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CR
Cryospheric Sciences

Women of Cryo V: Women and Glaciers in the Chilean Andes (Part I)

November 12, 2021
Women of Cryo V: Women and Glaciers in the Chilean Andes (Part I)

Women make up 50.8% of the worlds population, yet fewer than 30% of the world’s researchers are women. Of this percentage, BAME (Black Asia and Minority Ethnic) comprise around 5%, with less than 1% represented in geoscience faculty positions. The divide between women in the population and women in STEM needs to be addressed. Through a series of blog posts we hope to raise the voice of women in th ...[Read More]

GD
Geodynamics

The Sassy Scientist – Stating The (not so) Obvious

November 12, 2021
The Sassy Scientist – Stating The (not so) Obvious

Applying for tenure-track (or something close to that) positions is the very reason for many brilliant scientists to eventually run away from academia as fast as they can. Finding an opening, preparing your application and bracing yourself for the n-th `no thank you, but you should really try again!’ is a tedious, time-consuming, numbing, soul-destroying, kill-me-now process. Among the many ...[Read More]

G
Geodesy

Around the world with Professor Vening Meinesz onboard the submarine K-XVIII: Exploration of the Solid Earth

and November 12, 2021
Around the world with Professor Vening Meinesz onboard the submarine K-XVIII: Exploration of the Solid Earth

  On 14th of November 1934, the Dutch travelled to the harbor of Den Helder situated in the north of the Netherlands to catch a glimpse of the departure of Hr. Ms. K-XVII: A submarine of the Royal Dutch Navy setting sail on a trip around the world. Onboard was a unique traveler and with his non-typical height of 2 meters tall, he towered above the average submarine sailor. Professor Vening Me ...[Read More]

GD
Geodynamics

To boldly go… deep sea exploring to study Earth’s interior

, and November 10, 2021
To boldly go… deep sea exploring to study Earth’s interior

As geodynamicists, we are sometimes oblivious on how we get the geophysical constraints in our numerical models. This week Molly Anderson, a PhD student at the University of Florida, takes us on a exciting dive to study the geochemical signatures of the East Pacific Ocean seafloor! People are often surprised to hear that the seafloor is covered with volcanoes, let alone that the most extensive cha ...[Read More]

HS
Hydrological Sciences

Being positive and passionate about resilient and smart cities – Interview with Elena Cristiano (ECS Rep)

November 10, 2021
Being positive and passionate about resilient and smart cities – Interview with Elena Cristiano (ECS Rep)

During our business meeting in the GA 2021, we introduced the Early Career Scientist (ECS) representative Elena Cristiano, elected by the ECS members of the HS division and the Young Hydrologic Society (YHS) for the period 2021-2023 [*]. In this blog post, we asked her some questions to get you know her better, her visions and expectations. Maria-Helena Ramos (MHR): First of all, I would like to a ...[Read More]

SM
Seismology

Seismology Job Portal

November 9, 2021
Seismology Job Portal

On this page, we regularly update open positions in Seismology for early career scientists. Do you have a job on offer? Contact us at ecs-sm@egu.eu Please, note that other available research positions are displayed on the EGU Jobs Portal.   Latest open positions: CSIRO Postdoctoral Fellowship in Fibre Based Distributed Sensing Institute: CSIRO (Perth, West Australia) Starting: — Duratio ...[Read More]

SSS
Soil System Sciences

The importance of our SSS (…Soil Support Staff!) #9

November 9, 2021
The importance of our SSS (…Soil Support Staff!) #9

As we edge ever closer to the end of the year, here at EGU SSS, we are busy preparing for another excellent exhibition of soil science at next year’s EGU General Assembly. (Don’t forget to submit your abstracts by 12th January 2022). Of course, very little soils research could take place without the work carried out by technicians, laboratory assistants, and research support staff. Thi ...[Read More]

CL
Climate: Past, Present & Future

Dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return – palaeoclimatological implications of provenance studies of Southeast European loess deposits

November 5, 2021
Dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return – palaeoclimatological implications of provenance studies of Southeast European loess deposits

Previous blog posts have highlighted the importance of loess as an indicator of climate and environmental changes in the past. These posts showed the relevance of loess deposits as  archives of Pleistocene climates and environments, the importance of using novel approaches in mapping these and other Quaternary-related sediments,  the aspects of dating loess deposits, as well as the peculiarities o ...[Read More]

CR
Cryospheric Sciences

Climate change and the Cryosphere – With ice we are also losing a piece of our cultural heritage: a glaciologist’s perspective

November 5, 2021
Climate change and the Cryosphere – With ice we are also losing a piece of our cultural heritage: a glaciologist’s perspective

Glaciers are shrinking and disappearing in many regions of the Earth. Did you know? I am joking of course. We are flooded with news talking about this. The decline of glaciers has manifold and severe consequences and is one of the most powerful icons of climate change. Here I want to talk a little bit about one of the less talked about impact of glacier decline: the loss of culture and knowledge r ...[Read More]

GD
Geodynamics

The Sassy Scientist – Impatient Or Too Late?

November 5, 2021
The Sassy Scientist – Impatient Or Too Late?

Hilde has been ever so occupied with her research, especially finishing a manuscript for the first time. Submitting that paper was supposed to be some sort of closure, and mental solace, yet somehow there seems to be a predilection for progressive diffidence: When has enough time passed to send a reminder/enquiry to an editor if the paper is in the ‘decision with editor’-stage? Dear Hilde, DonR ...[Read More]