Energy, Resources and the Environment

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]

Imaggeo On Monday: New view on the Silk Road

Wenzhu Hou November 8, 2021

TNew view on the Silk Road. Credit: Wenzhu Hou (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)

When we were following the route of the Silk Road and heading to the Xinjiang province of China, this was what we saw. The large scale wind power plant brought some hope to this very old road. Hope that with all other renewable energies, it can become an answer to our sustainable future. Description by Wenzhu Hou, after the description on imaggeo.egu.eu. Imaggeo is the EGU’s online o ...[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]

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]