News & Views

Democratising the concept of risk: The Tomorrow’s Cities Decision Support Environment

Roberto Gentile and the Early Career Risk Working Group in the Tomorrow’s Cities Hub and edited by Kleoniki (Lydia) Theodoridou June 15, 2022

Curious to gain an insight into how we can battle the rapid urbanisation and reduce the disaster risk for the poor people in the future? This week, Dr. Roberto Gentile, Lecturer in Catastrophe Risk Modelling at the Institute for Risk and Disaster Reduction – University College London, talks about the Tomorrow’s Cities Decision Support Environment for risk-informed, pro-poor urban planning, and des ...[Read More]

To go or not to go (to my PhD graduation)?

Kiran Chotalia and edited by Arushi Saxena April 27, 2022

You’ve come to the end of your PhD and after years and years of hard work, one last question remains: “Should I go to my PhD graduation?”. This week, we have one of our editors Kiran Chotalia sharing her two cents after she finally attended her in-person graduation this year after it was delayed by the pandemic (TLDR; definitely go!). In March 2020, after four and a half years of hard work, meetin ...[Read More]

Journey of the Indian plate

Jyotirmoy Paul March 30, 2022

From the top of one of the largest monoliths in the Southern Indian craton | PC: Samik Sadhu | https://samiksadhu.weebly.com

Plume craton interaction is a fascinating geological phenomenon. The Indian plate, which has experienced several plume eruptions underneath it, is one of the best locations to study the effect of plume craton interaction. In this week’s news and view, I will provide an overview of the controversy and hypotheses related to the plume craton interaction within the Indian plate since the mid-Cre ...[Read More]

There’s more to Geoscience than just oil and gas

Ayuni Ina Mohamaad and edited by Kiran Chotalia March 23, 2022

Columnar basalts at Daepo Haean Jusangjeolli Cliff, South Korea.

When most people hear Geology, they might think ‘rocks’, ‘diamonds’ or ‘oil and gas’, and these perceptions of the Geosciences vary from country to country. This week, we have PhD student Ayuni Ina Mohamaad from the University of Florida to tell us more about the Malaysian view of geoscientists. Fresh out of high school in 2009, I was still unclear with how I would like to move forward in life, ca ...[Read More]