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Imaggeo on Mondays: Smoking mountain top

December 18, 2017
Imaggeo on Mondays: Smoking mountain top
Smoking mountain top . Credit: Daniela Domeisen (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)

Japan’s northernmost, second largest and least developed island, Hokkaido, is famous for its unspoilt nature. Harsh, cold and snowy winters make way for pleasant summers, which allow tourists and locals to enjoy a variety of outdoor activities, year-round, in the island’s six protected areas. The largest of the natural parks is Daisetsuzan: known for it’s wilderness and volcanoes. It is formed by ...[Read More]

GeoSciences Column: Don’t throw out that diary – medieval journals reveal the secret of lightning

December 8, 2017
GeoSciences Column: Don’t throw out that diary – medieval journals reveal the secret of lightning
‘Lightning Below the Summit’, 36 Views of Mt Fuji, Hokusai c. 1830 (Wikimedia Commons)

When 17th century Japanese princess Shinanomiya Tsuneko took note of an afternoon storm in her diary one humid Kyoto summer, she could not have imagined her observations would one day help resolve a longstanding scientific conundrum. Statistical analysis of her journals has revealed a link between lightning strikes and the solar wind – proving that your teenage diary could contain good scien ...[Read More]

Imaggeo on Mondays: A spectacular view of moss-covered rocks

November 20, 2017
Imaggeo on Mondays: A spectacular view of moss-covered rocks
Isle of Skye cliff coast . Credit: Marius Ulm (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)

Geology has shaped the rugged landscape of the Isle of Skye – the largest island of Scotland’s Inner Hebrides archipelago. From the very old Precambrian rocks (approximately 2.8 billion years old) in the south of the island, through to the mighty glaciers which covered much of Scotland as recently as 14,700 years ago, the modestly-sized island provides a snap-shot through Earth’s dynamic his ...[Read More]