Biogeosciences

Meet Thomas S. Bianchi, Vladimir Ivanovich Vernadsky Medallist 2026

Ana Bastos May 6, 2026

Thomas S. Bianchi, Affiliate Research Professor at the Ocean Process Analysis Laboratory, Univesrity of New Hampshire

Thomas S. Bianchi is the 2026 Vladimir Ivanovich Vernadsky medallist of the Biogeosciences Division. The BG team congratulates Thomas and celebrates this well deserved recognition! We talked with Thomas to learn more about his career, research interests and advice for early career scientists Could you tell us a bit about yourself and what inspired you to pursue a career in biogeosciences? I grew u ...[Read More]

Meet Anne Klosterhalfen, the Outstanding Early Career Scientist awardee of the Biogeosciences Division!

Sílvia Poblador April 24, 2026

This year, Anne Klosterhalfen has received the Biogeosciences Division’s Outstanding Early-Career Scientist Award. The BG team warmly celebrates this well-deserved recognition! We talked to her about her scientific journey and research contributions, with the hope of inspiring the next generation of biogeoscientists. Could you tell us a bit about yourself and what inspired you to pursue a c ...[Read More]

On the Mary Anning Conference Series

Lucia Layritz and Bikem Ekberzade April 10, 2026

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 the conference and its presentations ...[Read More]

Meet Corinne Le Quéré – Vladimir Ivanovich Vernadsky medal winner 2025

Franziska Lechleitner March 25, 2026

Corinne Le Quéré Professor of Climate Change Science and Policy at the University of East Anglia and Nobel Peace Prize winner from UK. Photographed at the University of East Anglia. Photo©Steve Forrest/Panos Pictures

We spoke to Corinne Le Quéré, a Royal Society Research Professor of Climate Change Science at the University of East Anglia (UK). She is the recipient of the 2025 Vladimir Ivanovich Vernadsky medal of the EGU, awarded annually by the Biogeosciences division to those who make an exceptional contribution to biogeosciences. Can you tell us a bit about your background and how your career progressed to ...[Read More]

Recent highlights in Biogeosciences

Nicola Krake, Lana Flanjak, Markus Diesing, Marija Sciberras, Rachel Strickman, David McLagan and Excellent Eboigbe March 24, 2026

Want to know more about the latest breakthroughs in biogeochemistry? Then you’ve come to the right place. Across marine biogeochemistry, fisheries science, and environmental health, new research is mapping the unintended consequences of a warming and increasingly exploited planet. By tracing carbon and contaminants through water, sediments, and food systems, these studies offer a portrait of Earth ...[Read More]

Why did the Amazon forest become a CO2 source in 2023?

Bikem Ekberzade March 17, 2026

Photo credit: Chennawit_U, Pexels

When simulations help highlight an anomaly, scientists who are curious commit to dig deeper, and of course when resources but most importantly data is available, you get good science. In the third episode of the EGU Biogeosciences Division podcast series Bikem Ekberzade talks with Santiago Botia to look at the story behind a recent study that was published in AGU Advances. You can listen to the po ...[Read More]

How to write a competitive MSCA Postdoctoral Fellowship

Christoph Keuschnig and Elsa Abs January 30, 2026

Demonstrating independence is a critical step when you pursue a career in academia: not only being excellent at executing research, but also showing you can shape ideas into a coherent project, choose the right environment, and lead work that matters. EU funding can be a strong catalyst for that transition, especially in the postdoc phase, because it is designed to reward clear scientific vision p ...[Read More]

Writing for the BG blog

Lucia Layritz January 15, 2026

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 of the blog are EGU members, our focus is on content that is interesting to a ...[Read More]

BG books for the winter holidays – Editorial picks

Lucia Layritz, Saule Akhmetkaliyeva, Nicola Krake and Franziska Lechleitner December 13, 2025

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 story about a past geological perio ...[Read More]

Climate change mitigation and India’s road to net zero

Pallavi Saxena, Saurabh Sonwani and Nicola Krake November 28, 2025

Schematic diagram summarizing the adverse effects of climate change and possible strategies to mitigate climate change in India (Hussain et al., 2024)

Climate change poses a significant threat to humanity, prompting numerous countries, including India, to implement effective mitigation strategies to alleviate its impact. India is recognized as one of the 17 megadiverse countries, harboring approximately 10% of the world’s known floral and faunal species. This rich biodiversity is largely attributed to its geographical diversity, encompassi ...[Read More]