Geodynamics

Rheological Laws: Atoms on the Move

Editorial Team 2 January 17, 2018

Opportunistic defects and sneaky, introvert atoms... much is happening within a rock across all scales. Left image by Brian Skinner and right image from Snorgtees

The Geodynamics 101 series serves to showcase the diversity of research topics and methods in the geodynamics community in an understandable manner. We welcome all researchers – PhD students to Professors – to introduce their area of expertise in a lighthearted, entertaining manner and touch upon some of the outstanding questions and problems related to their fields. For our first ‘101’ ...[Read More]

From hot to cold – 7 peculiar planets around the star TRAPPIST-1

Editorial Team 2 January 10, 2018

Credit: Modified by Iris van Zelst from Pixabay

Apart from Earth, there are a lot of Peculiar Planets out there! Every 8 weeks, give or take, we look at a planetary body or system worthy of our geodynamic attention. When the discovery of additional Earth-sized planets within the TRAPPIST-1 system was revealed last year, bringing the total to 7 planets, it captured the minds of audiences far and wide. This week, two of the authors from a 2017 Na ...[Read More]

Happy new year!

Iris van Zelst January 3, 2018

Happy new year from the Geodynamics Blog Team!
Credit: NASA/JPL

It’s 2018! Another year to finally publish that paper, finish your PhD, find a new job, finish that project, and be happy! The EGU Geodynamics Blog Team is looking forward to keep brightening your Wednesday mornings with the most interesting and funny blog posts. In this first post, we wish you all, of course, a happy new year! I wish everyone a very happy, productive, writing- ...[Read More]

The fluid dynamics of wine

Iris van Zelst December 27, 2017

Cheers! Merry Christmas!
Credit: Max Pixel

The Christmas holidays: the one time of year that you don’t need to think about work. Instead, you are focussed on your family (including the in-laws), the massive amount of food still left (a miscalculation every year), and you’re starting to think about your New Year’s resolutions (because we give it a try every year, right?). So, this is definitely not the time to go and read ...[Read More]