Field Trips

In September 2026, students from the COAST Master’s programme participated in two field-based learning activities designed to apply methodological skills and approaches developed through the Erasmus+ project TRACE – Tracing Climate Change by Geomorphological Approach. For first-year (M1) students, the SATSHORE week, jointly organised with the GMS Master’s programme and supported by Aix-Marseille University’s OCEAN

Field activities initiated in the autumn of 2024 in the Gialova–Voidokilia lagoon system (Pylos region, Greece) were resumed in October 2025, marking an important step forward in reconstructing the Holocene evolution of this complex coastal environment. During the campaign, two additional sedimentary cores, each approximately 9 meters long, were collected—one from the Gialova Lagoon and

A recent field day at St-Croix beach provided students with hands-on training in coastal topographic survey techniques. The activity focused on learning how to measure and analyze beach morphology using a combination of classical and modern surveying methods. Students conducted beach profile measurements using the Emery method, complemented by bubble level instruments, total station surveys,

The latest edition of the CIVIS Blended Intensive Programme (BIP) has come to a successful close, continuing a tradition of international collaboration and hands-on training for young geoscientists. The course was co-organised by the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (Greece), University of Bucharest (Romania), Stockholm University (Sweden), Aix-Marseille Université (France), and Paris Lodron University

Between April 21–25, 2025, Răzvan Popescu joined a field campaign in the Detunata and Parâng Mountains, focusing on low-altitude permafrost sites — unique indicators of past and present climate conditions. These permafrost features are natural archives of past winter temperature and precipitation patterns. During winter, the ground in these areas becomes significantly overcooled, forming a

Training the next generation of Earth scientists goes beyond the classroom — it happens directly in the field, where landscapes tell the story of our planet’s past. In March 2025, students from several European universities participated in a hands-on learning experience on Naxos Island, Greece, exploring how past climate variability has shaped this tectonically active