September 10, 2018. Scientific seminar of the laboratory of geodynamics took place in the Belousov hall of GC RAS. I. A. Sdelnikova made a presentation "Spatial-temporal variations of deformation processes in subduction zones" on the basis of her PhD thesis.

September 3, 2018. Russian Journal of Earth Sciences (RJES), published by GC RAS, began to be indexed by SCOPUS, a reference database of scientific publications.

August 13-21, 2018. Deputy Director for Science of GC RAS, Corresponding member of RAS A. A. Soloviev and Academic Secretary of GC RAS R. I. Krasnoperov visited the "Samoylov Island" research station. The purpose of the expedition was to conduct a magnetic survey of the island to determine the places suitable for the deployment of the planned geomagnetic observatory.

August 8-19, 2018. Mutnovskaya volcanological school took place in Kamchatka, in which researcher of the Laboratory of Geoinformatics and Geomagnetic Studies I. Belov took part. Classes and field studies took place on the territory of the natural park "Volcanoes of Kamchatka", which is a district of active volcanoes Mutnovsky and Gorely.