GeoLog

What I wish someone told me early in my career: meet Eduardo Queiroz Alves, our Editorial Manager

Asmae Ourkiya November 27, 2024

‘What I wish someone told me early in my career’ is a new Geolog series that aims to provide valuable insights and guidance to early-career professionals within the European Geosciences Union (EGU) community. Each month, I will interview a staff member of EGU to share their personal career journey, experiences, challenges faced, and the tips they wish they had received earlier in their careers. Th ...[Read More]

Hera: A journey to Mars kicks off Earth’s latest defence plan

Asmae Ourkiya November 26, 2024

Photo by Javier Miranda

And what if we could prevent a catastrophe as old as the dinosaurs?… As Hera’s mission launched last month, this blog post aims to give you insights into this mission and why it matters. Continue reading and find out! One of humans’ biggest rebellious acts against insignificance is staring at the sky and wondering what else is out there, then thinking “We can definitely fin ...[Read More]

From ‘real life’ to a fantastic quirky teaching tool – try a PodCast Class

Ingrid Anell November 25, 2024

Picture taken by author

A giant microphone sits a few cm’s from my face. I am having vivid flashbacks to pre-show jitters and stage-fright from my earlier forages into on stage productions. Only now I’m an adult, an expert, a scientist. Our host pushes the record button. Live radio! A brilliant (?) idea takes shape I was contacted by a Norwegian scientific radio programme, Abels Tårn, and asked if I could answer question ...[Read More]

Holding it in (the learning, not the pee) – The gendered importance of toilet breaks for geoscience students during field-courses

Ingrid Anell November 22, 2024

Photo taken by Amy Reed

Field-based teaching is a cornerstone of geoscience education. Concepts such as scale, complexity, spatial awareness, 3D geometries, methods, skills, and techniques are inherently difficult to teach from a lecture theatre. However, achieving the benefits of field-based teaching might require a learning module not always considered as a prerequisite: planning and providing information about bathroo ...[Read More]