To continue our annual appreciation for the impressive display of science writing across the blogs, we launched the annual EGU Blogs competition in December 2021. From a shortlist of posts selected by our blog editors, we invited you, the EGU Blogs readers, to vote for your favourite post of 2024. We also invited EGU division blog editors and office staff to take part in a panel vote. After a month of voting by over 2500 people, we’re happy to announce the results below.
The winning blogs and what they tell us
Congratulations to the Natural Hazards (NH) Division Blog, winner of the public vote, and the Geodesy Division Blog, winner of the panel vote!
The Geochemistry, Mineralogy, Petrology & Volcanology GMPV Division blog was crowned winner of this year’s public vote for their blog “The chalenges of dating: Geologists’ version (part one)” written by Guto Paiva-Silva. The author playfully explores the complexities of geochronology by reimagining mineral dating as online dating profiles. Using humour and analogy, the Guto introduces four key minerals—Zircon, Garnet, Monazite, and Apatite— and highlights their strengths, ideal applications, and potential “red flags” in age determination. Each mineral’s stability, isotopic systems, and geological significance are contrasted with challenges like lead loss, compositional zoning, and analytical difficulties. The article is not only entertaining and educational but it also encourages further study while offering a fresh perspective Earth’s dating history.
As for the panel vote, the Geodesy Division Blog ranked first with their post on “A symphony of uncertainties: exploring the interplay between climate hazards and human societies” The blog is written by Asimina Voskaki, who explores the complex relationship between climate hazards and human societies as well as the uncertainties that shape their interactions. She examines how climate change is intensifying extreme weather events and the challenges in predicting their impact due to feedback mechanisms and human vulnerabilities. She calls for the need of both mitigation and adaptation strategies and stresses the importance of urban resilience, governance, and equitable disaster responses.
But wait…. we’re not done yet! We would also like to add that all the posts that entered the competition are worthy of a read too. You can click here to find the blog contest announcement, and then scroll down to the list of shortlisted entries to read them individually.
That’s not all! This year, we are introducing a new blogs competition, more details to be announced tomorrow so stay tuned!
We welcome regular and guest writers
If you’re inspired by the diverse range of posts on EGU Blogs and want to try your hand at science writing, we’d love to hear from you! All EGU Blogs welcome (and encourage!) guest contributions. We’re especially eager to feature a wide variety of voices, as it’s the mix of guest posts and regular features that makes our blogs such a great read.
If you would like to contribute to any of the division blogs or GeoLog, please send a short paragraph detailing your idea to the EGU Media and Communication Officer Asmae Ourkiya at media@egu.eu
