GeoLog

Geosciences Column

Are you ready to vote for your favourite Division blog of 2025?

Are you ready to vote for your favourite Division blog of 2025?

Our EGU blogging team has had a fantastic 2025 posting across our official blog, GeoLog and the division blogs. Most of our readers appreciate EGU’s blogs for their informative yet accessible style, and for our bloggers’ ability to take complex geoscience content and make it fun and relevant to the reader. If this sounds like something you’d like to get involved in, we encourage you to get i ...[Read More]

Are you ready to vote for your favourite Division blog of 2024?

Are you ready to vote for your favourite Division blog of 2024?

Our EGU blogging team has had a fantastic 2024 posting across our official blog, GeoLog and the division blogs. Most of our readers appreciate EGU’s blogs for their informative yet accessible style, and for our bloggers ability to take complex geoscience content and make it fun and relevant to the reader. If this sounds like something you’d like to get involved in, we encourage you to get in touch ...[Read More]

AI-based tools in scientific publishing: to what extent can we rely on them?

AI-based tools in scientific publishing: to what extent can we rely on them?

Academic publishing has considerably evolved in response to technological developments. Current discussions revolve around the rise of generative Artificial Intelligence (AI) tools or Large Language Models (LLM). They exceed the capabilities of simple spelling and grammar checkers or translation software and their use in the publication process has several implications that need to be considered. ...[Read More]

The many ways of using art for science education: by artist and illustrator Heike Jane Zimmermann

The many ways of using art for science education: by artist and illustrator Heike Jane Zimmermann

This week – on 24 January – the world observed the International Day of Education. At EGU, it felt like the perfect time for us to explore the intersection of science and art, and how they can be used in creative ways to educate and inform people regardless of their age and background. I spoke to Heike Jane Zimmermann who is an illustrator and sculptor with a particular passion for eco ...[Read More]