Hydrological Sciences

Get involved: become an early career scientist representative

Laura Roberts-Artal February 17, 2017

Early career scientist representatives met at the EGU General Assembly in 2016. Credite: Roelof Rietbroek

Early career scientists (ECS) make up a significant proportion of the EGU membership and it’s important to us that your voices get heard. To make sure that happens, each division appoints an early career scientists representative: the vital link between the Union and the ECS membership. After tenure of two or four years, a few of the current ECS Representatives are stepping down from their post at ...[Read More]

Imaggeo on Mondays: America’s dead sea

Jennifer Ziesch February 13, 2017

America's Dead Sea: The Great Salt Lake . Credit: Jennifer Ziesch (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu).

On the blog today, Jennifer Ziesch, a researcher at the Leibniz Institute for Applied Geophysics, takes us on a tour of the Great Salt Lake, located in the north of Salt Lake City (Utah). Did you know it is one of the largest salt water lakes in the world? The large salt lake and Salt Lake City, named after the lake, lie on a flat plain about 1300 m above sea level. The salt lake is bordered to th ...[Read More]

Geosciences Column: Africa’s vulnerability to climate change

Laura Roberts-Artal February 3, 2017

Climate change is set to hit the nations of the Global South the hardest. Masai life . Credit: Jaap Berghuijs (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu).

Ravaged by armed conflicts, a deep struggle with poverty, poor governance and horizontal inequality, some parts of Africa and other Global South regions are arguably the most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change. Largely reliant on natural resources for sustenance, current and future changes in temperatures, precipitation and the intensity of some natural hazards threaten the food security, ...[Read More]

The best of Imaggeo in 2016: in pictures

Laura Roberts-Artal December 26, 2016

The best images of 2016, from imaggeo, as chosen by our readers and followers.

Imaggeo, our open access image repository, is packed with beautiful images showcasing the best of the Earth, space and planetary sciences. Throughout the year we use the photographs submitted to the repository to illustrate our social media and blog posts. For the past few years we’ve celebrated the end of the year by rounding-up some of the best Imaggeo images. But it’s no easy task to pick which ...[Read More]