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CL
Climate: Past, Present & Future

Writing Climate: a blog at the crossroads of Science, Art and Travel

October 24, 2025
Writing Climate: a blog at the crossroads of Science, Art and Travel

It took me many travels, experiences, and an entire PhD on climate-related topics to realize that all these dots could be connected. How I Perceive Our Warming World is a blog at the intersection of my life passions: travel, art, and climate. It is not about travel, nor about art, nor about climate alone: it is about all of them together. Each of these passions offers a different lens through whic ...[Read More]

G
Geodesy

EGU Campfire Geodesy – Share Your Research – 14th Edition

October 24, 2025
EGU Campfire Geodesy – Share Your Research – 14th Edition

We are excited to announce the 14th edition of Geodesy Campfire – Share Your Research in November. The Geodesy EGU Campfire Events “Share Your Research” give (early career) researchers the chance to talk about their work. We have two exciting talks by our guest speakers, Betty Heller-Kaikov and Pingping Huan. Below, you can find the details of the topics awaiting us. We will have time to network a ...[Read More]

TS
Tectonics and Structural Geology

The role of structural geology in radioactive waste disposal

October 23, 2025
A photo of Dr. Isabel Ashman who's work has been featured in this blog

In this blog post, I have interviewed Dr. Isabel Ashman, who is part of the GeoSafe consortium at the University of Liverpool, looking into safe and long-term containment of radioactive waste in geological formations. Dr. Ashman, along with other project partners at the University of Liverpool, aim to better understand how small to large-scale (sub-mm to several km) structural variabilities in tar ...[Read More]

GD
Geodynamics

Bored by the Lower Mantle? Think Again!

and October 22, 2025
Bored by the Lower Mantle? Think Again!

Is the lower mantle boring? For a long time, the lower mantle was thought to be relatively featureless and uniform compared to the more dynamic upper mantle. But recent seismic observations are challenging that idea, especially when we look near the base of the mantle. Recent studies from Maureen Long’s group (Creasy et al. 2017, Wolf et al. 2019, Reiss et al. 2019, Wolf & Long, 2023) and othe ...[Read More]

CR
Cryospheric Sciences

Heard Island Glaciers Are Shrinking Faster Than Ever! Here’s what you need to know.

October 17, 2025
Heard Island Glaciers Are Shrinking Faster Than Ever! Here’s what you need to know.

In this blog post Dr Levan Tielidze from Monash University and Securing Antarctica’s Environmental Future shares insights from a new glacier assessment of Heard Island. Although rarely visited and largely unknown, Heard Island plays an outsized role in understanding how the Southern Ocean cryosphere is responding to global warming. The island is one of the few sub-Antarctic locations with active g ...[Read More]

HS
Hydrological Sciences

Looking Back at IAHS2025 in Roorkee: Hydrologists Assemble in India

October 16, 2025
Looking Back at IAHS2025 in Roorkee: Hydrologists Assemble in India

Between October 5 – 10, 2025, the XIIth Scientific Assembly of the International Association of Hydrological Sciences (IAHS) took place in Roorkee, India.  Overall, more than 600 hydrologists assembled on the campus of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) to share their latest progress, discuss with their colleagues, nurture connections, and celebrate hydrology as a discipline.  Here’s a ...[Read More]

TS
Tectonics and Structural Geology

Faults vs. Fractures — How to Tell Them Apart ?

October 16, 2025
A futuristic Black geologist wearing AR glasses stands in a glowing cave surrounded by four holographic screens labeled Geological Aspect, Geometry, Topology, and Kinematics & Mechanism, each displaying geological diagrams and fracture models, symbolizing modern geoscience visualization.

Faults and fractures can sometimes be confusing, especially for students taking their first geology courses. When they go hiking in the mountains and see a crack in the rock, they often wonder — is this a fracture or a fault? Even scientists sometimes mix the two terms, so it’s good to understand the difference. Since faults and fractures are important in many fields such as tunnel engineering, hy ...[Read More]

NP
Nonlinear Processes in Geosciences

Where is climate science heading? Views from the community

October 15, 2025
Where is climate science heading? Views from the community

At the recent UNDERPIN2 conference (Understanding rare events and their climatic impacts, in Erice, Sicily), we held a discussion on the future of climate science. To guide the conversation, I ran an interactive survey to capture how climate scientists see the current challenges, opportunities, and blind spots in climate research, communication, and the use of artificial intelligence. The response ...[Read More]

GD
Geodynamics

From Mountains to Oceans: How the memory of ancient orogens guides the rupture of continents

and October 15, 2025
Picture showing an orogen that transform in a rift

In this new blog, Dr. Kai Li (GFZ Potsdam) talk about his PhD work, where he used accordion numerical models to explore the tectonic history of the South China Sea. His PhD research focuses on the impact of orogenic inheritance on rifts and rifted margins, employing advanced geodynamic modeling techniques. Have you ever tried to fit the west coast of Africa and the east coast of South America toge ...[Read More]

GI
Geosciences Instrumentation and Data Systems

GI Campfire – Artificial Intelligence: Exploring New Frontiers in Geoscience

and October 14, 2025

The Geoscience Instrumentation and Data Systems (GI) Division of the EGU is opening its 2025 Campfire series with an event dedicated to Artificial Intelligence (AI). The Campfire will take place on Thursday, 30 October 2025 at 16:00 CET and will be coordinated by the Early Career Scientists (ECS) team of the GI Division. Campfires are designed to bring researchers together to learn, discuss, and n ...[Read More]