Divisions

Tectonics and Structural Geology

Geomythology. Crater Lake: from Love, War and/or natural phenomena

Filippo Carboni February 28, 2025

The worldwide relatively frequent recurrence of volcanic eruptions, earthquakes and tsunamis, as well as their strong impact on society make them the most common sources of myths. The most intriguing part is how different cultures describe relatively similar events in very different ways. Among them, the myths at the base of the origins of the Crater Lake in Oregon (USA), mainly orally inherited f ...[Read More]

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Hydrological Sciences

Looking Back at the First HS Campfire Events: Meet the 2024 Award-Winners & Explore the Evolution of Socio-hydrology

Christina Orieschnig February 27, 2025

In December and February, the first-ever HS Division Campfire Events took place online! For our premiere, we invited the 2024 Division award winners to join, present their work, and talk about their personal journeys as researchers. And in January, we took a look back at how socio-hydrology has evolved as a discipline since its inception over 10 years ago. Let’s take a look at the first two HS C ...[Read More]

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Geodynamics

The Sassy Scientist – Caged birds

The Sassy Scientist February 26, 2025

The news has been super depressing, I need to hit myself deep in escapism. I hope this month’s question will be easy. Let’s see what we have this month …*two hours later*… So, Robin asks: Some of the projects I’m involved in during my postdoc aren’t directly related to the grant funding of my salary. Should I list my PI as a co-author on papers resulting from this work? Dear Robi ...[Read More]

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Cryospheric Sciences

Cryosphere Caps: PhD hats and the researchers that wear them – Episode 1

Mack Baysinger February 21, 2025

This miniseries features the tradition of ‘PhD hat’ making in German research institutes and universities. For those of you unfamiliar with this idea (as I once was), this is one of the final milestones a graduate student has before they are officially a “Dr.”. Upon the successful defense of a thesis, the peers of the PhD student craft a graduation hat from a mishmash of scrap cardboard and memora ...[Read More]

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Geodynamics

Geoscience Wonders: My Favourite Natural History Museums in Europe

Kleoniki (Lydia) Theodoridou and edited by Kleoniki (Lydia) Theodoridou February 19, 2025

Have you ever wondered how to combine adventure with a deep dive into the secrets of our planet’s ancient past? Well, in this week’s blog, we are on a mission to take you on a journey to some of my favourite Natural History Museums around Europe. And who knows, maybe these museums might find a special place on your next travel bucket list! Travelling makes us wiser and richer! Getting the opportun ...[Read More]

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Solar-Terrestrial Sciences

Meet the Scientist Shaping Space Weather Research: Prof. Yoshizumi Miyoshi on Winning the E-SWAN Kirsten Birkeland Medal 2024

Shreedevi P R February 17, 2025

1. The Birkeland Medal honors outstanding contributions to space weather research. Can you share what this recognition means to you personally and how it reflects the broader contributions of the scientific community to space weather research? I am deeply honored to receive the Birkeland Medal and grateful to all the colleagues, mentors, and collaborators who have supported my research career ...[Read More]

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Geomorphology

A Day in the Life of a Geomorphologist: Bastian Grimm

EGU Guest blogger February 15, 2025

This blog post is a throwback to last year’s theme, “A Day in the Life of a Geomorphologist!” Please contact one of the GM blog editors, Emily (eb2043@cam.ac.uk) or Emma (elodes@asu.edu), if you’d like to contribute on this topic or others. by Bastian Grimm, Doctoral Student, Giessen University, Germany Email: bastian.grimm@geogr.uni-giessen.de Hi, I’m Basti! I’m currently pursu ...[Read More]

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Geodynamics

Silent voices, trapped minds.

Katherine Villavicencio and edited by Constanza Rodriguez Piceda February 12, 2025

In this week’s blog post, Katherine Villavicencio (University of Chieti – Pescara) looks into the world of the mind and the mental-health issues that can result by the pressure behind a research project, such as a doctoral thesis. Here, through a personal reflexion ,she explores the main reasons that can lead candidates to suicidal thoughts, and even to the execution of them, finally a ...[Read More]

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Biogeosciences

Hw to get involved in Science-to-Policy in the Biogeoscience Division

Lucia Layritz and Elias Symeonakis February 12, 2025

As scientists we possess invaluable expertise that can help shape evidence-informed policies, and decision-makers in the EU are increasingly recognising the importance of scientific input. The EGU can play a key role in this process, with its advice already being considered in major policy developments such as the Nature Restoration Law. As part of these efforts, the EGU Science-for-Policy Team (l ...[Read More]

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Geomorphology

Announcement: VAO Symposium 2025 in Kaprun, Austria

EGU Guest blogger February 10, 2025

Every two years, the VAO Symposium facilitates the exchange of the latest research findings and future collaborative research pursuits in the Alps among members and interested individuals. The symposium emphasizes productive interdisciplinary collaboration among those working in the Atmosphere, Cryosphere, Hydrosphere, Biosphere, Relief, and Lithosphere fields. For this the symposium focuses more ...[Read More]