The NPG paper of the month for January 2023 was awarded to “Brief communication: Climate science as a social process – history, climatic determinism, Mertonian norms and post-normality” by Hans von Storch. One could argue that climate science is part of geophysics, or more precisely that part of climate science is part of geophysics. But …[Read More]
Division blogs
Hydrological Sciences
From Physics to Interdisciplinary Climate Science: Interview with Florentine Weber, Early Career Scientist Representative
Kirsten M Florentine Weber, is the Early Career Scientist (ECS) representative of the Hydrological Sciences division of the EGU. She just finished her PhD and is starting a post-doctoral fellowship in 2023. As ECS representative, it is her job to help young researchers to navigate the community – to inform them about their opportunities, to …[Read More]
Hydrological Sciences
Call for Applications: Early Career Scientist Representative of the EGU’s Hydrological Sciences Division
Do you want to take on a leading role in the community of young hydrologists across the world? Then apply to become the Early Career Scientist Representative (ECS rep) of the Hydrological Sciences (HS) Division of the European Geosciences Union (EGU)! You’ll have the chance to shape the academic experience of other young hydrologists, interact …[Read More]
Geodynamics
A voyage between different tectonic modelling worlds: from sandbox to supercomputer
A voyage between different tectonic modelling worlds: from sandbox to supercomputer
Natural Hazards
Discovering the CoastSnap project – Interview with Dr Mitchell Harley
CoastSnap is a global citizen science project aiming at monitoring the changes in our coastlines due to processes such as storms, rising sea levels, and human activities using smartphones. We will discover more about this promising project by chatting today with Dr Mitchell Harley, founder of the CoastSnap program. Mitchell is a Researcher and Senior …[Read More]
Seismology
SENSOR: Fishing geophones from a helicopter in Greenland
“SENSOR” – stands for Seismological Experiments, Network Systems, Observations and Recovery In this blog series, we share news about recent or upcoming seismic experiments around the globe! And this time we’re checking in with Ana Nap, a PhD student from the University of Zurich, Switzerland, about her work on Greenland’s fastest glacier… Installing instruments on …[Read More]
Cryospheric Sciences
Perspective on Listening to Permafrost
> Reflections from an ongoing art-science research project Common Grounds < How to visualize thousands of thousands (> 20,000,000) of data points collected in the Arctic atmosphere and subsurface at a permafrost observatory over 25 years? How to tell the story of permafrost, ground that is permanently frozen and an important part of the cryosphere, …[Read More]
Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Petrology & Volcanology
Geo-Fantasy – between Fantasy Novel and the Real World
When reading fantasy novels, we are usually brought to worlds of elves, dragons, and epic battles, all surrounded by breathtaking magical forests, or castles above impervious cliffs. However, even fantasy stories take inspiration from the real world and its geology. Who does not remember the ascent of Mount Doom of Frodo and Sam, or the …[Read More]
Hydrological Sciences
EGU General Assembly for Newcomers … or those who are coming back to it
I am finally going back to Vienna this year for the European Geosciences Union (EGU) General Assembly (GA) in April, for the first time since 2019. Strangely, I am now with this feeling of “finally back ‘home’ at the Austria Center Vienna”. I have been asking myself what is going to be different after these …[Read More]
Geodesy
Women in the History of Geodesy
When we look at the history of science, we mostly see male presence in inventions and discoveries. However, this is not actually a true representation of scientific history. A lot of fundamental aspects/parts of science were discovered by female scientists such as Caroline Herschel, Ada Lovelace, Alice Ball, Marie Curie, Chien-Shiung Wu, Grace Hopper and …[Read More]