January 2018

Geosciences Column: The hunt for Antarctica’s oldest time capsule

Ruth Amey January 12, 2018

Preparing the ice corer for deployment, EPICA project, Kohnen Station, Dronning Maud Land, Antarctica (Operators: Prof. Dr. Frank Wilhelms and Lorenz Karsten). NB: This image is not related to the study featured in this post . Credit: Hannes Grobe, Alfred Wegener Institute for Polar and Marine Research (distributed via Wikimedia Commons).

The thick packs of ice that pepper high peak of the world’s mountains and stretch far across the poles make an unusual time capsule. As it forms, air bubbles are trapped in the ice, allowing scientists to peer into the composition of the Earth’s atmosphere long ago. Today’s Geosciences Column is brought to you by PhD researcher Ruth Amey, who writes about recently published resea ...[Read More]

Communicating Antarctic science…in the Antarctic

Jon Fuhrmann January 10, 2018

An expedition ship is dwarfed by its surroundings in Hornsund, Svalbard. Credit: Jonathan Fuhrmann.

Communicating the fragility of one of Earth’s remotest environments is hugely difficult, precisely due to the location of the poles. Jon Fuhrmann, a freelance science writer and guide on Antarctic cruises, discusses the potential benefits of taking tourists to these once inaccessible locations, especially when it comes to making members of the public aware of the challenges faced by the Eart ...[Read More]

Imaggeo on Mondays: The best of imaggeo in 2017

Laura Roberts-Artal January 8, 2018

The best images of 2017, from imaggeo, as chosen by our readers and followers.

Imaggeo, our open access image repository, is packed with beautiful images showcasing the best of the Earth, space and planetary sciences. Throughout the year we use the photographs submitted to the repository to illustrate our social media and blog posts. For the past few years we’ve celebrated the end of the year by rounding-up some of the best Imaggeo images. But it’s no easy task to pick which ...[Read More]

I want you to stop being an early career scientist

Roelof Rietbroek January 3, 2018

The best way to get the most out of EGU's ECS network is to get involved! Credit: Roelof Rietbroek.

In this guest post Roelof Rietbroek, EGU’s Union-wide Early Career Scientist Representative (2017-2018), speaks about the importance of reseachers getting involved with the Union’s early career activities to really reap the benefits of being part of the network. With over half of the participants of EGU’s general assembly qualifying as an Early Career Scientist (ECS), chances are you are one ...[Read More]