Division blogs

Climate: Past, Present & Future

Sudden Temperature Change in a Warming World: Why Future Temperature Swings Are a Global Tug-of-War?

Kalpana Hamal July 10, 2026

Berlin just went through a brutal heatwave, and then out of nowhere, the temperature crashed between June 28 and 29. The daily mean temperature dropped from nearly 33°C to 25°C—a dramatic drop of about 8°C in just 24 hours (based on ERA5 reanalysis data structure accessed via Open-Meteo. Scientists call these abrupt shifts temperature volatility: rapid transitions from unusually cold to warm condi ...[Read More]

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Cryospheric Sciences

Using Generative Modelling to Downscale Climate Data for Ice Sheets

Nils Bochow July 10, 2026

Greenland’s ice sheet holds enough water to raise global sea levels by over 7 meters, but predicting how much it will actually shrink remains challenging due to the massive computational cost of traditional models. Our latest research introduces machine learning-based downscaling that generates high-resolution climate fields orders of magnitude faster than conventional regional climate model ...[Read More]

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Hydrological Sciences

HydroTalks: Prof. Thom Bogaard on Water and Landslides, Early Warning Systems, and IAHS-HELPING Decade

Thiruni Thirimanne and Archita Bhattacharyya July 9, 2026

For episode 11 of HydroTalks, we welcomed Prof. Thom Bogaard of Delft Technical University and visiting professor at Kasetsart University, Bangkok. His research explores the intersection of hydrology, geomorphology, ecology, and natural hazards. We discussed his work on understanding how water triggers landslides, improving regional early warning systems, and developing practical solutions that re ...[Read More]

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Ocean Sciences

Can the Ocean Explain Why Climate Models Struggle with the Indian Monsoon?

Sankar Prasad Lahiri July 9, 2026

Few climate phenomena affect as many people as the Indian Summer Monsoon (ISM). Between June and September, it delivers most of the annual rainfall over the Indian subcontinent, supporting agriculture, water resources, and livelihoods for more than a billion people. Yet predicting how the monsoon will respond to climate change remains a major scientific challenge because it is shaped by complex in ...[Read More]

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Geosciences Instrumentation and Data Systems

From the Lab to the Open Air: The Struggle of Making Sensors That Don’t Lie

Joseph T. Almazan-Valencia July 9, 2026

In scientific papers, measuring gases in the atmosphere sounds like a straightforward task: you buy a sensor, you calibrate it, and you let it collect data. However, anyone who worked on this knows that the real atmosphere is a hostile environment for delicate electronics and precision optics. Among humidity saturating your circuits, brutal temperature swings, and the natural drift of components o ...[Read More]

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Geomorphology

TopoToolbox webinar recap & resources

Emma Lodes July 8, 2026

Our TopoToolbox webinars on June 2 and 3 were a success with ~90 participants! The webinars covered the functionalities of TopoToolbox 3 and its integration into both MATLAB and Python, and highlighted tools including GraphFlood and TRANSECT. Be sure to check out the TopoToolbox gallery, which hosts example workflows contributed by TopoToolbox users and developers. Thanks again to the conveners, W ...[Read More]

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Geodynamics

Ada Lovelace’s spirit at Lake Seč

Vojtěch Patočka and edited by Alexis Gauthier July 8, 2026

From 21 to 26 June, the 2026 Ada Lovelace Workshop on Modelling of Mantle and Lithosphere Dynamics brought together the geodynamics community in Seč, Czech Republic. In this week’s blog post, Vojtěch Patočka, Assistant Professor in the Department of Geophysics at Charles University in Prague and a member of the organising committee, offers an offbeat take on the workshop. Every two years, a ...[Read More]

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Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Petrology & Volcanology

GMPV Early Career Scientist Network 2026-2027

PIYAL HALDER July 6, 2026

Hi, The 2026 General Assembly is over. Now it’s time to introduce our existing ECS Network, which has been enriched by a few new members. Let’s meet our ECS Network members- ECS Representatives (2025-2026) (1) Piyal Halder Hello my GMPV brothers and sisters, I am the ECS Representative of the GMPV division, EGU, for 2025-2027. I am presently working as a Postdoctoral Research As ...[Read More]

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Tectonics and Structural Geology

Geomythology. Neotectonics and Monasticism

Filippo Carboni July 2, 2026

With today’s post, I would like to temporarily leave (geo)myths behind and enter (geo)history. I was first introduced to the following historical account by Professor Francesco Brozzetti of the University of Chieti (Italy), whose extensive knowledge of the Apennines of Central Italy extends well beyond geology. Geological Origins of Monasticism This is the brief history of how monasticism spread t ...[Read More]

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Geodynamics

Help us shape the GD programme for EGU General Assembly 2027

Laetitia Le Pourhiet and edited by Constanza Rodriguez Piceda July 1, 2026

The Geodynamics programme of the General Assembly starts with your ideas. With the call for session proposals for the 2027 EGU General Assembly approaching, the Geodynamics Division President Laetitia Le Pourhiet shares her thoughts on what makes a successful session proposal, and how to help shape next year’s scientific programme. Dear GD community, It is already time to start thinking abo ...[Read More]