GeoLog

GeoTalk: Meet Soil Microbiologist and Early Career Scientist Biogeosceinces Representative, Elsa Abs!

Simon Clark February 6, 2026

Elsa Abs

Hello Elsa & welcome to GeoTalk! Before we dig deeper, could you introduce yourself to our readers? Hi! I’m Elsa (they/them). I’m a microbiologist/biogeochemist, and I just started a permanent position at the French National Centre for Scientific Research (CNRS) one month ago. I work with one PhD student, Elisa Richard, and two postdocs, Mathilde Bourreau and Thomas Cortier, on my ERC Starting ...[Read More]

Geoscientific perspectives on global wetland systems: Between traditional knowledge and cultural heritage

Asmae Ourkiya February 2, 2026

The kidneys of the Planet by Elisa Palazzi Source: Imaggeo

Today marks World Wetlands Day, and this year, the theme is Wetlands and traditional knowledge: Celebrating cultural heritage. Each year, February 2 is a day dedicated to recognising wetlands as places that store carbon, protect water, and hold complex cultural meaning. Wetlands such as mangroves, salt marshes, seagrass beds, peatlands, and floodplains are extremely good at taking carbon out of th ...[Read More]

How to make the most out of your experience at EGU26 (part 2)

András Zlinszky January 30, 2026

Photo by Kai Boggild. Source: Imaggeo

Presenting can be a big topic on its own, so I am about to share some essentials. Let’s suppose you have a talk: have its content completely ready at least a day before, practice it at least three times in full length, and once before you are in front of a real audience. If you don’t have a test audience, you can use a mirror. I know, this can sound embarrassing, and it does take time, ...[Read More]

GeoRoundup: the highlights of EGU Journals published during January!

Asmae Ourkiya January 30, 2026

Each month we feature specific Divisions of EGU and during the monthly GeoRoundup we put the journals that publish science from those Divisions at the top of the Highlights section. During this month, we are featuring Planetary and Solar System Sciences (PS) and Earth and Space Science Informatics (ESSI). They are represented by the journals Geoscientific Model Development (GMD), Annales Geophysic ...[Read More]