Division blogs

Hydrological Sciences

Urban streams can provide water sources for climate change mitigation

Helene Mueller April 26, 2023

With advancing climate change, mitigation measures are necessary to fight urban heat islands. Reactivating urban streams as blue-green infrastructures can contribute to this mitigation, and serve as an invaluable water resource. Urban streams – banned to the underground In urban areas, hydrological conditions have been modified, impacted or completely changed for centuries. Rivers and streams …[Read More]

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Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Petrology & Volcanology

EGU23 Wednesday Highlights

PIYAL HALDER April 26, 2023

Welcome to the third day of the EGU General Assembly, 2023. Hope that the participants and attendees are enjoying. Let’s start the day with a cup of tea and then enter the Hall. For virtual attendees, we have Gather.town. So don’t miss a single session wherever you are! Anyways, lets have a look on today’s …[Read More]

GMPV

Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Petrology & Volcanology

EGU23 Tuesday Highlights

Simona Gabrielli April 25, 2023

Time for the second day of EGU23! Get ready for other amazing sessions during the day! Here are some suggestions, in case you get lost looking at the program: Let’s start with the session Planetary Volcanism, Tectonics, and Seismology at 8.30 am, co-organized with TS13.1 and PS4, with talks regarding the InSight mission on Mars …[Read More]

GMPV

Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Petrology & Volcanology

EGU23 Monday Highlights

Franziska Keller April 24, 2023

EGU23 is finally starting! Hopefully many of you were able to join the icebreaker events yesterday evening and have a smooth start into the conference today! So why not kick the day off by listening to the Xin Zhong’sECS awards lecture on his outstanding work on grain-scale stress variation in metamorphic rock? Alternatively, next to …[Read More]

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Geodynamics

Join the EGU GD Blog Team!

Michaël Pons, Constanza Rodriguez Piceda, Iris van Zelst and Editorial Team 2 April 23, 2023

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Solar-Terrestrial Sciences

Why faculae “vanish” on active Suns

Nina-Elisabeth Nèmec and edited by Eleanna Asvestari April 23, 2023

The Earth’s primary energy source is the radiative energy flux (i.e., the Total Solar Irradiance, TSI) from the Sun. Understanding the TSI or the solar irradiance output in particular wavelengths is important, as it is crucial for sustaining life of metabolisms on Earth and in answering the question of how life emerged on Earth. It …[Read More]

GMPV

Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Petrology & Volcanology

EGU-GMPV Division Medal and Award

Inês Pereira April 21, 2023

Are you ready for another exciting EGU General Assembly? This is that special time of the year, when you are finalising your talks, printing your posters, and selecting the talks/sessions to make your personal programme during next week’s GA. Exciting days! The GMPV blog team will be here, on your side, drawing your attention to …[Read More]

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Seismology

Seismology Division Events for EGU23

EGU Seismology ECS Team April 21, 2023

Hello fellow seismologists! Are you packing your bag and making last-minute poster- or presentation-edits? Then you know what time it is: EGU General Assembly time! For all of those who are searching their way through the jungle of possible events to go to, here is a nice overview of what is organized by Seismology! Times …[Read More]

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Cryospheric Sciences

Did you know the mystery of the ice-cold rose?

Stefan Thiele April 21, 2023

Darkness. Freezing cold. Thin layers of ice cover the wide Arctic Ocean. It is the time of the last dusk. You can almost see Fenris wolf chasing the sun to devour it, almost hear his howling as darkness falls. Fimbulwinter has arrived. But what is this? A flower? Out here on the Arctic Ocean? This …[Read More]

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Hydrological Sciences

Heads Up: Early Career Hydrologists Highlights at EGU 2023

Christina Orieschnig April 20, 2023

The upcoming annual EGU General assembly in Vienna is a fantastic opportunity for early career scientists (ECS) to engage with the international hydrological community, present their work, and build their networks. But with the multitude of sessions, events, and lectures, it can be tricky to assemble your personal program – especially if it’s your first …[Read More]