Science Communication

GeoTalk: Beatriz Gaite on why videos are a great tool for communicating your research to a broad audience

Laura Roberts-Artal January 13, 2017

Meet Beatriz, who's short film was voted the winning entry of the 2016 Communicate Your Science Video Competition. Credit: Jordi Cortés.

If you’ve not heard about our Communicate Your Science Video Competition before it gives early career scientists the chance to produce a video up-to-three-minutes long to share their research with the general public. The winning entry receives a free registration to the General Assembly the following year. In this GeoTalk interview, Laura Roberts talks to Beatriz Gaite an early career scientist wh ...[Read More]

Shaking on Christmas Day: what we know about the 7.6 M Chile earthquake

Cindy Mora Stock December 30, 2016

Screenshot from the USGS interactive map for the 7.6 M Quellón earthquake of Christmas Day. The star indicates the earthquake epicenter.

While the majority of us were midway through our Christmas Day celebrations, a powerful 7.6 M earthquake struck off the western coast of the Chile. Natural hazards are not bound by time, location or festivities; an earthquake can happen at any time in any place, regardless of the significance of the day. As a result, in this earthquake prone region, raising awareness of the risk posed by natural h ...[Read More]

Looking back at the EGU Blogs in 2016: a competition

Laura Roberts-Artal December 23, 2016

Image modified from Moonscape by Alvaro Folhas (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)

The past 12 months has seen an impressive 360 posts published across the EGU’s official blog, GeoLog, as well as the network and division blogs. From a lighthearted Aprils Fools’ Day post featuring an extreme chromatic phenomenon (otherwise known as FIB); through to how climate change is affecting mountain plant’s sex ratios; features on natural hazard events throughout the year and children’s dis ...[Read More]

GeoEd: A round-up of (geo)educational board games

Laura Roberts-Artal November 23, 2016

Playing the Wiapuna board game in the final class. Credit: T. Ewen and J. Seibert, 2016.

With the rise of electronic games – those played on computers, consoles and even on mobile phones – you’d be forgiven for thinking the humble board game would be slowly making its way into the history books. Nothing could be further from the truth! Sales of board games are on the up, as are cafes where you can gather to play table-top games of your choice, and board game meet ups: regular gaming g ...[Read More]