geodesy

Reshaping Earth: GIA and its far-reaching effects

Holger Steffen, Rebekka Steffen, Yucheng Lin and edited by Öykü Koç December 19, 2023

Julien Seguinot (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)

As the Geodesy blog team (we are growing, horaay!), we wanted to create a space for researchers to talk about their work/papers in a more simplified language. For the first post in this series, we said “Wouldn’t it be cool if we learn more about Glacial Isostatic Adjustment (GIA) models?” then we realised that we first need to uncover what GIA is. So, we passed the pen to Holger, Rebekka and Yuche ...[Read More]

Geodesists on Tour: On a Campaign in the Arctic with a Giraf(f)e in the Aircraft

Tim Jensen and edited by Rebekka Steffen November 6, 2023

First view of the Greenland east coast after crossing the Denmark Strait

Way too early on a Saturday morning in late June 2023 I woke up and started my travel to a small airport in Akureyri, North-East Iceland. This is the location of an Icelandic charter company called Norlandair that we used for our airborne geophysical surveys and logistic operations in the Arctic. For a few months I had been preparing a survey to test a new quantum-based technology for airbo ...[Read More]

Women in Geodesy: Kristel Chanard

Öykü Koç, Rebekka Steffen and Andreas Kvas May 29, 2023

Figure courtesy: Öykü Koç

I hope you are ready to be inspired because we have another exciting interview, with Kristel Chanard, our Outstanding Early Career Scientist Awardee of 2022. I promise that her answers will encourage you to pursue a career in science or continue to that! Her answers remind us again that we need to make geosciences more inclusive and diverse. So, let’s leave the spotlight to Kristel and hear what ...[Read More]

Women in Geodesy: Sara Bruni

Öykü Koç, Rebekka Steffen and Andreas Kvas May 22, 2023

Figure courtesy: Öykü Koç

Are you ready to hear from another woman in geodesy? We pass the mic to our Outstanding Early Career Scientist Awardee of 2018, someone who is currently carrying out her scientific works outside of academia. We are not going to take that much of your time and leave the stage to her. Would you like to share your thoughts about what being a woman in science means to you? I enjoy being a scientist be ...[Read More]