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Representing the Possible: Alka Tripathy-Lang

May 12, 2020
Representing the Possible: Alka Tripathy-Lang
Alka taking a photo of Pangong Tso, in the Ladakh Himalaya of India. This is a high-attitude, landlocked, saline lake nestled around 14,000 feet above sea level. Photo credit: Anjy Cramer (Alka's sister).

  Alka Tripathy-Lang is a freelance science writer based in Chandler, Arizona. She writes mostly about geohazards and creative ways to apply seismology to the world around us. What is your story, Alka? Why geology? When I was a little girl, I was fascinated by rocks and fossils. I told anyone who asked that I wanted to be a geologist when I grew up. However, in the throes of my teenage years, ...[Read More]

Seismology Job Portal

May 5, 2020
Seismology Job Portal

On this page, we regularly update open positions in Seismology for early career scientists. Do you have a job on offer? Contact us at ecs-sm@egu.eu Please, note that other available research positions are displayed on the EGU Jobs Portal.  

The sound of Covid-silence

April 29, 2020
The sound of Covid-silence
Check out our blog post on "The sound of COVID-silence"

  As lockdowns have come in place all over the globe, workplaces have closed, people are sticking to their homes, and perpetual traffic jams have reduced to a trickle [1]. This results in eerie sights, where the lone bypasser walking through deserted streets cannot but wonder whether they’ve accidentally missed the memo on the apocalypse. The world is coming to a halt and this results in… sil ...[Read More]

Back to normality (?)

April 24, 2020
Back to normality (?)
“Something is missing!” writes ECS representative Janneke in our department WhatsApp group.

  I imagine that in a couple of months European countries will give the green light: the restrictions and social-distancing will be relaxed and people will step out of their houses. Blinking into the bright summer sunlight in the Northern Hemisphere, they will lift a hand towards the sun to shield their sensitive eyes unaccustomed, after weeks and months of lockdown, to the natural light.  Pe ...[Read More]