December 2019

EGU2020 BG Sessions in the spotlight: Permafrost

Joshua Dean December 30, 2019

Permafrost landscape at sunset by Reinhard Pienitz

The EGU 2020 abstract submissions are open until January 15. Here, we’ll highlight the planned biogeoscience (BG) sessions. Stay tuned and find the session for your abstract! Today’s focus is on permafrost. These perennially frozen regions span the Arctic, the Tibetan Plateau, and mountain regions throughout the globe. Permafrost is highly vulnerable to current and future climate change and could ...[Read More]

EGU2020 BG Sessions in the spotlight: Extreme environments

Alexandra Rodler December 26, 2019

Lava glow and space at the Kilauea volcano by Andreas Johnsson

Less than one month left for the EGU 2020 abstract deadline on January 15. Today we highlight two sessions of BG 5 – Geomicrobiology, extreme environments on Earth and planetary analogues. First, BG5.1: Biology and Geology of extreme environments on Earth and planetary analogs. This session is convened by Monica Pondrelli, Jessica Flahaut, Frances Westall, Helge Niemann and Barbara Cavalazz ...[Read More]

EGU2020 BG Sessions in the spotlight: Methane

Alexandra Rodler December 23, 2019

Oceanic ombrotrophic peatland at the Seno Skyring Fjord, Patagonia, Chile by Klaus-Holger Knorr

The EGU 2020 abstract submissions are open until January 15. Here, we’ll highlight the planned biogeosciences sessions. Stay tuned and find the session for your abstract! Today’s focus is on Methane. Methane, a potent greenhouse gas, is steadily increasing in concentration in the atmosphere, prompting fears that it could scupper our chances to meet the global climate targets. But given its relativ ...[Read More]

EGU2020 BG Sessions in the spotlight: Biogeosciences’ past achievements and current challenges

Alexandra Rodler December 19, 2019

Melt Ponds on Arctic Sea Ice by Kai Boggild

The EGU 2020 abstract submissions are open until January 15. Today we highlight two of the more general BG-sessions for those of you working with big questions linking biology and geology, current and past. First, BG1.13: Past achievement and future challenges of Biogeosciences. This session is convened by Giuliana Panieri, Ariel D. Anbar, Hiroshi Kitazato and Kurt Konhauser. The convenors ...[Read More]

Welcome back to EGU’s Biogeosciences Division Blog!

Alexandra Rodler December 17, 2019

Footprints by Carolina Reyes

After a brief hiatus, the blog will be restarting under the joint editorship of Hana Jurikova, Alexandra Rodler, and Joshua Dean. Hana is a is a postdoctoral researcher at the GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences – Helmholtz Centre Potsdam in Germany. Her research primarily involves the application and development of novel isotopic techniques to gain insights into climatic and environ ...[Read More]