EGU Blogs

Division blogs

SSS
Soil System Sciences

Soil Carbon, Resilience, and Modelling the Future: A Conversation with Katerina Georgiou

Soil Carbon, Resilience, and Modelling the Future: A Conversation with Katerina Georgiou

Soils play a central role in climate change mitigation and adaptation, with soil carbon management increasingly seen as a key pathway for enhancing ecosystem resilience—particularly in agricultural systems. At the same time, predicting how soil carbon responds to changing climate and management remains one of the major challenges in soil system science. In this interview, …[Read More]

SSP
Stratigraphy, Sedimentology and Palaeontology

CSI: Sedimentology

CSI: Sedimentology

INTRODUCTION Shows involving homicides and associated crime scene investigation (CSI) are among the most popular on television. The public is fascinated by the work that goes into collecting and analysing data from crime scenes in the field (Figure 1), whether it be DNA, wounds and bloodstains, footprints, tire tracks, or even evidence of arson. Skeletal …[Read More]

OS
Ocean Sciences

How do mesoscale eddies modulate CO2 fluxes in the Southern Ocean?

How do mesoscale eddies modulate CO2 fluxes in the Southern Ocean?

Mesoscale eddies and Southern Ocean carbon sink The Southern Ocean takes up more than a quarter of the anthropogenic CO₂. Its powerful westerly winds, deep overturning circulation, and intense mixing make it a major player in Earth’s climate system. But beneath this large-scale picture lies a world of swirling, dynamic structures that constantly reshape the …[Read More]

HS
Hydrological Sciences

HydroTalks: Heidi Kreibich about Floods, Human-water Feedbacks, and the IAHS Scientific Decade Panta Rhei

HydroTalks: Heidi Kreibich about Floods, Human-water Feedbacks, and the IAHS Scientific Decade Panta Rhei

For this month’s episode of HydroTalks, we’re thrilled to welcome Heidi Kreibich. She is  head of the Section Hydrology at GFZ Helmholtz Centre for Geosciences and senior lecturer at the Geography Department of Humboldt-Universitat zu Berlin. Heidi is also president of the Natural Hazards division of the EGU and president of the International Commission on …[Read More]

GI
Geosciences Instrumentation and Data Systems

GI and PS Joint Campfire. Investigation of Planetary Bodies: Analog Studies And Mission Concepts

The Geoscience Instrumentation and Data Systems (GI) and Planetary and Solar System Sciences (PS) Divisions of the EGU are excited to host the first joint campfire event, shifting our gaze upward and outward. On Monday, 26 January at 4 pm CET, we invite the geoscience community to a session dedicated to the frontiers of space …[Read More]

NP
Nonlinear Processes in Geosciences

Turbulence (and not only): The Legacy of Vincenzo Carbone, 2025 Richardson Medal

Turbulence (and not only): The Legacy of Vincenzo Carbone, 2025 Richardson Medal

One year ago, Vincenzo Carbone left us. Vincenzo was a leading scientist in nonlinear geophysics, turbulence, and complex systems, influencing fluid and plasma physics, weather and space weather, solar–terrestrial relations, and climate dynamics. Yet for those who worked closely with him, his legacy goes well beyond his remarkable scientific achievements. Scientific Contributions and Impact Over …[Read More]

GD
Geodynamics

Understanding geodynamic modelling results through maps of neural networks

Understanding geodynamic modelling results through maps of neural networks

The huge amount of data produced in Geosciences is increasing exponentially, and numerical modelling has become a key tool for understanding tectonic evolution over time, which also increases the volume of data produced. Here, I, João Bueno (PhD student at University of São Paulo, Brazil)  will present how a machine learning technique known as Self-Organising …[Read More]