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Energy, Resources and the Environment

An overnight train view of China’s Anthropocene – Part 1

August 15, 2018
An overnight train view of China’s Anthropocene – Part 1
Air pollution in Shanghai's Pudong region in July 2017. Credit: Conor Purcell

The nighttrain from Shanghai to Beijing is a comfortable affair. The train is new and clean. My travel partner and I can charge our phones and relax on soft beds. The railway is almost frictionless, and overall the experience is similar to any ride in the West. But outside, as the vehicle roars through the early night, things become increasingly hazy. As we reach further out from the Shanghai metr ...[Read More]

Imaggeo on Mondays: Wildfires leave their mark on Jasper National Park

July 23, 2018
Imaggeo on Mondays: Wildfires leave their mark on Jasper National Park
A powerful story about forest resiliency and renewal. Credit: Jennifer Ziesch (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)

Jasper National Park is the largest national park in the Canadian Rocky Mountains, spanning across nearly 11,000 square kilometres of Canadian wilderness. The park is known for its rugged landscape, extensive trails, and abundance of deer, bighorn sheep, wolves, mountain lions and bears. This region is also very susceptible to blazing wildfires, a result of human activity that began more than a ce ...[Read More]

Giving back to the city: First EGU Public Lecture at the General Assembly 2018 in Vienna

June 21, 2018
Giving back to the city: First EGU Public Lecture at the General Assembly 2018 in Vienna
Climate scientist Stefan Rahmstorf presenting at the the inaugural EGU Public Lecture. Credit: Robert Manoutschehri

The inaugural EGU Public Lecture, titled ‘After Paris: Are we getting the climate crisis under control?’, took place last April at the 2018 General Assembly in the Natural History Museum of Vienna. In this first public lecture, Stefan Rahmstorf, a climate scientist at the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research in Germany, took the audience on a fascinating journey through the climate system ...[Read More]

Imaggeo on Mondays: The breath of our Earth

June 18, 2018
Imaggeo on Mondays: The breath of our Earth
The breath of our Earth. Credit: Handriyanti Diah Puspitarini (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)

This picture was taken in the Myvatn geothermal area in southeast Iceland. Seeing the geothermal steam vent in this area while the temperature was -22 degrees Celsius is the best experience in Myvatn. The difference between Iceland’s cold ambient temperature and the released heat from inside the Earth is a really stunning event to see. Iceland is situated in the middle of two tectonic plates (the ...[Read More]