According to some Republicans in the US, Earth Sciences cannot be regarded as one of the ‘pure sciences’, or hard science. Is Earth Sciences simply Rocks for Jocks, or do the earth sciences actually encompass some fundamental work here? Suggestions have been made that NASA should steer its focus away from Earth Sciences and more …[Read More]
Division blogs
Seismology
Can cloud formations predict earthquakes?
UPDATE: 28th May 2015 A new paper on this subject has recently been published on Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences. The scientists examine the 2012 M 6.0 earthquake in the Po Valley of northern Italy. From inspection of 4 years of satellite images they find numerous examples of linear-cloud formations over Italy. A simple test shows no obvious …[Read More]
Cryospheric Sciences
Ice Nomads: The iSTAR traverse of Pine Island Glacier, West Antarctica
It’s the 2nd December 2013 and I find myself in one of those rare occasions in life where I feel I need to pinch myself to see if I’m dreaming. Why? Somehow I’m in control of a British Antarctic Survey De Havilland Twin Otter aircraft flying over the white featureless expanse of the West Antarctic …[Read More]
Energy, Resources and the Environment
Words on Wednesday: Cobalt, chromium and nickel contents in soils and plants from a serpentinite quarry
Words on Wednesday aims at promoting interesting/fun/exciting publications on topics related to Energy, Resources and the Environment. If you would like to be featured on WoW, please send us a link of the paper, or your own post, at ERE.Matters@gmail.com. *** Lago-Vila, M., Arenas-Lago, D., Rodríguez-Seijo, A., Andrade Couce, M. L., and Vega, F. A., 2015. Cobalt, chromium and nickel contents in soils and plants …[Read More]
Energy, Resources and the Environment
ERE Division Outstanding Young Scientist Award: who would you nominate?
Every year the EGU rewards outstanding young or early career scientists with the Arne Richter Outstanding Young Scientist Award (OYSA), or one of the Division Outstanding Young Scientist Awards. These awards are granted for an outstanding research contribution in the Earth, planetary and space sciences, and are intended to identify the awardees as role models …[Read More]
Energy, Resources and the Environment
The Sound of Climate Change: ‘Planetary Bands, Warming World’ by Daniel Crawford
For scientists, it can often be challenging to convert all our numbers and figures into something that is understandable for laymen. How can you make all these findings and knowledge we have tangible, speaking to people’s emotions? Daniel Crawford from the University of Minnesota translated NASA‘s climate change data to a musical composition. Each of the …[Read More]
Energy, Resources and the Environment
Words on Wednesday: Flow-through experiments on water–rock interactions in a sandstone caused by CO2 injection at pressures and temperatures mimicking reservoir conditions
Words on Wednesday aims at promoting interesting/fun/exciting publications on topics related to Energy, Resources and the Environment. If you would like to be featured on WoW, please send us a link of the paper, or your own post, at ERE.Matters@gmail.com. This week, we would like to share with you the latest manuscript of Farhana Huq, who was …[Read More]
Energy, Resources and the Environment
In NY Times: Butting Heads in the Himalayas
The environment we live in is shaped by many factors. It is not just how we use the land, resources and energy that is provided to us, there may also be factors that are simply out of our control. In recent weeks, this has become painfully clear in the area near Kathmandu, Nepal. Two devastating …[Read More]
Energy, Resources and the Environment
From EGU to the Real World: meet ERE Young Scientist Farhana Huq
The ERE Division loves to hear from its Young/Early Career Scientists. What is it that you do that relates to ERE? What lies beyond an ERE-oriented study or PhD? Tell us what you like about working on Energy, Resources and Environment-related research. We’d love to hear it! :) Today we have Farhana Huq, who gives us some insight into …[Read More]
Geomorphology
Call for nominations: R.A. Bagnold medal and Outstanding Early-Career Scientist Award
Today I would like to draw your attention to the EGU Awards and Medals programme of the European Geosciences Union (EGU) for the year 2016, which is now open for nominations. The Geomorphology Division awards the Ralph Alger Bagnold medal to individuals in recognition of their outstanding scientific contribution to the study of geomorphology: http://www.egu.eu/awards-medals/ralph-alger-bagnold/ …[Read More]