Geomorphology

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]

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]

Young Geomorphologists’ Workshop 2018

Sabine Kraushaar February 28, 2018

11th International Young Geomorphologists Meeting 2017 near Munich (credit to YG Germany)

Since 2007, the German Young Geomorphologists organize annual workshops in order to support networking amongst early career geomorphology enthusiasts. The meetings provide a platform for open discussions on a wide range of problems that might have emerged within a particular research project. This year, we invite all interested young researchers / students in geomorphology and related fields to jo ...[Read More]

Stormy Geomorphology

EGU Guest blogger May 24, 2017

Storm on a rising tide, Essex, U.K. (credit: James Tempest)

– written by James Tempest (University of Cambridge), Larissa A. Naylor (University of Glasgow), Tom Spencer and Iris Möller (University of Cambridge) – Extreme storm and flood events are occurring with increasing frequency and intensity across the globe causing significant geomorphic change throughout many landscapes often with detrimental impacts on local populations. In 2014 an int ...[Read More]

Soil is not dirt cheap: Soils, Sustainable Development Goals, and Geomorphologists.

EGU Guest blogger June 8, 2016

– written by Solmaz Mohadjer – Does contaminated soil make your bones go soft? What if you are told to stop growing vegetables in your garden because the soil is too toxic? What if farmers refuse to produce nutritionally valuable crops because of risk of massive floods? What would you do if you are forced to leave your farm due to fear of floods? Surprisingly, these are the kinds of q ...[Read More]