PyGPlates 1.0 released

We’re pleased to announce the release of pyGPlates 1.0. PyGPlates enables access to GPlates functionality via the Python programming language. PyGPlates can now be installed using conda or pip. Please see the installation instructions in the pyGPlates documentation. Note: The old method of manually installing pre-compiled binaries is no longer supported (that’s now handled by conda and pip). But … Read more…

PyGPlates 1.0.0rc1 released

We’re pleased to announce the release of pyGPlates 1.0.0rc1. Note: This is a pre-release of version 1.0.0.  Version 1.0.0 will be released in January 2025 and will have the same functionality.  This pre-release is mainly to ensure there are no issues with the new pip support. PyGPlates can now be installed using conda or pip.  Please see the installation … Read more…

The Conversation: Travelling through deep time to find copper for a clean energy future

More than 100 countries, including the United States and members of the European Union, have committed to net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. The world is going to need a lot of metal, particularly copper. Recently, the International Energy Agency sounded the warning bell on the global supply of copper as the most widely used metal in renewable … Read more…