GeoLog

Soil Sciences

Imaggeo on Mondays: Life on bare lava

January 30, 2017
Life on bare lava
Life on a baren rock. Credit: Katja Laute (distributed via imaggeo.egu.eu)

There are plenty of hostile habitats across the globe but some flora and fauna species are resourceful enough to adapt and make extreme environments their home. From heat-loving ants of the Sahara to microbes living in the light-deprived ocean depths, through to beatles who brave the bitterly cold Alaskan winter, there are numerous examples of plants, animals and bugs who strive in environments of ...[Read More]

Imaggeo on Mondays: littoral rainforests

January 23, 2017

Making room for growing populations, and the resources they demand, comes at the cost of precious natural environments. Rainforests, globally, are under threat from farming, logging and ever expanding cities. It is reported that if current rates of exploitation continue, the world’s rainforests could be lost within the next century. Like almost anything else, rainforests come in all shapes a ...[Read More]

Looking back at the EGU Blogs in 2016: a competition

December 23, 2016
Looking back at the EGU Blogs in 2016: a competition
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]