Division blogs

Geodynamics

G-ADOPT: a next generation computational modelling framework for geodynamics

Rhodri Davies and edited by Zhibin Lei November 21, 2022

Schematic illustrating core components of G-ADOPT, an Australian based cross-NCRIS project, principally developed at the Australian National University (ANU), with partners at the University of Sydney and Imperial College London. G-ADOPT is supported by the Australian Research Data Commons (ARDC), with co-investment from AuScope, the National Computational Infrastructure (NCI) and Geosciences Australia. The Geodynamic ADjoint …[Read More]

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Cryospheric Sciences

Discover the CordillerICE project!

Gaston Bidou, Domitille Dufour, Emma Denise and Maud Bernat November 18, 2022

In high-school, I learned in a textbook that glaciers are melting. My teacher said that what was written in that textbook was right, and that was it. There was no proof, no explanation, no scientist’s testimony. All of that, I discovered much later during my studies in the geosciences. Yet as the global temperatures keep …[Read More]

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Geodynamics

The Sassy Scientist – Pick Your Battles

The Sassy Scientist November 18, 2022

As I already mentioned in the past, anonymity can lead to bad reviews. A state of namelessness can empower younger scientists to criticize manuscripts from potential future employers. But it also allows unaccommodating reviewers to stall a perfectly good submission for…reasons? Meia has encountered, or heard of such buffoons, and wonders: How to deal with …[Read More]

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Nonlinear Processes in Geosciences

NP Interview: Federico Grazzini on Climate Change casts shadows on the present and the future of the Mediterranean Basin

Davide Faranda November 17, 2022

Weather extreme events in the year 2022 are really hitting the Mediterranean basin very hard. Since the beginning of the year we are observing a widespread drought, heatwaves but also severe thunderstorms. Few days before the COP meeting in Sharm-el-sheik we discussed one of the experts of Mediterranean climate, Federico Grazzini, to unveil whether these …[Read More]

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Hydrological Sciences

Imagining Water Differently: Reflections from the Perspective of Critical Geography

Daanish Mustafa November 16, 2022

For us humans, the world, before it is lived, has to be imagined. There is, however, something wrong with the way we have imagined the world if we consider where we are today, in particular in the face of global climate change. Let’s review how we have imagined water from the point of view of …[Read More]

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Geodynamics

What is the role of fluids in seismic cycles

Betti Hegyi and edited by Michaël Pons November 16, 2022

What is the role of fluids in seismic cycles ?

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Climate: Past, Present & Future

Communicating climate change

Salvador Herrando-Pérez and David Vieites November 15, 2022

Both the uncertainty inherent in scientific data, and the background and ethics of the communicators who report such data to any given audience, can sow doubt about the science of climate change. The perception of this duality is engrained in how the human mind works, whereby we tolerate lies but are always ready to condemn …[Read More]

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Natural Hazards

IoT and Natural Hazards: the latest updates

Paulo Hader November 14, 2022

In my blog post last year, I talked about the escalation of extreme events in Brazil, and one of the main questions was whether the scientific community would need new methods and technologies to deal with extreme events aggravated by climate change. This year, during one of the Innovations (WG05) working group meetings of the …[Read More]

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Cryospheric Sciences

Highlighted Paper – Welcome to the microbial BBQ in Arctic Sea ice

Stefan "Zwiebel" Thiele November 10, 2022

There, what is this, spoke the sea ice algae. Is this the first light of dawn? Is it finally this time of the year again? Spring…the best time of the year…the BBQ season? And in the little brine pockets all around the sea ice, the bacterial and archaeal community stirred alive. BBQ? Did somebody mention …[Read More]

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Atmospheric Sciences

Nitrogen dioxide disparities in the time of COVID-19: How satellite data can facilitate environmental justice studies during this natural experiment and beyond

Gaige Kerr November 9, 2022

Around the world, the most vulnerable, marginalized, and racialized are disproportionately impacted by a variety of environmental stressors such as extreme heat, health-harming air pollution, and the growing impacts of climate change. In the United States, research has uncovered how Black and Brown communities and those with lower socioeconomic status are exposed to higher concentrations …[Read More]