edited by Kiran Chotalia

Glitter and Geodes: Combining Social Media and Earth Sciences

Phylindia Gant and edited by Kiran Chotalia October 20, 2021

Social media has become an important tool in science, for everything from getting your results out into the ether, recruiting students and faculty and to educating the masses. Content creators invite us into their world and this week we’re given behind-the-scenes access. PhD student Phylindia Gant from the University of Florida shares some pearls of wisdom to help us get started. Hi, I’m Philly! I ...[Read More]

Earth Science Outreach in a Virtual World

Amy Edgington and edited by Kiran Chotalia August 11, 2021

Figure 1: Amy filmed videos, short experiments, and workshops whilst students were learning from home.

Outreach is a fundamental part of science, aiming to inspire and attract the next generation of scientists. Amy Edgington from the Department of Earth Sciences at University College London gives us a glimpse behind the curtain of the GeoBus programme, a free mobile outreach programme that brings interactive Earth Science workshops into the classroom. This week, Amy tells us how the GeoBus had to ...[Read More]

Brown Dwarfs: Cloudy with A Chance of Earth’s Mantle

Laci Brock and edited by Kiran Chotalia July 7, 2021

Figure 1: Laci is a scientist and artist, with this concept painting of a brown dwarf showing a magenta hue. Find more of Laci's art and science communication on social media @stellerarts.

The universe is made up of stars and planets but have you ever wondered if there is anything in between? This week, Laci Brock, a PhD student from the University of Arizona’s Lunar and Planetary Laboratory, takes us on a journey into this murky region of stellar classification… Four years before the cult classic science fiction show Star Trek debuted on television in 1966, astrophysicist Dr. Shiv ...[Read More]

The Supercontinent Cycle

Tobias Rolf and edited by Kiran Chotalia May 19, 2021

This is how the Earth’s continents may(!) have assembled into a new supercontinent in ~200 Myr from now. Note that many possible scenarios have been proposed. This one is called ‘Novopangea', but others are ‘Pangea Ultima’, ‘Amasia’ or ‘Aurica’. The color coding indicates predicted tidal amplitude at 200 Myr, where deep purple corresponds to 0 meters and bright yellow to 2 meters. (From Davies et al., 2020).

From orbital, to climatic, to tectonic evolution, many aspects of the Earth’s dynamics feature high degrees of cyclicity and episodicity, which can give us important insights into how the Earth’s works. The supercontinent cycle is an example capturing the Earth’s grandest scales and this week EGU geodynamics blog editor Tobias Rolf takes a closer look at it. Pangaea. This is a familiar term to eve ...[Read More]