EGU Blogs

Tectonics and Structural Geology

TS Must-Read – Cowie (1998) A healing-reloading feedback control on the growth rate of seismogenic faults

The Must-read team April 4, 2022

This study provides a simple numerical model of fault rupture that describes the development of fault systems from the initial nucleation of numerous small faults to the localisation of deformation into few major faults. The model presented is based on two main considerations: first, earthquakes cause stress changes that can either advance or delay failure …[Read More]

GD

Geodynamics

The Sassy Scientist – The Great Wall Of … Silence

The Sassy Scientist April 1, 2022

Luiza is an active collaborator and wants to share every piece of her progress with her colleagues. However, there are some in her email chain particularly ‘busy’. At the end of her tether, she heaves a sigh: What to do if someone DOESN’T EMAIL BACK? Dear Luiza, Não se atreva tirar o cavalinho da chuva. …[Read More]

GeoLog

How to EGU22: Get creative at the General Assembly with EGUart and more!

Gillian D'Souza April 1, 2022

At EGU we take our science seriously, but we also value creativity and the role it plays in all aspects of being a researcher, from designing your study to science communication! The upcoming EGU22 General Assembly offers plenty of creativity in every way, shape and form! If you’re keen to indulge your creative side or …[Read More]

OS

Ocean Sciences

OceanTalk with Karen J. Heywood

Elizabeth Siddle April 1, 2022

Karen smiles on the left by the ship railing, with the open ocean behind

Karen J. Heywood FRS is a Professor of Physical Oceanography at the University of East Anglia, UK. Karen was president of EGU’s Ocean Sciences division from 2016-2021. Can you tell us about your background and career path? I did a physics degree back in the early 1980’s, and then wanted to apply that to something …[Read More]

CR

Cryospheric Sciences

Icy fieldwork: real or April Fool’s?

EGU Cryosphere Blog team April 1, 2022

Those of us fortunate to participate in cryo-fieldwork are well aware of the unique, hilarious, and sometimes bizarre scenarios that we often find ourselves in. For this year’s April Fool’s Day, the EGU Cryosphere Blog team shares crazy anecdotes, with a catch: one of these stories is fake! Are you able to tell fact from …[Read More]

GeoLog

GeoRoundup: the highlights of EGU Journals published during March!

Hazel Gibson March 31, 2022

Each month we feature specific Divisions of EGU and during the monthly GeoRoundup we will be putting the journals that publish science from those Divisions at the top of the Highlights roundup. For March, the Divisions we are featuring are: Earth and Space Science Informatics (ESSI), Geodesy (G) and Geosciences Instrumentation and Data Systems (GI). …[Read More]

GeoLog

What is GIFT? The Education Committee’s Jean-Luc Berenguer & Phil Smith explain

Simon Clark March 30, 2022

EGU’s annual Geoscience Information For Teachers (GIFT) workshop will take place between 4 – 8 April 2022, with the theme of “How the planet shapes history – Geosciences, human society and civilizations”. To find out more about what GIFT is and get a taster for the workshop’s content EGU’s Programme Coordinator, Simon Clark, talked with …[Read More]

GD

Geodynamics

Journey of the Indian plate

Jyotirmoy Paul March 30, 2022

Plume craton interaction is a fascinating geological phenomenon. The Indian plate, which has experienced several plume eruptions underneath it, is one of the best locations to study the effect of plume craton interaction. In this week’s news and view, I will provide an overview of the controversy and hypotheses related to the plume craton interaction …[Read More]

HS

Hydrological Sciences

A lot (but never too much) of hydrology at EGU22

Maria-Helena Ramos March 30, 2022

The EGU General Assembly 2022 will take place on 23–27 May 2022, with more than 12,000 presentations that will be delivered and viewed both virtually or on-site in Vienna (Austria Center Vienna). About 1,900 presentations are included in the 99 scientific sessions that are led by the Hydrological Sciences (HS) Division. The 2022 conference programme …[Read More]

WaterUnderground

Groundwater and granny gears: Hydrogeological tourism on wheels!

WaterUnderground 29th March 2022

By Sam Zipper Groundwater is often invisible because it’s hidden below the ground. However, for those who know what to look for, you can see evidence for groundwater everywhere you look! A couple of years ago, I wrote about the great American groundwater road trip across the Ogallala Aquifer where we could see groundwater in …[Read More]