EGU Blogs

Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Petrology & Volcanology

#vEGU21 – Session in the Spotlight: Volcano Geomorphology and Society: From observations, monitoring, and modeling of tectonic and gravity driven processes to disaster risk reduction

Simona Gabrielli December 11, 2020

The EGU Abstract Submission Deadline is almost here – only 6 weeks left!! Probably you are still looking for the right session, maybe one which combines onshore and subaqueous volcanic activity, geomorphology and the impact of the volcanic hazard on local communities. Well, the GM9.11/GMPV9/NH2 “Volcano Geomorphology and Society: From observations, monitoring, and modeling of …[Read More]

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Geodynamics

The Sassy Scientist – Extending the Extension

The Sassy Scientist December 11, 2020

Looking towards yet another submission extension, Cameron can see the end of 2020, but not of their thesis: After how many chapters and papers PhD thesis can be considered as ‘complete’? Dear Cameron, What do you mean chapters *and* papers?! In my vast experience examining PhD students, when they finally finish, they have chapters *or* …[Read More]

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Tectonics and Structural Geology

Mind your Head: Taking care of yourself during the Corona-virus crisis – Part 2

Anne Pluymakers and Hannah Davies December 11, 2020

It has been many months since the first lockdown, in some countries about a year, in other countries perhaps eight months. A continuing learning curve, with many ups and downs. Now the end is slowly appearing on the horizon, with promises of vaccines, and several countries making definite plans on when and how to vaccinate. …[Read More]

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Stratigraphy, Sedimentology and Palaeontology

Fossils on screen

Cinzia Bottini December 10, 2020

In these days fossils are becoming the new Hollywood stars as we are more and more pushed to use new -or sort of new- approaches for disseminating paleontology which pass through a screen. Technology is providing us with several ways to reach homes, colleagues throughout the world, or classrooms to share our research. The EGU …[Read More]

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Soil System Sciences

The importance of our SSS (…Soil Support Staff!) #2

Dan Evans December 10, 2020

Last month, we launched the first in a monthly series of blog posts dedicated to highlighting the indispensable work carried out by our technicians, laboratory assistants, and research support teams. Soil Science is indebted to these key individuals and their essential, tireless efforts to keep laboratories afloat, maintain our facilities, carry out fieldwork, and make …[Read More]

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Biogeosciences

High-resolution biogeochemistry: Taking snapshots of past climate using mollusk shells

Alexandra Rodler December 10, 2020

This is a solicited blogpost written by Niels de Winter. Now that the effects of rising anthropogenic CO2 emissions are starting to affect our everyday lives, accurate reconstructions of past climates become more and more relevant. These reconstructions help us to improve climate models used to project future global warming scenarios which in turn inform …[Read More]

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Hydrological Sciences

Hydrological modelling and pizza making: why doesn’t mine look like the one in the picture?

Andres Peñuela, Valentina Noacco and Francesca Pianosi December 9, 2020

Is this a question that you have asked yourself after following a recipe, for instance, to make pizza? You have used the same ingredients and followed all the steps and still the result doesn’t look like the one in the picture… Don’t worry: you are not alone! This is a common issue, and not only …[Read More]

GeoLog

GeoPolicy: European Research Council funding opportunities – Your questions answered!

Chloe Hill December 9, 2020

The European Research Council (ERC) is a leading European funding body supporting frontier research, investigator-driven, across all fields of science.The ERC offers various different funding opportunities with grants budgets of €1.5 to €3.5 million for individual scientists with the sole criterion for selection being scientific excellence. In October, the EGU hosted a webinar that highlighted …[Read More]

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Geodynamics

Seriously, science?

Editorial Team 3 December 9, 2020

This week, Cédric Thieulot, Assistant Professor at The Department of Earth Science, in Utrecht, shows that there is no place for humor in peer reviewed scientific publications. Science is serious. It’s about experiments, theory, analysis, and for most of this readership maths, physics, chemistry, biology, geology and so much more. It’s serious business, with funding, …[Read More]

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Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Petrology & Volcanology

#vEGU21 Session in the Spotlight: Island arc volcanism along the Africa-Eurasia plate boundary

Camilla Imarisio December 9, 2020

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas! ☃ Which only means that the EGU abstract submission deadline is fast approaching. With 6 weeks left to go, have you decided which session to submit your abstract to? Today we put a spotlight on session NH2.1 (Co-organized by GM9/GMPV11). Are you passionate about reconstructing volcanic histories?✅ …[Read More]