EGU ECS

GeoLchat: el experimento de divulgación científica bilingüe hecho por tres geocientíficas colombianas

Carolina Ortiz-Guerrero, Lina C. Pérez-Angel, Daniela Muñoz-Granados and edited by Kiran Chotalia February 16, 2022

GeoLchat: A Bilingual Science Communication Experiment of Three Colombian Geoscientists Una de las cosas más importantes que se les enseña en la academia a los estudiantes de ciencia alrededor del mundo es aprender a usar el lenguaje científico. Sin embargo, nunca se les enseña a hablar acerca de ciencia en un lenguaje sencillo, y tampoco a comunicar y divulgar sus investigaciones en lenguajes dif ...[Read More]

Changing mid-degree: How did this Travelin’ Geo get here?

Leiaka Welcome and edited by Kiran Chotalia January 12, 2022

Figure 1: Being used for scale by a colleague to detail extensive cross bedding in southern Utah (Triassic outcrop).

It can be tough realising you’re not on the path you want to be on. This week, we have Leiaka Welcome from the Colorado School of Mines showing us how a change of heart led her to start her PhD journey. Currently on social media (Instagram Reel, TikTok), there is a video trend where users are editing a video of themselves in a scenario with an audio sound where you can hear a classic record scratc ...[Read More]

Become the next Early Career Scientist Representative for the Geodynamics Division!

Anna Gülcher January 10, 2022

The Geodynamics division of the European Geosciences Union is looking for a new Early Career Scientist representative (ECS Rep)! Our current ECS Rep (Anna Gülcher) will be stepping down at the EGU General Assembly 2022, which means that the amazing opportunity is open for you to take on this role! In this blog, Anna talks about the tasks involved in being an ECS Rep, the advantages of taking on th ...[Read More]

Orphaning: Discovering New Subduction Processes

Antoniette Greta Grima and edited by Kiran Chotalia November 24, 2021

Figure 1: P-Wave tomography by Obayashi et al. (2013) and Fukao & Obayashi (2013) for Tonga. Note the deflected slab at 660 km depth underlain by deeper slab material, possibly orphan slabs.

Science is all about discovering new things. But how do we make these discoveries, adding to the ever growing pantheon of knowledge? This week, we sit with one of our editors Antoniette Greta Grima, a Postdoctoral Fellow from the University of Texas at Austin, to understand what it takes to discover a new slab process. Thanks for sitting down with us this week! First things first, which subductio ...[Read More]