth's magnetic field and found that it already existed more than a billion years ago, much earlier than previously thought. www.swissinfo.ch/eng/research...

Did Earth’s magnetic field exist when its core was still fully liquid? A new ETH Zurich study says yes — thanks to advanced simulations showing that even a liquid core could generate a stable magnetic field. A major step in understanding our planet’s early history. Read more:

The newly founded ETH Swiss GeoLab is looking to fill the position of the "Managing Director ETH Swiss GeoLab" as the chief operating and administrative leader of this interdisciplinary competence centre for Earth observation. #management #jobalert Apply now: www.jobs.ethz.ch/job/view/10604

Seulgi Moon, currently Associate Professor at the University of California in Los Angeles, has been appointed as Associate Professor of Earth Surface Dynamics in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at @ethz.ch. Many congratulations and welcome to the department!

ETH Zurich receives CHF 100M from the Jörg G. Bucherer-Foundation to launch ETH Swiss GeoLab – a global Earth observation centre based in Lucerne. Led by Thomas Zurbuchen & Verena Griess, it will use satellite & sensor data to address global & local challenges. Read more:

In a real-world test case, fibre-optic cables, deployed on a Swiss glacier detected the seismic signals of crevasses opening in the ice. The study by @ethz.ch researchers confirms that fibre-optic detection technology could be useful in natural hazard monitoring.

A new study demonstrates for the first time a link between climate-driven changes in glaciated high mountain regions and increased local earthquake hazard. These findings are of importance for the prevention of natural hazards in high alpine and arctic regions around the world.

Substantial continental temperature rise over the Paleocene-Eocene Thermal Maximum in the Pyrenees. @natcomms.nature.com Communications Earth & Environment volume 6, 499 (2025) #publicationalert #paperalert www.nature.com/articles/s43...

The Institute of Geochemistry and Petrology at ETH Zurich is looking for a technical expert in Experimental Mineral Physics with a strong background in laser spectroscopic, lab- and synchrotron-based X-ray diffraction, and high-pressure and high temperature experimental methods. #jobalert

Many congratulations to @drthomasz.bsky.social on receiving the AIAA von Braun Award for Excellence in Space Program Management for his exemplary leadership of NASA’s science programme and its successful civilization-scale science missions, including the James Webb Space Telescope and Mars 2020.

ETH professor @drthomasz.bsky.social has received one of the most prestigious awards in space research. According to the laudation, Zurbuchen has distinguished himself by his contributions to the aerospace community. ethz.ch/en/news-and-...

Der Schweizerische Erdbebendienst (SED) an der ETH Zürich sucht dich als Verstärkung für zwei spannende Forschungsprojekte: Doktorand:in im Bereich Kommunikation von Erdbebenfrühwarnungen und Erdbebenwahrscheinlichkeiten (m/w/d) #phd #jobalert

Many congratulations to Nikolaj Dahmen, @julrogger.bsky.social, and Stefan Strub for being awarded the Silver Medal of ETH Zurich for their outstanding doctoral thesis. Geophysics leads the way! eaps.ethz.ch/en/news/arch...

"In my opinion, there’s no place in the entire space sector with more opportunity right now than the intersection of the space industry and the geospatial industry." says @drthomasz.bsky.social in an interview with GIM International.

Phytoplankton in the ocean is key to CO2 sequestration. Now researchers found a cycle of micronutrients for its growth which was thought of as non-existent. ethz.ch/en/news-and-...

ETH Zurich I Space is looking for a Director of Space Research Initiatives to grow space research activities and space missions at @ethz.ch, oversee the Project and Innovation Hubs, and guide the development of projects and ideas. #jobalert #space #technology www.jobs.ethz.ch/job/view/10518

What happens 2,700 km beneath our feet? ETH Zurich #Researchers have solved a decades-old #Mystery, revealing how flowing solid rock accelerates seismic waves deep inside Earth. Read more:

📷 Mount #Etna’s latest eruption on 2 June was caught by #Copernicus Sentinel-2. This image shows lava distribution from the eruption using an infrared overlay to highlight lava flowing. 🧪🌋

Der Gletscherabbruch am Kleinen Nesthorn am Mittwoch, 28. Mai 2025, wurde landesweit vom seismischen Netzwerk registriert. Es handelt sich dabei um eine der grössten Massenbewegungen, die der Schweizerische Erdbebendienst der @ethz.ch bislang aufgezeichnet hat.

Last Wednesday, the Birch Glacier collapsed under the weight of rock and debris from rockfalls on the Kleine Nesthorn. Following an on-site inspection, ETH Zurich researchers give further information on the background of the collapse that buried the village Blatten.