Divisions

Nonlinear Processes in Geosciences

NP Interviews: the AGU 2019 Turcotte awardee Vera Melinda Galfi

Christian Franzke November 25, 2019

Before pursuing a scientific career, Melinda studied economics and worked in the field for several years. Her scientific career took place until now in Hamburg, Germany, where she completed both her undergraduate and graduate studies in meteorology. Melinda finished her PhD in 2018 under the supervision of Valerio Lucarini, studying extreme events in chaotic atmospheric models. She received the 20 ...[Read More]

GMPV

Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Petrology & Volcanology

#EGU2020 Sessions in the Spotlight: Volcanic Plumes: Insights into Volcanic Processes, Impacts on the Environment and Health Hazards

Mike Jollands November 25, 2019

Thinking about submitting an abstract to EGU 2020? Fancy a week in beautiful Vienna, the city with the highest concentration of gelaterias outside of Italy*? Like in a Viennese gelateria, the amount of choice confronting you when trying to decide a session can be overwhelming. We are here to help! Every few days we will highlight a different session, helping you to find the one that is best for yo ...[Read More]

CR

Cryospheric Sciences

Image of the Week – Desert Varnish, Antarctica Style

Violaine Coulon November 22, 2019

If you had to describe Antarctica with one colour, red is probably the last one you would pick. However, some parts of the so-called white continent can be surprising in their colours. Today’s Image of the Week shows us that some parts of Antarctica — Beacon Valley in this case – can be strikingly similar to landscapes in hot deserts…. … speaking of deserts, did you know that: Antarcti ...[Read More]

GD

Geodynamics

The Sassy Scientist – No Pinocchio

The Sassy Scientist November 22, 2019

Every week, The Sassy Scientist answers a question on geodynamics, related topics, academic life, the universe or anything in between with a healthy dose of sarcasm. Do you have a question for The Sassy Scientist? Submit your question here or leave a comment below. Though wanting any former student to reach as high as possible in life, Geppetto asks in dubio: Should I write a dishonest recommendat ...[Read More]

GMPV

Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Petrology & Volcanology

#EGU2020 Sessions in the Spotlight: How to Apply for a Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant

Mike Jollands November 22, 2019

One of the often underrated parts of a conference are the short-courses – these give us a way to spend some time learning a topic in detail. If you find that it’s tough to really digest information in a 15 minute talk, then the short courses are for you! Today we are highlighting a potentially useful (and lucrative) course about how to apply for Marie Skłodowska-Curie grants from the E ...[Read More]

CL

Climate: Past, Present & Future

Palaeoclimate Data Syntheses: Opportunities and Challenges

Laia Comas-Bru (School of Archaeology, Geography & Environmental Sciences at Reading University, UK) and Nikita Kaushal (Asian School of the Environment, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore). November 21, 2019

Reconstructing past climate states from geological records is crucial for understanding the causal mechanisms that originated them. These can occur at time-scales which are much longer than the periods for which humans have been measuring climate variables such as temperature in meteorological stations. Such climate reconstructions provide a long-term context to the magnitude of the current anthro ...[Read More]

NP

Nonlinear Processes in Geosciences

NP Division at the General Assembly 2020

Tommaso Alberti November 20, 2019

Each year the European Geosciences Union organizes the largest European geosciences event which is the EGU General Assembly. It usually attracts over than 15000 scientists from all over the world, including both established researchers and early career scientists, who contribute to more than a half of the participants. It consists of several sessions (usually more than 500), covering a wide spectr ...[Read More]

TS

Tectonics and Structural Geology

Bangor and Snowdonia, a natural laboratory for geologists of the scientific revolution

Hannah Davies November 20, 2019

Bangor, once a tropical paradise on the coast of Gondwana, then a volcanic wasteland at the foothills of an immense mountain chain. The region would then be buried under glaciers for thousands of years before finally developing into an unassuming Welsh University town. Wales’ place in modern geology Perhaps you have looked at the chronostratigraphic chart of Earth history and wondered what ...[Read More]

HS

Hydrological Sciences

Featured catchment series: The Rio Vauz catchment – long-term hydrologic observations in the Dolomites

Giulia Zuecco November 20, 2019

Dolomitic landscapes are characterized by vertical rock cliffs and soil-mantled hillslopes originated from glacial or colluvial deposits, which hide a complex subsurface aquifer due to the permeability of the dolomitic rocks. To improve the understanding of the hydrological functioning of such complex hydrogeological systems, the hydrology group of the Department of Land, Environment, Agriculture ...[Read More]

GMPV

Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Petrology & Volcanology

#EGU2020 Sessions in the Spotlight: The Dynamics of Magmatic Plumbing Systems

Mike Jollands November 20, 2019

The EGU 2020 abstract submissions are now open for the next two months! Every few days, we will highlight a geochemistry, mineralogy, petrology and/or volcanolgy session right here – great news if like me, you can’t make a decision in a restaurant whenever there are too many options (just like the session list), so you just choose the first thing you see… Today it’s the tur ...[Read More]