Earth Day 2026 carries a theme that resonates deeply with me: “Our Power, Our Plane”. It’s a call to recognize that environmental progress has always been built by people and communities that demanded better, researchers who charted paths forward, and information professionals who made that knowledge accessible to all. At GeoScienceWorld (GSW), that is exactly the work we are in. My…
GeoScienceWorld’s open-access journal Lithosphere is pleased to announce the appointment of four new Section Editors, expanding the journal’s editorial leadership in seismology, tectonics, mantle geodynamics, mineralogy, and paleontology. Hans-Peter Bunge, PhD – Mantle GeodynamicsBunge, Chair of Geophysics, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany, will serve as Section Editor for mantle geodynamics and structural geology/tectonics. His work focuses on…
GSW CEO, Phoebe McMellon, reflects on her new volunteer role as Vice President of the Geoscience Information Society (GSIS) in this post first published in the GSIS Winter 2026 newsletter. As we roll into 2026 and I think about the year ahead, I feel excited, energized and a little daunted by stepping into the Vice President…
Tell us about your current roles(s) and research I am an Assistant Professor at the Department of Earth Sciences, University of Manitoba, where I lead the Basin, Environment, and straTigraphY (BETY) Lab. My research focuses on sedimentary organic matter, from kerogen locked in the rock record to carbon cycling in soils, rivers, and marine environments, present…
Earth Day 2026 carries a theme that resonates deeply with me: “Our Power, Our Plane”. It’s a call to recognize that environmental progress has always been built by people and communities that demanded better, researchers who charted paths forward, and information professionals who made that knowledge accessible to all. At GeoScienceWorld (GSW), that is exactly the work we are in. My…
GeoScienceWorld’s open-access journal Lithosphere is pleased to announce the appointment of four new Section Editors, expanding the journal’s editorial leadership in seismology, tectonics, mantle geodynamics, mineralogy, and paleontology. Hans-Peter Bunge, PhD – Mantle GeodynamicsBunge, Chair of Geophysics, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München, Germany, will serve as Section Editor for mantle geodynamics and structural geology/tectonics. His work focuses on…
GSW CEO, Phoebe McMellon, reflects on her new volunteer role as Vice President of the Geoscience Information Society (GSIS) in this post first published in the GSIS Winter 2026 newsletter. As we roll into 2026 and I think about the year ahead, I feel excited, energized and a little daunted by stepping into the Vice President…
Tell us about your current roles(s) and research I am an Assistant Professor at the Department of Earth Sciences, University of Manitoba, where I lead the Basin, Environment, and straTigraphY (BETY) Lab. My research focuses on sedimentary organic matter, from kerogen locked in the rock record to carbon cycling in soils, rivers, and marine environments, present…