Natural Hazards

Imaggeo On Monday: An ever evolving landscape – Orog Nuur, Mongolia

Jorien van der Wal July 26, 2021

An ever evolving landscape - Orog Nuur, Mongolia. Credit: Jorien van der Wal, (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)

At the transition from the Gobi Altay ranges to the Valley of the Lakes in South West Mongolia, the Ikh Bogd mountain towers almost 3000 m above the aridifying endorheic Orog Nuur Basin. The actively deforming mountain front shows traces of multiple earthquakes, which in turn affect the alluvial sediments deposited in the basin. Simultaneously, strong south-eastward winds create beautiful barchan ...[Read More]

Geology and the Olympic Games

Aoife Glass July 23, 2021

Chūrei-tō pagoda and Mount Fuji with cherry blossoms in the Arakurayama Sengen Park, Fujiyoshida, Yamanashi, central Japan. Credit: Reggipen, Wikimedia

Over the last few days the best athletes in the world have been descending on Japan for the long anticipated Tokyo Olympic Games, and it’s going to be a special and spectacular event. The Olympics have a long and rich history, and from their very inception have been influenced by geology, whether it’s earthquakes affecting venues or geological processes creating the very terrain athletes will be c ...[Read More]

GeoTalk: Meet Valeria Cigala, the Natural Hazards Division’s Early Career Scientist Representative

Simon Clark July 21, 2021

Dr. Valeria Cigala, volcanologist and ECS representative of EGU's Natural Hazards Division, visiting the active volcano of Sakurajima ("Cherry Blossom Island"), Japan.

Hello Valeria, thank you for talking with us today! Could you tell us a bit about yourself? Hi Simon, I’m delighted to talk with you today; thank you for the opportunity! I originally come from Italy, and I work as a postdoc researcher at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität (LMU) Munich, in Germany, in experimental and physical volcanology. In particular, I’m working on my DFG funded projec ...[Read More]

Imaggeo On Monday: The lost capital of Montserrat

Martin Mergili July 12, 2021

The lost capital of Montserrat. Credit: Martin Mergili (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)

Plymouth, the capital of Montserrat, was evacuated in 1995 after the nearby Soufrière Hills Volcano (background of the image) had reactivated. Later on the town was struck by pyroclastic flows, and its centre was almost completely buried by material relocated from the upper slopes through lahars. The suburb of Town Hill can still be seen in the right centre of the photo. It remains an exclusion zo ...[Read More]