EGU Blogs

Geodynamics

Journey Towards the Centre of the Earth: The Secret Behind the Long-Term Survival of Large Low-Velocity Provinces

Prachi Kar October 8, 2025

Geophysicists have long been intrigued by the enigmatic “blobs” residing deep within Earth’s lower mantle — the Large Low-Velocity Provinces (LLVPs). Ever wondered what keeps these gigantic thermochemical structures surviving for billions of years despite the mantle’s vigorous convection? In this week’s News & Views, Prachi Kar, a PhD candidate from Arizona State University, delves into Earth’ ...[Read More]

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Biogeosciences

Meet your BG team 2025/2026

Elsa Abs and Lucia Layritz October 3, 2025

The Biogeoscience division team has changed over the last year, and in this blog post, we are delighted to introduce our new team of representatives and describe their roles and research interests so that you can get to know them better. Our division is led by a President and Deputy President, supported by two Early Career Scientist Representatives and several sub-division officers who cover vario ...[Read More]

GeoLog

Democracy from the ivory tower: A response to the Anti-autocracy Handbook from a Global South perspective

Peter Alexander October 3, 2025

Yet another global guide to saving democracy, this time titled The Anti-Autocracy Handbook: A Scholars’ Guide to Navigating Democratic Backsliding, authored by an all-star cast of academics based in the U.S., Europe, and Australia. Because, clearly, when it comes to understanding the creeping rise of authoritarian regimes, who better to consult than experts who live and work in societies whe ...[Read More]

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Tectonics and Structural Geology

Where earthquake faults reach the ground surface: insight from 2016 Kumamoto event

Yuto Sasaki October 2, 2025

What does a seismogenic fault look like? We can sometimes observe surface earthquake faults, which propagate ruptures from the hypocenter to the ground surface. In 2016, intense seismicity was observed during the Kumamoto earthquake sequence in Japan. This sequence consisted of many shallow earthquakes, including a strong foreshock and the subsequent mainshock with numerous aftershocks. The earthq ...[Read More]

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Geodynamics

Kamchatka Megathrust Earthquake: What lies in the Pacific Ring of Fire

Kleoniki Lydia Theodoridou October 1, 2025

From the very early years on this Planet, earthquakes have always captivated people’s attention. The feeling of admiration and fear always lies within us, especially drawing on the most recent megathrust earthquake that hit the south coast of Kamchatka’s Peninsula, in Russia, twice this year. Therefore, in this week’s blog, we aim to explore how this phenomenon evolved and why this specific region ...[Read More]

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Solar-Terrestrial Sciences

ST-ECS Networking Campfire: “How to Navigate Between Academia and Industry”

Shreedevi P. R. September 30, 2025

For many early-career scientists, one of the big questions is whether to pursue a career in academia, move into industry, or find a path that bridges both worlds. Each sector offers unique opportunities and challenges, and learning how to navigate between them can help you make confident, informed career decisions. To shed light on this topic, the Early Career Scientists (ECS) team of the Solar-Te ...[Read More]

GeoLog

GeoRoundup: the highlights of EGU Journals published during September!

Asmae Ourkiya September 30, 2025

Each month we feature specific Divisions of EGU and during the monthly GeoRoundup we put the journals that publish science from those Divisions at the top of the Highlights section. During this month, we are featuring Seismology (SM) and Climate: Past, Present & Future (CL). They are represented by the journals Geoscientific Model Development (GMD), Solid Earth (SE), Climate of the Past (CP), ...[Read More]

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Geomorphology

Highlighting: Waterfalls!

Sophie Rothman September 29, 2025

This blog post is part of our series: “Highlights” for which we’re accepting contributions! Please contact Emma Lodes (GM blog editor, elodes@asu.edu), if you’d like to contribute on this topic or others. by Sophie Rothman, Postdoctoral fellow, Géosciences Environnement Toulouse. Email: Sophie.rothman@get.omp.eu My PhD research at the University of Nevada, Reno, focused on how waterfalls alter er ...[Read More]

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Hydrological Sciences

Passing the French Concours for a Permanent Research Position: Joining an Interdisciplinary Research Unit on Water and the Global South

Paul Baudron September 26, 2025

For most early-career hydrologists, securing a permanent position as a researcher or assistant professor is a major aspiration. Yet, with the proliferation of short-term contracts, achieving this goal has become increasingly challenging. In France, the academic system still offers an annual opportunity for young hydrologists and hydrogeologists to obtain such positions, even though the process is ...[Read More]

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Geodesy

Seeing Geodesy clearly – suitable colours for effective and inclusive visualization

Rebekka Steffen and Fabio Crameri September 26, 2025

Effective scientific communication of geodetic research often relies on clear visualizations, and colours are needed to make complex data much easier to understand. However, traditional colormaps don’t always provide the needed clarity and can be especially challenging for people with colour-vision deficiencies (CVD). In this post, we will first describe what CVD is and how it is present in academ ...[Read More]