Climate: Past, Present & Future

Bomb 14C – a tracer and time marker of the mid-20th century

Dr. Irka Hajdas and Dr. Quan Hua July 14, 2021

Figure 1. Radiocarbon production and three main drivers of the variable atmospheric 14C content (modified figure [4]).

1950 CE is known as the year zero in the so-called ‘BP time scale.’ The BP stands for, “Before Present,” and has its roots in the development and conventions of radiocarbon dating [1]. The radioactive isotope of carbon (14C) with a half-life of 5700 years [2; 3] is a cosmogenic isotope produced in the atmosphere by secondary cosmic rays (SCR). Thermal neutrons, the SCR particle responsible for the ...[Read More]

Feeling the Heat: The Grilled Earth

Francisco José Cuesta-Valero, Almudena García-García, Hugo Beltrami and Joel Finnis July 1, 2021

Figure 1: Permafrost wall in Herschel Island. Permafrost thawing is a potential contributor to climate change and a risk for northern communities. Source: Wikimedia Commons. Photo: Boris Radosavljevic.

Nowadays, there are plenty of media reports about the impacts of climate change around the world. Glaciers are disappearing, gigantic craters form in Siberia as the previously frozen ground thaws, the sea is threatening to swallow entire islands, floods cause large damages to people and economy, heat waves periodically destroy crops and can reach dangerous levels for people’s health. And this is o ...[Read More]

Presenting the EGU Climate Division Team 2021

Janina Nett June 23, 2021

by Annett Junginger via Imaggeo

Every year at the General Assembly all EGU members have a chance to vote for their representatives during the different division meetings. In the Climate Division, we have a team of President and Deputy President, a Programme Group Chair, Science Officers, as well as Representatives for the Early Career Scientists and an Outreach Team. There is further the OSPP Coordinator and the chairs for the H ...[Read More]

Life of a Climate Scientist presents Venugopal (Venu) Reddy Thandlam

Ichiko Sugiyama June 2, 2021

Image credit: Ichiko Sugiyama.

About the blog series: Life of a Climate scientist Life of a Climate Scientist is a new blog series started by the EGU Climate Division. The main focus of this series is to provide a platform for climate scientists to tell their stories of life in research. We will be covering a wide-range of subjects, from their scientific endeavors and maintaining work-life balance to challenges they have faced ...[Read More]