Dear Readers of the SSP Blog, Today, we detected suspicious and non-approved blog entries that were published in the name of one of our authors on the SSP blog webpage. We start from the premise that the release of these entries was a result of a hacking attack on the author’s computer/email post-box and immediately deleted the associated content from our webpage. Please apologise for any ...[Read More]
GeoLog
Imaggeo On Monday: Landmannalaugar – Iceland’s geoscience wonder
Landmannalaugar is a unique and beautiful area in Iceland, nestled in the highlands of the country. It is known for its stunning scenery, including green-covered mountains, vast lava fields, and natural hot springs. This area served as the end destination of my hiking adventure where I crossed Iceland from north to south, and it’s easy to see why. Aside from its natural beauty, Landma ...[Read More]
Nonlinear Processes in Geosciences
Socio-economic and security implications of global heating
This year, like in the last few years, we are experiencing the effects of global heating in increasingly personal ways. The summer of 2022 exposed us to ever more extreme heat waves in North America, Europe, and Asia. For instance, the heat wave in India and Pakistan reached temperatures of 49C in Nawabshah, Pakistan. North America too experienced devastating heat waves and wildfires. Los Angeles ...[Read More]
Geodesy
Women in Geodesy: Susanna Zerbini
In the past weeks and months, we have introduced you to famous female geodesists who won the Vening Meinesz medal of the EGU Geodesy division. This week we turn our eyes to Susanna Zerbini, who was awarded with the Vening Meinesz medal in 2009 for her important work at the interface of geodesy and geodynamics using space geodetic techniques. Having this in mind, we were curious to find out what sh ...[Read More]
GeoLog
The geological period that no one talks about: menstruation in the field
Try typing the phrase ‘period in geosciences’ into Google. You’ll get something like ‘divisions of geological time’, and how we divide ancient earth time into eras, periods and epochs. We learn about this in the first year and again in every subsequent year of geological training. We are both geochronologists, so this is a topic we are deeply familiar with. But we are also both women. To us, and e ...[Read More]
Cryospheric Sciences
Fostering connections with frozen landscapes
Whether they are natural occurrences or experimentally induced, permafrost and Arctic ecosystems are responding fundamentally to recent climate extremes. Good writing and statistics material for us scientists, but bad news on pretty much every other level. Are we effectively communicating how fundamental these changes are? And can we use our personal experiences, stories and artwork to support us ...[Read More]
GeoLog
Caring for those who care: Reflections from academics at EGU23
Probably all of us academics have someone outside the office for whom we care, with whom we want to spend our time, and for whom we spend some of our earned money. This time and money shared with people that we care about can become a significant factor that impacts our academic work and even careers. When this is the case, we need to acknowledge to ourselves that we need help, ask for help, and h ...[Read More]
Cryospheric Sciences
Quantifying the experience: Himalayan fieldwork in numbers
The Himalayas are Big. But how Big is the fieldwork experience? What is behind all the mountain field data and beautiful mountain pictures? 40 preparation emails, 110 km of hiking, 170 kg of gear and 25 people in the team. We try to put some numbers on the experience we had during the Langtang, Nepal Himalaya expedition in November 2022. Behind the scenes Remote mountain fieldwork can be quite an ...[Read More]
Geodesy
Women in Geodesy: Anna Kłos
You guessed it right, it’s us again, the EGU Geodesy division ECS team! As you know, we have been working on a blog series called Women in Geodesy recently, and today we are turning our microphone to our current Science Officer and the Outstanding Early Career Scientist Awardee of 2021: Anna Kłos. We asked her a few questions and she was happy to answer them. Let’s leave the spot to Anna! W ...[Read More]
Hydrological Sciences
Wrapping up EGU23: A Hydrologist’s Look Back
Summarising such a week is almost an impossible task. First, it is worth highlighting that, on-site, we were back to a format with oral presentations, PICOs, and posters. Virtual participants could join the oral sessions and the PICO pitches via Zoom. Virtual boards were also available for the online poster sessions and PICOs. The format of 10-min oral presentations (questions included) was a chal ...[Read More]