Today GeoLog features a guest post by Mona Behl, a Visiting Fellow at the American Meteorological Society. Mona explains why Earth observation satellites are so important and why the future of Earth observations, sciences and services might be at risk. The year 1957 marked the birth of Sputnik I, the world’s first artificial satellite to be launched in space. This launch ushered in an exciting era ...[Read More]
Teachers at Sea: science, core drills, and buoys
In the next two weeks, GeoLog has the pleasure to host reports from Teachers at Sea. This educational programme, co-sponsored by the European Geosciences Union (EGU) and the French Polar Insitute (IPEV), gives school teachers the opportunity to take part in oceanographic cruises with scientists. This year, Sandrine Vivier and Ana Sánchez, teachers of Biology and Geology in Rodez (France) and Madri ...[Read More]
EGU 2012 General Assembly: the highlights
The most recent video uploaded to EGU’s YouTube page, the EGU 2012 General Assembly highlights video, brings back good memories. It’s a compilation of some of the best moments at the conference and was produced by Sue Voice, who worked at the press office in Vienna. Sue says, “Part of my role in the media team at EGU2012 involved producing short movie clips and photos for EGU’s s ...[Read More]
Teachers at Sea: welcome aboard!
In the next two weeks, GeoLog has the pleasure to host reports from Teachers at Sea. This educational programme, co-sponsored by the European Geosciences Union (EGU) and the French Polar Insitute (IPEV), gives school teachers the opportunity to take part in oceanographic cruises with scientists. This year, Sandrine Vivier and Ana Sánchez, teachers of Biology and Geology in Rodez (France) and Madri ...[Read More]