Dear Meteoritical Society Members,
The annual meeting is early next month, in just a few weeks! Here are announcements for this July newsletter:
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MetSoc Meeting - Online Registration Deadline on the 26th of July – Registration at the standard registration rate and the Program are available from the 2026 MetSoc meeting website. We look forward to seeing many of you at the annual meeting in Frankfurt, August 9 through August 14!
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93 Members Receive Travel Awards – We are very grateful for the wide-ranging support we have for Travel Awards to the Annual Meeting. Read this news story for details of the 2026 Travel Awards and the recipients.
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Research Grant Reports – Read the latest reports from projects supported by the Meteoritical Society Research Grants:
From Gabriel Pinto, Université libre de Bruxelles, on: The influence of evaporites on the terrestrial alteration of CO carbonaceous chondrites from the Atacama Desert: Evidence from oxygen isotope analysis
From Swarma Prava Das, National Institute of Science Education and Research, India, on: Experimental Simulations of Space Weathering on Mercury: Ion irradiation and Infrared Spectroscopy under High Temperatures
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Community Grant Reports – Read the latest report from a project supported by Meteoritical Society Community Grants:
From Claudia Samanta Aravena González, University of Chile, on: Meteorites & Dinosaurs Chile
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1944 Meteorites Approved in 2025 – Thank you to the members of the Nomenclature Committee, who give their time and effort to perform this service for our community. Read more in this news story and in the Meteoritical Bulletin 114.
COMMUNITY SUBMITTED ANNOUNCEMENTS
The Arab and Africa Impact Cratering and Astrogeology Conference – The book of the abstracts for the 5th edition of the Arab and Africa Impact Cratering and Astrogeology Conference (AICAC V) held in November 2025, has been uploaded on Zenodo with a permanent link and doi.
The permanent doi is https://zenodo.org/records/20596780
Submitted by Marian Selorm Sapah (Chair, Organizing committee AICAC V)
Call for Abstracts: GSA – We want to draw your attention to two impact-related sessions at this year's Geological Society of America (GSA) annual meeting (GSA Connects) in Denver, 11-16 October 2026:
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GSA Session title: "Impact Cratering: From the Earth into the Solar System"
Session advocates: Christian Koeberl, Steven Jaret, Jeffrey Plescia
Session description: Session focuses on impact craters and their influence on planetary evolution. Contributions on all aspects are solicited: field investigations, ejecta, structure, shock processes, geochemical-mineralogical signatures, modeling, geologic and climatic implications and comparisons among planetary bodies.
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GSA Session title: "Myths and Misrepresentations surrounding Cosmic Impact claims in Paleoclimatology, Paleontology, Paleoecology, Geoarchaeology, and Quaternary Research"
Session advocates: Mark Boslough, Christian Koeberl, Vance Holliday
Session description: In celebration of the 20th anniversary of the Younger Dryas impact hypothesis, there will be a special session at this year's meeting. Sensationalized but unfounded claims about cosmic impacts and environmental catastrophes receive extensive media coverage, contributing to public misunderstanding. Speakers will share their experiences in responding to such myths and misrepresentations in their areas of expertise.
GSA abstract deadline: 6 August 2026
For information and to submit abstracts, see: https://connects.geosociety.org/program/technical-sessions
submitted by Ch. Koeberl (University of Vienna)
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Guy Consolmagno, Meteoritical Society President, metsocpres@meteoritical.org
Jutta Zipfel, Meteoritical Society Secretary, metsocsec@meteoritical.org
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