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GeoTalk: meet Dinko Sindija, researcher of seismic signals and Seismology ECS Representative!

Simon Clark July 14, 2023

Dinko Sindija

Hello Dinko. Thank you for agreeing to this interview! Before we dig deeper, could you tell our readers a little bit about yourself and your background? Well thanks for having me. My name is Dinko and I’m a seismologist, doing a PostDoc at the Department of Geophysics at the University of Zagreb. Currently, I work on a Croatian-Norwegian collaboration project in which we densified seismic network ...[Read More]

Two centuries later, the world is yet to fully understand Nikola Tesla

Gillian D'Souza July 10, 2023

Nikola Tesla. Image credit: Everett Collection Inc., Alamy

Most people associate Tesla with the multi-billion American automotive and clean energy company, and by that extension, with Elon Musk. But with today (July 10th) being Nikola Tesla Day, it gives us a rare opportunity to discover the man behind the name – the Serbian American scientist who contributed to scientific progress and advances in technology that we still heavily rely on today. Tesla is c ...[Read More]

Imaggeo On Monday: Pamukkale, the cotton castle

EGU Guest blogger July 10, 2023

Pammukkale, the cotton castle by Paula Ballikaya

Pamukkale, the cotton castle by Paula Ballikaya. (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu). Terraces of rock are crowned with the candle wax-like deposits of travertine, the white, fibrous limestone which characterises the Pamukkale UNESCO World Heritage Site and which is featured in the photo above. Despotised and moulded over 400,000 years by the calcite-rich mineral water flowing from the site ...[Read More]

Imaggeo On Monday: Different structures for coastal management

Stephan Sprinz July 3, 2023

Different structures for coastal management. Credit: Stephan Sprinz (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)

Different structures for coastal management at Spiekeroog, Germany. The structures include a groyne and a revetment. Groynes are cross-shore structures, linearly ordered from the shoreline and into the sea. Typically made of rock or wood, groynes are built to limit the longshore transport and loss of shore material like sand or shingle. The build-up shore material captured by the groynes re ...[Read More]