Cryospheric Sciences

Looking back at the EGU Blogs in 2015: welcoming new additions

Laura Roberts-Artal December 23, 2015

The EGU Blogs (blogs.egu.eu)

It’s a little over 12 months since we launched the new look EGU blogs and with the holidays and new year approaching, what better time to take stock of 2015 as featured in the EGU Blogs? The past year has been full of exciting, insightful and informative blog posts. At the same time, we’ve welcomed new additions to the network and division blogs. The network blogs A recent highlight of the year ha ...[Read More]

GeoPolicy: What was decided from the Paris COP21?

Sarah Connors December 16, 2015

#1heart1tree. Credit: Yann Caradec (distributed via flickr.com)

Last week saw the world’s leaders come together in Paris for the 21st ‘Conference of the Parties’ (aka COP21) to discuss climate change. The 12 day meeting saw over 50,000 participants (half of which from Government organisations) come to reach an agreement on limiting greenhouse gas (GHG) production. Background Manmade climate change, resulting from the increased production of GHG into the atmosp ...[Read More]

Imaggeo on Mondays: Flying Rocks

Laura Roberts-Artal December 14, 2015

Flying Rocks . Credit: Franziska Glueer (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)

The picture was taken at a hillslope close to the glacier tongue of the Great Aletsch Glacier, the largest glacier in the Alps. With a length of 23 km it is located in the eastern Bernese Alps of Switzerland and composed of the three smaller glaciers Aletschfirn, Jungfraufirn and Eternal snow field converging at Concordia where the ice thickness was measured to be around 900m. The whole area was d ...[Read More]

Imaggeo on Mondays: Annapurna snow avalanche

Laura Roberts-Artal December 7, 2015

Annapurna snow avalanche. Credit: Martin Struck (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)

The Annapurna massif is located in an imposing 55 km long collection of peaks in the Himalayas, which behave as a single structural block. Composed of one peak (Annapurna I Main) in excess of 8000 m, a further thirteen peaks over 7000 m and sixteen more of over 6000 m, the massif forms a striking structure within the Himalayas. Annapurna I Main, the tenth highest peak in the world, is towering at ...[Read More]