Earth Magnetism and Rock Physics

Imaggeo on Mondays: Magnetic interaction

Hazel Gibson October 11, 2021

Magnetic interaction . Credit: David Bernard (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu).

Space weather is a ubiquitous, but little known, natural hazard. Though not as tangible as a volcanic eruption, storm or tsunami wave, space weather has the potenital to cause huge economic losses across the globe. In Europe alone, the interaction of solar wind with our planet’s magnetosphere, ionosphere and thermosphere, could lead to disrutions to space-based telecommunications, broadcasti ...[Read More]

GeoTalk: Meet Saioa Arquero, the Earth Magnetism and Rock Physics Division’s Early Career Scientist Representative

Simon Clark May 21, 2021

Credit: Saioa Arquero

Hello Saioa, thank you for speaking with us today! Could you introduce yourself? My name is Saioa Arquero Campuzano. I’m a postdoctoral researcher at the Geosciences Institute in Madrid and I’m the Early Career Scientist (ECS) Representative for the Earth Magnetism and Rock Physics Division at EGU. This is my fourth year as a postdoc. After my PhD in Physics at Complutense University of Madrid, I ...[Read More]

Imaggeo On Monday: Lichtenberg Figure Visualisation

Nicolas Strappini May 17, 2021

Lichtenberg Figure Visualisation. Credit: Nicolas Strappini (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)

A visualisation of an electrical charge moving through plastic. Machines are used to discharge electricity onto surfaces then metallic powders are used to visualise the static. The image is then exposed onto a photopolymer plate and etched with ink. Is is called the photogravure process. Description by Nicolas Strappini, after the description on imaggeo.egu.eu. Imaggeo is the EGU’s o ...[Read More]

Winners of the EGU Best Blog Posts of 2020 Competition

Hazel Gibson February 5, 2021

2020 was a brilliant year for our blogging network here at EGU. Across the EGU’s official blog, GeoLog, as well as the network and division blogs there were so many interesting, educational and just downright entertaining posts this year it was hard to get the blog editors to choose their favourites! Nevertheless at the beginning of January, to celebrate the excellent display of science writing ac ...[Read More]