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Earthquakes act as carbon ‘capacitors’
Earthquakes and the resultant landslides can potentially increase the rate of carbon export from mountainous regions by eroding organic carbon stored in hillslope soils and transporting it to rivers. The 2008 Mw7.9 Wenchuan Earthquake generated the largest volume of...
PhD Position: CatastRophical dUctile-to-brittle Shifts in crystal-ricH magmas (CRUSH)
We are seeking a motivated PhD candidate to join our team for a 4-year project investigating the rheology of crystalline lavas. This project is funded by the Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic and aims to unravel how high crystal content and...
NEW PhD opening
We are pleased to announce an opening for two PhD positions at our Institute starting before October 2026. 1 ) Seismological analysis of magmatic intrusions at the Reykjanes Peninsula, Iceland. We are seeking a motivated student to study earthquake swarms and...
Double seminar on December 11 Rob Moucha and Sascha Brune, two views on geodynamic modelling of rifts
On December 11, 2025, the Dynamic Planet Earth seminar series, in collaboration with the Geology Section of the Faculty of Science, Charles University, will host two prominent scientists much involved in novel ways to model geodynamic processes, and both recently...