Today we feature a guest post by Mona Behl, a Visiting Fellow at the American Meteorological Society. Mona provides a review of the current Mars mission, including an overview of the revolutionary instruments featured aboard the Curiosity rover. “The fence we walked between the years did balance us serene. It was a place half in the sky wearing the green of leaf and promising of peach. We’d reach ...[Read More]
The fate of Earth observations, science and services
Today GeoLog features a guest post by Mona Behl, a Visiting Fellow at the American Meteorological Society. Mona explains why Earth observation satellites are so important and why the future of Earth observations, sciences and services might be at risk. The year 1957 marked the birth of Sputnik I, the world’s first artificial satellite to be launched in space. This launch ushered in an exciting era ...[Read More]
Ice on top of the world! Breakthroughs in mountain glacier research
Fresh from leading a team of UK geophysicists on a two-week campaign of seismic investigations in northern Sweden, Dr Adam Booth of Swansea University provides for us his second report from the 2012 General Assembly floor. His first post explored subglacial environments of ice sheets and glaciers. Hi again from Vienna, and Day 3 of the EGU’s General Assembly. Hope you’re enjoying reading the blo ...[Read More]
Seismic Spring, part 2: Planes, trains and snowmobiles
As the Arctic wakes up from its polar night, Dr Adam Booth is leading a team of UK geophysicists on a two-week campaign of seismic investigations on Storglaciären, a mountain glacier in northern Sweden. He is reporting on the expedition in a series of posts published here in GeoLog. This is his second post, and the first from the research station itself. Check out the first post here. Hello, from ...[Read More]