History of geosciences

The monograph  Les pierres de la Nation Les collections minéralogiques de l'Ecole des mines de Paris (1760-1860) was published in 2025 by Mare et Martin, Paris.
available here: https://www.mareetmartin.com/livre/les-pierres-de-la-nation

ABSTRACT:
Les pierres de la Nation raconte l'histoire des collections de minéralogie de l'Ecole des mines de Paris, les considérant surtout sous le point de vue de leurs caractéristiques esthétiques et artistiques, à un moment clé pour l'histoire du collectionnisme : celui de la naissance des musées et du patrimoine. De leur constitution pendant les années 1760, à la création du musée de minéralogie dans les années 1850-1860, passant par les bouleversements révolutionnaires, ces collections contribuent à bâtir de nouveaux récits historiques au fil des changements socio-politiques, et se lient au territoire national et à la création de ses monuments et musées.

A significant fraction of the global population is currently without access to sufficient clean and healthy drinking water. Although it was recently claimed that the Millennium Development Goal of reducing the number of people without access to sufficient potable water by half has been reached (WHO, 2012), it is also acknowledged that this progress was mainly due to improvements in China, while in other regions such as most of Africa, the situation remains severe or is worsening. Considering the impact of climate change and unsustainable water resource management, it is likely that the number of people without sufficient water will increase dramatically

The International Union of Geological Sciences (IUGS) is celebrating women and girls in geoscience and in celebrating the 60 th anniversary of the IUGS, we must applaud those women who have pioneered the work of the International Union of Geosciences. Between 1976 to 1980, Prof. Rudolf Trümpy (Switzerland) was President of the IUGS and William Watt Hutchison (Canada), its Secretary General and later President (1984-1987). Hutchison appointed Canadian Vera Lafferty to his Secretariat under the auspices of the Geological Survey of Canada in Ottawa. In this post, she created not only the flagship Episodes magazine but forged a new style across the IUGS platform. Vera Lafferty's major contributions to the foundation and style of Episodes and the promotion of the IUGS are recognized.

Nuestros distinguidos colegas, los Drs. Tiiu Märss y Philippe Janvier, homenajeados en el 16º ISELV, Valencia, Spain: memorias personales. Considering the scientific work achieved by these two great palaeoichthyologists over 5-6 decades and some interactions between us