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Climbing Through a PhD – Mental Health on the Way to the Summit

and October 10, 2025
Climbing Through a PhD – Mental Health on the Way to the Summit
The climb of the PhD Mountain. Figure created with ChatGPT.

Imagine you are going on a long mountain tour. Your backpack is heavy, the path is steep, and although you have been walking for hours, all you can see ahead of you is the next climb. Doing a PhD is like climbing such a mountain. It can feel exhausting, there is always the next challenge ahead and the finish line seems to never get closer. Self-doubt and the feeling of not doing enough accompanies ...[Read More]

Geodesy Cartoon Competition – Turn Science into Smiles

September 1, 2025
Geodesy Cartoon Competition – Turn Science into Smiles

Geodesy is the science of measuring the Earth’s shape, gravity field, and rotation. What if we could make it exciting, fun, and easy for everyone to understand? That’s exactly why the International Association of Geodesy (IAG) and its Global Geodetic Observing System (GGOS) launched the Geodesy Cartoons initiative: to bring geodesy closer to the public through visually engaging and humorous illust ...[Read More]

Highlights at IAG Scientific Assembly 2025 – What you need to know

August 5, 2025
Highlights at IAG Scientific Assembly 2025 – What you need to know
Rimini (Italy). Photo by Giulia Cavalli (original at https://eventi.unibo.it/iag2025).

It is almost time for the scientific assembly of the International Association of Geodesy (IAG), an association of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG). The EGU Geodesy Division and the IAG have worked together for many years. For example, the IAG has been the main sponsor of the Geodesy Reception at past EGU General Assemblies. Besides this, the IAG coordinates global geodetic ...[Read More]

Combining GRACE and Kalman filter to get superior evapotranspiration estimates

, and October 25, 2024
Combining GRACE and Kalman filter to get superior evapotranspiration estimates
(source: Getty/Oleh_Slobodeniuk)

Knowledge gaps in our understanding of the Hydrological Cycle  The water cycle continuously provides us with fresh water.  A critical process in the water cycle is evapotranspiration (ET), meaning that water evaporates from the surface and transpires from plants into the atmosphere. ET plays a crucial role in climate stability and the regulation of global water resources, but it is one of the most ...[Read More]