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GeoTalk: meet Luigi Bianco, geophysicist and GI Early Career Scientist representative

September 25, 2026
Luigi Bianco

Hello Luigi! Thank you for agreeing to this GeoTalk interview. Could you briefly introduce yourself and your background to our readers? Hi Simon and the EGU community! I’m a postdoc researcher in applied geophysics at the University of Naples Federico II. My research focuses on developing advanced potential field modelling and inversion techniques to image the subsurface. These methods impact a ve ...[Read More]

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Geodesy

Genesis: One Satellite to Bring Four Geodetic Techniques Together

and September 25, 2026
Genesis: One Satellite to Bring Four Geodetic Techniques Together

What if we brought all four major space-geodetic techniques together on a single spacecraft for the first time? ESA’s Genesis mission, expected to launch in 2028, will do just that, combining Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS), Satellite Laser Ranging (SLR), DORIS and Very Long Baseline Interferometry (VLBI) on one carefully calibrated platform. Well before launch, scientists are inve ...[Read More]

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Ocean Sciences

An archipelago as a natural laboratory: Pioneering ocean monitoring network in the Canary Islands

September 25, 2026
An archipelago as a natural laboratory: Pioneering ocean monitoring network in the Canary Islands

The Canary Islands are often shown as a group of small dots in the vast Atlantic Ocean. However, across only a few tens of kilometres, their surrounding waters can shift from sheltered coastal bays and energetic inter-island channels to the open subtropical ocean. This strong environmental contrast makes the archipelago an ideal natural laboratory for observing how the ocean varies and responds to ...[Read More]

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Atmospheric Sciences

The Breath of Forests, Cities, and Everything in Between: Eva Pfannerstill and the Air We Cannot See

September 24, 2026
The Breath of Forests, Cities, and Everything in Between: Eva Pfannerstill and the Air We Cannot See

There is a slow-moving silver shape drifting over the forests and cities of North Rhine-Westphalia. From the ground, it looks almost ceremonial — a Zeppelin NT gliding through the air as though time had reversed by a century. Inside, sensors are humming. And Eva Pfannerstill is watching the data appear. She is not there to admire the view, though the Rhine-Ruhr region from the air is something. Sh ...[Read More]

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Hydrological Sciences

1st International Training School on Urban Water Management and Nature-based Solutions for Sustainable Cities

September 24, 2026
1st International Training School on Urban Water Management and Nature-based Solutions for Sustainable Cities

From 7-8 September 2026, the 1st International Training School on Urban Water Management and Nature-based Solutions for Sustainable Cities was held in Munich, Germany. Organised by researchers from the Technical University of Munich, the Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB), Berlin, and the University of Cagliari in collaboration with the International Association of ...[Read More]

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Geodynamics

Beyond ‘black and white’: rethinking continental drift and land bridges through plate tectonics and orogenic bridges

September 23, 2026
Beyond ‘black and white’: rethinking continental drift and land bridges through plate tectonics and orogenic bridges

In this essay, Jean-Baptiste Koehl reflects on the origin of a 100-year-old divide within the geoscience community and explores how tectonics and paleontology may be brought closer together through the concept of orogenic bridges. Disclaimer: The reflections presented here reflect my perspective grounded in my own research and experience.   One of the most iconic interdisciplinary achievement ...[Read More]

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Planetary and Solar System Sciences

Shaping the PS Division: Call for Community Engagement

September 22, 2026

Credit: Anna Kotova (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu) [Imaggeo – Geoscience].   Dear EGU Planetary & Solar System Sciences (PS) Division, The Planetary & Solar System Sciences blog is back! In this post, we will examine how to participate in defining the PS Division, activities, procedures, and deadlines. We dedicate our comeback post to our readers, who sit at the heart of this ...[Read More]

GeoLog

Communicating uncertainty in science : A pandemic of uncertainty?

and September 18, 2026
Communicating uncertainty in science : A pandemic of uncertainty?

Welcome to the first post in our new GeoLog series on communicating uncertainty! Written by students from an interdisciplinary course at the University of Tübingen led by Dr. Solmaz Mohadjer, this series explores how reframing uncertainty as a strength can enhance science communication. In this opening piece, Berenice Schramm and Benni Suchalla examine one of the biggest communication challenges o ...[Read More]

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Climate: Past, Present & Future

When ozone enters a leaf: why the details matter for Earth system models

September 18, 2026
When ozone enters a leaf: why the details matter for Earth system models

(Schematic cross-section showing leaf stomatal O_3 uptake, chloroplast oxidative stress, and the resulting downregulation of Earth’s global photosynthetic carbon uptake (GPP)) We usually think of ozone as a shield high in the atmosphere or as an air pollutant that harms human lungs near the ground. But plants also “breathe” ozone. Through microscopic pores called stomata, leaves take in carb ...[Read More]

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Ocean Sciences

Looks can be deceiving: Why high coral cover does not always mean high reef productivity

and September 17, 2026
Looks can be deceiving: Why high coral cover does not always mean high reef productivity

When most people imagine a coral reef, they picture clear, warm, sunny tropical waters. However, the coral communities of Hong Kong live in a vastly different setting. In the shadows of one of the most densely populated coastlines in the world, these corals persist under highly turbid conditions, receiving relatively little light over the year. Water conditions are also highly seasonal, with large ...[Read More]