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Earth and Planetary Sciences at ETH Zurich @eth-eaps.bsky.social · 8h

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.

Pieter Schenck Award

The Pieter Schenck Award, in recognition of the work of Pieter Schenck as founding member and first chairman of the Board of EAOG, is given every second year to an early career scientist who has ma…

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Earth and Planetary Sciences at ETH Zurich @eth-eaps.bsky.social · 1d

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!

Kommunikationsspezialist:in (m/w/d)

Komplexe wissenschaftliche Inhalte so aufzubereiten, dass sie verständlich, attraktiv und zugänglich sind – das ist die Aufgabe des Kommunikationsteams des Schweizerischen Erdbebendienstes (SED) an…

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Earth and Planetary Sciences at ETH Zurich @eth-eaps.bsky.social · 2d

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.

Funding opportunities

The Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at ETH Zurich awards different fellowships for visiting post-tenure professors or research scientists, PhD students, and Postdocs.

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Seismica @weareseismica.bsky.social · 2d

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...

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Jordon Hemingway @jordonhemingway.bsky.social · 11d

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!

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Jordon Hemingway @jordonhemingway.bsky.social · 9d

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

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Jordon Hemingway @jordonhemingway.bsky.social · 13d

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

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Minute witnesses from the primordial sea

Researchers at ETH Zurich have been able to measure - for the first time - how the amount of dissolved organic carbon in the sea has changed over geological time. The results reveal that our explanati...

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Earth and Planetary Sciences at ETH Zurich @eth-eaps.bsky.social · 16d

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!

ETH Zurich @ethz.ch · 20d

At its meeting of 17 and 18 September 2025 and upon application of Joël Mesot, President of ETH Zurich, the ETH Board appointed eight professors. The Board also awarded the title of "Professor of Practice" once.

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Eight professors appointed

At its meeting of 17 and 18 September 2025 and upon application of Joël Mesot, President of ETH Zurich, the ETH Board appointed eight professors. The Board also awarded the title of

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Earth and Planetary Sciences at ETH Zurich @eth-eaps.bsky.social · 26d

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

Network Seismologist at Bedretto Underground Laboratory

The Bedretto Underground Laboratory for Geosciences and Geoenergies (BedrettoLab) at ETH Zurich is at the forefront of experimental geosciences, conducting cutting-edge research in earthquake…

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Nature Geoscience @natgeosci.nature.com · 27d

⚒️ September editorial: Bennu up close and mineralogical - on the samples returned from asteroid Bennu

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Bennu up close and mineralogical - Nature Geoscience

The mineralogy of samples returned from asteroid Bennu yield valuable insights into the physical and chemical processes — on both small and large scales — that shape small bodies in the Solar System.

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Earth and Planetary Sciences at ETH Zurich @eth-eaps.bsky.social · Sep 8

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.

ETH Zurich @ethz.ch · Sep 5

Nine of our young researchers have been awarded ERC Starting Grants 2025, securing CHF 13.5 million in EU funding.

From physics and AI to climate policy and environmental sciences – these projects show the breadth and excellence of research at ETH Zurich.

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ERC Starting Grants: success for ETH researchers

Nine researchers from ETH Zurich have just been awarded Starting Grants from the European Research Council (ERC). This is a positive signal for Zurich as a research location.

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Centre for Origin and Prevalence of Life (COPL) at ETH Zurich @copl-eth.bsky.social · Sep 5

📣 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

Open Call for NOMIS–ETH Postdoctoral Fellowships

The 2025 call for applications for the NOMIS–ETH Fellowship Programme within the Centre for Origin and Prevalence of Life is open. Researchers are invited to apply until 7 November 2025, at 17:00 Zuri...

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ETH Zurich @ethz.ch · Sep 3

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!

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Ausstellung

Im extract gewähren wir Ihnen einen kuratierten Einblick in die umfassenden Sammlungs- und Archivbestände der ETH Zürich.

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Earth and Planetary Sciences at ETH Zurich @eth-eaps.bsky.social · Aug 29

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

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Geoscientist for developing and integrating large-scale 3D geological models of the Swiss Alps

The Georesources Switzerland Group is part of the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences at ETH Zurich and conducts applied research in collaboration with the Swiss Geological Survey (Federal…

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Earth and Planetary Sciences at ETH Zurich @eth-eaps.bsky.social · Aug 28

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.

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NASA's Bennu samples reveal complex origins, dramatic transformation

Asteroid Bennu, sampled by NASA’s OSIRIS-REx in 2020, holds solar system dust, interstellar organics, and pre-solar stardust—transformed over time by water and harsh space exposure.

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Earth and Planetary Sciences at ETH Zurich @eth-eaps.bsky.social · Aug 26

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!

D-EAPS does the double at sga2025

At its 2025 meeting in Golden Colorado, the Society for Geology Applied to Mineral Deposits (SGA) has awarded its two biennial scientific career prizes to ETH professors. Cyril Chelle-Michou received…

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Earth and Planetary Sciences at ETH Zurich @eth-eaps.bsky.social · Aug 25

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.

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Fibre optics detect the invisible waves that melt Greenland’s ice sheet

The breaking off of large chunks of ice from glaciers accelerates the melting of the Arctic ice sheet in Greenland.

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Earth and Planetary Sciences at ETH Zurich @eth-eaps.bsky.social · Aug 16

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".

SNSF SPF 2024: 72 approved projects

The SNSF is allocating a total of 17.8 million francs for the SNSF Swiss Postdoctoral Fellowships 2024 transitional measure.

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Earth and Planetary Sciences at ETH Zurich @eth-eaps.bsky.social · Aug 15

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

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Mobility grants for 200 postdocs

The SNSF is allocating a total of CHF 24.8 million to enable 200 researchers to carry out a stay abroad or to return to Switzerland.

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Earth and Planetary Sciences at ETH Zurich @eth-eaps.bsky.social · Aug 15

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".

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Mobility grants for 200 postdocs

The SNSF is allocating a total of CHF 24.8 million to enable 200 researchers to carry out a stay abroad or to return to Switzerland.

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Earth and Planetary Sciences at ETH Zurich @eth-eaps.bsky.social · Aug 15

New @nature.com paper out "The geologic history of marine dissolved organic carbon from iron oxides"

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Earth and Planetary Sciences at ETH Zurich @eth-eaps.bsky.social · Aug 12

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!

Swiss Geoscience Meeting 2025 – 23rd Swiss Geoscience Meeting 2025, Bern

The Institute of Geological Sciences of the University of Bern, the Platform Geosciences of the Swiss Academy of Sciences, SCNAT as well as the Swiss Association of Geologists, CHGEOL cordially…

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Earth and Planetary Sciences at ETH Zurich @eth-eaps.bsky.social · Aug 11

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.

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Oliver Strimpel (@geologybites.bsky.social)

🧪⚒️Just released Andreas Fichtner on the frontiers of seismic imaging. Our images are becoming much sharper— see the episode web page. Really novel is the use of fiber-optic cables to sense…

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Earth and Planetary Sciences at ETH Zurich @eth-eaps.bsky.social · Aug 8

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.

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Earth's magnetic field is older than previously thought: Swiss scientists

Scientists at the Swiss federal technology institute ETH Zurich have shown that the protective magnetic field already existed more than a billion years ago.

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ETH Zurich @ethz.ch · Jul 31

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.

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A fully liquid Earth’s core also generates a magnetic field

For more than 100 years, scientists have puzzled over whether the Earth’s magnetic field had already been generated stably back in its early days when its inner core was fully liquid – unlike it is to...

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