EGU Blogs

Geology Jenga

An Andy Warhol Moment for Liverpool’s Geomagnetism Group – dating the formation of the Earth’s Inner core

Andy Biggin October 9, 2015

This week, my PhD supervisor, Andy Biggin, had a paper out in Nature. The findings of this new research point towards the Earth’s inner core being older than we’d previously thought. Recent estimates, suggest that the Earth’s solid inner core started forming between half a billion and one billion years ago. However, Andy’s (and co-workers) new measurements of ancient rocks as the ...[Read More]

GfGD

Geology for Global Development

GfGD Annual Conference – Speaker Introductions (Session 5)

Dr Joel C. Gill October 9, 2015

Our 3rd Annual Conference, with the theme Fighting Global Poverty – Geology and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) takes place on Friday 30th October, hosted by the Geological Society of London. Here we introduce the inspiring, early-career scientists taking part in Session 5 – “Engaging In Development – Personal Reflections from Early-Career Scientists”. They’l ...[Read More]

CR

Cryospheric Sciences

Image of the Week: Antarctic ice-shelf thickness

Sophie Berger October 9, 2015

Thickness of floating ice shelves in Antarctica. Ice thickness is greatest close to the grounding line where it can reach 1000 meters or more (red). Away from the grounding line, the ice rapidly thins to reach a few hundreds of meters at the calving front. Ice thickness varies greatly from one ice shelf to another. Within ice shelves, “streams of ice” can be spotted originating from in ...[Read More]

GM

Geomorphology

Report from the Summer School on Geomorphology in the Kaunertal Valley, Austria, 31st August – 6th September 2015

Sabine Kraushaar October 8, 2015

Written by Ciara Fleming ( University College Dublin) The focus of this Summer School was ‘Sediment dynamics in high mountain environments’ and as suggested by this title, the location did not disappoint. For the week-long school we were based in Feichten im Kaunertal (1273m a.s.l.), a perfectly-formed Alpine village in the Province of Tyrol, Austria. The school brought together a diverse group of ...[Read More]

CR

Cryospheric Sciences

Riding the Storm: The Arctic Circle Traverse 2015

Babis Charalampidis October 8, 2015

In the morning on the 19th of May, we – the Arctic Circle Traverse 2015 – found ourselves in a great dilemma; to stay or to go? On our check-in conversation with the KISS crew, we were informed that an east front from Kulusuk was expected to hit our location up on the ice sheet sometime in the afternoon. The relatively low winds that we were experiencing would get stronger, and the visibility woul ...[Read More]

GeoLog

Apply now to take part in the 2016 GIFT workshop!

Laura Roberts-Artal October 7, 2015

The General Assembly is not only for researchers but for teachers and educators with an interest in the geosciences also. Every year the Geosciences Information For Teachers (GIFT) is organised by the EGU Committee on Education to bring first class science closer to primary and high school teachers. The topic of the 2016 edition of GIFT is ‘The Solar System and beyond’. This year’s workshop is co- ...[Read More]

ERE

Energy, Resources and the Environment

Jobs on EGU website

Sian Loveless October 7, 2015

If you are an Early Career Researcher or looking for a new research opportunity why not check out the EGU job site!? http://www.egu.eu/jobs/

SSS

Soil System Sciences

Ingrid Kögel-Knabner, a multidisciplinary soil scientist

Antonio Jordán October 6, 2015

Ingrid Kögel-Knabner Chair of Soil Science Technical University of Munich The 2015 Philippe Duchaufour Medal is awarded to Ingrid Kögel-Knabner for her fundamental and ground-breaking work on the dynamics and stabilisation of soil organic matter in soils from a basic-chemistry and organo-mineral interactions perspective. I received my doctorate from the University of Bayreuth, Germany, in 1987. In ...[Read More]

GeoSphere

Geology Photo of the Week #48

Matt Herod October 6, 2015

This edition of the photo of the approximate week (plus or minus 1 – sorry for my tardiness) is very cool in that it shows when earth processes that are invisible suddenly become very visible. In this case the submarine volcano, El Hierro, is erupting and instead of the usual bursting lava and fireworks display the only evidence of the turmoil going on is this discolouration at the ocean&#82 ...[Read More]

GeoLog

Imaggeo on Mondays: Mount Etna

Bárbara Ferreira October 5, 2015

In this week’s Imaggeo on Monday’s image an almost Martian looking landscape, with ombre coloured soils, gives way to gently rolling hills, covered in luscious woods and vegetation. Were it not for the trees in the distance, you would be forgiven for thinking this image had been captured by a Mars rover. In truth, it is an entirely more earthly landscape: welcome to the slopes of Mt. Etna! Keep on ...[Read More]