Welcome to the July newsletter of the EGU Geodynamics Division! This month, we invite you to join the upcoming Science for Policy Hangout and the Peer-review training, as well as catch up on the latest highlights from the GD Blog.
Upcoming Events and Announcements
Looking for Division EDI Officer
The GD Division is opening a new voluntary Division EDI Officer position to strengthen links between division members and the EGU Equality, Diversity and Inclusivity Committee. Interested applicants are invited to submit a short CV and motivation letter to gd@egu.eu, helping support EDI initiatives across the division and at the EGU General Assembly.
Credit: Credits: Jakup Stepanovic.
Credit: Hazel Gibson (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)
Attend the EGU Science for Policy Hangout!
Join the EGU Science for Policy Hangout on Monday 6th at 14:00 CEST, an informal online space to discuss how researchers can engage more effectively with policymaking. The event features insights from experts at the science-policy interface, followed by breakout-room discussions and networking with the wider community.
EGU is offering its members free pair-review training, consisting of three online sessions on 8, 15, and 29 September. Application deadline: 28 July 2026.
Credit: Credit: Anna Kotova (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)
Help us shape the GD programme for EGU General Assembly 2027
The Geodynamics programme of the General Assembly starts with your ideas. With the call for session proposals for the 2027 EGU General Assembly approaching, learn how to help shape next year's scientific programme.
The GD blog turns 9 and it's introducing its new ECS members, including editors, illustrators. media communicators and the sassy scientist. The team welcomes guest posts from across the geodynamics community and beyond to contribute.
Credit: Photo by Robin Littlefield, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution
Melting Glaciers Move Lithospheric Plates and Fluctuate Mid-ocean Ridges’ Spreading
Can melting glaciers move tectonic plates? This blog explores how ice-sheet growth and retreat can affect plate motion, mid-ocean ridge spreading, and even volcanism
(Almost) everything wrong with: Journey to the Centre of the Earth
What would actually happen if you travelled to the centre of the Earth? This blog fact-checks the 2008 movie Journey to the Centre of the Earth, from hollow-Earth myths to impossibly low pressures, and suspicious depictions of muscovite
