EGU Blogs

Geodynamics

Inversion 101 to 201 – Part 2: The inverse problem and deterministic inversion

Iris van Zelst October 31, 2018

The Geodynamics 101 series serves to showcase the diversity of research topics and methods in the geodynamics community in an understandable manner. We welcome all researchers – PhD students to professors – to introduce their area of expertise in a lighthearted, entertaining manner and touch upon some of the outstanding questions and problems related to their fields. This time, Lars Gebraad, PhD s ...[Read More]

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Seismology

Seismology Job Portal

Marina Corradini October 29, 2018

On this page we regularly update open positions in Seismology. Do you have a job on offer? Contact us at ecs-sm@egu.eu _______________________________________________________________________________________ Latest open positions: PhD opportunities [1] Funded PhD opportunities in fluvial seismology at New Mexico Tech Open until: 2019-09-30 The students will join a project to in ...[Read More]

GeoLog

Imaggeo on Mondays: Hole in a hole in a hole…

Olivia Trani October 29, 2018

This photo, captured by drone about 80 metres above the ground, shows a nested sinkhole system in the Dead Sea. Such systems typically take form in karst areas, landscapes where soluble rock, such as limestone, dolomite or gypsum, are sculpted and perforated by dissolution and erosion. Over time, these deteriorating processes can cause the surface to crack and collapse. The olive-green hued sinkho ...[Read More]

GeoLog

GeoPolicy: the EU’s Bioeconomy Strategy – what is it and how is it linked with geoscience?

Chloe Hill October 26, 2018

What is the bioeconomy? Global threats such as climate change, ocean acidification, land degradation and an ever-expanding population means that it’s essential for us to reduce our environmental impact while still meetings our demand for food, resources and energy. The bioeconomy covers all sectors and systems that rely on biological resources and their functions including renewable biological re ...[Read More]

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Cryospheric Sciences

Do clouds affect melting over Antarctic ice shelves?

Ella Gilbert October 26, 2018

The Antarctic Peninsula is the ‘canary in the coalmine’ of Antarctic climate change. In the last half-century it has warmed faster than most other places on Earth, and considerable change has consequently been observed in the cryosphere, with several ice shelves collapsing in part or in full. Representing this change in models is difficult because we understand comparatively little abo ...[Read More]

GeoLog

Geosciences Column: How climate change put a damper on the Maya civilisation

Olivia Trani October 25, 2018

More than 4,000 years ago, when the Great Pyramid of Giza and Stonehenge were being built, the Maya civilisation emerged in Central America. The indigenous group prospered for thousands of years until its fall in the 13th century (potentially due to severe drought). However, thousands of years before this collapse, severely soggy conditions lasting for many centuries likely inhibited the civilisat ...[Read More]

GeoLog

Join us at the EGU 2019 General Assembly: Call for abstracts is now open!

Olivia Trani October 24, 2018

From now, up until 10 January 2019, you can submit your abstract for the upcoming EGU General Assembly (EGU 2019). In addition to established scientists, PhD students and other early career researchers are welcome to submit abstracts to present their research at the conference. Further, the EGU encourages undergraduate and master students to submit abstracts on their dissertations or final-year pr ...[Read More]

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Solar-Terrestrial Sciences

A close-up journey to the Sun: The Parker Solar Probe Mission

Athanasios Papaioannou October 24, 2018

Almost two months ago, in August 12, 2018 Parker Solar Probe (PSP) launched by NASA on a Delta IV Heavy rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida. This is a long-awaited mission from the Heliospheric community. The first to explore the Sun within distances of ~0.167 AU (or 25 million kilometers) at its perihelia. Its ancestors were the successful Helios -A and -B spacecraft, a pair of probes launched in ...[Read More]

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Geodynamics

Inversion 101 to 201 – Part 1: The forward problem

Iris van Zelst October 24, 2018

The Geodynamics 101 series serves to showcase the diversity of research topics and methods in the geodynamics community in an understandable manner. We welcome all researchers – PhD students to professors – to introduce their area of expertise in a lighthearted, entertaining manner and touch upon some of the outstanding questions and problems related to their fields. This time, Lars Gebraad, PhD s ...[Read More]

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Tectonics and Structural Geology

Meeting Plate Tectonics – Dan McKenzie

David Fernández-Blanco October 23, 2018

These blogposts present interviews with outstanding scientists that bloomed and shape the theory that revolutionised Earth Sciences — Plate Tectonics. Get to know them, learn from their experience, discover the pieces of advice they share and find out where the newest challenges lie! Meeting Dan McKenzie Prof. Dan McKenzie is one of the key actors empowering the Plate Tectonic Theory. He was Profe ...[Read More]