Climate

Are we equipped to meet the Glasgow Climate Pact?

Gillian D'Souza November 26, 2021

Man-made landscape. Credit: María Burguet (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)

November 2021 once again put climate change in the spotlight for Europe and the world. Close to 200 countries came together this month for the UN’s annual climate summit, COP26, and after much deliberation, adopted the Glasgow Climate Pact. Some key commitments had countries pledging to limit their emissions by 2030; forming the first-ever alliance targeting fossil fuel extraction; setting u ...[Read More]

Imaggeo On Monday: Summer on the Northern Hemisphere

Maximilian Reuter November 15, 2021

Summer on the Northern Hemisphere. Credit: Maximilian Reuter (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)

The image shows a northern hemispheric summer day of the year 2012. One can see an impressive north Atlantic cyclone, a cloud free Mediterranean Sea, Saharan dust north of the Canary Islands, and cumulus fields near the coast of Namibia and Angola. The image was taken at June 28, 2012 09:00 UTC from the MSG satellite in a geostationary orbit 36000km above the equator. EUMETSAT provided the level 1 ...[Read More]

The place of Biodiversity in EU Policy

Chloe Hill November 12, 2021

Black Forest, Germany. Photo credit: Chloe Hill

Biodiversity is an essential component of life on Earth and of human society, and is now a primary focus area of the European Union with the EU’s Biodiversity Strategy for 2030 launched in 2020 as part of the European Green Deal. The Biodiversity Strategy has some extremely ambitious targets that will require new legislation and processes in a multitude of different areas that are related to the g ...[Read More]

Imaggeo On Monday: The tree that gave birth to a forest

Guillaume Goodwin November 1, 2021

The tree that gave birth to a forest. Credit: Guillaume Goodwin (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)

This 10 centimetre giant is a pioneer of marine conquest. All summer, glassworts (Salicornia europaea) will be rhythmically swept by the tide, gradually trapping seaborne sediment on the shores of Aberlady Bay in Scotland. The resulting elevation of the mudflat marks the start of a race of growth against waves, currents and sea level rise, eventually leading to the development of a salt marsh. How ...[Read More]