Regular Features

Imaggeo on Mondays: Low tide at Alexandra Fjord

Martin Brummell August 28, 2017

Low tide at Alexandra Fjord . Credit: Martin Brummell (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu).

Today’s post takes us to the far northern reaches of our planet, to a desert like nothing you’ve seen before. This picture is a view to the north across Alexandra Fjord, on the east coast of Ellesmere Island, in the Canadian High Arctic, with Sphynx island in the middle of the fjord. The south shore of Alexandra Fjord includes a polar oasis, an area of tundra vegetation and relatively mild climati ...[Read More]

GeoSciences Column: When could humans last walk, on land, between Asia & America?

Laura Roberts-Artal August 25, 2017

Map showing the Chukchi Sea, north of the Bering Strait and Sea, between Russia and the United States. Credit: NormanEinstein, distributed via Wikimedia Commons.

Though now submerged under 53 m of ocean waters, there once was a land bridge which connected North America with Asia, allowing the passage of species, including early humans, between the two continents. A new study, published in the EGU’s open access journal Climate of the Past, explores when the land bridge was last inundated, cutting off the link between the two landmasses. The Bering Strait, a ...[Read More]

Imaggeo on Mondays: A total eclipse of the Moon

Laura Roberts-Artal August 21, 2017

Total Lunar Eclipse, March 2007 . Credit: Bruno Thien (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)

Today, all eyes are turned to the sky; at least in North America, where the region will be treated to an eclipse of the sun. The online hype is hard to miss and its hardly surprising, opportunities to see the moon completely cover the Sun, where you are, are rare*. According to NASA, the same spot on Earth only gets to see a solar eclipse for a few minutes about every 375 years! If like us, you ca ...[Read More]

Imaggeo on Mondays: The wonderful home of pink flamingos

Laura Roberts-Artal August 14, 2017

The wonderful home of pink flamingos . Credit: Florent Hodel (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)

This stunning photograph is another of the fabulous finalists of the 2017 imaggeo photo contest. Imaggeo is the EGU’s open access image repository. It’s a great place to showcase your photographs; so whether you are stuck in the lab this summer, frantically typing away at a paper, or are lucky enough to be in the field, be sure to submit your photographs for all EGU members to see. You never know, ...[Read More]