Division blogs

Nonlinear Processes in Geosciences

NPG Paper of the Month: “Correcting for model changes in statistical postprocessing – an approach based on response theory”

Tommaso Alberti July 22, 2020

This month the NPG Paper of the Month award is achieved by Jonathan Deameyer and Stéphane Vannitsem for their paper “Correcting for model changes in statistical postprocessing – an approach based on response theory” (https://doi.org/10.5194/npg-27-307-2020). Jonathan did his PhD in statistical mechanics at the Université Libre de Bruxelles under the supervision of Pierre Gaspard and …[Read More]

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Natural Hazards

In between Natural Hazards and Heritage, interview to Maria Bostenaru

Vale Cigala July 20, 2020

In today’s interview, we talk with Dr Maria Bostenaru. Maria is an architecture engineer interested in the complex relationship between urban areas, natural hazards, and heritage. She tells us how she thinks that involving more humanities, which include, for example, the study of languages, literature, archaeology, together with information technology solutions, may result in new …[Read More]

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Climate: Past, Present & Future

Glacier retreat and music

Hans Oerlemans and Felix Keller July 20, 2020

In virtually all parts of the world glaciers are retreating, and this is often considered to be one of the clearest signs of global warming (e.g. Leclercq and J Oerlemans, 2011). Glaciers started to shrink in the second half of the 19th century and, apart from some minor interruptions, this development has continued until today. …[Read More]

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Geodynamics

The Sassy Scientist – Inclusive Mentoring 101 1.0

The Sassy Scientist July 17, 2020

In anticipation of a remote and highly-sanitised new academic year, with a new cohort of virus-carrying PhDs, Chris wonders: What do you do if students come from different cultural backgrounds where student participation and discussion is not valued? Dear Chris, Easy: you jump three times and clap with joy as you just hit JACKPOT! Do …[Read More]

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Cryospheric Sciences

Exploring the hidden plumbing of glaciers with Cryoegg

Mike Prior-Jones July 17, 2020

Plumbing is something we take for granted: the pipes that bring us water to wash and drink, and the pipes that take the waste water away again. We see the taps and basins in our kitchen and bathroom – but the pipes are hidden away under the floor or inside the walls – and we …[Read More]

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Hydrological Sciences

Amilcare Porporato (2020 John Dalton Medallist) on agile models for complex systems in the environmental sciences

EGU Guest blogger July 15, 2020

The EGU 2020 John Dalton Medal of the EGU Division on Hydrological Sciences was awarded to Amilcare Porporato for his contributions to the field of ecohydrology and for developing new theories for the analysis of soil-plant-atmosphere systems across scales. Given the online EGU 2020 GA, the medal lecture is postponed to 2021. In April, Amilcare …[Read More]

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Geodynamics

What controls Victoria microplate rotation in the East African Rift?

Anne Glerum July 15, 2020

This week in News & Views, Anne Glerum, postdoc at GFZ Potsdam, discusses how her numerical models support a lithosphere-driven mechanism for the rotation of large continental microplates, like Victoria in the East African Rift System. The East African Rift System (EARS) is a newly forming divergent boundary between the Nubian and Somalian plates (Fig. …[Read More]

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Tectonics and Structural Geology

Istanbul: The city across two continents

Nalan Lom, Derya Gürer and Elenora van Rijsingen July 13, 2020

Istanbul – an economic, cultural, and historic centre. Its unique geography, natural resources and beauty have drawn the attention of not only geoscientists but also poets, merchants, painters, sculptors, architects, kings and emperors for centuries. Throughout its history, the city has witnessed the rise and fall of some of the world’s greatest empires. Owing to …[Read More]

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Cryospheric Sciences

The future of Arctic sea ice

David Docquier July 10, 2020

The illustration above shows a sketch of the evolution of Arctic sea ice for different levels of warming and the different months of the year, based on the simple extrapolation of observations. A new study, in which I was involved, uses the latest available global climate models and shows that the Arctic Ocean could become …[Read More]

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Geodynamics

The Sassy Scientist – Egghead Entertainment

The Sassy Scientist July 10, 2020

Yu-Seok has depleted his streaming service queue, thrown all of the stocked board games off the table, and eagerly seeks new ways to squander his energy after a long workday of couch-surfing underneath his laptop: What should a scientist do as a pastime? Dear Yu-Seok, Where can you find the time? And the energy? Aren’t …[Read More]