Today, 7 September 2012, marks the 10th anniversary of the European Geosciences Union, Europe’s premier geosciences union. A decade ago, in the Hotel Platzl in Munich, Germany, the European Geophysical Society (EGS) and the European Union of Geosciences (EUG) merged to form the EGU. At the EGU Executive Office, also in Munich, we celebrated this momentous occasion with champagne and cake. HereR ...[Read More]
Do you know EGU’s YouTube channel?
You may have seen some of the 2012 General Assembly videos we posted on the blog in the last few months – all of these clips were originally published on EGU’s YouTube channel, and we’re happy to announce that many more EGU videos (over 100 in total) are now available on the same page! We have organised the clips into playlists to make it easier for you to access videos from specific e ...[Read More]
EGU 2012 General Assembly: the highlights
The most recent video uploaded to EGU’s YouTube page, the EGU 2012 General Assembly highlights video, brings back good memories. It’s a compilation of some of the best moments at the conference and was produced by Sue Voice, who worked at the press office in Vienna. Sue says, “Part of my role in the media team at EGU2012 involved producing short movie clips and photos for EGU’s s ...[Read More]
Imaggeo on Mondays: Melt Stream
Supraglacial lakes are created when water forms in depressions on top of a glacier, remaining there until it dissipates by seeping through crevasses, or cracks in the ice sheet. Despite their sometimes impressive size, supraglacial lakes may drain in a matter of hours under the right conditions, when the pressure they exert on the ice causes it to crack creating a sometimes spectacular lake draini ...[Read More]