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Lucia Layritz

Lucia Layritz is the Editor-in-Chief of the Biogeosciences blog. Currently a Postdoc at UC Berkeley, she researches vegetation recovery from natural and human disturbances in boreal, Mediterranean and desert ecosystems. You can find her under @lucialayr around the internet.

On the Mary Anning Conference Series

On the Mary Anning Conference Series

In this episode of the Biogeosciences podcast series Bikem Ekberzade sat down with the co-organizers of the 2025 Mary Anning Conference, Tristan Quaife and Lisa Wingate, as well as conference participant Catherine Morfopoulos. The conference titled Novel constraints on the coupling between the water and carbon cycles was held in Bordeaux, France. For details on …[Read More]

Writing for the BG blog

UNAM Campus in Mexico City, showing atomic mode, with tree in the foreground

Thank you for your interest in writing for the Biogeoscience Blog! The BG blog is created for and by EGU’s biogeoscience community. Please do not hesitate to reach out with any ideas, feedback or questions. What we publish Broadly speaking anyone can write for the blog and all ideas are welcome. Since the main readership …[Read More]

BG books for the winter holidays – Editorial picks

BG books for the winter holidays – Editorial picks

It’s been quite the year! Before we say goodbye to 2025 and send our readers into a well-deserved holiday, our 2025-2026 editorial team shares some of their favorite Biogeoscience-themed books. Lucia S. Layritz – Editor-in-chief recommends Otherlands by Thomas Halliday This book takes you on a journey through Earth’s ancient ecologies. Each chapter tells a …[Read More]

Meet your BG team 2025/2026

Meet your BG team 2025/2026

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 …[Read More]

Microbial Adventures in the Mont Blanc Massif

Microbial Adventures in the Mont Blanc Massif

As we passed the town of Saint-Gervais-Les-Bains on the French highway, en route to a sampling campaign, Mont Blanc’s glaciated terrain suddenly emerged above the spring foliage. Breaking the silent awe, Patrick remarked that indeed, “Mont Blanc is still there.” The humor won’t be lost on anyone familiar with the massif. Its unquestionable, human-minimizing presence …[Read More]

My EGU25 highlights: Inspiring inland water greenhouse gas emission science

field measurements of greenhouse gas emissions using floating chambers on a agricultural drainage ditch.

The notion that inland waters are passive participants in biogeochemical cycling, with lakes as recipients and rivers as pipes, has long been overturned. More and more research suggests the global importance of inland waters in biogeochemical cycles, particularly in greenhouse gas (GHG) exchange. EGU25 had a remarkable line-up of talks and posters on inland water …[Read More]

Demystifying the EGU OSPP Poster Competition

  The Abstract deadline for the 2025 General Assembly is approaching fast (January 15th!) and with it the deadline to sign up for the OSPP award. If you are an early career researcher who is interested in joining the contest, this is you! We talked with the coordinators, as well as some of last year’s …[Read More]