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Climate: Past, Present & Future

Janina Nett

I am a postdoc in in the field of paleoclimatology with a focus on loess landscapes and luminescence dating. Currently I am working at the RWTH Aachen University in Germany, where I also finished my PhD thesis in 2017. I am the editor-in-chief of the climate division’s blog of the EGU promoting scientific communication. In my free time, I enjoy travelling and everything outdoorsy. Twitter: @BoeskenJanina.

Desert loess: formation, distribution, geoscientific value

, and September 25, 2020
Desert loess: formation, distribution, geoscientific value
Image of desert loess from Tunisia, provided by Sascha Meszner, Maximilian Pachtmann and Georg Mettig (Institute for Geography, TU Dresden; Germany).

Loess is an aeolian (wind-driven) silty sediment covering over 10% of the Earth’s land surface; it occurs predominantly in the mid-latitudes. On a global scale, loess is among the most widespread unconsolidated sediments, and of crucial importance for agricultural regions where loess deposits are known to form fertile soils because of its ability to store water and retain nutrients. Loess is compr ...[Read More]

Seasonal Greetings

December 18, 2019
Seasonal Greetings
This is co-bearing sphalerite, synthesised using the gas transport method at 850°C looks like a Christmas Tree. Although the presented intergrowth of crystals was made in the laboratory, there were some natural samples found in Africa. Credit: Dmitry Tonkacheev (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)

The anticipation is rising, the offices smell of gingerbread and cookies, papers get written to be done just in time for Santa and his elves. Everyone is happily stressed these days working on the perfect Christmas presents, but then… aah, what to present at next year’s EGU? Which session to attend? This is a friendly reminder of the abstract submission deadline at 15th January. Read up on how to ...[Read More]