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April GeoRoundUp: the best of the Earth sciences from the 2017 General Assembly

May 4, 2017
April GeoRoundUp: the best of the Earth sciences from the 2017 General Assembly
This diagram created by Cassini's mission planning team shows how navigators use Titan flybys to shape Cassini's orbits. Credit NASA / Jet Propulsion Laboratory - Caltech / Erick Sturm

This month’s GeoRoundUp is a slight deviation from the norm. Instead of drawing inspiration from popular stories on our social media channels and unique or quirky research featured in the news, we’ve rounded up some of the stories which came out of researcher presented at our General Assembly (which took place last week in Vienna). The traditional format for the column will return in May! Major st ...[Read More]

Imaggeo on Mondays: An epic ‘house’ move across the ice

May 1, 2017
Imaggeo on Mondays: An epic ‘house’ move across the ice
Pulling ‘the dome’ from NEEM to EastGrip Greenland . Credit: Helle Astrid Kjær (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)

In 2008 the NEEM Deep Ice Core Project was initiated by 14 partner countries in Northwestern Greenland (camp position 77.45°N 51.06°W) with the aim to drill from the very top of the  Greenland ice cap to its base; obtaining  ice from as far back as the last interglacial period- the Eemian – some 130,000 years old. At the start of the 2008 field season, the NEEM camp consisted of a single hea ...[Read More]

Announcing the winners of the EGU Photo Contest 2017!

April 28, 2017

The selection committee received over 300 photos for this year’s EGU Photo Contest, covering fields across the geosciences. Participants at the 2017 General Assembly have been voting for their favourites throughout the week  of the conference and there are three clear winners. Congratulations to 2017’s fantastic photographers! Penitentes in the Andes by Christoph Schmidt (distributed by imaggeo.eg ...[Read More]