Regular Features

GeoPolicy: What really drives political decision-making?

Chloe Hill July 26, 2019

Credit: Angelocordeschi, Adobe Stock, 2019

On July 17 2019, the EU Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC) published a report highlighting how thinking is challenged by today’s information environment and the role of evidence-informed policymaking in a well-functioning democracy. Titled Understanding our political nature, the report was produced with the assistance of 60 international experts in the humanities, behavioural and socia ...[Read More]

Imaggeo on Mondays: Loch Coruisk – home of the wild Kelpie

Cedric Gillmann July 22, 2019

Home of the wild Kelpie Credit: Cedric Gillmann (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)

On the south-western coast of the Isle of Skye, Scotland, lies Loch Coruisk, supposedly home of a water horse. At the southern end of this freshwater Loch, the Scavaig River discharges into a sea Loch, Loch na Cuilce. Loch Coruisk snuggles close to the center of the Cuillin Hills complex, younger than both the northern and southern formations of the Isle. At present, the neighbouring hills are dom ...[Read More]

GeoTalk: Creative communication for science education – meet scientific artist Kelly Stanford

Olivia Trani July 17, 2019

Meet scientific artist Kelly Stanford, who uses creative communication (such as STEM Pusheen cartoons) to teach people about science! (Illustration by Kelly Stanford)

GeoTalk interviews usually feature the work of early career researchers, but this month we deviate from the standard format to speak to Kelly Stanford, an artist based in Manchester, UK who focuses on creating works of art that embody scientific concepts in an accessible and aesthetically pleasing manner which can be used to communicate science to the public. Here we talk to her about her career p ...[Read More]

Imaggeo on Mondays: The surprising beauty of the Arctic tundra

Alexandra Loginova July 15, 2019

Siberian Arctic: “On the top of sopka”. Credit: Alexandra Loginova (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)

Close your eyes and try to imagine first thing which comes to your mind, when somebody says “Tundra”. What would you imagine? Being a master student, I imagined cold, flat and a dead field. In fact, Tundra turn out to be completely different, at least in September 2010, when I and my colleagues were lucky to visit it. As it is well known from textbooks no big trees grows in Tundra, how ...[Read More]