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Imaggeo on Mondays: Drawing in pencil

December 21, 2015
Imaggeo on Mondays: Drawing in pencil
Drawing in pencil. Credit: Vitalie Petra (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)

The picture was taken in Salina Turda, a fascinating salt mine in western Transylvania, in Durgău – Valea Sarată near Turda city. In the picture, the pockets created by salt dissolution can be observed. Over time, due to the erosive power of air currents, the walls have been reshaped: the corners have been rounded and, at the contact between the roof and the walls, a series of dissolution po ...[Read More]

GeoPolicy: What was decided from the Paris COP21?

December 16, 2015
GeoPolicy: What was decided from the Paris COP21?
#1heart1tree. Credit: Yann Caradec (distributed via flickr.com)

Last week saw the world’s leaders come together in Paris for the 21st ‘Conference of the Parties’ (aka COP21) to discuss climate change. The 12 day meeting saw over 50,000 participants (half of which from Government organisations) come to reach an agreement on limiting greenhouse gas (GHG) production. Background Manmade climate change, resulting from the increased production of GHG into the atmosp ...[Read More]

EGU 2016: Registration open & short courses, townhall and splinter meeting requests

December 14, 2015
EGU 2016: Registration open & short courses, townhall and splinter meeting requests
The Austria Center Vienna by night during the EGU 2015 General Assembly (Credit: EGU/Stephanie McClellan)

The EGU General Assembly brings together geoscientists from all over the world to one meeting that covers all disciplines of the Earth, planetary and space sciences. The conference is taking place in Vienna on 17–22 April 2016, providing an opportunity for both established scientists and early career researchers to present their work and discuss their ideas with experts in all fields of the geosci ...[Read More]

Imaggeo on Mondays: Flying Rocks

December 14, 2015
Imaggeo on Mondays: Flying Rocks
Flying Rocks . Credit: Franziska Glueer (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)

The picture was taken at a hillslope close to the glacier tongue of the Great Aletsch Glacier, the largest glacier in the Alps. With a length of 23 km it is located in the eastern Bernese Alps of Switzerland and composed of the three smaller glaciers Aletschfirn, Jungfraufirn and Eternal snow field converging at Concordia where the ice thickness was measured to be around 900m. The whole area was d ...[Read More]