Regular Features

Imaggeo On Monday: Layers of dust and snow

Stefan Winkler August 28, 2023

Layers of dust and snow. Credit: Stefan Winkler (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)

This image shows layers of dust and snow at the surface of Fox Glacier, Southern Alps, New Zealand. The glacier surface in the upper part of Fox Glacier’s ice fall is heavily crevassed and intersected into seracs. Individual layers of fresh and old snow are visible, some with visible thin dust layers at their surface. The more reddish dust layers in the lower part of the image had been gener ...[Read More]

Imaggeo On Monday: Iceberg A-81, Brunt Ice Shelf, Antarctica

Niklas Jordan August 21, 2023

Iceberg A-81, Brunt Ice Shelf, Antarctica - 9 February 2023. Credit: Niklas Jordan (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)

Information from a British Antarctic Survey Press Release. A huge iceberg (1550 km²), almost the size of Greater London, has broken off the 150m thick Brunt Ice Shelf. It calved after cracks that have been developing naturally over the last few years extended across the entire ice shelf, causing the new iceberg to break free. This occurred on Sunday 22 January between 19.00 and 20.00 UTC during a ...[Read More]

GeoPolicy: Reflecting on science advice as shown in the 2019 Chernobyl series

Chloe Hill August 18, 2023

The HBO and Sky UK television series Chernobyl is a historical drama that explores the events leading up to and following the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster in Pripyat Ukraine. Not only does this series focus on one of the worst nuclear accidents in history, but also on the challenges and successes of one of the lead scientists involved in communicating the scientific evidence to key decision-mak ...[Read More]

Imaggeo On Monday: Eyjafjallajökull – hot and cold

Adam Ciesielski August 14, 2023

Eyjafjallajökull - hot and cold. Credit: Adam Ciesielski (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)

Active volcano Eyjafjallajökull is covered by 80 square kilometres of glaciers. Quite often one can feel the warmth from the red igneous rocks that protrude from the ice cap. The volcano is known for the eruption in April 2010, which released ash clouds so large that in some areas they turned daylight into darkness. Many flights in Europe were cancelled. A significant part of the glacier melted in ...[Read More]