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Imaggeo on Mondays: A window to ice and fire

April 20, 2020
Imaggeo on Mondays: A window to ice and fire
A window to ice and fire. Credit: Wuquan Cui (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)

Brown Bluff is a basalt tuya located on the Tabarin Peninsula of northern Antarctica. This site supports a breeding colony of about 20,000 pairs of adelie penguins and about 550 pairs of gentoo penguins. Geologically speaking, Brown Bluff is simply fascinating. The towering bluffs were the result of an explosive volcanic eruption under ice. Large boulders have toppled from Brown Bluff to the beach ...[Read More]

Imaggeo on Mondays: Azerbaijan Mud Volcano

April 13, 2020
Imaggeo on Mondays: Azerbaijan Mud Volcano
Azerbaijan Mud Volcano. Credit: Rashad Amrahov (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)

Azerbaijan one of the best places in the world to find mud volcanoes, because of the number that are in the country. Mud volcanoes are broadly spread across Azerbaijan. About 350 of approximate 800 mud volcanoes in the world are found in the Azerbaijani Republic.   This includes both underground and submarine mud volcanoes, which also famed in Azerbaijan. There are more than 140 submarine mud ...[Read More]

Imaggeo On Mondays: Psychedelic Foraminifera

March 30, 2020
Imaggeo On Mondays: Psychedelic Foraminifera
Psychedelic Foraminifera. Credit: Charlotte Beasley (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)

This is a transmitted light microscope image of a thin section – a 50-micron thick sliver of rock. This sample was collected from Jebel Hafit, a mountain which straddles the United Arab Emirates and Oman border. Jebel Hafit is approximately 900 m high and is made up of Eocene to Miocene age carbonate rocks which were mainly deposited in a shallow water, tropical setting. More specifically, this im ...[Read More]

A message from EGU President Alberto Montanari on what geoscientists can do to help mitigate the impact of COVID-19

March 25, 2020
A message from EGU President Alberto Montanari on what geoscientists can do to help mitigate the impact of COVID-19
EGU President Alberto Montanari shares his thoughts on what we can learn from our experiences during the coronavirus outbreak.

What can the Earth, planetary and space sciences do to help mitigate the impact of COVID-19? While I am considering this challenging question, I am looking out of the window of my home in Italy, in Reggio Emilia. I am close to the epidemic center of the Italian outbreak of COVID-19. I have been at home for the last two weeks without going out, something which I have never experienced before. Sudde ...[Read More]