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Geomorphology

Flat but Fascinating: A New Perspective on Berlin at the 17th Annual International Young Geomorphologists’ Meeting 

August 30, 2023
Flat but Fascinating: A New Perspective on Berlin at the 17th Annual International Young Geomorphologists’ Meeting 

Emma Lodes, PhD student, GFZ-Potsdam (Germany) Twitter: @LodesEmma    |    email: lodes@gfz-potsdam.de When I consider places with exciting geomorphology, Germany’s capital does not spring to mind. Berlin is an isolated urban hub encircled by the flat, agriculturally dominated state of Brandenburg. Northeastern Germany was leveled by ice sheets during the last several glaciations, and its highest ...[Read More]

Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Petrology & Volcanology

Revisiting the roots of minerals’ names: A journey to mineral etymology

August 30, 2023
Revisiting the roots of minerals’ names: A journey to mineral etymology

Hello everyone!! In an earlier blog, my colleague Eliot Carter discussed the etymology of elements.  As a PhD student in geochemistry, mineralogy, Petrology and Volcanology, we all regularly deal with a large number of minerals. Among them, some are very common and a few are hardly known. However, sometimes we forget the basics to deal with the complicated things. In fact, PhD students mostly face ...[Read More]

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Geodynamics

The Sassy Scientist – Everything everywhere all at once

August 25, 2023
The Sassy Scientist – Everything everywhere all at once

Ever wondered how to manage a flurry of projects without losing your sanity? Maggie was curious if the Sassy Scientist could provide some insight into this. So she is asking: How do I manage to work on multiple projects at a time? Dear Maggie,   You simply DON’T. Let me debunk this “juggling a gazillion projects is the key to success in academia” myth faster than you can ima ...[Read More]

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Hydrological Sciences

Floods and droughts: two sides of the same hydrological coin

and August 23, 2023
Floods and droughts: two sides of the same hydrological coin

This is not (only) a flood. Inspired by Magritte’s painting: ‘Ceci n’est pas une pipe’ After an alarming dry winter, the European continent has been enduring weeks of a record-breaking heatwave across the southern regions, while coping with scattered, intense precipitation and flash floods. In Zaragoza (Spain), recent flash floods swiftly transformed the previously dry landscape into raging rivers ...[Read More]

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Hydrological Sciences

How to organize an EGU24 Session as a newcomer? A guide for early career scientists.

August 21, 2023
How to organize an EGU24 Session as a newcomer? A guide for early career scientists.

Have you ever thought about organizing an EGU session instead of just attending them? Until September 14th you have the chance to do just that!  It can sound a bit intimidating, especially if you’ve never done it before. But don’t worry – here’s everything you have to know.   Find a Topic and Co-Conveners First off, you need to settle on a topic and find your co-conveners, i.e. the team who ...[Read More]

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Geodynamics

Physics-Based Machine Learning – Curse or Blessing?

and August 16, 2023
Physics-Based Machine Learning – Curse or Blessing?

The advance of Artificial Intelligence is impacting all spheres of human activity, and Geosciences are no exception. In this week’s post, Denise Degen from RWTH Aachen University, Germany, gives us a glimpse of what this means for Geodynamics. Discussing the advantages and caveats of different approaches, she shows how physics-based Machine Learning may help us investigating and understanding comp ...[Read More]

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Geomorphology

A Day in the Life – Márton Pál

August 15, 2023
A Day in the Life – Márton Pál

This blog post is part of our series: “A day in the life of a geomorphologist” for which we’re accepting contributions! Please contact one of the GM blog editors, Emily or Emma, if you’d like to contribute.    Márton Pál, Cartographer, Earth Scientist, ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, Institute of Cartography and Geoinformatics, Budapest, Hungary pal.marton@inf.elte.hu How can we visualise spat ...[Read More]

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Geodynamics

Going to the mountains is going home

and August 9, 2023
Going to the mountains is going home

Geoscientists explore the nature from a different perspective than the commoners. In this week’s blog, Stephanie Sparks from Arizona State University shares her story how her passion for mountains gradually became her profession. Her journey through different regions in Himalaya leads her to understand the exhumation rate and the underlying geodynamic processes behind the formation of world’s high ...[Read More]

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Seismology

An interview with our new division leader: Alice-Agnes Gabriel

August 9, 2023
An interview with our new division leader: Alice-Agnes Gabriel

At EGU’s GA this year we managed to catch up with Dr Alice-Agnes Gabriel, Associate Professor at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California, and the new head of the Seismology Division. Over the interview she gave us insights into her relationship with seismology over the years, what she hopes to achieve in her new position, and how EGU can stay relevant into the future. Let ...[Read More]