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Imaggeo on Mondays: Giants Causeway

Laura Roberts-Artal November 30, 2015

Giants Causeway. Credit: Bernhard Aichner (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)

Since its discovery back in the late 1600s the origin of the spectacular polygonal columns of the Giants Causeway, located on a headland along the northern coast of Ireland, has been heavily debated. Early theories for its origin ranged from being sculpted by men with picks and chisels, to the action of giants, through to the force of nature. It wasn’t until 1771 that Demarest, a Frenchman, sugges ...[Read More]

GeoEd: How do we make climate predictions – An idea for an outreach activity

Mirjam Glessmer November 27, 2015

Icebergs . Credit: Caroline Schmidt (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)

This month’s GeoEd post is brought to you by Dr. Mirjam S. Glessmer. Mirjam is a physical oceanographer, who during her PhD at GEOMAR Kiel, Germany, became more and more interested in understanding how people learn and hence did a Masters of Higher Education in parallel to her PhD. During her PostDoc at the University of Bergen, Norway, she became involved in teaching both university courses, teac ...[Read More]

Imaggeo on Mondays: Science in action – how will climate change affect Central Europe?

Laura Roberts-Artal November 23, 2015

Sience in progress no. 3 . Credit: André Künzelmann (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)

The effects of a warming climate are expected to be far reaching. Sea-level rise, and how it will affect costal settlements make regular headlines, and not without reason. However, climate change may have other less obvious but equally dangerous impacts; for example, take a look at this recent piece highlighting the increased risk of storms and droughts in mainland Europe. The area of Saxony-Anhal ...[Read More]

Geosciences Column: Earthquakes and depleted gas reservoirs; what comes first?

Laura Roberts-Artal November 20, 2015

"West Texas Pumpjack" by Eric Kounce TexasRaiser - Located south of Midland, Texas. Licensed under Public Domain via Commons.

An ever growing population means the requirement for resources to fuel our modern lifestyles grows too. Be it in mining, oil/gas extraction or the improvement of renewable technologies, the boundaries of where and how we access resources are constantly being pushed. Previously inaccessible resources become viable prospects as demand increases and our technological know-how advances. Hand in hand w ...[Read More]