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GeoPolicy: ESOF – putting scientists & policymakers in the same room!

Chloe Hill July 27, 2018

ESOF opening with EU Commissioner for Research and Innovation Carlos Moedas. Credit: Chloe Hill

The EuroScience Open Forum (ESOF), the largest interdisciplinary science meeting in Europe, was held earlier this month in Toulouse, France and attracted scientists and policymakers from across the globe. Held every second year, ESOF provides an interface between science, policy and society. This year was my first ESOF. I attended as the EGU Policy Officer and was able to actively participate in a ...[Read More]

Imaggeo on Mondays: Wildfires leave their mark on Jasper National Park

Olivia Trani July 23, 2018

A powerful story about forest resiliency and renewal. Credit: Jennifer Ziesch (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)

Jasper National Park is the largest national park in the Canadian Rocky Mountains, spanning across nearly 11,000 square kilometres of Canadian wilderness. The park is known for its rugged landscape, extensive trails, and abundance of deer, bighorn sheep, wolves, mountain lions and bears. This region is also very susceptible to blazing wildfires, a result of human activity that began more than a ce ...[Read More]

GeoTalk: Severe soil erosion events and how to predict them

Olivia Trani July 20, 2018

Urban gully in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo, May 2018. Credit: Matthias Vanmaercke.

Geotalk is a regular feature highlighting early career researchers and their work. In this interview we speak to Matthias Vanmaercke, an associate professor at the University of Liège in Belgium who studies soil erosion and land degradation across Europe and Africa. At the EGU General Assembly he received the 2018 Soil System Sciences Division Outstanding Early Career Scientists Award. Thanks for ...[Read More]

Imaggeo on Mondays: Corno Grande, tallest peak of the Apennines

Olivia Trani July 16, 2018

Corno Grande (Big Horn) - Gran Sasso, Italy. Credit: Alessandro Righetti (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)

In the middle of the Apennines lays the Gran Sasso d’Italia mountain chain, a picturesque collection of mountains situated in the heart of Italy. Featured here is one of the chain’s peaks, called the Corno Grande, meaning ‘Big Horn,’ coloured with a faint reddish light of a late-winter sunset. Sitting at 2,912 metres, this summit is easily the highest mountain in the Apennines. The areas sur ...[Read More]