Geomorphology

Slow versus fast science – summary and thoughts on the vEGU21 GM-ECS Great Debate

EGU Guest blogger May 19, 2021

Figure 1: Conceptual and provocative illustration on scientific progress and careers in slow versus fast science. Boxes represent the cumulative number of publications in a fast science career, stars in a slow science career. Numbers of publications (boxes, stars) are indicative only. The red line indicates an increase of caring responsibility within early/mid career, which on average decreases again with age (before it probably increases again in the late career stages). The green arrow indicates that more knowledge should/could (provocative, to be discussed) be gained from a slow science career, because more time to think and explore should/could result in an absolute knowledge gain. This graph illustrates that slow science is not about slowing down the rate of knowledge acquisition, but overall has the potential to increase it. To be discussed.

The Early career representatives of EGU’s Geomorphology Division (Andrea Madella (University of Tübingen), Annegret Larsen (Wageningen University), and Michael Dietze (GFZ – German Research Centre for Geosciences in Potsdam)) organized the ECS-Great Debate on “Slow science versus fast science” at this year’s vEGU21 – edited by Sabine Kraushaar. – GM Guest bloggers: Annegret Larsen (Wag ...[Read More]

Geology Bites podcast: Bob Anderson on How Geology Affects Landscape

EGU Guest blogger and Jan Blöthe May 6, 2021

Written by Oliver Strimpel, University of Oxford; edited by Jan and Sabine What is it about rocks that determines whether they create features in the landscape? In the Sierras, why does the west side with its giant cliffs of glacially polished stone look so different from the gentler terrain of the east side despite having the same bedrock? How has the use of cosmogenic radionuclides revolutioni ...[Read More]

A year of Geomorphology Division behind the curtain (2020-2021)

EGU Guest blogger April 19, 2021

– written by the GM ECS team: Andrea, Aayush, Annegret, Edwin, and Eric – – edited by Jan and Sabine – Here we are, at the beginning of #vEGU21, finalising our contributions, getting familiar with new platforms and interfaces, and preparing to make the most of this virtual conference, once again. This post is a joint communication by the GM Early Career Scientists represent ...[Read More]

The new glacial geomorphological map from New Zealand

Jan Blöthe March 30, 2021

Glacial geomorphological mapping comparison in 3D. a – Moraine ridge in the middle section of the Ahuriri River valley with surrounding area. b – Key landscape elements are shown in the accompanying sketch. (Credit: Tielidze et al., 2021). Geomorphological maps are a fundamental tool to represent landforms and understand how different morphological elements and agents shaped a natural ...[Read More]

Running a live stream of proglacial processes

EGU Guest blogger November 4, 2020

This is a joint post, published together with the hydrological sciences division blog, the cryospheric sciences division blog, the geomorphology division blog, given the interdisciplinarity of the topic. – Floreana Miesen and Prof. Dr. Stuart Lane, University of Lausanne – In Switzerland, nothing is really remote, but some places are more so than others. Dense infrastructure networks t ...[Read More]

Pandemics vs. Academia: How do German geomorphologists deal with teaching, research projects and online conferences during the COVID-19 pandemic?

EGU Guest blogger October 6, 2020

An impression of the online “Pandemics vs. – Academia” event (credits: G. Raab, twitter: gr_science, website: www.geraldraab.com)

– Authors: The German Young Geomorphologists (Renee van Dongen, Jörn Profe, Steffi Tofelde, Janek Walk, Mario Kirchhoff, Julian Trappe, Johannes Buckel, Stefan Haselberger, Simon Meyer-Heintze) – COVID-19 Pandemic has changed the world this year. We as scientists are affected by this pandemic, but we can mostly work from home and most importantly, we can conduct our jobs. Nonetheless, ...[Read More]

Interview with the Steepest Descent Organizers

Sabine Kraushaar September 22, 2020

Logo and invitation to the Steepest Descent Conference in Mai 2020 (credits: Luca Malatesta)

The Steepest Descent is a yearly one-day meeting taking place in Vienna, Austria, close to the EGU general assembly. Participants have the opportunity to see a few keynote talks by outstanding geomorphologists and to discuss their posters in a more informal and geomorphology-focused community than at the EGU. Despite its youth, the Steepest Descent Meeting seems to have lost its aura of a niche-ev ...[Read More]

New remote geomorphology seminar series “Landscapes Live” beginning 28 May 2020

EGU Guest blogger May 3, 2020

Homeoffice view (but only via desktop background): Sierra Nevada (USA; credits: Charlie Shobe).

The current pandemic has highlighted the difficulties of keeping up-to-date with new developments in our field when travel is not possible. However, as we work to transition to a greener future and make our community better serve the needs of all scientists regardless of international mobility, it is important to find ways to share current research remotely. Landscapes Live is a new remote seminar ...[Read More]

EGU General Assembly 2019 – all info you need

EGU Guest blogger March 27, 2019

The European Geosciences Union General Assembly 2019 is about to open its doors. With less than two weeks time, we would like to provide a small guideline if you attend this EGU GA 19 for the first time and/or if you are an Early Career Scientist (ECS). We, that are your Geomorphology (GM) Division ECS Represenatives: Michael Dietze and Annegret Larsen, together with the ECS Rep team members Eric ...[Read More]

GSA Penrose Conference: CLAST2019, 4-10 August 2019, Juneau, Alaska

Jan Blöthe February 11, 2019

We are happy to announce the GSA Penrose Conference on Climatic controls on continental erosion and sediment transport (CLAST2019), 4-10 August 2019, Juneau, Alaska (USA). Key challenges remain in recognizing and reconciling how climatic and earth surface process mediate erosion independently of solid earth forcing. The relationship amongst climatic, erosional, and transport processes are exceedin ...[Read More]