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The Impacts of Climate Change on Global Groundwater Resources (Part 1 of 4)

March 2, 2016
The Impacts of Climate Change on Global Groundwater Resources (Part 1 of 4)

Christopher Barry is a doctoral researcher at the University of Birmingham. He has written for the GfGD Blog in the past – detailing his contribution to water projects in Burkina Faso and fundraising efforts to support such work. We have recently added a briefing note to our website, written by Christopher, describing the role of climate change on global groundwater resources. You can access ...[Read More]

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Seismology

Article submission and resubmission

March 1, 2016
Preparing an article for submission. Stock photo from www.flickr.com.

Guest writer Kathrin Spieker is back with her thoughts and experience about how to improve writing skills specifically aimed for publishing in scientific journals. This post is part of a series. Kathrin is a young seismologist who has recently started publishing her own research as part of her PhD study. In a previous post (The publication circle) we had a closer look at the writing process, which ...[Read More]

GeoLog

GeoTalk: Fishing meets science with waders and smartphones

February 29, 2016
GeoTalk: Fishing meets science with waders and smartphones

Dutch and American researchers have developed waders equipped with temperature sensors that enable fly-fishers to find the best fishing locations while collecting data to help scientists study streams. The research is published today (29 February) in Geoscientific Instrumentation Methods and Data Systems (GI), an open access journal of the European Geosciences Union. In this GeoTalk interview we t ...[Read More]

GeoLog

Imaggeo on Mondays: Fire Watch Constellation

February 29, 2016
Imaggeo on Mondays: Fire Watch Constellation

Wild fires: raging walls of flames, capable of burning down swathes of pristine, sometimes protected and ancient, landscapes have been causing havoc around the globe. Managing and controlling them is no easy task; they can unexpectedly change their course with the wind and jump across rivers, roads and man-made fire breaks. The significant threat they pose, and damage they can cause, to valuable e ...[Read More]

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Cryospheric Sciences

Image of the Week – Antarctic fieldwork 50 years ago!

February 26, 2016
Image of the Week – Antarctic fieldwork 50 years ago!

So far this blog has published many pictures of current polar field work campaigns. Today, we would like to take you back to Antarctic expeditions during the 1960s. The photos presented in this post date back from the Belgian-Dutch Antarctic field campaigns of 1964-1966. The first picture shows Ken Blaiklock (red overalls) with a Belgian surveyor. Ken was part of the 1955–58 Commonwealth Trans-Ant ...[Read More]

GeoLog

Last chance to enter the EGU Photo Contest 2016!

February 25, 2016
Last chance to enter the EGU Photo Contest 2016!

If you are pre-registered for the 2016 General Assembly (Vienna, 17 -22 April), you can take part in our annual photo competition! Winners receive a free registration to next year’s General Assembly! But hurry, there are only a few days left to enter! Every year we hold a photo competition and exhibit in association with our open access image repository, Imaggeo and our annual General Assembly. Th ...[Read More]

GeoLog

Science communication opportunity at the EGU General Assembly: be a student reporter

February 24, 2016
Science communication opportunity at the EGU General Assembly: be a student reporter

For the first time at the 2016 General Assembly, which is taking place in Vienna, Austria, from 17–22 April, we will be implementing a Student Reporter Programme. A team of volunteer early career researchers will report, via the Union’s social media outlets and blogs, on the findings presented at scientific sessions and press conferences during the General Assembly. What is involved in being a stu ...[Read More]

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Atmospheric Sciences

How does weather affect volcanoes?

February 23, 2016
How does weather affect volcanoes?

I was taking a plane trip home recently. To kill the time I got talking with the person sitting next to me and naturally one of their first questions was to ask me what I did for a living. To avoid a complicated discussion about the nuances of my research I summarised – ‘I am a volcanic meteorologist’. They were interested and wanted to know all about how volcanoes affect the weather, ...[Read More]

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Seismology

Bulgarian seismologists deploy seismic station in Antarctica

February 22, 2016

This week we caught up with Gergana Georgieva, an early career seismologist working at the Department of Meteorology and Geophysics, Sofia University. Gergana is an assistant professor, and a board member of the Bulgarian Geophysical Society. The team she is working in from Bulgarian Academy of Sciences and Sofia University has recently been awarded funding from the Science Research Fund of the Bu ...[Read More]